The Holly chieftain., 1903-12-18

Ute Indians of southern Colorado and
New Mexico to the Court of Claims.
The senate committee on foreign re-
lations authorized favorable report
on the naturalization treaty between
the United States and Hayti.
United States Minister Thomas, at .
Stockholm. has informed the state
Department that the government. ot
Sweden and Norway has recognized !
the republic of Panama as an inde-
pendent state.
There are now fifty-three forest re- +!
serves, created by presidential pfocla
nations under section "A OF the act Oh
March g. 1891 go Stat. L., lo95), EN-
bracing g.. .354 ,9G5 acres. This Is an IN
crease over last year of > 2lI9,2oo acres
Senator Teller's bill. providing for
the resurvey of several townships IN
Routt and Rio Blanco counties, states
that existing bona fide claims OF set
tiers are not affected. One hundred
and twenty thousand dollars is prONiu-
ed to defray the expense of the survey.
For the grazing season OF 1901 theTe
were 1926 permits issued to Craze .n-
621 head Of horses and cattle in thtr-
tN-lWO forest RESERVES, lol l'V-' 'H-'N
were 2,642 permits issued to Craze 351,
552 head in thirty-seven reserves, anu
for 1903 there were 4,l2l permits to
Craze 9,973 head in icrty-foGr re-
serves.
Senator Scott of West Virginia says
! that the story to the effect that he is
irving to secure a delegation from his
state for Hanna for president is un-
true. Senator Hanna is not can
didate for president he said. Ihese
stories are circulated for the purpose
of creating i'll feeling between Senator
I Hanna and President Roosevelt and
between the president and myself.
! At the opening of Congress the fol-
lowing list OF contests was announced
by the clerk of the House: California,
Fourth district: Illinois, Sixth dis
trict: Massachusetts,, Ninth district
Missouri Eleventh and Twelfth DIS
tricts; North Carolina, Tenth district
Pennsylvania, Tenth district; Okla
homa. delegate at-largc; South caro-
lima, First and Seventh districts; Ten
nessee. Eighth district; Colorado
First district.
President Roosevelt declared to
party OF Illinois officials and politicians
who called on him that he would take
no part. directly or indirectly, IN the
political contest now being waged III
that state The members of the party
are supporters of Governor Yates ana
hope he may be renominated and re-
elected. The President, in addition to
defining his own position, does not eX-
pect that federal oficeholders in the
state will participate actively in the
contest as his position in respect TO
such activity is pretty well UNDER
stood.
The annual report of the secretary
of the interior shows that there were
disposed of during the fiscal year end
ed June 80, 1903. public lands aggre-
eating %, S24 1856 acres, classified as
follows: Cash sales, 3.O73,S96.99 acres;
miscellaneous entries, embracing home
steads, land warrants, scrip locations,
state selections, swamp lands, railroad
and wagon road selections, Indian al
lotments. etc, 19.577,031.10 acres, and
Indian lands, 1881 SO acres, showing
an increase of 1885, ,7G4.35 acres as com
pared with the aggregate disposals for
the preceding fiscal year.
Representative Prince of Illinois, a
member of the Banking and Currency
Committee, has introduced bill pro-
vidng that $1000000O0 of the public
moneys now deposited with national
, bank repositories shall be invested by
, the secretary, of the treasury at the
. rate of 100000 a month in state
county and municipal bonds which pay
interest at not less than two per cent
The bonds which may be required are
,, the same as those designated in the
, Aldrich bill of the last Congress.
, provision is included in the bill au'
, thorizing the secretary of the treas
ury to sell these bonds, but not more
than S1g 900. 900 may be sold in any
one month.
The War Department has prepared 6
, bill to be submitted to Congress pro
r viding a method of award for distln'
, guished services. The measure auth
; orizes the President twhen in his
, Judgment the services of any officer
; shall warrant it, to grant such officer
. a distinguished service commission
not to exceed two grades above tha'
/. held by him, such commission to car
? ry with it the pay OF such grade, anc
/ the officer to be entitled to wear upon
= the collar of his coat the designation
, of grade so conferred; said distln'
} guished service commission not tc
g supersede or affect the regular commits
t sion held by the officer so far as the
/ privilege of rank and command are
{ concerned.
The president has submitted to Con
gress with his approval rules and reg