The Holly chieftain., 1903-02-27

mingo for a prompt settlement OF the
Clyde and Ros claims.
The Senate passed the bill intro
duced by Senator Teller amending the
act providing for holding term OF
the Circuit Court of Appeals at Denver
or Cheyenne, SO that the right OF ap-
peal from an interlocutory order or
decree should not be affected by the
act, and appeals taken from such
interlocutory orders or decrees may
be heard and disposed of by the Unit
ed States Court of Appeals for the
eighth circuit at any term thereof
This legislation was requested by at
torneys of Denver and Salt Lake
Three years ago William Cary San
ger. then inspector general OF the New
York National Guard and new assist-S
ant secretary of war, made thorough
inspection of the reserve and auxiliary
forces of England and of the militia
of Switzerland. The work was volun-
tary, for though President Mckinley
greatly desired 1t, there was no appro-
priation available and Col Sanger de-
frayed his own expenses The result
of this investigation is embodied in q
report just issued which 1t Is thought
will become text book for the mill
tary student. Says the author: The
story OF the Spanish-American war
has much which Americans must read
with pain, and then he tells how seri-
ously the government was embarrassed
In Its Efforts to make use Of its cumbe--
some and refractory state militia.
The conferees on the army appropri-
alton bill met February 18th and came
to an agreement The appropriation
of 81. .00o, 900 for equipping the national
guard the same as the regular army
was agreed to. The Senate conferees
receded from the amendment providing
for the purchase and preservation OF
the Balls Bluff battlefield. The Senate
provision for $500,00O for army post
buildings to take the place Of the can
teens, remains in the bill, but 1t is
! provided that not more than 100000 be
expended for any one post building.
The Senate amendment permitting all
army officers beloY the grade of major
general, who saw service in the civil
war. to retire with the rank and pay
OF the next highest grade, was agreed
to, with a further amendment making
1t apply only to officers who served in
the Civil War more than one year. 4
Senator Teller and Senator Patter-
son called upon the director of the
mint recently and conferred with him
on the matter of completing the ma
chinery plant in the Denver mint
The House has already appropriated
$l5OOOO for this purpose, and an effort
will be made to increase the amount to
$250,000. the estimate of the director.
The director said that much of the ma
chinery in the New Orleans mint would
be removed to the Denver mint upon
the latter's reduction to an assay mint.
Senators Teller and Patterson suggest
ed that southern senators would sue
ce"sfully oppose such measure. The
dill ector promised that as soon as the
appropriation was available be would
proceed with the Installation Of ma
chinery. He made 1T evident that Dem
yer was one of the three desirable
minting places In the country, the
other two being San Francisco and
Philadelphia.
The government has formally ac-
cepted the offer of the Panama Canal
Company to sell to the United States
the canal property and all of the COM
pany's rights therein for $4,000, 600,
subject only to the ratification of the
pending treaty with the Republic of
Colombia. The effect of this accept
ance will be to extend the life of the
option held by the government beyond
March 4th next. and until the treaty
now before the Senate has been rati-
fed by both countries In interest. The
President desires that the proceedings
necessary to the transfer Of the title
and possession of the property be for-,1
warded as much as possible to the end
that when the pending treaty ia rati-
fed and goes into effect, nothing will
remain to be done but to conaummate
the transaction by the delivery Of pos
session and the payment Of the con-
sideration. Senator Morgan. as a
question of privilege. had read recent
communication addressed to him by
Rafael Reyes. Colombian minister to
Mexico. and which appeared in the
public press. denying the accuracy OF
q certain statement alleged to have
been made by Mr.. Morgan In the Sem
ate February 18th, that the president
OF Colombia had sold out and abdi-
Gated for 81 100000. He declared that
II anything was said by him 1t was in
secret session of the Senate. Reyes. he
said, seems to be determined on the
success Of the Panama scheme. .eThe
coincidence of the double assault on
Mexico" he said, "is quite cute enough
to have been enacted In the Panama
canal school, and is brazen enough to
have been prepared In the ONCE OF 4
New York railroad wrecker" Reyes.
he said, violated principle of dipIo-
macy by obtaining his Information sur