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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
1cADL1YE FOR VESSELS oX TIE LAKES.

'ADIINE tOk Nf~NfIHN W. liz i@NNr<N.
Washington, Feb. Ca delegation 81 tween twenty
and thirty persons. representing the Lake Carrier
Association the Cleveland Vessel owners Association
and number of individual vessel owner, from
Chicago. Grand Haven. Detroit and Bay CITY, Mich.
Toledo aud Cleveland Ohio and Butalo, y. Y. was
before the House Committee Merchant Marine and
Fisheries today to protest against the passage Of the
Loadline bill introduced by Representative Fdrquar'
TO increase the safety Of loaded vessels and TO prevent
loss Of life and property from overlooking on tie
Northwestern lakes. Before hearing any Of the
arguments AGAINST the bill, the committee listened 10
representations by the Commissioner Of Navigation
Mr. Bates who assisted in preparing the bill, and who
went over it and explained it, sections.
After Mr.. Bates had concluded Representative
Chapman. Of Michigan, presented 10 the committee a
rcmonstrance by ve,selowncr, Of Detroit ting
10000 tons Of shipping against the passage Of the
bill There were two scriou, objections to the BILL the
first of which was that this legislation ought not 10
be applied 10 the lakes only. and the ncce,siti for
thi, sort oil legislation, If il existed al all related 10 the
ocean vessels AS we'll The second reason was that tie
shpoVners regard II as amounting to pIacu' al con
fscation Of their property.
il. G. Parsons, OF Cleveland, Insisted tiat the
scheme as proposed in the hill lmprse tca'l o.
lie said 1t would take from 20 10 - per cent %. te
carrying trade of the lake lie also read e -tat'-
ncnt from "A practical -hipbuildcr. who said that lt
would be almost impossible to md any man who would
be able give a practical. 81 and reliable explain
alton Of this bill Mr.. Parsons called 4 number 81
persons and examined them concerning the necessity
for the enactment Of such legislation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
TIE SEIZURES oH THE san BIAS COAST.

Washington, Feb. & (SpecialI.-F &. Valentine %!
New York the attorney Of the shipping firm Of Foster
& Goa whose vcsscs-thc Julian the C0omhc, and
the Wnc-wcrc seized By the Colombian Government
for alleged unlicensed trading on the Ba, coast.
had an Interview today with Mr. Wharton The A..
,i,tant secretary OF state ahout the failure Of ;l'
American Consul at Cartagena 10 cpor, upon tie de-
tenton Of the schooners. j. T.. .. d'llomc-ruc. Eos
ter q co.'s representative al CartaScna had written
10 New York that the Consul absent and tho
Consulate in charge Of Vice Consul who had made
mo- progre,s whatever with the invc>tig CATION The
state Department has not heard from Carti-cna fJi
some time although instructions % report on tbs
seizures were sent 10 the Consul there lat month.
when the news Of the dctcntiOne reached Washington
Nh Wharton today decided 20 ask The American
Consul General AT Panama 10 inquire into the and
dispatched a cable message 10 lum I" be foi"aidch
10 C,rtaecna rcguirng an immediate statement from
the Consul there his representative. Inc Depart
ment hopes to get an answer IN day or two.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
THE NEW CODE OF RULES.

Washington, Feb. 6.-Thc House Committee on
RuIe, wa, again in session thi, morning and amended
the code t. correspond 10 the action Of the Rcpub
Ucan caucus yesterday afternoon. one Of these
amendments, which was overlooked In the abstract
seut ont last night is Of importance, il strike, ont
Of the new code the authority conferred upon the
mittcc reporting general appropriation bills. II II
learned that thi, action directed by the Republican
caucus Yesterday only after a bitter fight, Ia which
prntc .onfotivc, Cannon and Mckinley finally
overcome bv the opposition under the lead Of Repre-
sentative PaysOn. As amended the rule /, IN the
exact shape Of the core -pOnding rule In tn; pre-
cedng House.
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Mr.. TRACY WILL REMAIN Ar HIS FOSA
GENERAL, cATtIX RETURNS FROM WASHING
Ton AND TALKS OF THE sEcRErARf'N PLANS

