The Ordway new era., 1908-12-25
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.
Instructions have been sent by the
State Department to American Min.
lister Furniss at Port au Prince to ac-
cord recognition TO the new govern.
ment of Hayti. headed by General
Simon.
Government records, charts. maps
and photographs valued at more than
$4,000 were destroyed In fire which
broke out In the Geological Survey
building The damage to the build
ing itself was slight.
The secretary OF the treasury has
recommended that 100000 be appro-
priated for irrigation projects on In
dian reservations for the coming fiscal
year instead of 100000. the amount
included in the regular estimates
Senator Clark of Wyoming has intro
duced a bill relieving J. B. SchOenfelt
OF Wyoming. former Indian agent at
Muskogee, Okla. from liability for de-
falcation of his clerk. Lyman X. Lane.
OF S7.444 during the period OF his EN-
ployment under Shoenfelt.
J. o. B. Thompson of Richmond. In
diana. who has passed much time in
Africa. has told Mr.. Roosevelt that
his greatest danger in Africa would
not come from wild animals or rep
tiles. but from poisonous insects He
said the bites of some of these had
been known to produce blood poison
ing. He recommended that the Presi-
dent sleep at night in an inscct'proof
place.
At the request of w. G. NJ. Stone.
president of the Colorado state For
estry Association, Senator Guggenheim
has amended his bill providing for in
struction in forestry in agricultural
colleges, so that the appropriations for
this purpose may be derived from any
money paid to or received by the Tor
est service.
Secretary Garfield has told western
senators that the withdrawal of phos
phatc 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 S5O,-
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 MS
fish hatchery and other property at
Delta, Colo. by mob in 1901. This
bill has been before Congress seven
years and originally was introduced oy
Senator Teller.
Before the House committee on as'
riculture Chief Forester Plnchot eN
planned his reasons for asking ior
nearly $2,O00,000 increase in the appro-
priation for national forests. he urseu
the necessity for providing 1,4oo more
foresters and government officials III
connection with the policing ana saie
of timber of the forest reservations
and asked for n larger fund TOT the GO
tablishment of trails ana roaos
throughout the reserves.
A special message by the President
in which he defends the government
and denounces the authors of the ran
anna scandal charges, declaring tnat
Joseph Pulitzer of the New iorn
World should be prosecuted by tne
government for libel, was made the oc-
casion of hilarious laughter in the sen
ate. The message states that the AT.
torney general is preparing 10 taNe
action.
Among a large number of war cia,li
bills passed by the House is one ior the
relief of the Citizens bank OF Louisl
ana for $215,s2O. The bill has passeu pn,
the Senate many times. The ciain, II,
arose over the seizure of the funds u
the bank by General Benjamin f. 1u''
Ter In 1862.
President Roosevelt declined an IN
vitation to attend a banquet to Dc given
in New York by the Aero C,n1 ..
America in honor Of the Wrign.
brothers. The President told con
mittee he would be glad to give 49,
ception at the White house IN n0no'
Of the aaroplanists.