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About Western news-Democrat. (Valentine, Neb.) 1898-1900 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 16, 1899)
CAN WIN 1900. Jones , Chairman of Ihe National Committee , has / ' . folicvviiig statement in reply to KSfty iaquirles that have come to the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee : The claim.of the Kepubiican papers that the Senate fs already irrevocably against Bilver , an < l will so stand until lOOo at the earliest , is like many of their extreme claims , in my opinion , not well founded. Upon the passage of what is known as the Teller resolution of .Ian. 28 , 1S9S , which declared that the bonds of the Govern ment are payable , ' 'principal and interest in silver dollars , coins of the United { states , containing 412 . grains of stand ard silver , " and that "to restore to its coinage such silver coins as a legal tender in the payment of such bonds , principal and interest , is not in violation of the pub lic faith , nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditors , ' ' there was a majortiy of fifteen votes in the Senate in its favor. This may be reasonably accepted as a test vote on the silver question. A gold man lias since been fleeted from Oregon to till a vacancy , which reduces our majority now to fourteen. Of those who voted in favor of that proposition at that time , seven Senators will probably be succeed ed on the 4th of March next by Senators opposed to the unlimited coinage of sil ver , namely : Senators Alien of Nebraska , Mitchell of Wisconsin , Murphy of New York , Koach of North Dakota , Smith of New Jersey. Turpio of Indiana and While of California. This will leave the two ides equal and the deciding vote will be in the hands of the Vice-Fresident. This condition of tilings hardly warrants the triumphant claims of the gold men that they have captured the Senate and will hold it for many years to come. This year nn unusual proportion of bimetallists , who come from close States , have had their terms to expire. In 1000 , however , all Ibis will be evened up by a larger proportion tion of the geM men retiring , who come from close States. What is likely to be the condition of the Senate in 1001 can be easily seen. The terms of thirty Senators expire at , that time. Of these thirty , eleven who are now friendly to silver may safely be counted as absolutely certain to be suc ceeded by silver men. These Senators come from the following States : Alabama , Arkansas , Colorado , Texas and Virginia. The following States may be expected to elect gold men to succeed gold men at ihat time : Maine , Massachusetts and llliode Island. New Hampshire is now represented by a silver man , \\ho o term will expire in 3001. Much will depend in that Stale upon the personal popularity of tiie present Senator , Mr. Chandler , but if he should bo succeeded by a gold man. Louisiana aii'l Kentucky , now represented by gold"men , are certain to send tno bi- motalHsts in their stead , leaving the ail- vantage so far with the silver men. In two States South Dakota and Delaware where we now have silver Senators. Ihere will bo contests , and the mo t that can be claimed by the gold men is that we * * are not positively' certain lohold those States ; while the following State ? , now represented by goid men , can certainly not be claimed as sure to return a solid gold delegation , namely : Iowa , Kansas. Michi gan , Minnesota. Nebraska , Nov. ' .Terst-y , Oregon , West Virginia and Wyoming. From all this it is perfectly safe to assort , without fear of contradiction , that if the bimoiallists succeed in electing the Presi dent in JHOO , they A\ill unquestionably have a clear working majority in the Unit ed Stales Senate. JAMES K. JONES. Tribune for the l rce Trade. It is our painful duty to call the at- teution-fij the Hopnulican sanhedrin to the fact that the Chicago Tribune 5 = openly-advocating free trade again. This fall from grace occurs at intervals of about four years , usually midway between presidential elections , ami continues until the Republican nation al convention is called , when the Trib une resludSes the tariff question and gets into line with more or less grace and enthusiasm. This time the Trib une is approaching flic flop Avith the shy and coy demeanor of a tomcat re- connoilering a saucer of cream. It has begun by advocating free trade in coal , under the pretext that we can under sell the Canadian coal miners in their own territory. But this , of course , is merely an entering wedge. The symp toms are unmistakable. AVithin a few