The Springfield herald., 1908-05-22
CONGRESS ANp TIE CAPITAL

| CONGHESS ANU ! NE SNfi ~.
The eradication of mosquitoes on
the Potomac flats has greatly decreased
the death rate in Washington.
| President Roosevelt has accepted the
presidency OF the International Con-
gress of tuberculosis which will be
held in Washington City in the autumn.
| The House committee on public
lands has reported a bill extending
the acreage limitation Of the Carey
land act to 100000 acres in the state
of Idaho.
\ bill authorizing the appointment,
as an addition to the regular military
establishment. of fifty captains to COM
mand the Philippine scouts was passed
in the House.
The endowment of schools of mines
and mining from proceeds of public
land sales outside the irrigation states
is provided for by bill passed by the
| Senate.
Senator Clark of Wyoming secured
the incorporation of an amendment in
the civil appropriation bill increasing
fees of witnesses in United States
courts in Colorado, Wyoming and
other Western states to SO day.
The forest service has announced
the following appointments on Colo
RADIO national forests: John b. Cam
| mon, forest guard Gunnison national
| forest: ]. A. Peterson, c. X. Munsell
and Edgar ]. Fitzhugh. forest guards
San Juan national forest.
Senator Carter secured an agree
ment to make the postal savings bank
bill special order in the Senate for
| December 18th next. this action being
taken in view of the lack of time in
the present session to permit senators
| to speak on the measure.
| Senator Teller secured an amend
ment in the Sunday civil appropriation
| bill by which Colorado is to be in.
cluded in the provision which was
placed in the bill at the instance OF
Senator Warren, granting the states of
Wyoming ard Idaho an additional l.
100000 acres of land under the Carey
desert land act.
Senator Guggenheim secured the in
corporation in the suldry civil appro-
priation bill of an amendment appro-
priating $4,000 for the transmission of
silver dollars by registered mail or
otherwise and free transmission where
an equal amount has been deposited by
the applicant.
Nineteen men passed and eleven
failed of the thirty who presented
themselves for the April examinations
for the grade of consul and appoint
ments to the student interpreter
corps. This is higher proportion of
successful candidates than at any pre-
vious examination. Among those who
passed was Cornelius Ferris of Colo
rado.
Secretary Taft arrived at Charles
ton, South Carolina, Sunday, on board
the cruiser Prairie from Panama, and
left the same day for Washington via
the Atlantic Coast line. The isthmus
now presents" he said, IAN appear
ance not unlike a factory or mill vii
lage, or succession of villages. clear
across, and the lights at night and the
noises, too, might keep one awake If
not tired enough to sleep WE'LL
The. conference committee on the
agricultural appropriation bill agreed
to support the Senate amendment
which gives states and territories
twenty-five per cent. of the forest pro-
ceeds. instead of ten per cent, as
heretofore. The committee reached
compromise on the Senate amendment
which increased the fund for perma-
nent forest improvements from $780,
600 to $1,000,000, fixing the amount at
100000
Recent advices from the new naval
hospital at Fort Lyon, Colorado, con-
firm the promising report made by
Surgeon B. l.. Wright, on duty at that
sanitarium, regarding the results of
treating tuberculosis by the use of
mercury. Naval surgeons at the hos
pital have been closely observing the
thirty cases subjected to this treat
ment, and the progress, it is said, has
been such as to add to the confidence
that they have made an important
| discovery.
By the action of the Senate and
House conference committee the sal
aries of surveyors general will be in
creased from $1,000 to $4,000 in Cali
| fornia. Colorado. Idaho. Montana, Ore
gon, Utah, Wyoming and Washington
and to sG,500 in Arizona, Nevada and
New Mexico.
The Manila Chamber of Commerce
is sending cable messages to Washing
ton urging their desire that the battle
ship fleet be allowed to remain there
upon its arrival "as long as possible"
The messages set out the great advan-
tage which will accrue to the islands
through the presence of the fleet.
Chairman Mondell of the Public
Lands Committee introduced the omni-
| bus lands bill, which includes an item
providing that homestead entries by
| members of the Colorado Cooperative
colony shall not be be cancelled be-
cause of efforts made to commute such
entries.
Senator Teller has introduced an
amendment to the public buildings bill
appropriating 100000 for beginning
construction of a postoffice building
at Denver and providing that this ap-
preparation shall not be construed as
fixing the cost limit of the building.
which shall cost, when completed, not
less than sl,S00,000