The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1888-07-26
WASHINGTON NOTES.


propriating $4,000 for public building
at Brownsville, Tex, was passed.
YELLOW FEVER IN FLORIDA.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-The marine hos
pital bureau is informed of new case OF
yellow fever at Tampa, Fla, end of two
new cases at Manatee, Fla. The case at
Tampa is that of refugee from Manatee.
RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
WASHINGTON, July 20.-The river ana
harbor bill, as it passed the house, ap-
propriates the sum of $19,912,703.
As agreed upon in conference, 1t aggre.
gates 1921, JIG, being net increase OF
S2,374, 1873. All the senate's reductions OF
the amounts as fixed by the house were
restored, except five, ard these five aggre-
gate S17,5OO. The last river and harbor
bill to become a law was that approved
August 8, 1886, and covered the appropri-
ations for the fiscal year, ended June 30,
1887. Two years have elapsed without
the river and harbor bill. The present
bill, therefore, really carries ap-
ptopriations for two years, making the
amount for each year little over SILL
100000.
FULLER CONFIRMED.
WASHINGTON, Ouly GO'--Luo NOu6 III
executive session of the senate remains
under Injunction of seer 10y, but is under
stood to be as follows, in detail:
Yeas-Bate, Beck, Berry, Blackburn,
Blodgett, Brown, Butler, Cameron, Cock
rell, Coke, Cu!lom, Daniel, Davis, Farwell,
Faulkner, Frye, George, Gibson, German,
Gray, Hale, Hampton, Hearst, Jones, of
Arkansas; Jones, of Nevada; McPher-
son, Mitchell, Morgan, Pasco, Payne,
Pugh, Quay, Ransom, Reagan, Riddle
berger, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,,
Walthall, Wilson, of sMaryland-41.
Nays-Blair, Bowen, Chandler, Dawes,
Dolph, Edmunds, Evarts, Hawley, Hoar,
Ingalls,, Henderson, Palmer, Platt, Sabin,
Sawyer, Sherman, Stewart, Stockridge,
Teller and Wilson-20.
Paired in the Affirmative Call, Colquitt,
Eustis, Harris, Kenna, Plumb and Sails
bury.
Paired in the negative-Aldrich, A Ii
son, Chase, Hiscock, Morrill,, Paddock and
Stanford-7.
Absent and not paired-Spooner.
THE STANDARD OIL TRUST.
WASHINGTON, July 2O.-The house COM
mittee on manufactures to-day resumed
its investigation into the Standard oil
trust, long statement being made by
counsel for the trust of the testimony
they wish to present in re-ballot of the
evidence already taken. The Standard
oil trust decided to show by witnesses
that the trust had reduced the price of
petroleum to the public and this has been
of great benefit to the people.
Chairman Bacon SAID the committee
would hear testimony on certain points,
but that they thought the evidence al
ready taken conclusive on other points.
Mr.. Flagler took the stand and told
once more the story of the formation of
the Standard oil trust.
THE GALLERIES FILLED.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-When the house
met this morning the galleries were filled
with spectators, attracted to the capitol
by the announcement that to-day would
witness the close of the great tariff debate,
and vote on the final passage of the
Mills bill. The executive and the diplo-
matte galleries were vacant
THE YELLOW FEVER.
WASHINGTON, July 21.--Surgeon-genera
Hamilton was asked to-day what action
would be taken TO prevent the spread OF
fever in Florida. He said guards will be
Immediately placed to prevent refugees
from injecting other places. Persons
wishing to leave infected villages will have
to pass the usual detention period and
have their clothing fumigated
There are plenty of tents al
Tampa which will be used
for refugee detention camp. Although
no fears are entertained of an epidemic
measures now instituted should have been
commenced last spring, but it was only
Friday that the governor requested the
department. to interfere. There are a.
present sufficient funds, and if the house
of representatives would only pass thu
| quarantine bill which has passed thu
senate, the entire epidemic fund would bt
renewed, whereas now 1t is eaten up b!
the necessity of maintaining quarantine
out of it. This bill is the most far
reaching sanitary measure ever intro
duced and ought to be passed imme
diateIy. 1t has passed the senate withou
dissent, and was unanimously reported
back to the house by the commerce com,
mittee,"