The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-16
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Question Of Admitting
the Territories.
FISHERIES TREATY SIGNED.
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ii ah-Pr1ced Autographs-Jerom
Park Entries-General News.
Wired From Washington.
TERRITORIAL COMMITTEE.

TERRITORIAL COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, February 15.-The
House committee on Territories con-
sidered to-day. the question relating to
the admission, as States, of Dakota,
Montana, Washington and New Mex
leo. 1t was decided to formulate an
omnibus act for the four Territories.
and the preparation Of g bill was re-
ferred to a subcommittee, consisting of
Springer, Mansur, Hayes, Struole and
Symes. During the session, votes were
taken upon ordering favorable reports
upon Clifford bill for the admission of
South Dakota, and Bakers bill looking
to the recognition of North Dakota as
State. The result in each case was IN
favorable to the bill.
MORE OF THE BEAMS.
The Secretary of the Navy received
report dated February 3, from
Chief Naval Constructor Wilson in re-
gard to the singular behavior of several
deck beams intended for cruiser No. 2
(Chdr teSt0n), while being worked into
shape. He says:
In order that no shadow of doubt
shall exist as to the quality of material
incorporated in the hull of the ship, l
consider it for the best interests of the
| government to have removed from the
ship the four beams referred to by Con-
| structor Fernald in his letter of Deem
Der %, 1887, as having failed in work
ing, although welded and considered by
him sufficiently strong, and others sui
stituted The failure of these four
beams was certainly an unusual occur
renee, and at the present time unac-
countable, as the material has stood all
of the regulation tests previous to
its receipt at the building yards.
From the various tests that have been
made. and from the general behavior
| of other beams, worked into the struct
ure OF the charleston, | am convinced
that the steel used in her construction
is of excellent quality. The failure OF
material III working on the Charleston
has been very small. The probable
cause or the apparent importance given
10 this matter was in allowing the
beams to be incorporated into the ship
after their failure. The reason why
they failed is of character that 1 am
unable to determine. The experiments
as carried on have fully demonstrated
the necessity for annealing the beams,
and Constructor Fernald officially
states that all the bulb beams of steel
should be annealed, more especially
| those subjected to an upward strain.
caused by the blast of heavy guns.
fully concur in the opinions expressed
by him."
THE FISHERIES TREATY.
After daily sessions for the last two
weeks, the fisheries commissioners at
7 O'Clock tonight completed their
labors, and signed treaty which, it is
believed, will result in q satisfactory
settlement OF the disputes that have
existed for almost century between
this government and Great Britain.
over the North Atlantic fisheries. The
treaty is signed by all six of the COM
missioners, and is said to have their
full concurrence. 1t will be sent to
the President tomorrow for trans
INITIAL to the Senate. Before the treaty
can take effect, it must have the ratifi-
cation of the Queen of Great Britain,
the Dominion of Canada and the
provinces of New Foundiand. as we'll
rs of the Senate of the United States.
Although the treaty will not at
present be made public, it can be stated
that 1t relates exclusively to disputes
concerning the fisheries OF the North
Atlantic Coast, and does not include
any provisions concerning the
Benring' s>Sea trouble. or commercial
reciprocity. The treaty does not con
template the admission of fish into the
United States free of duty.
Senator Bayard said tonight that be
could not. because of his official posi-
ton, make known the contents OF the
treaty, but that it was his earnest wish
that it should be given to Congress by
those having the right to make such
disposition of it, and that every line OF
it should be published. The dispute,
he said, had been one OF long standing,
and had come to him by inheritance
when he assumed the duties of Secre-
tary of State. He had used his b st en-
deavors to reach satisfactory agree
ment with the government of Great
Britain, and believed that he had sue
ceeded so far as it lay in his power to
effect settlement.