Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-03-07
More Land Conferences.

The President talked today with Repre-
sentatives Dixon Of Montana and Martin
of South Dakota in regard TO, the opening to
settlement Of the Crow and Rosebud Indian
reservations, in Montana and South Da-
kota, respectively. The Presidents views
as to the value of these. lands will result
in renovation of the prices fixed in the
bills authorizing the opening to settlement
of portions of the reservation, The Crow
reservation bill fixed So acre as the price
to be paid for lands that could fbe irrigated.
This will be increased to 81, and the other
lands will be placed in the hands of the
Secretary OF the Interior to be disposed Of
from time to time and under such circum-
stances as he sees fit. ae~a- s
The price for the Rosebud lands will also
be increased, and IL the prices finally fixed
are satisfactory to, the President he will
sign the bills without insisting UPON the
lands being put up at auction. -
Representative Grosyenor of Ohio, who has
returned from his district lin Ohio. had a
chat with the President. Mr.. Grosvenor's
congressional district met March / and
elected two delegates instructed for Roose-
Welt for President. 1t Is the feeling that
practically all of the Ohio congressional
districts. since the death of Senator Hanna
Will take the same action as that of Repre-
sentative Grosvenor.
The Senate's Most Muscular Member.
Senators Quarles and Spooner of wiscon-
sin asked the President to appoint Henry
James of Racine. Wis, as secretary of a
United States legation. the young man
being DESTROYS of entering the diplomatic
service of the country. No special place
was picked out
muscular man in the Senate. He always
walks to the White House and to the Sem
ate. but this morning he rode to the ex .
ecutive offices. saying that he had done so
h<a<~ ,ir IL. Co. C~
ferred riding. Twenty-four years ago Sem
ator Quarles health broke down. and ne
had a physician who told him he would dc
unless he took up and followed indoor and
began to follow the advice. For days and
weeks he was sore and tired and bruised.
but he stuck to the task. and there have
been but few days when he has not spent
some time in his gymnasium. He allows
nothing to interfere with daily punch OF
the punching bag, and the result Is that
he has an arm that would be terror IL IT
shoulf ever be put into play. backed by a
vigorous will. such as the Wincous.n man
| possesses. The fact Is that Senator
| Quarles' biceps muscles measure fourteen
inches around. This is but one inch less
than John L. Sullivan's biceps measured In
| his palmy fighting days.
| Senator Quaries told a friend recently
that he had not had a headache In twenty
| four years, or since he began his regular
exercise Before that time he often had
whether the exercise does not affect the
heart action" he said, '"and give an an
swer to this by saying that just few days
| ago stood an examination for life insur-
ance and the physician assured me that ]
had the heart and lungs Of man thirty
years old"
Senator Quarles had to go up into north
western Wisconsin at one time to argue a
case. On the other side was great, mus
| cular-looking attorney, who had been a
| sheriff of his county In it's wild days and
| who had killed two or three men and worst
| ed many others. He sought to have some
| sport with Senator Quarles by referring to
| him as a city man with small hands and
| the sickly pallor of a denizen of the towns.
When Mr.. Quarles went before the jury he
good humoredly referred to the bombastic
| words of the "other slde,"n and said he
| somewhat prided himself 81 his muscle.
But for the dignity of the s6prt he would
am the court that he had larger muscle
than the counsel opposed To- him. There
was broad smile on the part of the jury
men. a subdued guffaw from the big at
torney and even the court looked amused.
Senator Quarles adroitlys let 1t be under
stood that he desired wager aon this ques-
| ton and that 1t would be settled at the
dinner recess. That agreement was thor
oughly understood, and when dinner recess
arrived there was a rush to vacant room.
Senator Quarles won the bet easily and.
besides. won his case 5Ehsg ettorney who
lost, was the most surprissd man in the
world. 5gf5