The Glenwood post., 1908-12-26
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.


Senator Burkett of Nebraska made
strong argument in favor of postal
savings banks.
The Senate has confirmed the ap-
pointments of Byron P. Blair. regis
ter of the land office at Montrose. and
J. II. Weiss, receiver at Del Norte,
Colorado.
Capt. John w Batin, chief of the bu-
reau of steam engineering, has been
found to be incapacitated and will be
placed upon the retired list with the
rank of rear admiral.
Instructions have been sent by the
State Department to American Min
lister Furniss at Port au Prince to &C.
ment of Hayti, headed by General
Simon.
Government records, charts, maps
and photographs valued at more than
100000 were destroyed in fire which
broke out in the Geological Survey
building The damage to the build
ing Itself was slight.
President Roosevelt stated that
there was no truth in printed story
that he had had disagreement with
President-elect Taft about the candi
| dacy of the latter's brother, Charles P
Taft, for the senatorship from Ohio.
Secretary Loeb at the White House
stated that in the event of Secretary
of State Root being elected to the Sen
ate from New York, January 18th, he
will probably resign his present of
flee and be succeeded by Assistant
Secretary Bacon.
Secretary Newberry has advised
President-elect Taft that the armored
cruisers North Carolina and Montana
will be placed at his disposal when MI.
Taft and his party, that is to be com
posesis Of. a number. of engineers, go to
Panama next month.
Secretary Garfield has told western
senator's that the withdrawal Of phos
phate lands in the west is to be tenn
porary and was made primarily to pro
tect home interests from prospective
acquisition of these lands by foreign
corporations and the phosphate trust
which. it had been reported, had $780,.
100000 ready to use in acquisition OF
all available phosphate beds.
The House has passed the bill which
passed the Senate at the last session
appropriating $4,000 to pay William
Radcliffe. British subject, for dam
| ages caused by the destruction of his
fish hatchery and other property al
Delta, Colo. by a mob in 1901. This
bill has been before Congress seven
years and originally was introduced by
| Senator Teller.
Before the House committee on ag
riculture Chief Forester Pinchot ex
planned his reasons for asking for
nearly $2,000,000 increase in the appro
priation for national forests. He urged
the necessity for providing 1,4OO more
foresters and government officials ir
connection with the policing and sale
of timber of the forest reservations
and asked for larger fund for the es
adjustment of trails and roads
throughout the reserves.
IAOOSeNtll has Ntltcu tuS
joint resolution recognizing the recent
interior department survey and loca
ton of the thirty-seventh parallel
which by law forms the boundary be
tween Colorado, New Mexico and Okla
homa. He cites the fact that the pro
posed adjustment would take five post
offices from Colorado and add them tc
New Mexico without the assent of the
Legislature of Colorado.
Senator Clark of Wyoming has intro
duced bill relieving j. B. Schoenfell
of Wyoming, former Indian agent a
Muskogee, Okla, from liability for de
falcation of his clerk, Lyman X. Lane
of $7,444 during the period of his EN-
ployment under Shoenfelt
At the request of w. G. NJ Stone
president of the Colorado State For
estry Association, Senator Guggenhein
has amended his bill providing for in
struction in forestry In agricultural
colleges. so that the appropriations fol
this purpose may be derived from any
money paid to or received by the for
est service.