GENERAL CATLIN RETURNS FROM "N'"''''
rov ,vnT>LK,oFTuE sECRETARY'> PLANS.
,...rer,I Isaac :. Caum returned to Brooklyn yes
terday from Washington anu ''' "'
his brother tn-law -. -...,,o
rhr. j., now no possibility whatever that SecretaI3
Tracy will give up public life" "i 'ouISv' nv . %i
shattered. and 1t VIII take lonS t,Iiv To- H."
I, not oniv suffering from mental Nho'h pu' Wy ~
haatou OF smoke has ply slrSll} a"e,',u nm, ,,t If h.
,"rid NOT "a, ON with the work which De hai begun
I'm thc navy Department ne could not ave. lnen
IN his friend, Including President HARRISON JH'l''
r. ,tr,uahan and General James JOurdaIl' nave q"
vi.ed him that every consideration dehduh' lE'' l NV
stay at his post aud he Wi!I. Al Il ,'r iNo VIA. 500
,uation for his mind will he his salvation. ne -
rotary ha, heard that the sentiment universally ~
pressed in brooklyn wa, hope that hi' itrrlnlr
anction would not end his public career, ana 1t S'Nc
him great solacc and comfort In his sorrow ~ .
The body OF Mrs. Tracy and Mis-, Tracy wlh 10
hurled either at Owcgo or IN Greenwood Mr,"lr"N >
,n"hrr is buried At Owego and father who Is sun
living at ninety four years oi axe WILL Oh
laid by her side when he l., cllld away "I home
am pcrfccty confident that when he has rounded
ont his career he will retire to his farm AT 0WcEo ana
his family have lived in Brooklyn for me m Id
twenty nve year, ana tho !, TtN ' r trmphs Of
his NE | think that until Mr.. Sranaian arrived ii
Washington 1t pretty deintcN se.IiSu " Wr,iIy
remain, Of my sister and my niece M"aw ~ m' .i,
Inferred al Owcgo. hut BtoollynS hr,t c1'Lcn s,u
that Greenwood the place, a. HrooNNh 'i i ~
the thenrc Of General rracys successes as & IT,
and n was from this city that he had been caller %
the cabinet The burial at either place VIII be "luE
out any demonstration whaieyeri ,.onr Post NJ 100
g. 4. r. at Beethoven Hall, YESTERDAY, resolution,
Of sympathy with secretary iraeS MIrT i ~,
bv PAST Commander Ferdinand Levy ana unanimously
adopted. n,.,n,.. pr.inoss Mons RenubIi.
can Nssocntion at "A meeting hcd on wednesday
aii adontcd resolution, expressing sympathy
with Secretary Tracy in his sad bereavement
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
THE SENATORS AND THE SAMOAN TREATY
FINAL ACTION Is EXECUTIVE SESSION - MR.
LnMLNn. MANTS - BE EXCUSED.

Washington. Feb. 6.-An executive session OF tho
Senate was held this afternoon on motion Of senator
sherman. who desired t. close the record upon the
ratification 4 the samoan treaty. After sundry nom
inaton- had been disposed Of, the motion Of senator
Edmund, to reconsider the vote Of Tuesday by which
tic treaty va, ratified called mp and laid on the
table by q vote Of 30 10 -.
Then Nr. Edmnd,'s resolution declaring tho
sense II the senate upon the rights Of the United
state, t. the harbor II paco-Pago under the treaty
II -7- to Dee that those rights not disturbed by
tic Berlin treaty ~ l--9. considered. Upon j,
senator sherman, chairman Of the committee on For
cgu Relations. made statement al some length IN
tended To- show that the Berlin treaty did not anect
fip," rights at ai and That the passage of the reso-
luton Wis therefor" unnecessary.
\ motion 90 lay the resolution upon the table pre-
vailed hy the same vo" 49, that by WhlcA the motloh
to recon -ldsr tlc ratification was tabled
Tlcruuon Nr. Idmund-, who Is the second mem
Der of The committee stated that he desired 70 De OK
ci>cd from further service the Committee on For
elm Rotations. n was suggested that this wa> a
matter flr action u legislative session, and the matter
va, dropped.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

can-Jamcs Monroe. Kalamazoo. Mi'-i,~ippi-Jo 'nu'
stephens Macon MISSOURI chailr iii !. t iI,,s D.
Io,cph. Charlie, l.. Mayo Pleasant mn f%<!H, ~,
Viuc- liberty vice Grafton. Withdraw No. NoilH ~
kota-Winam A. !Iamo2, peyT' I I1I O. Howe
: Dodds Wyomins Homer MarreI + oliy I,I' KIN
Ella, >. Clark. vlvaAl4 80 re ! r lii
FLORIDA Ch4r, rarrias1 l- p D,rt 9 Ggore %
Tompkin,, Id. south care nna-l3uo,rt - Id
District Indiana sidney Cooser llld Di,'' ,dN,
With Iowa-.John ". Rovley, 1T District. IAN
fornia-John r. ,hcehau, Ist District
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

