The National tribune., 1892-07-21

warmoth, New Orleans to collect $500 as a fine
from the American steamship Joseph Oteri,
Jr. for delivering 90 cases Of rifles and % cases
of ammunition to the insurgents and for carry
ing troops of the latter from Ceiba to Iruxlllo.
The Collector is also instructed to place Custom
officers to watch the vessel, to prevent her from
further aiding the insurgents.
Washington is the poorest supplied with Tree
libraries of any great city in the country. 1t
is true that there is the great Congressional LII
brsry, from which anyone can get books upon
a card to be secured for him by Senator or
Representative, or upon depositing the price OF
the books as security for their return. But this
is poor substitute for the magnificent pubic
Libraries of other cities, and besides, the Capt.
toll, where the library is at present located, Is
far away from the real center Of the city. All
the Departments have pretty fair libraries,
which the clerks and their families have free
use of. The Senate has taken the first steps to
supply this long felt want by favorably consid-
ering bill for the establishing Of large free
circulating library at some point readily &C.
cessible to the great mass of the people.
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The effort to erect in Washington grand
Protestant Episcopal Cathedral is making
progress. Land for the purpose has been DO
mated, the District Commissioners have made
favorable recommendation on the application
for charter, and the Senate Committee has re-
ported favorably bill to incorporate the
Protestant Episcopal Foundation of the Dis
trict of Columbia"
"Uncle Jerry" is going to see that if the
people of Washington drink they swallow
nothing worse than the alcohol in their bev-
erages. He has ordered the chemist of the
Agricultural Department to make thorough
investigation of the wines and liquors offered
for sale in the District of Columbia.
Some time ago there was serious disagree
ment between Assistant Secretary of the Treas
ury Nettleton and the Superintendent of Inn
igrstion-ex- Representative W. d. Owen, OF
Indiana. Gen. Nettleton preferred against his
subordinate charges of incompetency, insubor-
dination, and general unftness. The matter
has been under investigation by Judge Ran
nels, of the Department of Justice, who has
reported to the Secretary of the Treasury sus-
tanning the charges in general. but acquitting
Mr.. Owen of some Of the graver accusations.
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We are not so totally depraved after all.
Last week man, who had lived in Washing
ton for many years in full possession of all the
property he could scrape together, went to
Pittsburg, and few hours after he arrived
there was buncoed out of gold watch.
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Congress continues adamantine against the
erection Of trolley poles for street railroads in
Washington. but viii allow the Metropolitan
road another year to get its storage battery per.
fected. Meanwhile Pennsylvania Avenue
road is pushing ahead its cable, and expects to
have its cars running by that motor by the time
the Encampment meets.
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Ten of the regular annual appropriation
bills have gone to the President and have be-
come laws or will very shortly.
They are the Military, Academy, Legislative,
Diplomatic and Consular, Postofice Army,
Navy, Indian. River and Harbor, District Of
Columbia and Agricultural bills.
HSI0 are HOW uOu6 vi tUc dppIOpTlAtl0Q
bills In conference and but three remain to
pass through that stage. namely, the Sundry
Civil, now before the House for action on the
Senate amendments; the Fertilization, ready
for return to the House, and the Deficiency.
The joint resolution passed July Is. extending
the appropriation until July 80. will, therefore,
apply only to these three bills.
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It is said at the State Department that there
is no truth in the report that the United States
has secured one Of the Galapagos Islands in
the Pacific and will use 1t as q naval coaling
station.
In correcting the census returns Chief Clerk
Sylvester of the Police Department has discov.
cred an error of 800 short in the sixth precinct.
Mr.. Sylvester says that other discrepancies will
increase the figures about 1.500 and make q
total population Of nearly $4,000.
The disagreement between the House and
Senate over the Army appropriation bill was
on Friday practically settled by an agreement
on the part of the conferrees. This was the
LAST bill in conference, the dispute over tho
others having been patched up heretofore.
There was only one paragraph Of the Army
bill remaining In dispute, and that was set.
tlei by the adoption of the following in lieu Of
the House provision, to which there was 90
much opposition:
Prorided, That no money herein appropriated
shall be used in payment of transportation OF
troops aud supplies over any of the non. bonded
lines owned by the Union Pacific Railway Com
pany or the Central Pacific Railway Company;
but this provision shall not withhold payment
from lines leased and operated but not owned
by the said companies.
A FREE LIBRARY.
The most important bill that the Senate Dis
trict Committee had before ID last week 10
that providing for the free library in this city
The bill provides that the library shall be 10
Gated in the new postofice building. and that
it shall be large enough for at least $4,000
volumes. and is TO be, under certain conditions,
circulating. 1t further provides that the cir