The Holly chieftain., 1903-01-30
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

tee 10 Investigate the subject oil coal
transportation
The House passed the agricultural
bill with only one amendment OF mo
ment-an Increase OF the appropriation
for free seeds from s27oQ00 to s3eo.g0D.
The bin carries s5.2SS, $50.
The House judiciary committee has
authorized d favorable report on the
bureau to'grUate a bureau in the Dc
partment oi Justice tor-lRe study OF
the crimiI,ai, pauPer and defective
classes
Senator Hoar has introduced aeon
current resolution. rendering the
thanks Of Congress 10 Signor Marconi
for the great benefit he had done 10
mankind by tho invention of the wire
less telegraph
The Seuate committee on military af-
fairs has ordered a favorable report on
F0rsker5 bin apprUpriatinE 100000
for the ersc'Ior,eG heaastgBes TO mark
thu graves ni Confederate soldiers bur
led in The North
The Senate committee ion aaiaes and
mining has reported iaEorabiy an
amendment 10 The sundry civil bill ap-
propriauu& Slonooa'to tile geological
survey for ,ialest tigat lOn.-at mines ana
IAIIlIS II iL' AllfA Nlil'S-
Representative ,faoss. chairman of
the House committee ON naval affairs,
has introduced a bill establishing
naval militia and defining its relations
10 the government. E. also for tho enroll
ment and foTganizauon OF, a MATED
States naval reserve.
The Housefhas paiAsssi e!lts peats.oh-
ing the widow OF Ser. Eranv Siege. at
500 a month, the WIDOW of Gen. james
). Negley1 scI2al and. the. wiuow es
Rear Admiral. J,enrX Picking, at $40.
Two hundred and thlrtyfye private
pension bills were passed In one day
The President has appointed board
OF commiasiu1"rs D-test and examine
the weight. and tineness of the coins
issued at tie seyera! mints of the Unit
ed States" Aurdug the calendar year
1902 The. commission will meet at
the Philadelphia mint on February
11th
The Senate passed the House bill pro-
yiding for compulsory attendance OF
witnesses befUre registers and receiv-
ers of land nGces. The bill provides
that negligence or failure 10 obey the
subpoena Of land officers shall be pun
ishable by A ine'of not more than 5000.
or Imprisonment not to exceed ninety
days.
The Alaska delegate bill has been
passed by the House, 1t provides for
the representation of The territory of
Alaska in the House of Representatives
by delegate. 1t also defines the citi-t
zenship and the qualification of cleo
tors and creates the machinery for the
elections, the date of which shall be the
last Tuesday in September. The first
delegate is to be elected next autumn
and is to hold seat in the Fifty-eighth
Congress. -.
The following bills were passed in
the Senate OF January oath: Author
izing the detail OF officers of the army
rs chief and assistant chiefs of the
Philippine r9Dstahulary; providing for
the compulsory attendance of witnesses
before registeTs and receivers of the
land Office. appropriating s2o0.oo0 for
headstoues- for the graves of Confeder
ate soldiers who died in northern pris-
ons: pruyiliRg for monuments to the
memory of'Gens, Francis Nash and
William Lee Davidson of North Caro-
lima, both revolutionary soldiers.
A favorable report was made by the
tion upon the Perkins bill authorizing
the President TO designate areas in for
est reserves which should. in his opin-
ion be set aside for the protection and
breeding of wild animals. The regula-
iions for such preserves are to be under
control OF the secretary of the interior
and persons, violating the regulations
shall be gufty of a misdemeanor and
subject to q fine not exceeding 81 .9p9.
The game laws of the preserves are not
to interfere with local game laws
Secretary Shaw has written to the
banks that had substituted. state and
municipal bonds Tor government bonds
as security for public deposits, that
of government bonds. This is in ac-
cordance with the policy announced at
the time the 'municipals" were ac
cepted. They were accepted only on
condition that the banks should use
the bonds that. were released by sub
stitution as a basis for circulation. 1t
is now expected that the banks will re-
tire this additional circulation and
thus release the bonds to be used again
as security for deposits. .i -
The United States will have control
of the Panama canal practically in per-
petuity, as required by the Spooner
act. this result having been attained by
the adoption of a plan for lease for
100 years, renewable at the pleasure of
the United States, and Colombia hav-
ing nothing to say. about the extension.
The matters Of police and judicial con-
II ,e-s sat,la lais hy cpln pf inir on-