weeks the Tribune will be shouting for free trade all along the line and quoting heterodox authorities like Sunnier and Wells to prove that absolute commer cial freedom is the only salvation. The Kauhedrin will have to look after the Tribune if it would avert this distress ing exhibition. Chicago Chronicle. Philippines sis Roltoii Iioroiitihs. The Fhilippine Islands once annexe. ! , how long would it be before the Repub lican party would resolve that all Ma lays are brethren and entitled to full political rights ? Does any sane man believe that the free institutions of this republic can withstand such an inocu lation of political disease as this would be ? Does any man imagine that the Republican , party leaders would shrink from increasing their power by the cre ation of rotten boroughs in the Philip pines ? We hope the opponents of an nexation will prevent the ratification of the treaty by all known parliament ary methods until some guarantee is given against the untold evils that would result from it. Cincinnati En quirer. No Pinnitiir McKiiilcy Down. In default of an authoritative declar ation of public policy there can befno assurance Whatever of the direction in which the country may go , with McKinley - Kinley at the helm of affairs. He Is constitutionally averse to showing his ( hand ; he is past master in the art of keeping things smooth and quiet aud he alwaj's do so unless absolutely compelled to declare himself. The Sen ators who arc unwilling to accept the peace treaty unless some assurance is given of the public policy which will be pursued under it cannot afford to rely upon any general promises nor cui they hope to bring the administration or its friends to a stand after the treaty has once been ratified. Baltimore News. Water as "Solid" Prosperity. Says Cliauncey M. Depew. Senator for the State of Vanderbilt : "This pros perity is solid. There is no doubt of that , and conditions are such that it ought to last. The balance of trade is in our favor for the first time in years , and It ought to continue. ' ' Sonic other "authorities" express concurrences in the opinion of the Vanderbilt Senator tliat "this prosperity is solid. " But others who are less 'addicted to post prandial eloquence are not inclined to think that the prosperity which is sadd to have added over $150,000,000 to the wealth of twenty-seven men bjr a mad tip-rush of stock in Wall street is as solid' and lasting as the pyramid of Gizeh. . v y. Union lAbor jiiirt Prison-Made Goods , There is much force iu the objections of ihe labor unions against prison- made goods , made cheaply because of the cheap labor , coining on the market in competition with free-labor-made goods , but careful investigation shows , we believe , that the effect of this com petition is much less than is the general I thought. An Ohio prison expert makes the clffim that only fifty-two one-linn- | dtwlths of one per cent , of the total I goods manufactured in this country is ' ui.vle in pcnal/iustitutions , and if this , is true , then the competition from pris on-made goods is very insignificant. Indianapolis News. The Perilous Boom in Trusts. The success of two or three great trusts has stimulated the production of all manner of combination schemes for similar purposes , and they are now coming daily upon the market in squads and companies in the particu lar interest of promoter ? , of stock mar ket gamblers and of the owners of j combined plants Avho want to sell out , and not in the interest of the public. The more severely investors let such securities alone the less disastrous will be the inevitable crash proceeding from this reckless trust ballooning. Spring field , Mass. , Republican. An Abbnrd situation. There is something bordering on the absurd when a great military leader in the presence of the enemy , with com plete control of the situation , if undis turbed , is liable to be checked , thwart ed , or even superseded by a man or set of men who have no accurate knowl edge of tlie real situation at the front , no comprehension of military affairs , and who may be under the influence of advisers whose only object is to ruin the commanding general , or to make political capital for the next election. Louisville Courier-Journal. Seeing Tt Differently When President Cleveland appointed ox-Congressman Blount of Georgia to investigate and report on the Hawaiian conspiracy Republican papers indig nantly proclaimed that the President had exceeded his authority in making the appointment. But President McKinley - Kinley hasn't taken Republican ojluion for his guidance in this matter , for he