TO SEND OLD SOLDIERS TO THE HOT SFlIN"H'
Washington. Feb. 6.-Thc senate some uN' ~
passed resolution inqurug Of the Board oil Hla'sel'
- 49,, >.,toral soldiers, Home, As 70 the advi.abllty
~ establishing hospital at Hot springs, AtN' l'r
disabled cN Union soldiers. In report Ic''i'"' To
d,y the Board SAYS the establishment OF the ho'P't
would be in every way advisable. There arc ano"
o. 600 disabled soldier, in National and star" -pl"'I
homes NJ whom IL per cent are SICK IN ho>pI"'
1,ioa, from rheumati,ul \ large proportion ol U.N
nrr,habIv . 900, would without doubt be beheli'cu
by treatment al Hot springs.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
rnrcArlnN Axn oKLAlIoMA ~ TIE SENATE.

Wa.Mnstou Feb. t~lcciall.- senator Blair con
tnucd hi, speech on the Educational BIZ to day from
the point al which It hroicn of boy yesterdays
executive session. II his intention to press the
measure, forward ly inducing the senate to sit to-
morrow. when the general debate might come, and
pcrhdp, bee concluded. Iiut majority OF the senators
favored 20 rc,c-, until Monday, and the debate VIII
have 10 be- postponed until then vote may DO
reached ON Tuesday Wednesday.
senator platt got hi, oklahoma LII mp for an hour
today. before Mt Elr', hour had arrived. and made
conmcnda Bile progr"-, with It. number of amend
mcut-. most Of them of unlmportant character,
were .ugc- ted and a-rccd to- Nih the balr blll ous
nf inc way carl, urNt WccI Territorial form OF
Government viii be provided for Oklahoma, IS
there b., practically opposition To the legislation
senator IlItt propose.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
WORKING For RALLor PEroRM

meeting OF the With Assembly District Ballot Reform
oocuc wos held last nlght at Warren Hall. no 23t
Snr,ngst Addresses delivered In favor OF the
farm movement by the chairman Cornelius Donovan. and
tho Roy c. G.. Goss Two hundred persons then signed
ballot reform petitions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
THE ABERDEEN VICTIM

Washington. Feb. G.--Attomey-G NlHer Salu
TO-DAY in response to inquiry on the SUBJECT, Una"
il is known where FAM. the victim 81 inc al'e1,t
&c nt Aberdeen Miss. Is but That he Gu Hoo
D,,rr In make the fact public for the present
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

TVVNITI 7NLN9o FUHIMAHTFKb APPOINTED.
Washington. Feb. G.-Fourth class postmastcrs w1fc
to-day appointed as follows:
PENNSYLVANIA /. Shean, Dllncr; W. W. Blochcr.
Mount Holly Springs, 4. Wfnarth, oakley. l.. y.
Miller PennsvLe T.. Uhlcr. Standts Eddy. W. Mo
Clelland, ShOustown.
New-Yerk-t. S. Ward, Mler's; H. y. Young. West
Camp.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

or Bedlows Island in New York Iarbor, and also
that neither Of them Is restricted 10 the sole use OF
the military. The only restriction he can md Is
that they shall be used solely for The purposes OF the
Government. secretary Window said this afternoon
that he had not yet fully decided what 10 do In this
matter, but that hc hoped Ia reach conclusion very
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

Washington, Feb. G.-Attorney- General Miller mas
given an opinion 30 the Secretary Of the Treasury
that the territory known as 80 Mans Land is IN
cuded I'm the Eastern Judicial District of Texas and
that criminal offences and violations Of Internal rev
enue laws committed there are cOgnzabc ~ That
district. The Government, jurisdiction over this
territory has been IA matter Of dispute for many years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07
GOLD MEDALS FOR HALLWAY MAIL CLERKS.

Washington, Feb. 6.-J LOwric Ben, the General
Superintendent Of the Railway Mall Service, today
issued general order announcing 10 the railway
postal clerks throughout the entire Railway Mail
Service that the Postmaster. General has d.
cidod at the close Of this year present twelve gold
medals TO the clerks In the Railway Mail Service
most efficient in their work
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

made prominent part of the Government code was
originated by Walter 4. Phillips, OF the nle1 frss,
and il already In use by that company, the western
Union Telegraph Company and other press and tele-
graph organizations.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

THE MORSE CODE ADOPTED FOR SIGNALS.
Washington Feb 6-The Morse code Of signals
has been adopted by the Navy Department for sig
Mailing purposes in place Of the cumbersome method OF
transmitting signals between armies, vessels, ETC.,
hitherts in The system Of punctuation which Is
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-02-07

TIE CASTLE GARDEN IMMIGRANT QUESTION
Washington Feb. solicitor Hepburn Ia, given an
opinion To the Secretary Of the Treasury that there
ara no legal i'm podlmcnts 10 the establishment Of
landing depot for immigrants ON either GovernoTs
Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-14
A COURT OF INJUsTIoE.


