The Dolores star., 1908-02-14
NEWS OF The WEEK
1lsst Important Happenings of tbs
Past Seven Days.

Interesting Items Gathered from Az
Paris Of the World Condensed
Into Small Space for the Ben
EFT Of Our Readers.
Congressional.
Congressman Calderhead, of Kan
house after = long siege Of illness.
Representative Miller. of Kansas.
has been reelected a member Of the
republican congressional campaign
committee.
The house has passed a resolution
ceding to the state of Kansas an acre
of ground in the Fort Riley reserva'
tion on which the old territorial capi-
tol building stands.
The minority currency bill, on which
the democrats are expected to unite
in opposition to the Aldrich bill, has
been introduced in the house by Rep
resentative John Sharp Williams. 1t
contains many radical changes from
the republican measure.
The senate has passed the bill plac-
ing Gen. o. O. Howard on the retired
list OF the army as lieutenant gen.
eral. Gen. Howard is the only ofiicer
now living who commanded an army
during the civil war.
Senator Stone OF Missouri has In
troduced joint resolution authoriz-
ing the president to relinquish control
Of the Philippine islands in 1913.
The senate committee on military
affairs has decided to recommend that
the government take over the confed-
crate cemetery at Springfield, Mo.
Senator Beveridge recently delivered
an appeal to the senate to adopt his
bill providing for a non partisan tariff
commission.
A bitter attack was made on the
rules and power of the speaker in
the house recently by Representative
Nelson. of Wisconsin, republican. He
declared the power OF the house was
merged in the speaker.
The plan of the interior department
to abolish pension agencies through
out the country and pay all pensions
from Washington is to be vigorously
opposed on the floor of the house.
miscellaneous.
In a letter to w. D. Foulke, Of Rich
mond. Ind, President Roosevelt char
acterizes as false and malicious" the
statements that he has made use of
federal patronage to further the presi-
Dental interests OF Secretary Taft.
The battleship fleet has passed out
of the Strait of Magellan and is on the
Pacific ocean headed for Valparaiso
where 1t will sail close in, salute the
city and pass on.
Two masked men boarded through
freight train on the Chicago q Alton
as 1t was leaving Chicago, held up the
conductor, brakeman and a stockman
and made good their escape.
A wireless station at Point Iona
near San Diego. CAL. picked up wire
less message being sent by the Con-
necticut of the coast of Cuba. and
also one from the wireless station at
Pensacola, Florida.
The hospital ship Relief has been
placed in service at the Mare Island
navy yard at San Francisco.
Kaid Sir Harry MacLean, who has
been held captive by Raisuli, the
Moorish bandit. for the past seven
months, has arrived at Tangier under
escort.
Attorney General Hadley has filed a
motion for rehearing OF the case
involving the stock shippers law. re-
supreme court of Missouri.
Lyman G. White, publisher OF the
Alva, Ok, Review, has purchased the
Alva Courier and will consolidate the
two papers.
Judge James Hargis, the notorious
feudist of Breathitt county, KY. was
recently shot dead by his own son
after q quarrel.
Mrs. G. g. Burton was recently
awarded $4,000 damages against l. F..
Dayhoff. former Kansas superintend-
ent Of public instruction, at Topeka.
Dayhoff had attacked Mrs. Burton in
his paper, the Kansas Educator
The operating vice-presidents of a
large number of railroads held a CON
ference with President Roosevelt for
the purpose of securing delay in the
enforcement of certain laws about to
become operative. They were referred
to the interstate commerce commits
sion.
At the request of the house COM
mittee on printing, President Roose-
welt has suspended Public Printer
Charles A. Stillings, pending an in.
vestigation of the government print
ing office. William s. Rossiter is tenn
porarily in charge of the plant.
The president, by proclamation, has
added 350.471 acres to the Trinity for
est reserve in California.
There were IL strikes in Kansas
last year, involving 938 men, and a