has appointed more commissioners than any other President we ever had. And the Republican papers do not say a word about exceeding authority. Ulica Observer. General I : i raii' Weak Flea. Does any sensible citizen believe foi a moment that a court-martial , sitting on the case of a private charged with an offense against an oflicer similar in character to the offense General Eagan is charged with committing , would for an instant consider the plea of "tem porary insanity" or "mental aberra tion , " pleaded in defense of General Eagan ? Every one knows that under similar circumstances the private would receive the full penalty of mili tary law. Nashville American. J egin at the Primaries. It is more manly to get right down into the arena and work and fight for honest politics and good government than to t-tanrt off and whine and grum ble because of dishonest politics and bad government. Shove the selfish politicians aside they are in the min ority if reputable Democrats do their duty. Take up your share of party work and do it. Start in with the pri maries and go straight up the line. St. Louis Republic. K an Unknown Policy. The Republican members of the Con necticut IIou o of Representatives have voted to indorse the President's policy over yondev , but not one of them can explain why it is. Even Senator Ivodge gave it up in his speech recent ly , for he admitted that he had no idea what the future would bring forth. It's jlorious drifting , any how. Springfield , Mass. , Republican. That Shine Out. However the facts may be glossea over , the Avar , brief as It AA'as , disclosed conditions in the military service which are not creditable io the country. Those Avho did the fighting increased the fame of America , but some of the men in high places did neb enhance the national glory. Des Moines I/eader. MILES OF STAr/IPS. Some Idea of Hi ? Millions that "Were Issne.l Last Year. Uncle Sam printed just a few postage stamps during the year 1S08. The num ber of 2-cent stamps issued during the year was about 2,500,000,000. Such a. number , obviously , is beyond the grasp of the human mind , but perhaps Ihe matter may bo made more clear 1)3' put ting it otherwise. An ordinary 2-cent stamp is exactly one inch long. From this fact , by a lit tle calculation , it is easy to discover ihat the number of stamps of'this de nomination issued hi 1 ! ) S , placed end to end , would extend a distance consid erably exceeding 39,00u miles. In other words , they would make : i continuous strip of stamps , ene.li- ono adorned with the head of the father of his country , stretching in a belt more than once and jj half around the equator. Of course , though the 2-cent stamps are those principally used , there are others. Enough 1-cent postage stamps have been issued during the year 3898 to stretch from New York City , by way oi. Europe and Asia , to Bombay , India , if similarly arranged in one strip. All other stamps , as to production and sales , are of minor importance compar atively speaking , but it is interesting to kiiow that almost exactly one mile of $ ] stamps were manufactured for the demand of 1SOS. Of $5 stamps the production was equivalent to a little more than half a furlong , or about one- fifteenth of a mile. Now , if all the postage stamps print ed by the United States Government in 1S9S were placed one on top of another , as neatly as might be without putting them under pressure , how high do you suppose the pile of thorn would be ? There is no use guessing ; you would nerer got it nearly right , unless you Avent to Avork to calculate it for your self. The . ' { . . " 00,000,000 stumps of all denominations printed during the cur rent year the statement , of course , is aproximate would tOAver to an eleva tion of tAA'enty-oue miles. This is more than three times the height of the high est mountain in the world Mount Everest , in the Himalayas. If the same number of stamps was piled up in the form of the ordinary sheets of 300 hun dred each , it follows that the stack would be over : i fifth of n mile high. During the year 1S)8 ; ) the number of special delivery stamps bold AV.-JS about ,1.250,000. It is only reasonable to sup pose that the average journey of the special delivery messenger is half a mile. Indeed , that is an absurd under estimate : but let it go at that. On this assumption the total distance traA'oled for speihtl delivery in 1SOS AVUS about 2.02.1.000 miles. . That is u very consid erable space to traverse , as may be realized Avlien it is considered that a messenger boy , in order to accomplish that total distance , Avould have to go about LOGO times around the Avorld , or live times io the moon and back. It appears , from figures furnished by the Postoflice Department , that the average person in Massachusetts , in cluding men , Avomon and children , spends ? 