The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1904-03-24
At Washington.

| General Leonard Woods nomination
was confirmed by large majority Fri
| day the 18th The vote was 45 to 10.
Senators kittridge and scott were the
only Republicans who voted against
W God, Cockrell, Pettus, Dubois, Patter-
son and Clarke, Ark. Democrats, voted
| for him.
| Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow in testifying before the House
special mmittee on the post Office re.
port, Thursday, claimed for himself
RESPONSE bity for the first seven pages
of the report which was sent to the post
office committee, and said the other
portions of the document were the work
of other officials of the department
Gov. Burleigh has presented the petit
| ton of women's clubs at Nkowhegan,
Me-, for the bill creating national for
est reserve in the White Mountains, N.
II which was referred to the committee
on agriculture Several other like pet
itions have been received from Maine
and New Hampshire during this session
of Congress
The present week in the Senate will
| be devoted almost entirely to appropia-
ton bills, beginning on Tuesday with
that for the District of Columbia and
following with the lndion and pension
bills
The worlds cotton crop for 1902-1903
Ia estimated by the department of agri-
culture at 17,1797o bales, valued at
$3.50 O82, 451, This is based on the last
data available, the figures In most in
stances representing cotton appearing
| in commercial channels. With the ex.
ception of 2,687,813 bales of the East
India crop, which averages 400 pounds
per bale, the bales given are of an av-
ersge weighr of 500 pounds. The total
includes estimates of the Chinese and
Korean crops.
Representative Charles w. Thompson
of the fifth Alabama district. died at
Washington Sunday afternoon of pneu-
monia. Mr.. Thompson had been sick
just one week, having been attacked last
Sunday night. Toward the end he suf-
fered intensely. His age was 43 years.
| Notifications were exchanged at the
state department Saturday between
Secretary Hay and Ma. Leger, the Hay
tian minister, of a naturalization treaty
between the United States and Hayti,
which contains provision of the great
| est Importance This provision is that
any citizen of either the United States
or Hayti who is naturalized in the other
country shall return to bis original citi-
zenship if he remains in the country of
his origin for two years.
Consideration in the Senate Monday
of the bill providing for the purchase of
site and the erection of a building for
the department of State, justice and
commerce and labor was made the occa-
sion for adverse criticism of the architect
who planned the White House offices.
Messrs. Teller and Hale led the charge
on the architect and Mr.. Newlands de-
Tended him.
The members of the Maine delegation
express qualification at the recent order
of Pension Commissioner Ware, allow
ing a higher rating in the pensions of
ex soldiers who have reached a certain
age. "This order of the Pension Com
missioner" said ex-Gov. Burleigh,
''exemplfies the willingness of Presi-
dent Roosevelt and his administration TO
look out for the Old soldiers to the ut
most, in their declining years For sew
eral reasons, one of which is the stout
opposition to such legislation in infiu
entail quarters, it is impossible to pass
service pension bill at this session of
congress The president has therefore
taken matters into his own hands and
done as much for the old soldiers as was
within his power The order will result
in Increased pensions for thousands of
veterans