Waterbury evening Democrat., 1889-02-02
Witness, GUSTAvUS COWARD.
 SECRETARY BAYARD'S CAUTI

Arco's inclosure, says to the president:
 "As the question of German action and American rights in Samoa is under considera- by the congress, beg leave to transmit here with, with the view of their being laid before congress, copies of certain correspondence touching affairs in Samoa, which has taken place since Jan 30, the date of your last mes sage to congress on the subject. These con sist of telegram to this department from MT. Blacklock the vice consul of the United States at Apia, dated Jan. 31, and the para phrase of my telegraphic instruction of the same date to our minister at Der
 lin of which a copy was also sent to the
 charge d'affaires of the United States at Lon
 don, and my note of the same date to Count Arco Valley.
 ''To-day was waited upon by the German | minister at the capital, who read me a note | from his government which I transcribed | from his dictation and now inclose copy of | its text"
 | Mr. Bayard also incloses the following:
 "Jan. 3l. Consul Blacklock telegraphs Mr.
 Bayard: German consul declares Germany | at war with Mataafa and Samoa under mar | tial law"
 | On -Jan 31 MT. Bayard instructed MT. Pendleton to inform the German government
 that advices from Apia stated that the Ger
 man consul had declared Germany at war | with Mataafa and Samoa to be under martial l law. MT. Bayard, ill view of this, instructed
 MT. Pendleton to say that the United States | assumed that the German officials in Samoa | would protect American citizens and prop l erty
 | AGRICULTURAL DEPARTMENT. | The conference report on the bill to create | the department of agriculture was agreed to.
 The only material difference between the two
 houses was upon the senate amendment strik- | ing out the clause transferring the weather l bureau to the new department The house
 conferrees finally receded from the opposition Il to the senate amendment and the clause is
 not retained. The bill as it passed the house
 makes the bureau of agriculture an executive department; makes its head cabinet officer,
 with the same salary other cabinet officers receive and provides for an assistant secre- , tary of agriculture, who shall receive the
 same pay as the first assistant secretary of the , interior
 The house passed the Oklahoma bill Yeas, :. 14S; nays, 102.
 | PENSIONS FOR ARMY NURSES. The house committee on invalid pensions authorized a favorable report Senator Blair's bill for women enrolled as army nurses. 3 A pension of S25 per month is provided el THE EXTRADITIoN TREATY SHELvED. The British extradition treaty has been dis
 posed of finally, and much to the surprise of
 its friends and some of its foes, it was beaten
 by heavy majority. Instead of a two-thirds !, vote in its favor there was more than two r thirds vote against it, and it was finally ? shelved. It was not disposed of without de t bate, however. It occupied the attention o1 d the senate for nearly three hours The debate r was carried on with some display of oratori
 cal pyrotechnics, which undoubtedly had z a great effect on the ultimate result It wa. d argued that the ratification of even so inno . cent a treaty as the amended treaty before s the senate would be concession to England d When the vote was taken only fifteen sena
 tors voted for the resolution to ratify anG
 thirty-eight voted against it. All of the Re
 publican senators present voted in the mega n tive The action of the Republicans was un if doubtedly due to desire to leave the new . administration unhampered, as, if the amend ed treaty had been ratified, it would hay Ie r. been pending unsettled between the two na - tions on March 4.