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Herbert's suggestion to dive the mama
o. historic KearsaSge 70 the next battle
ship Of the navy = resolved eyerywhere
with marked approval.
Senator Morgan, Chairmsu Of the
COMMITTEES on Foreign Relations, says
Ne viii move soon 10 take tn Chinese
treaty up. From confesences with other
benatoFs hs II satisfied It will b. rstieed.
Secretary Norton has issued circular
In answer e inquiries, saying the gov
eminent rnin-making experiments did
not produce such results q to Justify
the belief they could be developed into
any commercial importance.
Many Senators expect to obtain in
cseases In the Fiver and harboF bill over
the amounts reported in the House.
Representative Hermann esys most Of
the Oregon appropriations are more than
70 per cent shove the original amounts
allowed BY the committee.
Gresham announced ct the Cabinet
meeting the other day the practical sue
cess Of the American coutention in the
Behring Sea question, the Britieh gov
eminent having finally given satisfacfory
assurances that the decision of the Paris
tribunal would Be legaiised BY statutory
enactment.
Speaker Crisp has telegraphed Gov
ernor Northen, declining the appoint
ment ~ Senator. In his telegram the
Speaker says . very large majority Of the
Democratic members Of the House had
united in the request that he continue
10 serve for the remainder of the session
e speaker; although deeply grateful to
the Governor and sacrificing Q cherished
ambition, . sense Of duty compels him
TO decline the appointment.
The Assistant Secretary Of the Interior
has rendered . decision which will great
ly enlarge the pension rolls. 1t viii ad-
init TO pensions . large number Of in
sane, idiotic and permanently helpless
minor children OF deceased soldiers.
WHOSE pensions had ceased by the chill
dren attaining the age Of l6 years, prior
to the act Of June "a, 1880, the decision
holding that the act OF 1880 has the ef-
feet OF restoring these dependent per-
sons to the roll during life or the contin-
uance of disability.
The River and Harbor COMMITTEES Of
the House has practically completed the
river and harbor bill for this Congress.
though there may be some minor changes
therein when the bill is finally passed
on BY the committee. The bill makes q
total appropriation experimenting So
SOC. 600. This ie q, O00. 200 less than the
appropriation for the current fiscal wear.
while the estimates before the commit
tee amounted to &3S, 770.6ll. In addi-
ton to this amount carried by the reRu-
lar river and harbor bill the sundry civil
bill contains items aggregating g, 500
oOU Tor contract work on rivers and har-
bors. The total amount available there
lore ior the next fiscal year is nearly
SIS ,000. 900.
Secretary Carlisle has sent to the
House letter recommending an appro-
priation Of S,S25 to reimburse the
Bishop of the Greek Church of Alaska.
This money was voluntarily contributed
in 1891 to the church BY ite members on
81. Paul Island. Alaska, and had been
placed in the hands of an agent OF the
North American Commercial Company
Tor transportation to San Francisco,
where it WAS to be delivered to the
Bishop In view OF the fact that the
natives OF this land were without sufi-
Gent means OF support the Treasury
Department on the recommendation of
the agent on the island directed that the
money should be redistributed to the
original donors, and it was expended in
the people necessary supplies.
q demand Was made by
the Russian consistory at San Francisco
on the Commercial Company for the
money, and this, supplemented by some
diplomatic correspondence between the
regarding the matter, re-
k..H sv,e ka LAT -,
Behring Sea affairs absorbed the At
tention Of the Cabinet the other day,
and at the end of the meeting active
steps had been commenced looking TO
the protection OF fur seals and the ap-
prehension Of poachere regardless Of the
Gag they fly. It is said upon the most
credible authority that the State Depart
ment does not expect to accomplish any
thing with Great Britain under . treaty
to the award OF the court
only proposition advanced has been met
weaken the force and effect of that |
award. The President and the depart
ment have also practically abandoned |
al hope of securing q continuance of the |
modus vivendi, and il this eball prove to |
be the case, the President has decided TO |
act under the authority Of the act Of |
Congress OF February, 1898. The whole |
subject WAS discussed, Gresham laying |
before the Cabinet new bill incorporat- |
ing certain regulations in line with the |
award, the passing OF which would indi- |
cate to England that the United States |
desired the cooperation she had prior to |
the meeting of the court of arbitration |
pledged herself to give,
The Senate Committee on Foreign Re- |
lations has under consideration . bill |
looking to . reorganization Of the Mica. |
ragua Canal Company, and friends Of |
The enterprise in the Senate are hopeful |
81 securing favorable report at an early /
DAY. A subcommittee to consider the /
details Of the question and prepare .
bill, il is understood, has submitted q
report TO the full committee recommend |
ing the adoption Of Senator Mongan's
bill with come amendments. This bill |
provides for . reorganization Of the ca
nal company with loo, 600 shares at |
100 each; for the issuance OF bonds, the
payment OF which will be guaranteed by
The national treasury: for the cancella-
lion of the stock OF the old COMPANY;
md prescribee the method Of procedure
lnder the reorganization act. Il 10 not
the bill will 90 through the
without opposition. How
.ver. there is thought 70 be some major
ty for the bill in the committee, and
here is little doubt the bill will 70 on
he calendar with . favorable report.
Friends Of the bill ASSERT . scheme for
. canal across the isthmus I'M
Ter the auspices Of the United States
,as made material progress in public &C.
imation within the past few years. At