The sun., 1891-01-17
viii not 90 home until I. !. certain that bis At.

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GS naf: mil:. q Hs IL wdsss T e about o56 miles
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nssessl.!ss y tho case :. i Xoa wsS: 70 pl:s:
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q: sealing can Ss done, ,tS The l,,, SHl,
IsSsS.: sSsS. ts.. III ss YEN have 10 Ore sis Cup when
Is ioesy 70 bring the small boa,s b. back :arto to
the schooner and big guns are heard ior some
sBid YOU do any sealing las. summer" =.
a1 " si sfns that s'
,Ssr. NOR. Std 4.
sest sal had to be hired take lie rest
!sss y.S. ssts s.ss ss's g e %
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n sSst hs hs q ssss sss tss, fo
hsd :ssa S.Sss ss y " ,.s
shss ss sss Wsss IN &
IL tSo. E. sns are ssS sonsd Mio
enter Delring Sea and deliver their young. tho
sW.ssI Ss ua.ea n sh ss obs fSe fns
would simply take Z positlon q Ibs outer On; en-;
Se "a she fh ~ I Old ana youps
.oaes q. N other words e I'm seals n }he
GHestion OF restriction, means the destruction
oi the species. while tho killing Of seals in
sss se
Capt. ferry says that the seals are found il
schools Of about Thirty, and only two or rarely
this rate, he says. tho seals can never bs exter-
minated.
Tho Fertilization bill as reported to the
sennta this afternoon carries an ag-
gregate appropriation OF $S,soO4s5. q re-
duction Of s4s2.5OO in tho total ss 1t
passed the House. Tho estimates on
which the bill was based aggregate .s74s4.32S.
s.T. as
the appropriations for artesisn wells at Fort
The sSrHsae SS
:Ss.s @ 81 sans Rssdss.,css ssss nsds + sSs s
enss rom s% 1f ssoSS sn and
galleries s1 for submarine mines from sioo 900 700
Bo.tSu. tou,0S New ork San Fssnelses # Hampton
Roads, and Washington from, $l,0O00oO to
q :aSes Guns lom c ssayI
wing. Materylist gun factory. from t24e.!4s to
plant o pOes wnE s 5;
900 for eIperiments By the Fertilization
: :;: 'iS!s @ i y '
The second section Of tho bill OF last year
1sh S sS5 s4s a. ssss s.
q tho i rsesas proposals. has Sssp modidsd by
ssp.ndsule sae 70 & ~ p: sddea
Of 4 provision .reservinR $4,000 for powder.
nhorzss she to ppoVde fop sss
number than 100 guns.
The House Naval Affairs Committee to-day
unanimously agreed to report favorably . bill
to increase tho strength and efficiency Of tho
Marine Band. 1t Is proposed that hereafter
With the pay, rank. and smoluments Of q Sec
esr S.S az % monh sRs d
nTsssn. 80 pes manh E' snd r.
re r. pay 81 p;iSs.e q marines. fSs bin BIZ S Sss Is
its passage 10 warmly recommended BY many
well-knoWn persons.
An Ptg6T DlTeCtOE COuo0 66yD ku0 H6tuuOI6
only, from s43 to S9s q month. while private
s psS sr sna oS sS p l. $50 hnd
cult to secure good musicians, and that those
tinct purpose in view Of Remaining only long
enough to make reputation ON which to se-
cure good positions elsewhere.
The Silver Pool Investigating Committee
held preliminary session this morning to ar
range plan OF procedure. The session was
secret SHt future meetings will 6s With .t open
mittee Is acting and tho newspaper publica-
tons which we're made the basis q the he resolu-
issne for Messrs. Stevens and Apperson. tho
two Washington cotresp9ndents OF the =.
original charge.
DR.. Egleston OF Columbia College. delegate
from the American Society Of Civil Engineers
called on Senator Evarts and Representative
Flower to-day and presented the memorial Of
the society urging legislation by Congress to
le2alize the adoption OF standar I'd time through:
out tie United States. Later In the day a bill
4 number Of othor scientific bodies will send
In resolutions urging action BY Congress 1t
order that 1t may form the basis Of similar ac-
ton ~ n and the doD
q this country ln 1884 a standard division Of
sons the Governments represented desire the
United states TO take the initiative.
Mr.. Flowers bill provides that time through
out the United States shall bs reckoned In ac.
cordanCe with the hour meridian system; that
the prime meridian recommended BY the
Washington International Conference Of 1884
shall be. the initial standard for reckoning
time. and thar the meridiaps which are mul
shall be the sub-staudards BY which tho local
reckoning Of time shall bo regulated: The
Ehe honts In d!l,yersnI time sections q the
ment % Of the civil day % and The notation of the
hours on the prime meridlnn as follows: In
regulated bL hour weridian No; II The Teck-
Ing on the prline meridian: IN tho section
FsSuiastsfh ~ No. IS i ;ha 10 Ssh,s SIX
and IN No. 20 eight hours behind. The time
ections embrace the country on each side OF
and contiguous to the sub-standar rd m eridans.
but the constituted authorities Of any State.
stsndard b{ which to reckon time az shal!
standard shall be lopnl and al all be recognized