2.oO on postage per annum. New York comes second Avith an ex penditure of 2.27. The District of Co lumbia third with $2.1(5. Colorado is fourth Avith $1.03 , and Connect Knit is fifth Avitli $1.80. Thu States ranking loAvest in this regard are South Care lina. Avith 2.1 cents per capita ; Missis sippi , Avith . ,4 cents ; Alabama , Avith .T > cents : Arkansas , Auth 'iT cents ; and North Carolina , with 41 cents. tin n Out t' e Uyn. A colored oxhortcr , while holding .1 meeting in Georgia , s.iys the Atlanta CoiiNtitution , solicited a special colkc- tiou to defray the expenses of the meet ing. "We'll pass roun' do hat , " he said , "endurin * de singin'of do. hymn on page No. 20.1 'On Jordan's Stormy Banks. ' " And then he proceeded to "lino out" the hymn , but i-o intent A\\-IS he on the collection that he forgot whole lines of it , and .supplied others , with tiie following result : 'On Jordan's stori'i.v banks I stand En cast a wish fill eye I'o Canaan's fair en happy land ( .Don't let dnt hal IKISS l y ! ) 'O do transporting raplurous scene Dat rises to myijrhl ! Drap in tlat nickel. P.mauer Green ! ) En rivers of delight ! 'Could I Iml stand wliar Mo es stood En view do lanilsape o'er , t Jordan's stream , or Death' cold Jiooi I Wo A\anls ten dollar * more. " ) The Ken I IDiiz A NOAV Year calm seemed to haA'e 'alien upon : i certain village not twen- y miles from London as three Ainori- an tourists strolled through it. Not a .oil ; AVIS abroad , save the geese and 'oAvls on tlio common. "This , " said Iho Vmci'icans. "is real England. " And hey turned up ; i muddy by lane to 5niff England's Nov.- Year peace to the Jill. Iu doing 0 they tumbled upon in antique cottage Avith a quaint board > v .r the door. They approached Io in- .nect the board , niul from the inside of he cottage cme the sound of about wouty yokels' A-oices. all singing dif- Vreut tunes together in A'oicos all dif- eienlly drunk. "This. " said the Amer- cans , "is more real England. " Lon- Ion Globe. German Toys Arc Po'sonous. Dr. D. E. Salmon , chief or the United states Bureau of Animal Industry , in he course of his report to the Secre- ary of Agriculture , states that in con- icclion with the examination of im- torts from Germany it Avas found that Jermau toys and colored goods were ( oisonotis. Dr. Salmon says all highly tainted German toys may be regard- d as very dangerous to children , Avho nay suck off the paint or SAvallow licces that may be chipped off. The scarcity of religion in prisons is robably due to the fact that salvation 5 free. Hanks of Issue a Biiracn. Banks of issue Avere first created and arerstill maintained to eke out the scan ty supply' coin , always inadequate in an era of business expansion. This they do by the issue of their promis sory notes , permitted lay law to circu late as money substitutes , to be kept at par with coin by being made redeem able in coin. For this purpose it was supposed that one dollar in coin was a su.liclent reserve to keep three dollars in bank notes at par , on the theory that only a small amount of such notes would be presented for redemption at one time.4 The legal right to collect interest - terest upon their debts , evidenced by their promissory notes ( bank bills ) , was an unjust concession to the banks. The right to collect interest upon the great er portion of their deposits ( their debts again , in another form ) , was a still more unjust concession. As greed soon fattens upon what it feeds upon , it was not long before the banks learned to collect additional interest upon billions of fictitious credit , based in part upon their capital , but mainly upon the cash deposits and redeposits of their cus tomers. Favored by these unjust con cessions and advantages , they have now grown so powerful that they domi nate the earth. Through their power to raise or depress prices almost at will , by expanding or contracting their ficti tious credits , ( hey hold all industry in the hollow of their hand. No business can now prosper without their direct or indirect permission. Nations can no longer go to war to vindicate their honor without first gaining their con sent The greatest burden which civili zation has ever imposed upon man kind , they now pose before the world as the supporters of its industries and the conservative saviors of society. W. U. Claggett. Silver Nifjlit School Lesson. Oigauize ! We want a silver night school in every precinct in the United States. Organize a school and send to the l/i I erary Bureau , Unity Building , Chicago , for lesson leaflets. What has been done can be done. Four young men organized in one township and agreed to hold a session in every schoolhouse - house in the township , and incidentally to nominate and elect a safe silver Democratic ticket at the spring elec tion. Example. In 1ST. . , when wheat was worth ? 