Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-02-06
THAT NEW BOND ISSUE
London Bankers Negotiating
 For the Entire Amount.
MIR. REEDS BILL Us INTRODUCED.

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 Debate on the AdmiIS stration's Financial Bill Begins In the II Htuse Under the Five Minute Rule Tolay F. Senators Almost Come to FisticuiTs onlthe Floor.
 WASHINGTON. Feh. .-There is much doubt today about the proposed bond issue A good deal of specu hRtion Is being i'm dulged in.
 At the White Houte the cabinet was in session for several kours. It Is under stood that almost the knly subject of dis cussion was the pending bond issue Sev eral prominent New York bankers arc hero, among them Mi J. Pierpont Mor- gan. and while they Have lot seen either the president or Mir. Chrlisle it Is under stood that their views on the situation were conveyed to the pfesident
 No authoritative sta3ement of the char acter of the cabinet discussion can be made. but it is believ@d that no final nc tiun has been determiLied upon It is un- derstood that negotiations with represent atives of LCndon hankhrs are now in prog reSs. with indications of an carly consum- nation.
 There Is no longer ahy expectation of 0 popular loan to he placed in this country, as ill that event the experience of tho last few months would be- repeated and the gold rosel vo again depleted. Tho purpose of the administration is, it is understood to laco the entire issue of bonds with London bankers, who would pay for them with lOndcn gold. thus avoiding for the present at least, the necessity for pay ing out gold in exchange for legal ten ders While no definite conclusion has been reached, 1t is believed that tho an- nouncenrent of the sale of the bonds will he made at an early day.
 stir In the Senate.
 WASHINGTON. Feb. ei-The senate ses- sion opened with very breezy personal altercat.un between Mir. Nit, hell of Ore gon and Mr Harris of Tennessee.
 The words "ungentlemanly" aud con temptlhle" were exchanged, and for q time it looked as though the senate cham Ter might witness a repetition of tho bel ligerCnt scene in the house last week
 But the conflict assumed n somewhat serio comic aspect, and the senate soon re- lapsCd into an uneventful consideration of routine business The District of olum bia appropriation bill was passed after having been before tho senate more than A week. and the discussion of the diplo, matic and consular bill was begun
 Tho senate modified its former action
 
 inserting a revision which will render it impossible tO abrugate the treaty before it goes ln'o effect
 In the nbS2u,e of senator Morgan. zen ntor Frye moved u rccopsideraiion of rnti tiratiun. and then mored that the word thereafter should be Inserted in place (" thH words stricken out This word comes after Ihc date Sh" when the treaty takes effect, and the entiro clause reads that either nation shalt have tho right on one year nn:ice after that date to nhru- gate tho CNn> ention. There was no uIpo- sition on tho part Of any senator to the change, REd nnlhing was said beyond tho brief "omUl"nt by several senators that they had never desired the treaty should br nullilird before it should become effect i've
 t}uIte nu II urlnnt bit uf information , came out m the q" r>e ut the consideration of the matter m he shape uf aU assurance from Secretary t'rvsha1n to several of tho senators that with the4hange as to notifi- cation tn" treaty would he satisfactory to the .!Hpanvs, authorities For this the secretary of tate was quoted as saying be had the word nt the Japanese minister
 ui>b"lieT In the Concord Affair.
 WA~iiI\rION. Feb 6-Nothcr at tho
  mont has there come any word from Chi , m in confirmation of tho raported cap turu hV Chinese mob of some of the off cCrS 0f the nitcd states steamship Con , cord. who accidentally killed n native while on shooting expedition. This lack of m official report has strengthened tho belief nf officials that the story was either without foundation or else much exaggcr- ated [ e facts
 Had 'he matter heon at all SCI IiouS the commanding officer of the Concord would have tecn obliged by the naval regula lions Io report the event immediately to his superior officer. Admiral arpenter, who in turn would have reported 1t to tho l navy department or. If the admiral was not within easy communication, 1t would | have Teen tho duty of Captain Craig to 1 have reported directly to the navy depart { ment
 ! So far as Is known thero is no interrup- ! ton in the cable and telegraph service to i Chin kiang where the event is placed IL 1 Is not thought that Commander Craig ] would incur the risk of a reprimand from i tho secretary Of the navy by failing to rc l port, nor would the United States consul St Chin kiang Mir Alex Jones allow the state department to remain in ignorance 1 of an affair of such gravity, so for these | reasons, and the further one that Shanghai. 1 whence the story emanated has tho repu- tatiOn of being a hotbed of sensational l yarns. the naval officers discredlt tho whole tale