Idaho Springs siftings., 1905-02-18
DOlNGS At WASHINGTON

! IN the ftgLfmAIf lAH0 Llf-
/ trict, on account Of the Madison river
I project Of irrigation. and 3t5 900 acres
in the Carson city. Nevada. Land dis
trict. on account of the Truckee- Car
son irrigation project.
Senator Crane has introduced bin
appropriating S250.000 for the estab-
lishmeBt Of d leprosariuin for the sex.
regatlon 0! lepers and to preseut the
/ spread OF disease in the United States.
IL IL provided that the institution shall
be situated on some abandoned mill
tary rrse rYatlon or other suitable site
owned by the United States
Senator Teller has proposed au
amendme Mt to the Indian appropris, ion
ball designed. II IL is adopted, TO check
+ the Raven Mining Company and the
{ Florence Mining Company from absorb
{ Ing more mine raj lands on the Ilatah
{ Indian rtse ryation than they may be-
+ entitled To under the provisions 81 the
I opening act, giving them certain pref
I ercntial mineral claims.
The following statement was made
public at the White House. The
I members Of the Cabinet have all t.u.
dered their designations, and on The
T 9th Of March they will all be uuul
mated for reappointment with tn ~.
ception OF Mr. Wynue. who Is 20 be
E appointed consul general at LONDON.
t Mr Cortelyou viii be nominate Ou
Narth 9Th for postmaster genera
. he members OF the house commit
{ tee on Interstate and foreign conn cree
today presented Chairman ". p. Hep
burn of Iowa with q three-handlp3 sll
f var. gold llned cup. The cup is r'-
III, m,mbrancv Of the recent Panam triT
F u the committee and expressive of the
{ sentiment Of the committee a. 20
I Colonel Hepburn's presiding qua les
I during the recent rate legislation cam
/ paign.
What has been done by the Agriaui-
/ lural Dspartms in its investiE '.uu
I Of The Irrigation problem has bes o..
/ ported so the house committee b Dr.
True and Elwood Mead of the bursa1
1 oi irrigation Of the department. The
. total irrigated area of the coHntrs bF
+ private enterprise Is 8. 500 200 acT. al
T a cost Of y201 100000 The conn Ties.
T is planning a trip for next SUNNI TO
all Of the irrigation projects of che
1 government An invitation is to b. sK-
+ tended to the Senate committee on IFs
rigAtion.
Attorney General Moody has ap
pointed Judson Harmon OF Cinciuuau
4 aho VAS attorney general during The
second administration Of Pres siaeu'
Z Cleveland. aud Frederick n. JudF On. a
prominent lawyer II St Louis. g. .u-
+ Yestigate the alleged action of The
/ Atchison. Topeka q Santa fe railroad
In granting rebates to the Colorado
F Fuel and Iron Company. The employ
T meat is With the view Of taking legal
proceedings against the company H.
after inves tlgation. such proceea ags
+ seem justified.
A. one of the preliminary stelrs to-
1 ward ops ming the rintah Indian resor-
satiou to settle ment the House passed
the bill of Repress NATIVE Howell OF
I Utah to create a land district and es-
tablish a land Office for more cnnyen-
INT Transaction OF the business which
Will be incident 10 the opening lhan Is
.noTded BY present land oflce facili-
+ tics. The bill as passed prov ides that
all that portion OF Utah included within
that part OF the Uintsh resarYation
which lies within the oouuI4 OF
Wahsafeh county shall constitute a
new land district and that a and Of
Zee shall be located az Nerusl The
lin " similar 10 that introduced in .he
81 nate by Senator Smoot and now
pending before the Senate public lands
committee.
The House Committee on Public
Lands ordered a favorable report on
. Representative Brooks s40-arre hoy =
stead hill making II conform in ali
/ essential features TO the bill reeentiy
reported for South Dakota. T1at fea-
turs Of the bill permitting seiileFs who
have made homestead entry under
present laws to Increase their entries
to an aggregate area Of $40 acres. was
amended 10 apply only 10 settlers 10
that part Of Colorado affected by the
Brooks bill. and IL was stipulated that
any additions to present homesteads
shall be Of lands lying adjacent thereto.
As the bill was originally drawn. this
right to make additional homestead
entries was extended TO any settler on
arid lands between the 1o0th and 105th
meridians. either In Colorado or ad-
Joining states.
Through his counsel. Judge Svayne
ON the 80 inst made formal response
in the Senate TO the articles Of i'm
peachme Mt voted by the House Of Rep
resentatiyes The answer was a for
midable document In point Of size
Each Of the twelve articles Of i'm
peachment WAS answered at length.
In every case the fact charged was ad
mitted. but explained from Judge
Swayne's point OF view. and in addi-
tion, 1t was contended that even If the
/ conditions were true as charged. they
were not Of a character to Justify pro
ceedings for Impeachment for high
crimes and mis6emeanors. The an
swer Was read by former Senator
'rhurston. and when he concluded Il ;
Senate issued an order requiring u e
House to file its formal reply by the
next Monday and directed that all the
pleadings should be in by February 9th
SO that the trial might proceed on Feb
ruary 10Th.