1.1 } in the United States , what was it worth in the money of India , and what was it worth in Indian money in 1893 when worth Go cents in the United States ? Both countries are ex porters of wheat , transportation to European markets being about the same. In 1873 the exchange was . .11. In 1803 the exchange was .241 ; 5. e. . the Indian rupee was worth but a little over $ .241 in our money. Answer : 1S73 2'X ' > rupees per bjshcl ; 18D3 2 3-.1 rupees per bushel , or 1.32 in our money ( silver ) . The disadvantage to American wheat raiser * , is apparent. The example may be easily explained to the school by any one familiar with the rules of comput ing exchange. Problems are al = o given in the lesson leaflets to show the dis astrous effects of low prices in produc ing bu ine.-3 failures , foreclosures and hard times. "Value" of ? .Ioney. Our forefathers used the commonest kind of common sense in adopting the then existing commercial ratio of 13 to 1 as their coinage ratio , while they could have legally adopted 10 to 1 or 32 to 1 or any other ratio they saw fit. Had they deviated , to any large extent , from the then commercial ratio , they would hr.ve damaged their reputation as men of good judgment. Let us then restate what our fore fathers did in defining the word ' 'value' ' in 1792. They simply made the "at tempt" ' to make the exchangeable value of our gold aud silver coins equal when subject to the hammer test or to the melting pot. Paper or credit money , that indispensable instrument of mod ern civilization , should be issued and controlled by the government , which is alone capable of giving security for its redemption. The government should never abandon this vital function of governing. It is our strong citadel of financial independence. The loaning of either coin or credit money is a different func tion from its issue. From the effect of the statute lav , * aud by the coinage and issue of these coins they all become ' law made" or fiat money. Binietaliisi in Ireland. In Ireland the question of bimetal lism is coming to the front very rapid ly. The Secretary of tihe Bimetallic League for Ireland , whose office i < in Dublin , writes : ' 'It would help us very much , indeevd , if our Irish friends and sympathizers in the States , as well as our American ones , would interest their correspondents in Ireland on behalf of our work here. All literature and in formation in connection with the cur rency question will be supplied free of charge by this office to all inquirers. We have had a number of very suc cessful meetings already in Ireland , and we begin another series to bft ad dressed by Hon. E. L. Hartley , in Jan uary. " Torn into shreds a nice amusement for a child , by the way newspapers can be put into washing ticks and , if frequently changed , make a good bed for a small child. In the man whose childhood has known caresses and kindness there is always a fiber of memory that can be touched to gentle issues. George Eliot. SMALLEST LOT IN NEW YORK. It Occupies n Curious Niclie in a Cor ner Property. The smallest piece of real estate in New York is at the northwest corner of 14th street and Irving place. It occu pies a curious little niche in the cornel- property and lias a frontage of a few inches on both these Important streets. Taxes arc regularly paid on it and the high rent which its owner demands for it has been paid regularly for years. The property is so small that a man of ordinary height can readily stand with a foot on each of its boundaries. De spite its diminutive size it has been tised for several purposes. A news stand was once located there and at- \W \ XKW YOKK'S SMAI.MC T LOT. tracted cu-tonicrs f 'oni both streets. In using the lot evea for this purpose , however , it was frn.nd necessary to oc cupy part of tiV sidewalk in front. The entire estate was taken up with but two or three piles of folded papers. The man v , ho prchulert-over the news stand was obliged to stand on his neighbor's property while he reached over his own to hand a customer a pa per. At another time a peanut stand was set up and the entire property was taken tip with the