The Grit-advocate., 1904-04-08

|
not amount to more than 500 per cent.
| ad vaorem.
The Treasury Department has trans
mitted to the House an estimate from
Secretary Hitchcock for an appropria-
ton OF 500. 900 to be Immediately avail
able for education in Alaska.
Commander George l.. Dyer. com
manding the cruiser Albany Of the Ash
attic feet, has been assigned to duty
| as naval governor OF the island of
Guam, to fll the vacancy caused by
| the death of Commander William E.
| Sewell
Representative Mondell has intro
| duced bill authorizing the secretary
OF the interior to use or authorize the
| Use Of earth. timber and stone from
| public lands and forest reserves for
construction of irrigation works pro-
Jected under the national irrigation act.
Acting Postmaster General Wynne
has Issued an order allowing ten days
leave OF absence to all postmasters OF
second and third class postOfilces who
want to attend the convention of the
National Association OF Postmasters
OF the second and third class postof
fees. to be held in ST. Louis May 18th
next.
Burton Norville Harrison, lawyer
of New York, husband of Mrs. Burton
Harrison. the author, and father o.
Congressman Harrison of New YORK
City, died in Washington March 18th
aged sixty-four years. During the war
Mr.. Harrison was Jeffersoqf S''- 'Tl-
Sate secretary. Later Mr. HN \s
| secretary to Mayor Wickhai, q!
York and was largely instrur 3 sense
the prosecution of the Tweed ing had
The House committee on II go
mining has reported favor.';.uL W.
Congressman Brooks bill, H.,
that the boundaries Of pateLn,l, 49,
Ing claims shall lie io,id thos 'iso t,o,,.
marked on the ground. The 4, 49,,
vides that the monuments ST. r.rnno
stitute the highest authority, ali, ~,
rOneous descriptions and records shall
give way thereto. This bill is slightly
changed in form, and has already
passed the Senate.
Congressman Bonynge has intro
duced Congressman ShafrOth's bill for
the Denver postotiice. The amount ap-
propriated is s25O.OOO. 1t is now
definitely determined that the commit
will visit Denver some time in July
! The exact, ea.c viii be, ages lpQn
next week. The Denver Chamber of
| Commerce will be notified that the
wives of most of the visiting members
will accompany them.
No provision has been made by eli
ther the Republican or Democratic ma
tional conventions to seat delegates
from the Philippine islands. In the
calls for the conventions issued by
Chairmen Hanna and Jones neither
the Philippines nor Porto Rico are in
Cluded among the states and terrific
ries entitled to representation. How
ever, should delegates from these isl
ands present themselves to the con-
ventions It is within the province or
the committee on credentials to seat
them.
The sundry civil appropriation bill
passed by the House contained an item
of $50 900 for completion Of the install
lation of machinery for the Denver
mint. While this was recommended by
the secretary of the treasury, the COM
mittee decided not to include this sum
at this session, but Representatives
Brooks and Bonynge convinced them
that this sum should be made available
at once. The mint will now be ready
for coming by July. 1905. if the Senate
concurs in the action of the House APP
propriating the money.
Senator Dillingham; has introduced a
bill to amend the immigration act of
1903. 1t permits aliens to pass in con-
tinuous transit from one point in for
eign contiguous territory to another
point in foreign contiguous territory
through the United States without pay
ment Of head tax. Aliens having once
paid the head tax may pass through
contiguous territory in continuous
transit and again enter the United
States without again paying the head
tax The privilege under the act of
1903, permitting an alien to send for a
relative or friend is amended to re-
strict the privilege to relatives.
Acting Postmaster General Wynne
has issued an order calling attention to
the terms of the statutes in force ex-
tending the franking privilege to Mrs.
Lucreta II. Garfield and Mrs. Ida S.
Mckinley, widows of the late presi-
dents. There is a striking difference in
the two acts. The one Of December 20,
1881 under which Mrs. Garfield had en-
joyed the franking privilege, allows
free carriage in the mails of all mail
matter sent to her and sent out by her
under her autograph signature, while
the act of January %, 1902, under
which Mrs. Mckinley has had the |
franking privilege, limits the privilege |
to mail sent by her.
At the opening of the debate on the |
postoftice appropriation bill in the SEN
ate, Mr. German spoke for almost two /
hours in criticism of the course of the |
Republican party in the Senate in re
fusing inquiry and at the same time
charging the postofice committee with
undue haste in reporting the bill. as he
did the Republican party with a desire
to adjourn Congress at an exception
ally early date in order to meet the