A court sitting at Msysville, the county
seat of Chantauqua county, New York, has
done . queer thing. In this court man
pleaded guilty to the crime of assault in
the second degree. The assault consisted of
shooting at q woman. Sentence was sus-
pended on the agreement of the prisoner to
leave the State and never return. The de-
fendent was thus leniently dealt with not
withdrawing the fact that six years ago he
shot and killed one woman and wounded an
other in Baltimore, for which crime he was
sentenced to eight years imprisonment, but
was subsequently pardoned.
This performance is thought to be queer
even in New York, where the criminal is
not wanted. Says the New York Sun: We
take great deal of pains in this country to
prevent the immigration of criminals, and
we Justly regard 1t as inexcusable on the
part of a foreign government to try to turn
the United States into sort of Botany Bay.
Is not our conduct just as bad if we Danish
our criminals into the other States of the
Union, as was practically done in this case al
Aayvillea Here is man who has twice
been convicted of crimes of violence, and
our courts set him free on condition that he
will leave our territorial limits. The authori-
ties do not care how much he INDUCES in his
criminal propensitiea provided he does moi
indulge in them in the State of New York
This is a sort Of sel6shn ess which probably
will not be appreciated in the other States ol
the Union.
The Sun is right, as 1t usually is. Ths
man was guilty of a serious crime. HI
should have been punished for IL, and moi
sent to some other State. It will be inter
esting to see where he will turn up as I
shooter again.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-14
Friday. February II, 1890.
COMPULsORY PILOTAGE.


The house committee on merchant marine
and fisheries has, by vote of Z to 6, author
ized favorable report on the bill introduced
by Representative Dingley of Maine exempt-
ing American coastwise sailing vessels, pilot
ed by their licensed masters or by a
United States pilot, from the obligation to
pay state pilots for services notrendered.
The bill is very important one, and it has
been strongly antagonized by the pilots.
Representative Dingley's bills affecting pilot
age interests have been antsgonized by the
national organization of pilots at every stage.
This body advances somewhat illogical
argument that any attempt to change or
modify the present system is nothing more
nor less than covert attempt on the part of
foreign steamship companies to. assail, and if
possible, abolish the compulsory pilotage
system. This was the statement and the
kind of logic which some Of the senators and
assemblymen used in 1884 when the New
York shipping interest obtained a reduction
of 25 per cent. in the Sandy Hook pilots
fees, and this view was clung to so tenacious
ly that Grover Cleveland, who was then gov
ernor, felt called upon in his message to the
legislature to expose the fallacy Of such
reasoning.
The pilots have had much success in keep
hard and dangerous. But they are asking
too much when they ask to be allowed to
continue to tax coastwise sailing vessels.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-14
deeply interested in the condition of the
soldiers who had left their homes for the

deeply interested in the condition of the
soldiers who had left their homes for the
then untried vicissitudes for the camp and
field. Her first work was to write letters to
every town in her state, urging the ladies to
organize aid societies and to join with her
in the work Of supplying the needs of the
suffering soldiers. The response was prompt
and effective, and the societies throughout
and state forwarded their supplies to her
home society at Keokuk. She went person.
ally to the front and distributed these sup
she knew no rest.
From June, 1861, to April 1, 1858, she had
received and distributed goods to the value
of $1,000. From that date to July 81, ,564,
and from then to September 81, 200, max
ing $50, ,564 before her appointment by the
legislature as state agent From that time
until the resignation of her Office she re-
ceived and distributed $115, 5,S76.93, making
more than $136, 900 worth of goods and SAM
itary stores contributed for the benefit of the
soldiers. In the meantime she had been &C.
tive in the movement which led to the es.
tablishment of the Iowa soldiers orphans
homo, an institution of which the state is
rightfully proud. It was while working in
the hospitals at Chattanooga in the trying
winter of 1864 that Mrs. Whittenmyer
matured her plans for the diet kitchens, with
Wulcu LICE uuClo uuS ever bluc6 Deeu Justly
associated. The design of the kitchen was
to have prepared for the men who were un-
der treatment such articles and delicacies as
are grateful to the sick, and al the Same
time may be allowed with safety. The la
dies who were engaged in this department
performed their labors under the direction
Of the surgeons, who appointed their sta
tions and approved their preparations.
These diet kitchens were approved by the
government, and Mrs. Wittenmyer had them
all under her supervision. They were first
established in the department of the Gum
berland, then in that of the Mississippi, and
with such unexpected beneficial results that
Mrs. Wittenmyer was urged to extend her
work to the army of the Potomac, which she
did in the winter of 1854, maintaining the
work until the close of the war. 1t is utter
ly impossible to estimate the good this mod
est but energetic lady accomplished in those
years of war-how many lives were saved
through her agency, or how many homesick
boys were given strength to return to homes
that were made glad again because of her.
She has never lost interest in the work to
which she had SO earnestly devoted her life,
and her selection as national president of the
womens auxiliary to the Grand Army at the
last annual convention was the best that
could be made. The passing years have
dealt kindly with her, and she has been
spared to receive from every section of the
country the need of acknowledgment and
praise which she has so richly earned.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-14