roasting apparatus , and if a peanut was knocked off the stand it fell on the next neighbor's grounds. The smallest estate is now occupied by a substantial little pavilion , cover ed with an elaborate roof which ex tends out over its limits. This diminu tive estate is supposed to have been due to a mistake of the surveyors years ago. The present owner will not listen to any offers for its sale. , . , It has been rented for years for .10 a month and he is well satisfied Avith.the investment. The most determined effort to buy the estate has been made by the owners of the hotel which occupies the adjoining site , but the owner of the smallest estate declares that his property is not on the market. MILLIONS TO WEO [ MILLIONS. Scion of Hie Vaudcrbiltss Will Slurry a California Heiress. The interesting announcement has- bcoa made of the engagement of Will iam K. Vanderbilt and Mis Virginia Fair , the California heiress. William K. Vanderbilt , Jr. . is the son of William K. Vanderbilt , who is the < -ocoid son of the late William U./y.-uidarbilt. Miss V F 11 Fair , by this alliance , will become the sister-in-law of the Duchess of Marlborough - borough , and will add her own inde pendent fortune to that of her husband , who is the oldest male descendant of William Kisf-am Vanderbilt , and who will be the possessor of most of the millions of the second branch of the family. Young Vanderbilt is not very good- looking , but he inherits much of the commercial genius and thrift of his grandfather and of tlie old "coinmo- i -iss : VIKGIVTA r.vn : . dore , " Aviio began the upbuilding of the prodigious material Avealth his numer ous descendants HOAV enjoy and coni serve. Little Willie K. is 21 years old , t and Avill graduate in t\vo years. Miss Fair is one of the most Aviijsome ; of the girls in NCAA' York society. To her personal charms'is added the lus ter of immense Avealth in her OAVH right , n She made her debut in New York so ciety flA-e years ago , ! itthe-age ; of IS. , , The future Mrs. William Iv. Vanderbllt rj has black eyes and hair , lively comi i : plexiou and a plump figure. Although C she is under tlie medium height , siie v weighs 130 pounds. The precise amount ref of Miss Fair's fortune it is difficult to state. The great Fair Avealth can only * ' bo estimated , but Virginia'- ; share is t ? aid to be in the neighborhood of ( . 3,000,000. Strategic 3Iovo. "I remember , I remember- the little boy on the country school- liouse platform began , and then he stuck. The poem had gone completely. Flic boy he hated most began tittering , rhe occasion AA as becoming critical. n rhe little boy , with a grand rally and a tl lash of Inspiration , pulled from his Docket his red , white and blue ( and slack , more or less ) handkerchief , S ( ; houted and Avound up with "I remem ber the Mftine. " Indianapolis Journal- I \ The controversy in the Senate over the- vole upon the various resolutions inter pretive of the peace treaty look an acute turn late on Friday. The opposition to a vote first came from the friends of the treaty , who held to the theory that it couM be ratified without compromise. Those who apparently Avcru then Avilling that a vote should ho taken that diy : , hold an opposite view and absolutely refused to agree to a time for taking a A-ote. The contest occurred in the executive session. The next hour and a quarter was spent in a A-ain endeavor on Ihe one side to fret an agreement to a date for a vote upon the resolutions and on the otlfor in a more successful effort to bring the day's session to a clobe without allowing anything to be accomplished in that direcfion. For more than live hours the Senate iu open session listened to arguments in opposition to ex pansion and in opposition to the ratifica tion of the treaty of peace. The speakers Avere Mr. Money ( Miss. ) and Mr. Daniel ( Ya. ) . Mr. Hale ( Me. ) presented the con ference report on the diplomatic and con sular appropriation bill , and it was agreed' to. At Hie opening of Saturday's session Mr. Allen ( Pup. . Neb. ) offered a resolution declaring that the United States , in rati fying the treaty of Paris , tlise not commit - . mit itself to the doctrine that the islands acquired through the war Avilh Spain are to be annexed to or become a part off the- United States. Mr. Chiilon rDeni. , Te.r. ) addressed the Senate on Mr. Vest's anti- expansion resolution. Senator Wolcott made a strong speech in favor of expan sion. The Senate wont into executive ses sion without voting on any of the pending i evolutions regarding oxpacsion. The lime of the Senate behind closed doors