The Glenwood post., 1905-03-18
DOINGS AT WASHINGTON


ter general
Vespasian Warner has assumed his
office of commissioner of pensions to
succeed Commissioner Ware, who re-
tired November l4th last.
Chairman Elkins of the Senate com
mittee on interstate commerce, an
nounces that the committee will begin
hearings on the railway rate subject
April 18th.
Thomas j. Ryan has been informed
by the President that he is to be con
iinued as assistant secretary of the in
.erior. Mr.. Ryan has held the office
nearly eight years.
Senator Carter of Montana has pre-.
sented to the president his resignation
rs president of the Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition commission. He will
be succeeded on the commission, which
has yet few months to finish its work.
by John Waite of Montana, whom Sen
ator Carter introduced to the presi-
dent.
The secretary of the navy has made
contract with the Electric Boat com
bany for the construction of two sub
marine torpedo boats, one TO cost $3.50.
00O the other 100000. The contract
calls for the completion of the vessels
within eight months. With these the
navy will include ten submarine tor.
pedo botas.
Judge Wheeler in the United States
Circuit Court at New York has handed
down an opinion which. if finally sus.
tanned, will cost the United States
government s5,OOO,OOO. This money
the government will have to refund to
the American Sugar Refining Com.
pany for duties paid on raw sugars
imported from Cuba in 1903 and upon
which the company contended that a
reduction of twenty per cent. should
have been allowed under the then ex-
listing treaty.
The secretary of the treasury has is
sued warrant for s750000 in favor of
Mansfield, McMurray & Cornish. law
yers, residing in the Indian Territory
as fees for services rendered by them
to the Choctaw and Chckasaw In
dians. The secretary of the interior
declined to approve the claim on the
ground that it was excessive. Con-
gress, however, directed the payment
on the showing that it was regular
and in accordance with the contract
with the Indians.
The Senate has confirmed the fol-
lowing nominations: Charles H..
Treat, New York, treasurer of the
United States; Edward Whitson, dis
trict judge for the Eastern district OF
Washington; George w. Roosevelt,
Pennsylvania, consul general at Brus-
sells; r. st. John Gaffney. New York,
consul general at Dresden. SaXony;
Edwin Walter Sims. Illinois. solicitor
of the Department of, Commerce and
Labor; Peter Joseph Osterhaus, to be
a brigadier general, retired.
Lieut. d. II. Jarvis of the revenue
cutter service and by special act of
Congress collector of customs for the
district of Alaska, has rendered to the
! President his resignation as collector
| to take effect at once. He will resign
! from the revenue cutter service some
time during the coming summer. The
lieutenant was appointed to organize
the custom service of Alaska. and
having completed his task to the entire
satisfaction of all concerned. he has
decided to accept an advantageous bus
mess offer at Seattle For his work in
relieving six ice-imprisoned whaling
vessels in the Arctic ocean off Point
Barrow, Congress voted Lieutenant
! Jarvis large gold medal bearing his
own profile in relief
Representatives of Colorado. who
have been at Washington attending the
hearings in the Kansas Colorado case,
are discussing with officials of the In
terror department an0 the Department
of Justice the desirabilty of having
judges of the United States Supreme
Court visit Colorado and other western
states dependent upon irrigation, be-
fore a decision is rendered in the Kan
saS-COlorado suit. But two of the SUI
preme Court judges have personal
knowledge of conditions in the arid
and semi-arid states of the West. and
it is believed that a visit of as many
members of the court as could make
the the trip during the coming sum
mer would be of great value to them in
forming equitable conclusions in the
Kansas-C Colorado and similar cases.
The secretary of the interior has
awarded a contract for the construc.
tion in Salt River. valley, Arizona ter
ritOry, of what when completed. will
be one of the largest dams in the
world. The project will be built in ac-
cordance with the terms of the ma.
tional irrigation act 1t will cost ST..
100000 and the work will be done by
J. NJ. O'Rourke & Co. of Galveston,
Texas. In addition to overlooking
about $50 900 acres of land, the dam
Will supply water power for hun.
dreds of places throughout the ter,
ritory. The dam, which will be known
as the Roosevelt dam, will be 225 feet
high and at its base will have thick.
ness Of about 200 feet. or the length
of an ordinary city block. The work
must be completed within one year,
according to the terms of the contract
A solid month of travelling through
the West has been arranged by the
House and Senate irrigation commit
tees who will visit the various govern
ment irrigation projects this summer.
Two carloads of senators and repre-
sentatives and their wives will leave