The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1908-05-30
CONGRESS AND THE CAPITAL

Joint maneuvers at Fort Russell OF
regular troops and militia organiza-
tion of Wyoming, Colorado and Utah,
have been ordered to commence Aug.
1st and continue until August 10Th.
Brigadier General Alexander Mac
kenZie, chief of engineers, was retired
on account of age. He was the oldest
officer on the active service list and the
one of longest service.
The Senate adopted the conference
report upon the enlarged homestead
bill, the committee having modified
its report so that the states of Idaho
and California will be excluded in ac-
cordance with the wishes Of senators
from those states.
The Senate has approved thirty-sev
en- treaties at this session. Twelve
nations have agreed by treaty with the
United States to arbitrate future dis
putes, which is taken to mean nothing
less than the world has now been es-
tablished on the plane of arbitration.
The National Association of Piano
Dealers has presented Speaker Can
non with cigar twenty inches long
and two inches thick at its widest part,
made out of the best selected Havana
leaf, and mounted in . plush box. The
gift cost $50, of which it is said, the
cigar alone represented $50.
Secretary Taft, while in Panama,
made an agreement which it is be-
lieved If carried into effect will guar
antee the absolute integrity of the
elections to be held in July. Panama
is to appoint an electoral commission
to investigate the complaints of all
parties and in this the United States
is to join.
B. ID. Townsend, a special attorney
in the Department of Justice, has gone
to Portland. Oregon, to institute legal
proceedings on behalf of the govern
ment to dispossess the Southern Pa
cific of land in western Oregon valued
at $3.500,000, and to secure decree
annulling the grant and restoring the
lands to the public domain.
The Senate passed the House bill to
pension at the rate of $1l5 month
Jennie Carroll, widow of DR.. James Car
roll, surgeon United States army. and
Mabel H. Lazear, widow of DR.. Jesse
w. Lazear of the army, in recognition
Of the eminent services OF their de-
ceased husbands, who lost their lives
while investigating yellow fever.
The conferees on the sundry civil ap-
ren amendment giving Wyoming L.
100000 acres of land under the Carey
act in addition to the 100000 acres
carried by the original act and also
upon Senator Clark's amendment in
creasing the fees of witnesses in
United States courts in Wyoming, Col
orado, Utah, Idaho and other western
states from 81 to 50 per day.
The Senate public buildings commit
tee completed consideration of the ON
nibus public buildings bill. In addition
10 providing for the Denver building,
the committee added $4,000 for en-
larging the Colorado Springs building
and $4,000 for Trinidad. The commit
tee cut from the House bill the item of
$4,000 for site at Grand Junction
and reduced the House item of $780,
900 for a site and building at Roswell
New Mexico to 100000.
President Goltra of the National
Federation of Postoffice clerks, an
nounced to the New York union that
the fines of all the clerks for the last
six years for breaches of discipline
would be remitted. These fines are
levied by the department for mistakes
and other offenses, and by decision
of the court of claims the fines were
declared illegal. 1t was said that ST.
900, 900 would be remitted to the clerks
of the country.
BY unanimous consent the House
passed the bill approprlating $1,500,000
for participation by the United States
in the international exposition to be
held in Toxic, Japan, in 1912. The bill
has passed the Senate and now lacks
only the presidents signature to make
it law.
That President Roosevelt has au
thorized no one to speak for him re-
garding the anti-race gambling legisla-
ton pending at Albany, was the only
comment obtainable at the White
House regarding the report from AL
bany that the President had privately