The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-28
SINCERE.
WHAT MINISTER WEST SAYS
ABOUT MR.. HEWITT'S
YIGIT.
The Free Ship Biil-Puneral OF Sur
AZ geOn Ambler-Sulcide Of an
Ex.DiplOmRt.
An Important Bill by Mr.. Hancock
on National Banks introduced
in the House.
The Western Union Telegraph COM
pany Before the Senate
Committee.
Special to The Statesman.

SpecAl 10 Inc statesman.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-Mr. Han
cock introduced the following bill:
A bill to amend the twenty-nintf
section Of the national bank act.
Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representatives of the United
STATS of America in congress assem-
bled That the twenty-ninth section OF
the lct of congress passed the Bird OF
,JuIe, 1884, the national bank act, be
amended by adding thereto the follow
ing;
and authorizing the amount to be-
loaned, the surplus fund, and indi-
vidual profits may be treated as capt.
tai"
WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-The secre-
tary of state received q cable this
morning from Minister Foster at
Madrid, announcing the death by sui
eide, at Alicante, Spain, of James r.
Partridge, residing there on account
of his healty. Partridge was in the
United States diplomatic service for
many years at Brazil and oLher South
American countries, his last being at
Lima.
TIL" shipping committee this morn
ing took up the bill TO admit foreign
built ships to registry free of duty, and
voted 20 8 to report 1t adversely.
Those voting in favor Of the bill were
SIocum, Throckmorton and Deuster
negative, Dingley, Long. Hunt, George,
-O'Neiu and Lore. Dibble did not
vote.
The remains -of Assistant Surgeon
Amber, one of Belongs camrades in
the Jeanette expedition. were buried
at Markham, Va, yesterday, In the
presence of q large number OF naval
officers and residents of Farquhar
county. The casket was covered with
union Jack and floral wreaths which
had been accommodating all the way
from Siberia.
In compliance with requests made
both by Representative Hewitt, of
New York, and Representative Bel
mont, the House committee on for
ei1n affairs to-day made public the
letter addressed to the former by the
British minister, which was submitted
to the committee last Thursday. 1t
is as follows: British Legation, Jan.
IA. 1884. Dear Mr.. Hewitt: In re-
DIV to your note of yesterday, asking
me whether in the course of social
visit you were kind enough to pay me
SOME days ago, you said, OF did any
thing which could be construed as
an apology" for your action In the
moving resolution in the O'Donnell
case. / have only to say: did not re-
gard what you said tome in the light
of an apology for the resolution, but
as an explanation under peculiar
circumstances which prompted 1t on
YOUR part in the interest OF friendly
relations which exist between the
countries. This impression was
moreover strengthened by your
allusion to moderate language in your
opinion which you gave as reason
why you thought the request for the
postponement of the execution of
the sentence should be granted,
and by your saying that
other resolutions less considerable in
form had been proposed to you, and
as YOU were Informed, would have
been offered, If you had not framed
.one 40 satisfactory to both sides of the
house as not to meet with a single OBJ
lection which FHNuld have defeated it.
1 may add, could not presume there
was any evidence from what you said
of any want of sincerity on your part
IN making the resolution in question.
Believe me to be yours very truly,
L. SACKvILLE WEST.
DR.. Marvin Green, president of the
Western Union Telegraph Company,
Al, ,peared before the subcommittee OF
the Senate committee on postoffices
aud post roads. He gave the commit
mites large amount of information
in detail respecting the number OF
offices, instruments and miles of wire
of the company, its expenses. etc. He
had met with difficulty in securing the
liberty to submit the associated press
contract. but in view of the misrepre-
.sentaJion which had been made, the
associated press had given its consent.
No terms, he said. were granted to as
eociated press papers that were not
0pen to any other papers.