The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-02-28
THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
TIRGINIA ITEMS INCLUDED ~ THE
MEdSURE.

Report on the Hampton Soldiers Home
Liberal Appropriations for It's Mainien-
ance-The Capital News and Washington
Notes in General.
WAsHIxGroN. D. c.. Feb. 27.-lSpcc.al. J.
The following are the Virginia items in the
Sundry Civil Appropriation bin as passed the
Senate: For purchase of q site and the COM
nencement Of postonce and courthouse at
Norfolk. s75 OOO for the purchase Of site
aud construction Of building for the post
flee at Roanoke. 500 for the pure hase of
land at Hog Island Light Station. s10O for
establishing range and harbor lights at and
near the entrance Of Cape Charles harbor,
s OO0 for the purchase of land for the site Of
light house depot at Portsmouth. $4,000 10
authorize the Secretar0f War % purchase any
additional land required iOr the enlargement
of the National cemetery al Hampton, $1,000
IL addition 10 the $4,000 heretofore appro-
r~iatel For the support of the National
ionc for Disabled Soldiers at Hampton APP
rrouriations are made as follows. For current
e,Dauses. s27. $50. for subsistence. S197.l00;
for clothing 100000. for household 5000;
hospital. S22.G7l. for the transportation of
members of the Home. $1,000 for construc-
tion. including the pay of chief engineer
builders, hlacksmiths, carpenters, MpoIefs'
etc. and for all appliances used under tins
head. e2j.3lO: for farms. -lH,lgt ana Tor the
construction of a brick barrack, 73l,O0O.
TIE HAMPTON HOME.
In answer % a Senate resolution, directing
The Secretary of War to advise the Senate as
% the need for greater accommodations for
ex-sodicrs AT the National Home at Hampton
whether any inmates have been sheltered IN
fonts during the present winter, and whether
any portion of the Home which could nave been
used for shelter had been used for other pu-
poses Secretary Proctor sent 20 the Ncnatc iD-
dav a report on the subject from General W IS.
franklin Ipresldent of the Board of Mana
rars for the Home. General Franklin. IN ms
jeDlv. said that the Board met on September
g. 1890 and the procurement of tents was
authorized bv the Governor and twenty tents
were procured and fitted mp and one nun
dred men placed IN them. leaving vacant me
beds previously occupied 10y them nm the
barracks 1heNacant beds We're reoccumed 10y
,lew members but there We're. he says. no hard
shlpsincurred by thercsldoniS IN the tents ana
the men preferred them to the barracks. thcy
being well foorod and fitted with stoves.
The necessity of placing men in tents arose, he
saws. m 1S-l and since then IL has been d!til-
cult o. get them back in the barracks. lie
recommends the appropriation of sufficient
sum % build new brick barracks.
MINISTER BLAIR NOW.
The President sent 90 the Senate to-day the
nomination of Senator Henry W. Blair, oi
New Hampshire. to be Envoy Extraordinary
and Minister Pleupotcntiarv of the United
States 10 China Later in the day the Senate,
in executive session. promptly and without
reference 20 "a committee confirmed the nom
3natlOn.
NEW yoRK's CENSUS.
Mr. Washington from the House Commit
Zee on the Census this evening submitted to
the House the minority report of the
committee on the resolution introduced
by Mr. Flower. directing the Secretary OF the
Interior tomake new enumeration oi the city
If New York "A census 90 be of value
khe report says. should Dee as accurate as II
j. possible to make it, At the same time the
public i'm general should feel satisfied that the
enumeration was fairly and honoiany made.
Neither of these conditions obtain DO
The recent census Of New lmh. We
iaye no harsh criticism t. make Of the
Superintendent of the Census. We do not
question his integrity or his desire % make an
honest and correct count. There ls no Spt'i-
IL charge made against census officials, yet II
is claimed, and we think justly, that the
enumeration was detective
COIN VALUE or RIAL ESTATE.
Mr. Feathcrstone introduced i'm the House
a bin 10 increase the volume of money To- tne
extent Of real estate value on gold and si-
Yer basis The bill says the great distress
throughout the country caused by me
scarcity of money. demands ,hai there should
le d change ia the financial policy OF tins
,overnment. therefore II should loan its ful
leaal tender money 90 tine owners ~
real estate 40 thrcc-flurths of its appraised
value m 1890 Oat the rate of two per cent. per
Hnuum.
PROVISION or TIE SUBSIDY BILL.
The substitute for the Senate Postal Sub
eidv hin passed hy the House Tonight merely
authorizes the Po-tmaster-Gcncrm 10 con-
tract for not less than five nor more than ten
years with American citizens for car
Tyng mails ON American steamships be-
tween the United States and foreign ports
Ohe Dominion of Canada excepted 10 sub
serve and promote the postal and commercial
interest ol tine United States the mail service
=. le distributed equltably among the ports of
tt Atlantic. Pacific and Gull Of Mexico ana
Gil. vessels contracted with, Co be OF American
c...,mction and ofcerod by American cit-
R.,
CAPITAL MOTIFS.
Samuel G.. Staples, of Virginia, has been
appointed q medical examiner I'M the Pension
OAce at q salary of 81 500 per anuum.
The site 1.-THE post-offce at Gust station.
Wise county. Va, has been changed one-hah
mile west.
po.tofiee has been established at sum
init Wilkes county n c., and Harrison ID.
Tucker has been appointed postmaster
The census Office to-day announced the
population of Kentucky as follows: Whites
1855 526. colored. 272. 81; Indians, %, Chinese
~. japanese, j. Total, l,a5s'635.