Show bill introduced by sen sherman THE STATEHOOD BILL the treasury gold reserve indian appropriation bill reported nicaragua canal hearing new orleans sub treasury in good condition famous greer co okla case labors of the venezuelan commission washington april 2 in the senate today sherman introduced a bill to regulate the use of a uniform flag in the navy its proportions and the location of the stars in the blue field the flap proposed is to be used on and after july ath 1900 the arrangement of the stars ia as follows three in each corner and a central star around which shall be entwined a sufficient number of stars so that the total number in the blue field will represent the total number of states the bill sets out that the twelve stars in the tour corners and tho one in the center represent the thirteen original states according to their geographical location on the map assuming the top of the field to be north ana the other states are represented iu the circle of stars in the order in which filbey were admitted to the Union placing the oldest etar nearest the center the idea carried out in this bill is that of mr alonzo matherow Mat herot chicago treasury gold reserve washington april 2 the treasury gold reserve at the close of business today stood at the withdrawals for the day were dilatory tactics on the arizona bill washington april 2 dilatory tactics on the part of the opponents of the bill granting statehood to arizona prevented a vote being reached today in the house committee on territories on a motion to report that bill favorably A motion to postpone consideration for a week was defeated by a vote of five to eix but the session af pf the committee expired under the rules at noon without disposing of tho bill indian bill reported april 2 the senate committee on appropriations reported the indian bill una afternoon the chief contention in the committee has been over the indian school appropriation the house went on the theory that there should be no appropriations for sectarian schools and yet appropriated for the lincoln school and tor the school at hampton va both of which it was claimed are bec eec both of these appropriations the senate committee has stricken out the general appropriation for schools for the indians not sectarian has been increased by upwards of the bill carries being a net reduction from the amount as passed by the of the bill is less than the current law the chief item sot red actions made by the senate are as follows payment on cherokee outlet purchase surveying indian reservations in south dakota alamp toa school va lincoln institute philadelphia the principal increases over the house bill are day and industrial schools for the sioux of the different tribes fort hall reservation shoshones Sho and ban nocks negotiations with uncompahgre and other indians of reservations reserva tiona extension of public land surveys over the cheyenne and rosebud reservations surveying lands in indian territory support of day and industrial schools construction repair eta ot school buildings erection of school building at sac and fox reservation in iowa additional school buildings at flandreau S D the bill also incorporates treaties with the indians at fort belnap reservation in montana the indians of abo reservation and with the indiana of san barloa reservation in new orleans sub treasury washington april 2 united states treasurer morgan and party have returned from nw orleans where an examination of the sub treasury in that city was made mr morgan deperta accounts accurate and well kept on the canal washington april 2 the hearings on the nicaragua canal were continued today by the house commerce committee mr linden W bates ol 01 chicago being the speaker he was familiar with the reports of the canal company for the past seven or eight years and baa had frequent conferences with the officers of the company and those who did the sur he was now connected with the chicago drainage canal he compared the dredges used on the drainage canal with those used on the panama canal the former could do the work of sixty thousand men with shovels and wheelbarrows and had a power greater than all the machinery and men used on the panama canal speaking from the standpoint of a property owner on the t he said he thought the nicaragua canal would prove the salvation of that section replying to a question he said that nearly all the prominent contractors on the chicago drainage canal were familiar with the nicaragua canal in bis opinion most of them would like to take part in the construction in nicaragua they had some three million dollars invested in plants at chicago and parts oi these plants could be profitably used in nicaragua As an expert he saw no reason why contractors here would not undertake the work and successfully cess fully complete it decree in the creep co okla case april athe test of the defense of the supreme court of the united states in the famous greer co case which was not included in the announcement of the judgement jud gement made by justice harlan a fortnight aeo has been made public it reads as follow s the territory east of the meridian of longitude west and south of the river now known as the north fork of red river and north of a line following westward as prescribed by the treaty of 1819 between the united states and spain the course and alone the south bank both of the eed river and the river now known as the prairie dog town fork or sauth fork of red river on such line meets the meridian of longitude which territory is sometimes called greer county constituting no part of the territory properly included within or rightfully de longing to texas at the time of tho admission of that detate but is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the united states of america the decision of the court left the affairs of greer county now a part of oklahoma territory especially those relating to judicial matters and titles to land in a condition which only legislation by congress could remedy to meet the requirements representative cockrell dem tex has introduced two bills one is intended to validate the judgments of the district courts in greer county hereafter and provides further that all cases now pending in courts of said county shall bo prosecuted to a final decision by the courts of oklahoma under the laws of texas the other bill establishes regulations for settling public land questions it provides that actual settlers of march 1896 shall have a preference right within twelve months from the passage of the act to perfect homestead rights to acres and also purchase acres more at an acre acres are reserved within the limits of mangum navajo and altus as town two acres each are reserved for every school house public building or church erected at the ante the act takes effect and a land office is established at laneum venezuelan commission washington april jjustice brewer presided today over the first formal meeting of the venezuelan commission that has been held for the past two weeks having returned from san antonio tex last night all members were in attendance and after a careful individual study 0 the british blue book entered into ft rigid discussion of its arguments and evidence session wag considered the I 1 most important so far belal by the commission which is now possessed of all the main features of the contention and the principal points upon which the dispute depends the question of sending one or more representatives ot tho commission to europe to verify the accuracy of alie documents submitted by venezuela and great britain was discussed and while no definite action was taken the indis pene ability of the examination of spanish ag well as dutch archives was recognized and no doubt is expressed that a search will eoon be ordered the commission has now been at work three months and its labors are thought to be about half completed cleric arrested chicago april aa telegram was received here today by W A pinkerton announcing the arrest at southampton england of matt adams the defaulting district clerk 0 denver arapahoe county col adams fled from denver november last with about which be bad stolen from the county and from his wards several indictments were found him and after the county commissioners of denver bad titled to find any trace 0 him it was learned that he and his wife had cone to europe and the detective operatives in europe got on hia trail he was prominent in G A it and secret society circles and lived for years in portland maine extradition proceedings will be commenced at once adams and his difo were preparing to leave for south america when he was arrested west point washington april 2 congressional appointments of a to united states military academy have been given the following men james RM cVicker iowa george jr clayton mo with charles G harvey st louis alternate frank richardson augusta kansas with franklin G brown fall kivch as alternate and clifton P arnold ark sash and deor failure chicago april 2 the sheriff today took possession of tho old established sash door and blind factory ot herrmann kirchhoff Kirch hoffs last statement placed his assets and real estate holdings at with debts ol 01 new governor ot the bermudas london april 2 lieutenant general george digby barker 0 B has been appointed governor of the bermudas in succession to gov thomas casey lyons the akly one year for OM mix months for for afu cents conr for 10 and for 30 ceh in advance |