The Holly chieftain., 1904-01-22

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The secretary of the treasury has re
ceived an envelope postmarked san
Francisco containing a conscience con-
tribution of 500.
The House committee on public lands
reported favorably on bill to set apart
certain lands in Arizona TO be known
as the Petrified Forest Park.
The House committee on judiciary
has fixed February "a, 25 and 26 as
dates for hearing on the Grosvenor an
ti-union bill. The opponents OF the
measure will be heard first.
The builders of the cruiser Denver,
which recently failed TO make her re-
quired contract speed of seventeen
knots an hour. have arranged with the
Navy Department to give the 'essei
another trial within few weeks.
The Senate committee On Pacific is
lands and Porto Rico has made favor
able report on Senator Blackburn's bill
to pay Liliuakalani, former queen
of Hawaii, 100000 in full satisfaction
of all claims to the former crown lands
in Hawaii.
Unless Congress enacts legislation
removing the export duty on Manila
hemp shipped from the Philippines to
countries other than the United States,
France threatens to impose counter
vailing duty on hemp products from
this country.
The Senate in executive session con-
firmed the following nominations:
Maj. Gen. Adna r. Chaffee, to be lieu
tenant general, Brig. Gen. George L.
Gillespie, to be major general; Col
Alexander Mckenzie, to be brigadier
general and chief of engineers.
A protest which for intensity might
be styled an uproar goes up from the
10000 clerks working in the govern-
ment departments in Washington, who
have been required to add one-halt
hour each day to the six and one-half
hours Of labor heretofore required.
Inc Senate in executive session con-
firmed the following nominations:
William H. Taft of Ohio, secretary of
war; Luke E. Wright of Tennessee.
civil governor of the Philippine ISL
ands; Henry C. Ide of Vermont, vice
governor of the Philippine islands.
The Senate public lands committee
reported favorably Senator Tellers
bills setting apart lands to be used for
d cemetery by the Independent Order
of Odd Fellows of Central City, and
providing for re-suryey of lands in
Routt and Rio Blanco counties, Colo
RADIO.
The first pro-Smoot petition to the
Senate was filed by Senator Patterson.
of Colorado. 1t was signed by Samuel
l.. King OF Salt Lake, who wrote that
the fight against Smoot is entirely un-
warranted, and the people Of Utah, re-
gardless of creed or party. generally
favor his retention in the Senate.
The executive board OF the National
Congress of Mothers, at recent meet
ing strongly denounced Mormonism
and urged the diplomatic corps in
Washington to advise their govern
ments that Mormonism embodies po-
lygamy and to. take action to prevent
emigration to Utah. Measures to af-
ford protection from alleged false rep
Gesentations or Mormon missionaries
were advocated.
The first pair of lieutenant generals
shoulder straps which General Chat
fee will wear were presented to him
by Lieutenant General Young with the
following note, dated January 9th:
Private Young, Company X, Twelfth
Pennsylvania Volunteer infantry, pre-
sents his compliments to Private Chat
fee, Troop X, Sixth United States cav
airy, and asks him to accept this pair
of lieutenant generals shoulder
straps"
The following bills have been passed
by the Senate: Creating port of deliv-
cry at Salt Lake, Utah; establishing an
Indian agricultural school at Wahpe-
ton, N. D.; providing depot for the
revenue cutter service in the harbor
at Oakland, CAL; and extending to the
supports of Spokane, Bellingham,
Blaine and Sumas, in the state of
Washington, the privileges of the act
of June 10, 1880, governing the imme.-
diate transportation of dutiable mer-
chandise without appraising.
Professor Willis Moore, chief of the
weather bureau, was before the House
committee on agriculture few days
ago, asking for an increase in the ap-
propriations for conducting the wealth
er bureau for the next fiscal year. The
weather bureau service desires to es-
tablish eight additional stations dur
ing the coming year. These to be at
Providence, Rhode Island; Hartford.
Connecticut; Honolulu, Hawaiian Is
lands; Sitka, Alaska; Madison, Wis
consin; Durango, Colorado; Roswell,
New Mexico, and one in Illinois. The
total appropriation asked for is ST.
100000.
About 100000 rounds of ammuni-
tion hurriedly Durchased by the war
department during the war with Spain
has been found grossly defective. An
order issusl Immediately after the in
ferior quality of this ammunition was
discovered will call it all in from the