Show TO MAKE TITLE CLEAR BILL TO SETTLE LOCATIONS MADE BY CHIPPEWA SCRIP Land Covered is Near Salt Lake and Has Been in Litigation Before Interior In-terior Bureau for Years TRIBUNE BUREAU 501 Fourteenth street t Washington D C May 28 1900 Representative King today introduced Intro-duced a bill providing that the locations loca-tions of Chlppewa halfbreed scrlp by Antonio La Pierre and Antonio Bagagc on lands in Utah shall be confirmed and title to lands embraced In these J locatlona bo confirmed to the same extent ex-tent as though patents therefor had been valid when Issued The land covered by these locations la near Salt Lake City and it has been litigation before the Interior department for some years The Secretary recently decided that tho patent on account of this scrip was Illegal and that decision was sustained by the Supreme court The bill Introduced today by Judge King will confirm the title to the land in the present holders who purchased It from the locators POSTMASTERS APPOINTED Utah Pleasant Grove Utah county James D Theme vice Parmelia Ster rett deceased Wyoming Marquettc Big Horn county coun-ty Sarah A Barbee vice Frank L Houx resigned PENSIONS GRANTED IdahoIncrease Jabus G Connally Wclscr 8 Nevada Widows Maggie Rlchter Do La Mar SS RESERVE AGENT APPROVED The Comptroller of the Currency has appointed the Commercial National bank of Chicago as reserve agent for tim First National bank of Guernsey Wyo IDAHOAN CHOSEN Dr W W Watkins of Moscow Ida who has been appointed by the President Presi-dent as a member of the board of visitors visi-tors to the United States nuvul academy at Annapolis which convenes on the fourth of next month Is in tho city BILL GRANTING RIGHT OF WAY Delegate Wilsons bill granting right of way over the Government lands for a pipeline for the conveyance of water to Flagstaff Ariz was today passed by the Senate AMENDING CLAIM BILL Senator Shoup today introduced an amendment to the omnibus claims bill to pay to the heirs of Darius Bran dall deceased for Improvements of the Nez Perces reservation relinquished by him to tho United StateS for the use of the Nez Perce tribe of Indians The amount Is 2100 Also an amendment to pay to the legal representatives of Gilman I Gil-man Sawtelle of Priest River Ida for remuneration for damages done to his property by the United States trooiw while camping on his ranch at Henrys lake In iSIS 52070 FAVORABLE REPORT ORDERED Senator Shoups amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill to pny to C W DeKnlght for services in preparing prepar-ing and furnishing a revised and complete com-plete Index for the war revenue law wan today reported fnvorably to tile Senate I REFERRED TO COURT OF CLAIMS Senator Tellers bill for the relief of I Mary B Spencer administratrix of Albert I Al-bert G Boone deceased to the amoUnt of 1871 for supplies furnished by Boono i to the United States army during thc Civil war together with all accompanying I accompany-ing papers was today referred to the I Court of Claims tor Its consideration and report I |