in the Pennsylvania law, and an attempt will
be made to improve 1t by an amendment
making more clear the real intent of the
cta{xt{o

in the Pennsylvania law, and an attempt will
be made to improve 1t by an amendment
making more clear the real intent of the
statute.
The Kansas farmer doesn't seem to be get
ting along very well, according to the Atchi-
son Globe, which says: A particularly indus
trious farmer can tstend" sixty acres of corn
that is, plow the ground, plant the seed,
cultivate the growing crop and harvest it.
The average yield of corn is thirty bushels to
the acre-1 800 bushels. OF thishe will feed
500 bushels to his stock, leaving 1900
bushels as the result of his years work. A
letter received from an Atchison travelling
man says that in Edwards county day before
yesterday white corn sold for II cents
bushel and yellow corn for 10 cents. You
can figure for yourself how much farmer
can make raising corn. Another thing
should be thought of. The average farmer
lives a considerable distance from market.
In order to get 10 and II centsa bushel for
his corn he must haul it to market. IF he.
starts early in the morning he can haalI
twenty seven bushels to town fn a, day, with
stihe assistance Of wagon and two horses. In
hauling his crop to market he just about
earns wages. No wonder the farmers are
dissatisfied. We don't blame them.
A commission of experts of the highest
standing employed by the 'Nizam of Hydera-
bad to investigate the use of chloroform as
an anesthetic has just made report, in
which 1t declares that the danger from the
ohloroform is not to the heart, as is generally
supposed, but to the lungs. It says: Chow
ever concentrated the chloroform may be, it
never causes sudden death from stoppage of
the heart. Chloroferm has no
power Of increasing the tendency to either
shock or syncope during operations.
The truth about the fatty heart seems to be
that chloroform per Sc in no way endangers
such heart, but on the contrary, by lower
ing the blood pressure, lessons the work that
the heart has to perform, which is positive
advantage" The practical conclusions of the
commission are that the safe administration
of ohloroform depends on careful attention to
the respiration. Care must be taken that 1t
is not interfered with, and if by any accident
it stops artificial respiration must be instant-
ly begun. Rules on this subject are given,
by constant attention to which the commits.
sion asserts that chloroform can be given
with perfect ease and absolute safety.
Morning journal and courier., 1890-02-14
NOVELTIES IN SLOT MACHINES.

one to Deliver Hot sausages Fro
posed, hut Nos Yet Begun.
From the New York SUM-
s'The slot and nickel business is yet in its
infancy" remarked Jerseyman who is en-
gagged In manufacturing automatic machinery
Of the most persuasive kind to COAX people
to part with their nickels. "This country is
the greatest field in the world for this branch
of industry for two reasons. The main one
is that Americans are improvident and never
stop to think that twenty nickels make dol
lar. The other one is that the nickel is the
only coin in this world which is built in the
right way to encourage genius in this direc-
ton. No other country has standard coin
adapted to the devices, and one which is so
popular, 10 uniform and so slightly valued.
The Eve cent piece of this country was made
for automatic machinery, and not the ma
queer, but I mean that the changes In the
size and weight of the coin have been 80
slight since it was first put in circulation
that 1t encouraged inventors to make slots
and other devices to put 1t In.
ssThe frst slot machine remember seeing
was race course In the barron of q soush-
ern hotel. A nickel started the horses. I
think first saw the machine In 1878, and I
believe it to be ono of the first devices of the
hind in this country, but I have no doubt
that historians can rake up testimony to
show that attic drachmas were dropped into
slots by ancient Greeks, who sought to learn
their weight or test their grip, and that In
Csesars time the Romans dropped small
coins into slots and thus procured their COM
fectionery.