The Elbert County tribune., 1904-02-25

proposed Monterey forest reserve.
The House bill authorizing the di'
rector Of the census to cooperate VIII
the state OF Michigan in taking inc
census of manufacturers OF that statt
was passed by the Senate The OIL
also provides for a like cooperation ID
other states.
Announcement has been made at the
Navy Department of the retirement az
his own request of Rear Admiral
Charles s. Cotton, commander-in-chiei
of the European station. He will prop.
ably be succeeded by Rear Admirai
French y. Chadwick.
The President recently Issued an ex'
ecutive order revoking those OF Presi'
dent Mckinley, allowing gifts from o.
flcers of the army and navy and the
civic establishment In Porto RICO
Cuba, the Philippines. etc, to be au,
mltted into the United States free OF
duty. The privilege had been abused
| OF late
The fertilization appropriation Dill
was reported to the House ON the lotn
inst. from the appropriations commit
tee. 1t carries a total appropriation OF
| $7.131 1872, which Is less by Si4i,zZ4
than was appropriated for forthcations
af the last session of Congress. The
estimates on which the bill is based
aggregates S21,573,197.
The House committee on postofices
and postroads agreed to the report OF
subcommittee raising the salaries
OF rural free delivery carriers 10 a
maximum OF s720 per annum. Instead
OF 5000, as at present. The report
agreed to take away from such car
riers the express and news agency
privileges which they now have.
Senator Carmack has introduced an
amendment to the bill regulating ship
ping trade between ports OF the United
States and ports or places in the Phll-
lppine archipelago. The amendment Is
for the purpose of extending the time
Of the application of the coastwise laws
Of the United States to the Philippine
archipelago from July l. 1904. to July
/. 1909.
The Indian appropriation bill as
agreed on by the House comittee on
Indian affairs carries n total Of $780,
S1I, based on estimates amounting to
$7,732,252. The amount Of the last bill
was 1854 ,306 For current expenses
the bill carries s722. 400; fulfilling
treaty obligations, s2.077.764; gratui-
ties, $3.50. 600: incidental expenses, S76,-
300; miscellaneous. s615,S6S; schools.
se.551 .SGS.
Vice President Vale of the Denver &
Rio Grande company, was given hear
ing by the House committee on inter-
state and foreign commerce in favor of
bill exempting narrow-gauge roads
from the application of the safety ap-
Ia n
quires the use of air brakes on loco
motives. Mr.. Vale wishes authority
to equip locomotives of his road with
water brakes. using air for the remain
der of the train.
Several bills were introduced in the
Senate February goth for the increase
of soldiers and sailors pensions In
case OF serious disability. Senator
Burrows proposed an increase to SIS
month for the loss of both legs or
deafness in both ears. Senator Hoar
proposed an increase to 500 month
for total blindness and Senator CALM
ger proposed an increase to $40
month for all survivors Of the Mexican
war.
Senator Hansbrough has introduced
a bill providing that in case of unper-
fected claims being included in for
est reserve, the owner may relinquish
and be entitled to receive payment in
money of a sum to be agreed upon by
the Interior Department and posses
sion relinquished, after examination
and appraisement by officers OF the
department. 1t provides also that
hereafter forest reserves created shall
not include land grants and that ex-
changes of land shall only be for land
of like character.
II the effort which is being made in
Congress to transfer the control of
the forestry reserves from the Depart
ment of the Interior to the Depart
ment of Agriculture are successful, the
enormous area of 62,254 1865 acres now
included in the reserves will be placed
in charge of Clifford Pinchot. chief for
ester of the Department of Agricul-
ture. Mr.. Pinchot.was deliberately ed
ucated for the career of a forester.
He graduated from Yale in 1883, then
studied forestry In France, Germany,
Switzerland and Austria. He worked
as a practical forester on the Wander
bilt estate at Biltmore. North Carolina,
and became forester in the Depart
ment of Agriculture in 1898.
The House. on the 18th instant
passed the Notifications appropria-
tion bill. The Philippine question was
the subject OF brief but spirited dis
cussion while the bill was under con-
sideration. An item in the bill pro-
vided for fortifications in the insular
possessions. Mr.. Smith (Dem., Ken
tucky), proposed an amendment to
preclude the use of any part of the ap-
propriations for Notifications in the
Philippines, holding that an expendi-
ture of the sum necessary properly to
fortify the islands was not warranted
until the future of the archipelago
shall have been determined. A party
alignment on the proposition imme-
diately followed. Mr.. Williams of Mis-
sissippi. the minority leader, taking up
the fight for the amendment. By a
strict party vote OF so to SO the Smith