New-York tribune., 1895-02-14
IN AND OUT or CONGRESS-
DISPOSITION OF PENSION CLAIMS FOR
TIE FISCAL YEAR

CLOSED - CONFUSION OVER THE NEW
RULES OF TIE ROAD AT sEA-FoR
DEEP-wATER CANAL.
| Washington. Feb BIN response to n senate
resolution directing tho Secretary OF the Interior
10 inform the Senate OF the number OF pension
! claims sent the Board OF Final Review since 'he
beg innng OF the present fiscal year ttc nunper vi
these claims admitted and rejected, and the NUM-
| her nnacted upon which have been before the
hoard for n period Of Al least three months. secre-
tary Hoke Smith to-day sent TO the Senate the io'
lowing data on tho subject: Whole number OF
cases OF all classes received from July ss, 10
IurIns the same period. 1902; number Of claims re,
jected 5s35: number OF claims retntned ha cnn 20 me
923: number Of claims on the files pending acton
,, nat the number oi cases disposed OF Is greater
by ie79 than the number received during the peroa
cnnn,cd for by the fact that there were the
| former date several thousand cases pending whicn
! those disposed OF. but the exact number Is un.
known There are no claims now on IN, me mes mes OF OF
! tno Board OF Review which were received PRIOR 10
| January Il, 1895.
The prosecution closed IT'S case in the Howgate
trial today after the most characteristic and In
! rercst.ng session since the trial began. {. II.
| Doing the Jaileuard In charge OF Howgate when
he made his escape testified that he had taken the
prlgoner out OF jail several occasions and had
| sometime let him out Of sight |; was unusual
| to allow prisoners 20 leave the jail he said. bat
! the United states Marshal had allowed II IN How
| gates case Ex-Chie; urummond. Of the secret
senicn,hc~. t-e.insd the, ~ had searched for the
/ defendant for years When the arrest vas
was Ccoi place to hide in Chief Drnm"ond
proceeded - detail conveT@aton ne, ne hhS VII WIN
I ment VINO. as head 81 tae weather bureau was
n,ercs'ed IN af 'g'"'r ag rcnrEc I that seeresry
Morton could teli the story himself on the stand.
4 report received at the Treasury Department
shows that the United States revenue cutler
/ Crawford while in Chesapeake Bay during the
recent blizzard assisted thirteen vessels valued
I ycIyins lsa ives ali Of which were saved some
/ from impending death
Secretary Gresham had conference with Nom
bers Of tnc Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Yesterday to discuss the policy OF Congressional
acton which the Administration is prepared to urge
/ sispeailng ihe operations OF The new rules of the
road q, sea which otherwise mast 90 Into effect 40
FAR as United states vessels concerned on March
/ OF tire present year These rules which were rec
| oamerdei ~ tho International Maritime Confer
/ encc At Washington. were enacted by congress III
! August. 1880. amended May IS ls) and pro-
claimed by the Prosient last July. have been pub
/ lshed broadcast BY the Navy Department for the
last three months ana un'i. recently there seemed
/ no reason 10 doub, that the signals they provided
/ would become tho univ rsa! language for the pre-
! ,entioa OF collisions the high seas almost all
| maritime nations naF'As alcpteI t1tin iHN 'o"''
az In The OF l,s predecessors. had been largely
uctatci by Great Britain the customary Difference
| having boon paid to her suggestions ns the sreat-
,si of maritime nations by al the other participants
IN the nesotA'ions for tne improyement OF the o:d
| cIuptratfv'ly fcw and which Wrr, conceded 70 ne
detective in the days OF the modern ocean dyer IN"
lat'i SiHtr- promptly 'NlyN'r tlc Ni'A,,n'"s ,
oun 0ndat0hs OF the conference of washington
ahi ss.u' ,"- Ir'uy i'i''' "a ~ un'1 , iIi
.nrlud's GERMANY. ran Norway ana io.'nI
/ but recently the nr''sh Gov'nni,nt has been as
sailed win petitions from her ssnf1rng men. VINO
are profetoaiN con'ertativc' aAd nave suscr,H "a
/ 40 pointing o.t complications ana requirements in
Especially hlvr tho ic,sed and extended ios sig
nails been criticised. These occupied much Of the
hcid being notoriousiy inadequate. AZ saown by the
frequent disasters du" 10 collisions Ia iosgy weather
Feafs Were .xpre tho time that the new
whistle horn ana bell code might require more than
ordinary irtcl.lgcnce bIt the plin was made that
because NoAh arS needed 10 iNs signals IL could
not follow that nonc were required when they were
inserted In - road rules more than thirty years
ago After getting otnel nations 20 adopt aad pro
claim the latest rules. Great lrlian has been Tor
The last fcw weeks making cToris to have their
operations further postponed Ia order mat seamen
might nave opgortnniues TO become FAMILIAR wish
them. II - undersiooi that ST. Julian Pauncefote
has been informed by hs Government that all Euro
pan nations nave PF"uI,'nS asfesd 20 suspend ne
there IS little for the United St1ies 10 do. however
sidered action IN adopting the rules other then 10
follow Eneiands hint aud drop ln;o line bill
providing Tor the po.tp2nement OF the date set by
the President was introduced In both houses to-day
An amendment TO the Naval Appropriation bill
appropriatng 100000 for repairing and reconstruct
Ing the oil warship Constitution was to-day favor
ably reported to the Senate from the Naval Affairs
! Committee.
| The House Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce to-day ordered a favorable
report Senate Joint resolution appropriating
$1,000 for preliminary survey OF deep waterways
between the Atlantic Ocean and the Great Lakes
three persons, with power to meet and confer with
tn ,f (.rpa Rel r.lp nf t'np
who shall make inquiry and report whether Il IL
feasible TO build such canals az shall enable vessels
tween the Great Lakes and the Atlantic Ocenn. the
! cost
Foreign Governments are undertaking to protect
| their citizens against steamship companies which
| hold out undue inIuccment emigrants The com
petition among the various lines for business Is so
great that agents OF steamship companies. who re-
ccive commission on the sale OF tickets and
whose income s therefore measured in a great de-
gree by their activity. often sell tickets to those
arrival in the Tinted States Superintendent ST.; STUMP Tr
! OF the immigration Bureau. IL informed that TO
| eminent of Sweden has passed a law giving emil
grants right of action against the steamship COM
pany which sells tickets those who are subsc-
qucny debarr,d from landing In the United States
as coming gner the v@rGns d,ssby causes Of
, by rtnIy' o'hrr n9,ropran Governments are con
protection OF intending emgfanls superintendent
stump says the law against the admission Of unde-
| and the number Of dsbarments is Increasing weekly
Captain Brooks. superintendent Of the Foreign
Mall Service. has been advised that the steamship
| Victoria. which 10 sail for China and japan
next week. has been withdrawn. and there Is
prospect for mall for those being
until the Gaelic sails from San Francisco on March
hext This makes two vessels withdrawn on ac-
count Of accidents.
The House Claims Committee has ordered favor
able report on the Senate bill appropratng 5000
to compensate Elihu Root. OF NeY-York, for
vices rendered In the suit of the Yale Lock Manu-
featuring Company la 1854 The bill appropriating
$3C0 reimburse Charles r. Russell, OF Connecti-
cut. for money expended for clerk hire while Vice
Consul at Liverpool England. received favorable
report.
The cable announcement that the Turkish Min