Show sundry clell appropriation bill agreed to wash washington ington may 20 the conferees on the sundry civil appropriation bill have agreed the mot most important amendment to the bill was that revoking the order of president cleveland of february 23 1897 setting hotting apart acres of land as forest reservations vat ions this is changed to provide that the lands embraced in the reservations not disposed of before march 1 1898 1698 I 1 shall again adin be subject to the order of february or as they may be modified by the president the general eral provisions for government forest reservations arc retained as provided in the senate amendments A provision is inserted allowan allowing settlers to take other lands in the public domain |