Show 1 IS ON LIST c Salt Lake Pule Building M ForgoIteu i in tIle House MERGER IS ON o WATGHI I I > Nebraskan is Looking After Our Interests f p WAITING FOR ESTIMATES If Any Public Building Bills are Put Through tho House for Increased In-creased Appropriations Salt Lake is Sure to be Included Favorable Report Made in Senate on Senator 1 Warrens Bill to Grant the State of Wyoming 50000 Acres of Land for tho Extension Maintenance of the State Soldiers and Sailors HomeSenator Warren Introduces a Measure to Permit Wyoming to Relinquish Certain Lands to tho r United States Frank Ball Confirmed I Con-firmed Postmaster at Pocatello I TRIBUNE BUREAU 501 Fourteenth street L Washington D C Jan 22 1900 Thus far no bill has ben introduced In the IIouso to Increase the limit of cost of the Salt Lake public building Notwithstanding this fact however Chairman Mercer of the Committee on Buildings and Grounds will see that Sal Lake Interests In this respect are looked after Mr Mercer said today We expect to receive a report from the Treasury department this week I I telling us Just how much money should I I be appropriated to carry out the original orig-inal plans for the public building authorized au-thorized by the last Congress Until then no action on any such measure will be taken MAY CUP THE FIGURES Mr Mercer was unable to say what the committee will do toward passing the bill Introduced by Senator Bawling In the upper house I seems probable now that the Senate Avlll pass that mca sume with a reduced appropriation probably cutting the limit to half a million The Ilouse is scarcely likely to go so far as this and will cut It further but If any public building bills are to be put through for Increased appropriation ap-propriation Salt Lake will certainly be in the list ADMITTED TO PRACTICE fl Ellsworth E Lonabaugh of Sheridan I K Wyo was today admitted practice before the Supreme court on motion of Assistant AttorneyGeneral Vandc vantor LANDS FOR WYOMING A favorable report was made In the t Senate today on Senator Warrens bill q to grant the State of Wyoming BOOOO acres of land for the extension and maintenance of tho State Soldiers and Sa Hois home Senator Warren today Introduced In the Senate the bill Introduced in the House by Representative Mondell to allow the State of Wyoming to relinquish relin-quish certain lands to the United States 2 FRANK BALL CONFIRMED Frank Bal of Pocatello was today confirmed as postmaster in that town to suCceed Caldwell who was appointed ap-pointed Indian agent at Fort Hall J agency 1 BOISE MAN ENTHUSIASTIC T W Bates of Boise arrived InI Washington today and Is I at the Nor t mandle Mr Bates was the promoter of the railroad from Weiser to the Seven Devils and says that within tho next eight months u railroad will be In operation from Welser to the northern limit of tho line at Seven Devils Mr Dates has also l corps of engineers In I till field surveying a line from Boise Ida to Butte Mont Thls line when completed said Mr Bji es will develop the richest mineral min-eral region In the world I Is filled with gold silver copper load tin and cinnabar and the road will alno traverse tra-verse a magnificent agricultural country coun-try and almost unlimited timber RliOfP WILL SUCCEED HIMSELF I Mr Bates while taking no active In terost in politics says that It Is prac tlfally certain that George L Shoup will Kuccpoil himself In lie United Staf Senate and that Idahos alec torial vote will bC cast for McKinley POSTAL CHANGES t A pOFloftteo has been established at liump Idaho Bounty Ido with Frank Brown an ppsjtinastor S PENSIONS GRANTED Idaho Original Deforest Chamberlain Chamber-lain Idaho Fallg l s Wyoming Widows Winnlfrcd Chapman Lander S |