The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1907-02-01
NOTES FROM WASHINGTON
Especial Correspondence.)

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seed distribution by congress. In.
stead OF appropriating the customary
s250,000 for this purpose, the COM
mittee will advise in the report on
the agricultural appropriation bill
that this sum of money be used for
the purchase OF rare seeds 10 be dis
tributed by the department OF agrt
culture
To Investigate Ute Grievances-
| Captain Carter p. Johnson of the 10th
! u. s. cavalry, one OF the regiments
which last summer helped TO round
| been designated by the President
| 10 make a thorough inquiry into all
! the circumstances attending the dis
! satisfaction among these Indians.
| Pending his report the Indians will be
| kept at Fort Meade, s. ID.
Men Available for Serviee.-More
than 100000 men in the United
! States are available for military scr.
vice, according TO the report of the
military secretary of the army, con-
cerning the militia, which has jnst
been made public. New York leads
the list in the number Of men avail
able for duty, having 1,394,000 such
citizens. The report includes eX-
tracts from the comments of officers
who inspected the various state or.
ganizations. In nearly all cases the
| officers urge larger appropriations
and better equipment for the militia.
Veterans MedaIs.-Represent
Foster Of Vermont recently introduc.
cd "A joint resolution providing that
holders Of medals of honor, awarded
in accordance with the aCrs OF 1862
and 1868, shall not be required to sur
render such medals in case they are
replaced by medals of honor Of the
tyne recently approved by the war
department Where the old medals
have been given up for new ones. the
resolution provides the former shall
be returned TO their owners. These
provisions are subject to the condi-
tion that no recipient Of medals shall
wear both at the same time. The
resolution is designed TO meet the
wishes Of many veterans of the civil
war. who feel an attachment for the
first medals given them, and do not
want TO give them up even for the
new ones which are heavily gold
plated and Of a distinctive design,
which the old ones are not
Senate Passes Compromiee.-The
senate passed the compromise Fora.
kcr resolution authorizing the com
mttee on military affairs TO investi-
gate the facts OF the trouble at
! Brownsville, Tex, on the night of
Aug. 1874, without questioning the
LEGALITY or justice Of any act Of the
President in relation TO or connected
with that affray." This action came
! after the subject OF the Presidents
| discharge Of the negro troops had
| been under consideration almost daily
since the first day OF the present ses.
| sion of congress and every phase of
! the question had been discussed on
| all sidos. Before the adoption OF the
| resolution several substitutes were
voted down. One by Senator NAL
|
! authority for his course and acted
| Justly, was tabled by a vote Of i3 10
%" Another. by Senator McCumner.
| s'~ply providing for an investigation
without reference TO the President in
any way was tabled by a viva voce
vote. A third. by Senator CulbersOn,
simply indorsing the Presidents ac-
g. .grrn
ton. was tabled by a roll call vote
| CT 4G 10 10 There was no record
vote on the resolution adopted.
Gen. Alger Dead.-U. S. Senator
Russell A. Alger of Michigan died
! suddenly at his home in this city
Thursday morning. There was prac.
! tically no premonitory symptom that
the end was near. Early in the
morning the senator had a pleasant
chat with Mrs. Alger in hef room
! and then went down stairs. A few
minutes later he suffered a recur.
renee of an old heart trouble. and
death came quickly. Russell Alex.
ander Alger was of New England par.
entage, but was born in Medina
county, O.. in 1887. He was left an
orphan at the age of IL. in a log cab
in with younger brother and sister.
| The formal announcement Of Senator
| Alger's death was made TO the army
by Secretary Taft in the following
order: The secretary of war an
nounces with deep sorrow the death
| of Hon. Russell Alexander Alger
which occurred on Jan. "a. at his res
idence in this city. Gen. Alger was
secretary of war during the admins
tration Of President Mckinley. from
March 5. 1897. To Aug. l. 1899. a per-
iod during which the administration
Of the war department was brought
into great prominence through its ac-
tivities in connection with the war
with Spain and the military opera.
tions in the Philippines that succeed
ed IL. Gen. Alger was patriotic. earn.