The Holly chieftain., 1904-02-12

Congress on The departmental libraries
is an order closing The fiction division
Of The War Department library The
books will be shipped TO posts IN Vari-
GUS parts OF the country.
The House committee on Indian at-
fairs authorized favorable report
upon the bill which has passed the
Senate authorizing the secretary Of the
interior TO grant rights OF way for pipe
lines for conyeysnces OF oil and gas
through Indian reservations.
President Roosevelt has instructed
the State and Navy Departments to
take effective measures 10 secure
reparaticn for the murder OF an Amer
lean in San Domingo and TO bring
about an immediate adjustment OF
long-standing grievances OF Americans
in the West Indian republic.
Assistant Secretary of State LOOMS
transmitted to the House memorial
from the Wales Island Packing Com
pany OF New York praying. Tor rehel,
on the ground that the decislon OF
the Alaskan boundary tribunal placed
its canning plant on the Canadian SIDE.
which. it is centented, will prevent the
continuance Of the business OF the con-
cern.
General Sanchez, the newly-appoint-
ed Dominican minister, called at the
State Department and left note ex-
pressing regret for the killing OF John
ston, the machinist. on the United
States gunboat Yankee. The minister
had not heard from his government.
but presented the note on his own re-
sponsibility. He promised that steps
would be taken to punish the guilty
persons.
By unanimously agreeing to a reso-
rution amending the rules of the House,
February End. the resident commission
er to Congress from Porto Rico was
given additional authority equal in all
essential respects to that of dele
gate from territory, the action not
requiring the concurrence of the Sen
ate. The speaker announced amid ap-
plause the appointment of Mr.. Degetau,
the Porto Rican commissioner, as a
member of the House committee on in
sular affairs.
Secretary Cortelyou, in replying to
the inquiry Of the house as to the
number of carriages. etc, maintained
at government expense for the use OF
heads of his department. discloses the
first automobile thus far revealed as
belonging to the government in the
answer made to the government We
hicle inquiry. There are eight
carriage horses used in his de-
partment, the secretary says, ag-
gregating in cost $7125; ten
vehicles, costing s4,2G0. and harness
costing $685.. Four men are detailed
to drive and care for the livery, at an
aggregate salary of $3.50.
The secretary of the interior has ap-
proved the setting aside OF $2,250,00
of the reclamation fund for the irri-
cation project on the north side of the
Shoshone river, in the Big Horn basin
of Wyoming. provided that satisfac-
tory rights to land and water can be
secured. This project provides for the
construction of the storage reservoir
in Shoshone river and canal head
Ing in the canon above Cody. 1t will
provide water for approximately 90,-
900 acres on the north side of the river
in Big Horn county. The entire dis
tance from Garland to Cody station
will be under the canal system adjacent
to the Big Horn basin extension of the
Burlington & Missouri River railroad.
Under the Dingley tariff law frogs
legs are dressed poultry. This was Of
ficiaIly decided by the secretary of the
treasury after he and the experts Of
the customs division had made an ex-
haustive study of the subject for three
months. The question arose about
November list when the auditor for the
Treasury Department wrote letter to
the secretary informing him that cer-
tain collectors of customs along the
Canadian border were admitting frogs
legs under ten per cent duty for raw
or unmanufactured articles not speci
fically provided for The weight of
the evidence and the secretary's per-
sonal experience were on the side of
the contention that frog was bird.
The Senate committee on agriculture
on the 9th inst. gave hearing to
Senator Teller's bill appropriating
$250.000 to conduct experiments to nom
corn-growing states and territories in
the breeding and feeding of the various
classes of live stock for market and in
growing crops and forage plants adapt
ed to these purposes. w. l.. Carlyle,
professor of agriculture In the college
at Fort Collins, Colorado; l.. II. Grubb.
n member of the hoard Of regents of the
same college. and Secretary of Agricul-
ture Wilson all spoke in favor Of such
a bill. The committee favors the meas
ure. but 1t is agreed that the amount
asked for is far greater than will be
appropriated as preliminary move
ment.
1t is declared that western members
of Congress who are working for state
hood for the territories are of opinion
that the situation is acute and the ter
ritories are ''up against it." Arizona
is the great stumbling block. 1t is con-