The Holly chieftain., 1908-05-22

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Mrs. Howard Gould. wife OF the mul-
ti-millionaire New Yorker. and her sis.
ter. Mrs; Sun You. wife Of . San Fran
cisco Chinaman, and devoted to slum
work. on tho coasts. were beQueathed
81 each BY the will OF their father,
Solomon Perry slemens. just filed ut
Pittsburg. Pennsylvania.
CONGRESS AND THE CAPITAL
The eradication Of mosquitoes on
the Potomac fiats has greatly decreased
the death rate in Washington.
President Roosevelt has accepted the
presidency Of the International Con-
gress Of fuberculosis which will be
held In Washington City In the autumn.
The House committee on public
lands has. reported q bill extending
the acreage limitation OF the Carey
land act to r,Q00.000 acres In the state
Of Idaho.
A bill authorizing the appointment.
as an addition to the regular military
establishment, OF nifty 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. 50
After brief debate the House
passed the Mondell dry farm bill, per-
hitting the homesteading Of not to ex-
ceed 320 acres Of snon-irrigable, nom
mineral and non-timbered public
lands. Ii, d!
Senator ClarhfDf Wyoming secured
the Incorporation. OF an amendment In
the civil apDr0sstA Ion bill increasing
fees Of witnesseS In United, States
courts in Colorado, Wyoming and
other Western states to % day.
Returns indicate that there will be no
difficulty in securing the 5000 recruits
wanted by the Navy; Department. The
good times that the boys on the Allan
tic feet are having on their long cruise
may have something to do with this.
According to q reported interview
with Representative Townsend of
Michigan, President Roosevelt will not
insist upon anti-injunction and Sher-
| man antitrust law amendments In the
present session of Congress, and there
will be no such legislation.
The Senate adopted tie Guggenheim
amendment to the postoflce appropria-
tion bill. giving railway mail clerks ex.
peMSas not to exceed one dollar per day
while absent from homo on postofice
business. The bill carries an appropri-
alton of 100000 to meet this charge.
The forest service has announced
the following appointments on Colo
RADIO national forests: John B. Cam.
mon, forest guard Gupnison national
forest; j. A. Peterson, g. X. Munsell
and Edgar j. Fitzhugh, forest guards
San Juan national forest.
| Senator Teller secured an amend.
nient in the Sunday civil appropriation
bill by which Colorado 10 to be In.
cluded In the provision which was
placed in the bill at the instance Of
Senator Warren, granting the states Of
Wyoming and Idaho an additional l.
100000 acres of land under the Carey
desert land act.
Three members Of the United States
Senate have received letters from Pres
tdent Roosevelt within the past few
days declaring his supremacy as com.
mander-in-chief, In all matters referring
to the control of the army and navy. He
denies that he was under any obliga-
tions to give the discharged soldiers
or Colonel Stewart a court Of inquiry.
Mrs. Sarah Platt-Decker Of Denver
has been appointed q member Of the
executive committee of the National
Civic federation. Among other mem.
bers are Mrs. Andrew Carnegie, Mrs.
Murray Crane, Mrs. Frederick Dent
Grant. Mrs. George Westinghouse, Mrs.
John D. Rockefeller and Mrs. Nicholas
Longworth.
| Senator Guggenheim has received
kilograms OF protest from many con-
stituents against permitting the en-.
larged homestead bill to go through
with that part of Colorado east Of
Meridian 1Oo eliminated from its pro-
visions. On the strength of Senator
Guggenheim's representations the con-
ference committee probably will
amend the till so as to include the
entire area of Colorado within Its
scope.
In the senate Senator Warren Sc
cured the Incorporation in the sundry
civil appropriation bill of an amend
ment adding 100000 acres to the
grant OF the state Of Wyoming under
the Carey land act. His bill for this
purpose previously passed the Senate.
but was defeated in the House.