Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-08-29

angry atspeskcr Carlisle.
w tHt houss slIrAsr ooxxrrxs ~
eeNsspo'ks fhs ArrorSTaksr 90 ooxFEEs. oS
rue ANN qua.
Members o. the HOUSE military conmnps. and
Vhefs Interested In tue ordnance sme.a..esrs %
thsA rmy eill are much proyakea .ome a. mem
highy indignant al the action OF sneaker S.rt,~,s
IN appointing Two msneers Of the appropr,.t,on
committee a. ooaferees with Mr. Towpsse,o on
tne Army Appropriation I'LL II n very unusual 90
~ rba,-e =, ~ -, MN other than the CON ttee
-. 81 ~ - VI the OIL In this Instance A. IA nown
there wss conflict % au horny hi wen n maj
tary aud appropriAtoI Committees. the senate
OH provision Tor ocaaance "a SI sa,..na.s-
ions. subject under c0nslaer.Iion H. me
xbSsSp, Ia eom@'.see Nj TOwRsbena Mr.
tee, were made the conterees 20 c,,nsnn Ma me
senate committee. 1hey agreed 10 reIale Inc
amendments, and the House rele,tel th.ir lFenort
and ordered a new conference m 49, s.,.iatsa
rs r. the custom. that the same conf.r,... ..sl1
U napponted. OF, al least that the app0rtment
would lie irotn the military commute, I--rced
OF following this course Mr. carl,ls - anfsn,sd
MI. Savers ana Nj. RYAN, Of the aparo,,rl ions
@i,,arx mno nefe Violently opNsad p the
shend As ConIereeS This u What las rna,te
the friends OF The bill mad. some Il them a., not
Carlisle's action. Mr. ToNashend howr,sr a.
ANXIOUS 20 get The Army bal disposed OF a N Al
very hipOrl.hi That TIE money Tor the Army
should be provided before the LIST Of septs.nt-sr
anu lac VIII oct with his new cOglea.uos in the
REJECTION OF the senate amendments He doe. not
Yield the authority OF his committee over a.. suf
Ject but lac THINKS that the importance OF sr,,t,y
Ing prompt acuOn on the resi- Of TIE bill n.sss n
unwlse 70 carry the ngnt further at this time Ihe
Afternoon.
Five Million Cor FortIucatious.
THE BILL RkrokTED N TIA skSars rO-DaN
The fortincatons Appropriation Dlll repOr ed by
senator Plumb this morning from the eoulaittee
on appropriations differs In material rcspscts
FROM the bin as it came fron the House. Tlse ap-
preparations carried by the bl are Iscrcaseu tTOu
sa.0,5.ooo 10 s5.322ooO, and there r. a further
provision under which $4,000 additional my
De expended at a rate MOI cAccollng a. OO0OlO fsf
annun Tor The purchase ot guns suuInItted b.
pTisate nrnas or persons, aud found Ga teal 10 bs
The first change made by the senate comiaittee
was the Insertion Of new section pro
Niding that the appropriations made by Jhe
Oil shall oe expended under Ihe direct super gison
OF board 10 consist OF the colunandln. - aierai
o. the Array, an ofiieer OF engineers. an
oucer OF ordnance, aud an officeI Of
artillery. The board 10 be In ala respects undn the
control oi the secretary Of Msr. board some
what the same plan WAS provided fOr Ia the llOuse
oil originally. but Il was struck oul on poai OF
order.
The contracts which the board may enter into
under the provisions OF THIS section VI the act shall
not Involve the Government IN an aggregate ca
penditure exceeding s6oo0ooO nor an cNIendl-
TURF In any one nsca year la excess OF e. oOuooO
Medical Division 81 the Pe0stou ssut-as
In the House this afternoon Mr.. Washington OF
Texas, on bohalf " the committee on eApendl-
lures IN the Interior Department. called up a
bill 60 Increase the enlclency OF the mealcal
division OF the Pension Bureau ut pro-
vides for one medical referee with a salarT OF
81, 300, one assistant medical referee with A salary
OF SsOoo, three surgeons with a salary Of g, 500
and twenty -iour medical examiners with a safAry
OF g. O0l
Mr.. O'Nein lNo) supported the bin ana uwed
the necessity OF Increasing both the force ana me
salaries OF the employees OF the Medical Ia
VISION, declaring that it was dIfncult 10
obtain the better Class OF medical talent Oh &C
count OF the smallness OF the salaries
Mr.. Cneadle Qnd) rising 10 discuss the blll sapt
10 the clerks desk 20 have read an article
In New YORK paper 10 the effect that clerIs I'M
the Pension Bureau are detailed Go do Dol. icaI
work: but before this could be done the cOIaluitee
rose and TIE morning hour expired.
The District t0 Congress.
DEFICIENCIES IN 1HE APPROPRIATIONS FoR rnE
Last FISCAL NkAk
The Secretary OF the Treasury has transmitted
TO Congress estimates Of the Commissioner, OF
deficiencies In appropriations Tor the District OF
Columbia for the fiscal year ending June 30 sss
lhe total amount Is s3olO. 80, dlyided a. i1loss =:
Salaries aud contingent EXPENSES % the ofiic OF
the District oi columbia: Assessors oInce $50, ,.
collectors once, so; market contingent "a I.rIa
49, engineers Office, sl70 Is; Tor sIreets-repars
70 streets aud avenues, so u: repairs TO cOuhiy
roads, LIZ; river 'front.' SPA; public schoOls-.rr-
pairs. 5429O; contingent AIcls rs sSOf as: lu.lus-
liaA lhstrucNol ss'sl5l; survey, 80; COur -
fonce Court sl3S5, miscellaneous cApeures
soit'S; contingent EXPENSES. sllO.s4.
Capitol Iopscs.
TIE FUE-sKAL INVESTIGATION
c. A Williams. OF New L0udon, Conn.,. engaged
In the shipping industry Tor many year, ana q
member VI the Alaskan Fur Seal Company was
the first witness before the House committee On
merchant marine and The fisheries to-day. AT llIe
request OF Mr. Jerr1es the attorney for the c,sl-
pany, Mr. Williams gave a history OF the seal nsa-
cries from the time that Industry Was begun Ia ne
southern seas, and then said That al the stock IN
the Alaskan company Was hcld by citizens of ihe
United states Many OF the parties now IN llie
company are those who went ny 20 the sealllg
grounds In 1868 The capital stock OF the COM
pany Is e., 00O.0o0. The contract OF the compaey
| Win the Government only extends 10 the { 90
small Islands OF It. George aud ST. Paul. and 10 no
other part OF Alaska The company. however.