The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-05-19
u. S. TREASURY RECEIPTS.

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OOO.OOO; the Belefourche project in South
Dakota, GO.OOO acres. S. 1OO, 600: the NAL
heur project in Oregon, $4,000 acres, ST.
OOOOOO; the Fort Buford project on the
| Yellowstone River in North Dakota, 81 )
200 900.
$600O.OOO of the reclamation fund of $27,-
100000 to be disposed of.
| 1t has been stated a number of times,
and never denied, that Senator Quay has
Delaware Indian blood in his veins. How
ever that may be, it is well known that
Senator Quay has been very kind to the
Delawares, and that that tribe, now liv-
| ing in Oklahoma, is quite devoted to Sen
ator Quay and that they consider him one
of the Chiefs of the tribe. In behalf of the
Delawares, Senator Quay secured in the
bill for Statehood which passed the
House clause requiring the new State
of Oklahoma to have n provision against
the sale of liquor to Indians.
Senator Quay's latest expression of in
terest in the Delawares was given last
week, when, at the request of one of the
Chiefs who came to Washington for that
purpose, Senator Quay dOnned the full
paraphernalia of a big" Chief of the
Delawares, which the Chief brought with
him, and had several sittings for photo
1 STupHS i lie WAS III TIE SdTueH III
the rear of the Quay residence here in
| Washington. About a year ago the Della
wares invited Senator Quay to attend one
of their pOw-wows in the Territory, but
he was unable to go.
Texas will place in Statuary Hall in the
| Capitol in the near future statues of those
whom she believes best represent her i'll
| the Nations history Gen. Sam Houston
and Gen. Stephen Il. Austin, the two fa-
vorite sons Of the great Southwest Com
mOnwealth. The marbles, which were
sculptured in Genoa, Italy, have arrived.
and as soon as Congress convenes in De-
cember will be set up.
The sculptor is Elizabeth Ney. who
calls herself n Texas woman. She is the
niece of Marshal Ney, the celebrated
French military hero. She came to this
country several years ago, living awhile in
| Georgia. and afterward went to Texas.
Miss Ney has a large studio there, and
one in Paris.
Washington is going to try oil OH her
streets to lay the dust. That is, on some
Of the streets. There has been emphatic
protest by Automobiles against the use
of oil, rs it is injurious to rubber tires
but the protest will not stand if it is found
that the experiment is successful. The
Commissioners have authorized the pur-
chase of 80 barrels of asphaltic oil and
100 barrels of Texas oil to use in the ex.
pertinent.
1t is said that Gel Mocho." the former
| Minister from Venezuela to the United
States. is frustrating" in Philadelphia
1t will be remembered that he received
word from his Government about two
months ago that his salary would be
stopped and that he could close UP the
Legation here in Washington. He prompt
ly left Washington, and nobody has beer
right sure of his whereabouts since then
1t is known, positively. that President
Castro, of Venezuela, did not favor him
and that he only sent him as Minister t.
the United States to get the old fighter
out Of South America. When the Presi
dent got things in that turbulent State OF
his in shape and under his own control, he
proceeded to FIRE the aged statesman and
soldier.
Gen. Hernandez is born fighter, 9
revOlutionist first of all. He wrote q let
ter to President Castro criticizing certain
features Of the Government and charging
that Castro has not kept his pledges t.
the Nationalist party, to which Ell MochG
belonged, and of which he was the &C
knOwledged leader. This is what finished
his downfall. FL Mocho cannot speak 9
word of anything but Spanish, so he ISM
having the happiest time imagina BILE in hi.
self-exile. 1t is said that he hopes to gel
forces and means enough to enable him
to land secretly on Venezuelan shores anG
that he will proceed to make it interesting
for President Castro. He looks as though
he could do it.
Secretary Hay has gone to ST. Louis
where he is to represent the President Of
the United States and deliver the address.
of welcome to the International Pres.
Congress on the 10Th instant. The Secre
tary is making an early start in order t.
have the opportunity to examine the grea
Exposition at his leisure.
The Court of Claims has decided tina
duties collected on goods shipped from TIT
L nited States to the Philippines after thu
treaty of peace with Spain and before TIT
establishment of civil government wer,
; rightfully collected, although by militar,
authority and not by law. The decision
follows the insular decision of the Supreme
Court in that the Philippines are United
States territory. The case decided wa
ish corporation, which sued the United
States for $S1 1926. Other claims restin,
on exactly the same foundation aggregate
between $7,OOO,OOO and $S,OOO.OOO. b.
the decision this amount will be saved t.
the Government
Warner, Barnes & Co. sued for tariff
collected at Manila upon importations o
merchandise from the United States afte
the treaty of peace with Spain, and i
was argued that under the authority O
, the insular cases lately decided by tn
; Supreme Court Of the United States tn
levy and collection of such tariffs was lille
gal, for the reason that at the time Of sucl
collection the Philippine archipelago wa
not foreign country in respect to tn
, United States after the exchange Of ratifi
, cations Of the treaty by the Governme, t
| OF the United States and Spain.
: Dave Leahy is Representative Murdoch
!, private secretary, and both hail from WITCH
r ita, Kan Dave Is Democrat and an oil
newspaper man whose fame is now cont
nent wide:
, Dave Leahy's reputation as a newspape
, man started with a brilliant fake which b
, perpetrated many years ago. Old news
, paper men will remember it. 1t was abou
child which fell into a 7O-foot bored well
There was no water in the we'll, and tn
hole was so small that the child's bod
rubbed against the curbing breaking tn
force of the fall. The child could be hear
. crying at the bottom of the well. and tn
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