The Grit-advocate., 1904-01-22


celved an envelope postmarked San
Francisco containing conscience con-
tribution of s1O0
The House committee on public lands
reported favorahly on bill to set apart
certain lands in Arizona TO be known
as the Petrited Forest Park
The House committee on judiciary
has fixed February "a, % and 2G as
dates for hearing on the GrOsvenor an
ti-union bill. The opponents OF the
measure will be heard frs.
The builders of the cruiser Denver,
which recently failed to make her re-
4uired contract speed of seventeen
knots an hour. have arranged with the
Navy Department to give the vessel
another trial within few weeks.
The Senate committee On Pacific is
lands and Porto Rico has made a favor
able report on Senator Blackburn's bill
to pay Liliuakaani, 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
frmed the following nominations:
Mai. Gen. Adna H. 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-half
hour each day to the six and one-hali
hours of labor heretofore required.
Ine Senate in executive session con-
firmed the following nominations:
William IA. 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
v cemetery by the Independent Order
pf Odd Fellows of Central City, ana
providing for a re-survey of lands IN
Routt and Rio BlaIco counties, Colo
RADIO.
The first pro-Smo0t 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 Mormonlsm
and urged the diplomatic corps IN
Washington to advise their govern
ments that Mormonism embodles po-
lygamy and to take action to prevent
emigration to Utah. Measures 10 al
ford protection from alleged false rep
reservations or Mormon missionaries
were advocated.
The first pair of lieutenant general 5
shoulder straps which General Chat-
fee will wear were presented TO hlm
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 TrooD X, Sixth United States cav
airy. and asks him to accept this pair
of lieutenant generals shoulder
straps"
The following bills have been passed
hv the Senate: Creating a port of deliV-
cry at Salt Lake, Utah; establishing an
Indian agricultural school at Wahpe-
ton, N. D.; providing depot lor .he
revenue cutter service in the harDor
- Oakland. Cal: and extending 10 lhe
ob-ports of Spokane, Bellingham
Blaine and Sumas. in the state vi
Washington. the privileges OF the act
of June 10, 1880, governing the 4hlnie-
diate transportation OF dutiaDle hhe'-
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 APP
Dropriations for conducting the "ealh-
or bureau for the next fiscal year. Inc
weather bureau service desires 10 eS-
tablish eight additional stations dur
ing the coming year. These TO De al
providence. Rhode Island; Hartford
Connccticut: Honolulu. Hawaiian Is
lands: Sitka, Alaska; Madison, WIS
consin. Durango. Colorado, Roswell
New Mexico, and one in limos. Inc
total appropriation asked Tor Is 81
100000.
About 5000. 900 rounds of ammnnl-
tion hurriedly purchased by the wal
department during the war with SPAN
has been found grossly defective. An
order usual Immediately after the IN
ferior quality of this ammunition was
discovered will call it all in from the
various conmands in this country ana
the Philippines. No one person IS helo
responsible for this defect. 1t Is re-
garded as natural result of the made
ouate ordnance manufacturing facill-
ties in this country at the time OF the
war Brig. Gen. William Crozier, chief
of ordnance, said that the ammunition
would not be an entire loss, as par'
OF the powder could be put to other
,,.o, ,p5 tho hullptS and cartridge