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National Capital Notes.


ernor-elect of Arkansas, has resigned
from Congress.
President Roosevelt entertained Gov
elect Hughes Of New York at dinner at
the White House.
The opening of bids for the completion
of the Panama canal has been postponed
from Dec. II to Jan. y.
Senator Frye withdrew from the Sen
ate calendar the compulsory pilotage bill
because of its recent defeat in the House
Representative Hardwick Of Georgia
introduced a bill requiring all railways
to install the block system and providing
that railway telegraphers shall be licens-
ed
Representative Goulden of New York,
in the debate on the Indian appropris' on
hill in the House, made an earnest plea
for larger appropriations for the improve
ment of waterways.
The House defeated bill validating
10000 certificates Of naturalization that
are clouded because court clerks failed
to ask the applicants if they were an
archists. The measure will be called up
again.
Miss Jane Adams and Miss Mary
Mcdowell of Chicago conferred with
President Roosevelt on the immigration
bill. They urged an investigation Of the
immigration question before shutting out
aliens.
The Senate agreed to a resolution re-
uuesting the judiciary committee to in
form the Senate if Congress can prohibit
interstate commerce in child labor made
goods under the commerce clause OF the
Constitution.
The House committee on immigration
reported favorably bill to validate 20
600 certificates of naturalization which
are of doubtful legality because Of the
failure of clerks to ask the applicants if
they were anarchists.
American exports of meat and dairy
products have increased 60 per cent in
the last ten years and for the present
calendar year amount to S250,O00,OO0.
according to a statement made by the De-
1.artment OF Commerce and Labor.
Representative Mckinney of Illinois
introduced bills appropriating 5000 for
the purchase of additional ground for the
public building at Rock Island and in
creasing the appropriati ton for a site and
public building at Moline to $125,OOo
Senators Cullom and Hopkins will
urge the President to appoint Oliver f..
Pagin of Chicago, now special attorney
in the Department of Justice, TO be an
assistant attorney general to succeed
James G. McReynolds, soon to retire.
rne Russian ambassador, Barren Rose,
announced that man representing him
self as Prince Magatch, who is said to be
in America negotiating for farm machin-
erv for the Russian department Of agri-
culture has no authority to represent the
Russian government.
The interstate commerce commission
set ian. 7 and for a hearing at Chi
cago of the testimony in the cases grow
ing out OF the terminal charges at the
stock yards and the advance in rates
unon cattle coming from points west OF
the Mississippi river.
The House committee on elections de-
cided unanimously to report favorably the
Tillman bill forbiddins national banks
and other corporations to contribute to
campaign funds after adding a clause
making the offense punishable BY impris-
onment as well as fine.
Vice President Fairbanks receive d
from Representative Stevenson an invita-
ton from several Chippewa half-breeds
of Minnesota who bear his name and are
related to him to attend the fftieth ami
versary of the creation OF the White
Earth Indian reservation.
The House committee on commerce
will be gin hearings Jan. on the Sher-
man bill requiring railroads to sell mile
age books at a rate of cents mile
and Dec. IA on the Townsend bill for an
arbitration to settle labor disputes af-
fecring interstate commerce or the mails