The Elbert County tribune., 1904-01-28

nent men OF Michigan, who extended
an invitation to attend the celebration
Of the fiftieth anniversary OF the birth
OF the Republican party. to be held
under the oaks" at Jackson. on the
9Th of July.
The President has sent to the Senate
the nomination of Miss Martha c.
Brown as receiver OF public MONEYS at
Gunnlson. Colorado. Miss Brown Is
renominated. having been originally
appointed to that office in April. 1898
She is stated TO be the second woman
I ever appointed to the office OF receiver
/ Of public moneys. the other being that
of Miss Minnie Williams. who held that
office in Lander, Wyoming.
The committee in charge OF the Bon
ynge- -Shafroth contest have issued no
tice 10 the principals and their attor-
neys in the case that all meetings un-
Ill the completion of the count of bal
lots. would be executive, and none but
those engaged in the count would be
permitted to be present at the meet
ings, The committee decided also 10
employ an expert in handwriting, the
one detailed from the Treasury De-
partment for this work having been
found incompetent for the purpose Of
comparing handwriting.
In discussing the Panama canal
treaty in the Senate Mr.. Patterson said
that II the treaty should be ratified.
whatever wrong had been committed
had been condoned. II not ratified. our
ships In Isthmian waters should be
withdrawn and the status restored, He
defended Colombia as being not so
bad as painted" and took the President
to task for his method of speaking of
that republic. He said that the seces-
sion of Panama from Colombia Is as
atrocious a crime as would be the re-
belliou of Wisconsin from the United
States.
Representative Brooks has intro
duced bill placing s250.o00 at the dis
posal OF the secretary of agriculture to
enable him to conduct experiments in
conjunction with agricultural expert
ment stations in non-corn-growing
states. in fattening cattle for market.
The measure also contemplates expert
ments IL raising forage crops in lieu
of grain for feeding and fattening cat
tie. The appropriation is to cover a
period Of FIVE years, with an annual ex-
penditure of $4,000. and the money
derived from sale of cattle or crops is
uing the experiments.
The urgent deficiency appropriation
bill has been completed by the COM
mittee on appropriations. The bill car
ries a total OF 81. PSI .3OS. based on es-
Inmates from the various departments
aggregating s12.4SS. POS. Some OF the
larger items in the bill are: $1,000 600
for armament and armor for new ships.
faV ha Of af
tanamo. Cuba; 100000 for Alaskan
boundary survey; $4,000 for construc-
tion of the new office building for the
House OF Representatives; S145. 5.D00 for
mileage for members and senator's,
100000 for rural free delivery and 81
100000 for collecting the customs reve-
nues.
Speaking in favor OF the Panama
treaty in the Senate. Mr. Quarles de-
Tended the President against the
charge of undue haste and against the
charge that he had been derelict in his
duty in failing to open the way under
the Spooner act to the construction of
the Nicaraguan canal when he did not
succeed In his negotiation with Colom-
bia for a canal at Panama. He said
on the latter point there was no inter-
vening time between the failure In Bo-
gotta and the convening of the Ameri-
can Congress. Mr.. Quarles declared the
revolt OF Panama in the interest Of the
canal to be the first movement on the
Isthmus for the promotion of the rights
of civilization for the past 100 years.
A six-foot channel in the Mississippi
river at low water from st Paul and
Minneapolis TO Cairo. distance of
l 900 miles, to be completed by the
time the Panama canal is put into OPP
Grafton. is the project advocated before
the House committee on rivers and
harbors by u delegation consisting of
Governor S. r. Van SAINT of Mime
sofa, Ellis b. Usher of La Crosse, Wis
consin, Captain Alonzo Bryson Of Dav-
enport. Iowa. Frank Galenne of ST.
LOUIS and Lewis b. Boswell of Quincy.
Illinois. The total cost of the improve
ment is estimated at 100000. Au as
sociation known as the Upper Mfssls-
sippi Improvement Company. repre-
seniing five states bordering on the up
per Mississippi. has been organized for
the purpose of advancing the project.
Senator Teller has introduced a bill
amending the law in reference to min
ing claims so that the description of
vein or lode claims upon surveyed
land shall designate the location
of claims with reference to
lines of public surveys. but
need not conform herewith: but
where patents have been issued on
unsurveyed lands. surveyors general
in extending public surveys shall ad-
just the same to the boundaries Of pat
ented claims so as not TO interfere with
or change the location of said claims
as they are officially established. Where
patents have been issued for mineral
lands, those lands only shall be segre-
gated and deemed to be patented which
are bounded by lines actually marked
by monuments. and the monuments
shall constitute the highest authority
as to what land is patented
1t has been practically determined
that no financial legislation will be en-
acted at the present session Of Con-