AV. ! consumed almost entirely l y Mr. Morgan. After disposing of a few routine matters the House took up the bill mak ing appropriations for the expenses of the military academy at West Point The treaty of peace with Spain was- ratifiecl by the Senate Monday afternoon , the vote being .17 to 27 , only one more- than the two-thirds majority required. Monday AVUS suspension day in the House ami quite a number of bills Avere passed , some of them of importance. The census bill prepared by the Hor.se committee Avent through by a vote of 147 to 42. The- bill differ in several essential features from the Senate bill , particularly in that it makes the census bureau entirely inde pendent of any existing department. A , bill Avas passed to extend the ariii-eon- trael labor laws over the Hawaiian isl ands , and another bill uas passed to refer forty-four war claims for stores and sup plies to the Court of Claims. In the Senate on Tuesday a bill grant ing a right of way through Indian Terri tory to the Choc-taw , Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad Company AVIS passed. Mr. Spoonor of Wisconsin presented the cre dentials of Senator-elect Quarle . Mr. Tillman of South Carolina , in accordance Avith notice given , addressed the Senate on the McEnery resolution. Tuesday was the first of two days ofc aside for the oonsidoiation of public building bills. The committee had reported seventy-eight bills for buildings in tiiirfy-live States , authorizing in the aggregate an expendi ture of ? 14.0JiO.OOO. Little or no opposi tion dovolopfvl and bills Avc-re favorably acted upon almost as rapidly as they could 'io read. There was , however , more or iesiroodnrst sired chuffing throughout the session. As u result forty bills , car rying or authorizing appropriations aggre gating $11,3114,000 , had been lai.i aside witii favorable recommendation- ; before adjournment was reached. In the Senate on Wednesday the In dian appropriation bill , which "ha been pending for several weeks , was coiiinlcted ; iml pafd. . The legislative , exo-ntive ; unl judicial appropriation bill was taken up. but after twenty-four pages of it luul been disposed of it Avas laid aside for the lay. A few measures of minor impor tance were passed. The net result of the ivork during the two days allotted for ihe consideration of public buildfng bills n the House Avas the passage of a single > ill providing for the erection of a build- ng at Newport News Va. . at a cost of i7.1,000. ? Sixty-five bills in all. carrying > r authoming the expenditure of about 12,000.000. were favorably considered in ommitteo of th" whole Avhen the com nittee ro e , but bceau < o soA-euleen oilier )511s reported bad not been ated unon n committee all efforts to advance the ills favorably acted upon in committee vere blocked. Mr. Corliss ( Hep. ) of Michigan called up the Senate bill to mioiid the law requiring ballots for mcm- iors of Congress to bo written or print- ' (1 , so as to permit tlie use of machines \hore authorized by the laws of the State. The bill was pa so < l 94 to 44. Chairman Cannon of the Appropriations 'ommitlee of the House , in tiie coftrse of lie ireneral debate on the sundry civil ) ili on Thursday , sounded a note of wani ng asain-t extravagant appropriations , in l practically served notice that neither he < hip subsidy bill nor the Nicaragua anal bill could be passed at th.'s suasion. L'lio z ( ner.-il debate upon the sundry civil ill AV.IS not concluded. Before ft Avas aon up quite a number of minor bills vere p.is-esl by unaniir.ots * consent. L'hror.gliont its open session the Senate iad under consideration the legislative , xecutive and judicial appropriation bill , 'he folIoAvIng bills Avere passed : Author ing the Sioux City and Omaha Ilaihvay 'ompany to construct ami operate a raif- ray through the Omaha and Winnebago os-orvation iu Tbur ton County. Neb. , . - ml to restore to their original status as- * o promotion oillcers of ; he navy and maine - ine corps AA'Iio Io > * t numbers by reason of lie adA-ancement of other olicer ! < for ex- optional and meritorious service during- lie war with Spain. Nerrs of Minor Note. Eussia sells to other countries 1..100- _ 00,000 eggs a year. The Illinois State fair -will increase its urscs this year ? 10,000 for trotters and acers. The best three in five style of racing is a orse-kiliing system , says a veteran of lie turf. Customs receipts at Havana have near- - doubled since the Americans took pos- sssion of the city. What is known .as ' 'Mission Rock. " Saa 'rancisco Bay , lias been officially set part for a coaling station.
