Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-03-08

i the neWly-allOWcu clhllnS, nave, uutluk
the past month, rapidly reduced both,
until there is not a sufficient balance in
the navy fund To meet payments due,
and il is believed that the army fund Is
scarcely sufficient TO meet the drafts
which will be made TO June lst, leaving
the payments for the June quarter un.
| provided for.
The awards OF the regular mail lettings
were completed to-day. The service is
from 10 TO 30 per cent. greater and its
cost from to 10 per cent. less than last
year.
The Monroe Doctrine.
WAsmISGroN, March 6.-The select
committee of the House of Representa-.
tiyes on the lnter-Oceanic canal unani-
mOusly replaced on the report the fol-
lowing joint resolution, with a recon-
mendatiOn for its immediate adoption
BE u eTlaeted by the S,IidtS and HDiiss Of
RsprsSHcdtirss Of the United SaiSs, IA
Congress assembled, That the establish
ment Of any form of protectorate by
any one of the powers OF Europe
over any OF the independent
States Of this continent, or an introduc-
ton from any quarter OF scheme or
policy which would carry with it the
right of auy European power 10 inter-
fers with their concerns, or 10 control IN
any other manner their destiny or trans
fer 10 any such power by conquest, ces-
sion or acquisition in any other way,
al any OF these States or any portion
thereof, is a measure To which this
government has, in the declaration Of
President Monroe, IA his message al
December ,, 1928, and known as the
Monroe doctrine, avOwed it's opposition,
and which. should AN attempt be made,
will regard and treat as dangerous To
our peace, prosperity and safety.
.. That il is To the interest and right
Of the United States b. have Possession,
control and government OF any canal,
railroad and other artificial cOmmunlca'
ton to be- constructed across the 18TH
mus connecting the American COntl-
nents for the transient Of vessels and
cargOes from the Caribbean sea 10 the
Pacific ocean; whether the same be con
strIctedat Panama, Nicaragua, or else
where aud in view OF the magnitude of
this interest, il is the duty of the United
States 10 insist that il built, and by
whOmsOeycr the same may be COM
menced, prosecuted or completed, and
whatever the nationality Of It's corpora
tors or the source Of their capital, that
the interest Of the United States aud
their right To possess and cor .rOl the
same will be asserted and maintained,
whenever, i'm their opinion, II becomes
necessary.
3. Ind h. Il flBthsr rSsOIred, That the
President be requested To take steps
necessary aud proper for the abrogatlon
ufany existing treaties whose terms are
in conflict with this declaration OF prin-
Cip.ts
Compulsory Pilotage-Faots Placed before
the HOUSE Commerce Committee.
WASHINGTON, March 6.-The hearing
upon the pilotage question was con-
tlnurd before the House Committee on
Commerce to-day, and an elaborate
argument was made hy Allston Wilson.
Secretary Of the Maritime Association ot
New York, in which he urged the abOli-
ton of compulsory pilOtage and the res
tnratlon of the same rates Oi pllOlage As
existed previous tO 1885. Tables were
shown 10 prove that the merchants anu
shipping interests OF this country are
compelled Ia support the burden Oi
pllulage rates entirely out Oi proportion
To the value of the services rendered IN
return bv the pilots; that while IN Great
Britain the rates upon inward bound YES
sells of 100 tons drawing fifteen
feet, range from SiSi To so2.iO,
and for outward bound vessels
from $3.50 to tll 40. the rates IN the
ports Of this country for the same Nes,-
self range from ~ To t9O, both inward
and outward. IL was stated that IN 1879
the average gross earnings per man OF
the New York pilots reached the sumol
A.4l9 tby their Own figures; that SUI
gle steamer plying between New lork
and Havana had paid 8, SO Tor Pilotage
in a single year without having a pilot
once ON board the vessel.
Numerous letters and memorials from
merchants aud shipping associations
we're laid before the committee, urging
a review ot the question BY Iongress
looking tO the enacIment ii National
legislation which shall equitably adjust
the matters in dispute and deal out JUS
tl,r In the great and manifold interests
involved. The same parties appeared
before the Senate Committee on Com
merce i'm the afternoon.
The Freedmen's Bank s~indle.
W,sHl>GruN, Marrh 6.-tiyu. -. o..
Howard. before the Senate Select Com
,ulttee on the Frceimrn's Bank, eN-
pluned his personal arvuunt which the
hooks showed 20 b. Over,tIsvp &,+ih
lie ,laimed that the amount had been
reduord by deposit slips AMI by drafts
which 10 not appear on the books, 10
some three hundred dollars, aud this
balance he could not admit or deny,
owing 10 the length Of time since the
transaction, and the tact that giarlng
errors aud omissions hal been discover
al by experts in the bookkeeping ot the
hank The failure of the hank MAS due 10
the hiyh rate Oi interest paid IN invest
msnts IN real estate securities instead
~ government securities and the falE
ure OF Jsy Cooke a Co, which rendered
otherwise good secureiies almost worth
less.
The Latest Pension Bill
WASHINGTON, March 0.-Ihe Com
mltlee On lnNaitu tcnstVns hAS uhaul'
mously agreed TO report tsvorably the
biu providiag for the payment OF arrears
oi pensions 10 the widows ami minor
bsirs of soldiers Who died in the Dnite,i
states service duuBg the ~aT oi the re-
hellion, or who have since died irom
wounds and injuries contracted IN such
service. Under the CONSTRUCTION Of the
present law Tor the payment OF arrears
|, ii pensiOns thls class ct Psrsons have
\ been excluded from tie enjoyment ol
these aivantsscs- Under the present
bill pensions granted under the general
pension la1s are maize ID commencs
/ from tue date of death, II the death o.
Cured while in service, or trom the
/ date OF disohArse where the death Is SUB
seQuent to their leaving the service
/ Representative Clsniy had consultA
tion with ths Conm issioeer of Psnsaon'
rssariinZ tae probable edsct OF thb oll
and the amount thst voald De reQuiret
to carry out its pr0y'sisns The Com