Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-04-26
OF NATIONAL IMPORT.

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| cision-More Moves Toward = New
| Navy-Cost OF tho Bering Sea Treaty
Arbitration.
WASHINGTON, April 25.-The World 8
| Fair Committee of the House this morning
gave a hearing to representatives of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition Committee,
Lyman j. Page being the first speaker. He
| feared that the committee which repre-
| sented the Exposition would weary the men,
| bers of the House Committee by repe-
| tition of the arguments which had already
been adduced, but believing that the work
was as much the Governments business as
| it was the business of the Chicago Directory,
| he thought he was entitled to be heard with
patience and consideration. He believed
the United States should move forward in
the accomplishment of q work which would
| be creditable to the country and beneficial
to the welfare of the. people. Instead of
costing Sl0,000.000 to worthily complete
the Exposition in manner consistent with
the honor and dignity of the Government
and with the interest OF the people it would
cost $l7,ooO,0 900 or SIS, 600 OO0. The members of
the Exposition Committee asked of this
committee favorable report to the House
or the bill appropriating $5,OOO0O0. They
were quite aware that their view OF what
was quite equitable might not be the view
of other parties, but they did think they had
the right to ask that their bill should have
fair and patient consideration and they
should have the right to present that bill
with all the force they might possess to the
judgment of those who were responsible
the members of the Congress of the United
States. There were several other speakers
IF bill introduced in the House to-day
by Mr. Clark, of Wyoming, becomes law,
the right of franchise will be extended to
every woman in the country over 81 years OF
age, to vote Tor Representatives in Congress.
GENERAL SCHoFIELD to-day received a
telegram from General Brooke, at Omaha,
saying that Major Esbert arrived at Fort D.
A. Russell yesterday afternoon, with the
Wolcott party IN charge, and will turn the
members over to the authorities at the first
opportunity.
THE United States Supreme Court to-
day held that there was no penalty imposed
by the oleomargarine act upon dealers who
refused or neglected to keep the books and
make the monthly returns OF receipts and
sales of oleomargarine required by regua-
tions issued under the provisions of the act
by the Commissioner of Internal Revenue.
The court SAYS that a m liter cannot be
made legal offense by regulation of u de-
partment. II Congress had intended to
make liable to penalty dealers who failed to
keep the required books it should have done
SO by direct enactment.
A RESOLUTION was adopted BY the
Senate recently calling upon the Secretary
of War for information as to whether the
Kansas City and Memphis Railway and !,
Bridge Company had complied with the re-
quirements of the act authorizing the con-
struction of the bridge across the Missis-
sippi river at Memphis, in providing for a
wagonway across the structure. Secretary
Elkins. to-day, in reply, says that the bridge
has not yet been completed. but the work
thus Tar has been in accordance with the
plans approved by the War Department.,
which provide for wagonway us " ell Us a
railway.
SENATOR MCPHERSON to-day introduced
proposed amendment to the naval appro-
priation bill. authorizing the construction
of three double-turret iron or steel harbor
defense vessels of the Monitor type of at
least Z, 800 tons displacement and a speed of
Is knots in place OF the single cruiser pro-
posed by the House bill. They are to carry
two l3-inch rItled guns and are to be SO
heavily armored as to be invulnerable to
shot or shell. Half a million dollars is to be
appropriated for torpedo boats and tor
pedoes, submarine or otherwise, and in ad-
dition, the construction of ten hrst-clasS
torpedo boats is authorized.
SENATOR SHERMAN to-day introduced |
joint resolution, requesting the President to
invite the Governments OF Mexico, Central |
and South America, Haiti, San Domingo |
and Hawaii to send official delegates to the |
of the Pan-American Medical Con- |
gross to be held in Washington, ID. c., in |
1885,
SECRETARY BLAINE estimates that the !
cost to the United States of carrying out the |
Bering Sea sealeries arbitration treaty be-
tween the United States and Great Britain
will be Sl5O00O, and he, through the Secretary
fI,o fn-dn spnt f0 Hrt1s
request for the appropri-
alton for thisamounJ of money.
SENATOR MCPHERSON to-day intro
duced an amendment intended to be pro-
posed to the Springer free wool bill, pro-
viding that after January ], lS9s, all sugars,
tank bottoms, DRAWINGS and sweepings
syrups tor cane juice, melada, concentrated
,nelada and grape sugar shall be admitted
free OF duty.
CHIEF JUSTICE FULLER to-day rendered
opinions in the United States Supreme
Court in two more cases in long list of
itigations arising out of the insolvency of
the Wabash Railway Company. The court,
in its opinion, holds that statutory receivers
Ire not compelled to take what will charge |
their property with burden, and are en-
titled to reasonable time to determine upon
be bound by the lease of the Quincy road
made by the Wabash system, and there was
no equitable ground upon which it was en-
titeu 10 preference. and the court there
ore affirmS the decree of the Circuit Court
of the United States for the Eastern dis
,rict of Missouri, denying the relief sought.
The court made the same order in similar
:ase brought by die St. Joseph and St. Louis
Railroad Company against the Wabash re-
:eiyerS.