New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-03-10
NEWS NOTES AT THE CAPITAL.
MONETARY CONFERENCE NOT EXPECTED
TO MEET FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.

TIlIsA kEStftN Nll'N CHANNELS r'is ANN
ICAN GOODS ABROAD-CLAIMs AGAINST
SPAIN APPoINTMENTs-EM BEZ
ELEMENT FROM THE AR
GENTiNE LEGATION.
Washington. March 9.-Senator Teller VIII ieaVe
Washington for Colorado and Senator Jones for
Arkansas on Monday Both Of these Senators are
delegates on the par, of the Senate. to the pro-
posed Interna tlonal Monetary Conference ana
their early departure from the city indicates maj
they do not anticipate any EFFORT belng maue |" T h
the conference during the next few months / ~
President has not yet made his selection OF the
need Of any meeting on the part of these delegates
until after the President has determined thai tn ms
G@ 0nns noT Tns Senator TeeT expects any action on
the part of the President before the late summer
months
Assistant Secretary Of the Interior Reynolds has
rendered decision which will be OF interest to
pension attorneys throughout the country He
holds that fee agreements filed since December H.
1885, not acknowledged before officer competent
to administer oaths. as required by the statues
are invalid and may not be approved. lie mas
also decided that where one Of the parties 10
marriage is ignorant of the fact that h hs Jsme
had at the time OF such marriage legal huspanu
or wife living from whom he or she nag no' or h
divorced and dies In ignorance Of suGn Ie papty
TO such second marriage. who alone had Know
edge of the legal impeachment to prove ega nrnwnd
riare as in such consent can ne prove"
after the removal OF the legal impeachment.
John T Newton. OF Georgia. chief clerk OF the
Patent Office. will be made a principal examiner
of the Office succeeding 10 one OF the vacancies
caused hy tho promotion Of Messrs Brckens'eh
and Greeley 10 be eXaminers-in-chief NO sue
ccssor to Mr. Newton has yet been named 9ar
* Bennett OF Georgia. private secretary TO sec
rotary smith will be selected
The Secretary Of the Interior has reques'el the
Secretary OF War 10 send troops from "aIIa "ai'I
10 the Umaiilla Reservation i the agent '"'''
makes a relues, by telegraph Agent Harper al
,.,sed the Interior Department from Pendcton ore
that Judge Fee holds M his decision In tAc h ,
corpus case OF no Shirt and Young tnicf. ma
tlla Indians. ana II they Were reieasr% S,eItI'
trouble. The agent did not state "ha' inv "'' "'''
with the Indians.
According to advlcos received at the Department
Of State from Consul Brazil a. Catana, itaN' Va"
builders 81 ready made frame houses WIZ ma 4
good market for their product In the par o. III.
country - which he is accredited The recent ana
frequent earthquakes in Sicily and CATALONIA nave
destroyed damaged many buildings ana ALI, a,,fgI
you'd readily adopt the American s'rH, 'n,'S q"
this KIND as better cal'ul2ted !" ts9,sr ,b,
mas taken great interest In the subject ana 'h'
,:iSsri tirsalf are anxious to obtain from Amer
can manufacturers catalogues I" lay "''"'' -"
commission.
Minister TAYLOR for some time has been pressing
claims against me spanish Government i'' 'N''-0
duties collected in CIba. Recently ne p'A'' on
several of these claims as test cases. AMI h' no"
rep,ris 4, I'm. Department 81 Sta;e that hr hts sue
re.JaI I'm getting An order FOR restoration 90 h'"
case- VIZ Naicas. ward & co. lo"HhS. 'fdll''"
and Tri,lt ana \ ONO Two 81 these werr i'i Gro
nenus rlassincaiion under tn rerproc} cause Cd.
ne Mckinley aW and the remainder iQf 49, ."
duty cha,s, u n,e Cher Ir are prnng arri,sA
INK several million dollars
r,,. f,., ,..pyr.s. nls..-I AN at uroVII.uE thdf
no sailor or marine should b." arrested Or d"-"'
ton more than TWO years after IN" expiration '.
hi. term % enlistment. Secretary Hcto.f' '.-i-f
Issued u general order regarding the en- mem
ID, fne at The order directs tac pfopct ON ! "
IN. navy ard Marine Corps To- issue Orir'~ "i o.
lease - such men A. have deserted ana conc .''l
THIS Law. upon th"ir Application Inc app
mus. state however hat the man has not absent.
himself from ihc United states IN order :" "''l'
trial AMI punishment
Solicitor Reeve has decided thar whisNcy cock
tai is a manufactured article under th~ TafiH at
% issi The article 10 understood 20 hr "hhr .,.
part OF American "hiskey an fofcisn sin. "mi no.
duty IL aSsessahl" on the Imported GIN "h,h iU'
dccoction is made "a bonded warehouse ''i -
port purposes.
Ambassador BayarI has cablei frou. London 20
the friends o. Eugene Rhode. in mis- city - tn"
recovery % Il body rom th" wreck ~ 'h" hln'
which rs thought To be- mat 90 NJ Rhodes who
near Gravescnd. and on one hand ~as ionnd ilnS
,Tni - 5nns,t on a Uamhirg bank Mr Baytrd
was reancste-i 10 have the BODY cmbalmcI and
placed in vault 'or fH'ufe disposition
Secretary Carlisle has appointed Henry L God
sey o. Kentucky. superintendent co. the stamp
vault. Internal Revenue Ofice Treasury Euliins
This Is place Of considerable r"s"onslnN'} ~
revenue stamps TO the amount 81 hundreds :"
thousands o; dollars are AZ all times Kept III me
vault.
/, * said a. the Treasury Department that 50 far
$1,000 has been paid In on account OF the income
tax The time for making the r"turns has not yet
expired. and IN" taN IT. payaoi" any time hc'"rc
July l. l's5 The penalty FOR non-pai mont y - yer
cent ~ the tax found TO be due
Unless a change - made In the present arrange
ments Admiral Mc1de's fleet viii soon visit Mcx-
can ports ana places on the Caribbean Sea wh"r"
disturbances have been lately reported. The ships
Of the squadron viii soon leave Trinidad for puerto
Curacao and later 10 San Domingo and Port Al
Prince. Hayt. From this country they viii go 10
Santiago ana other ports. bringing up ~ colon
about the middle OF next month
Manuel de Almagro. who by h.s own confession
had embezzlcd S3oo from The Argentine Legation.
whore he employed a bookkeepor. VAS ar
raigncd before Judge Miller in the Police Court
this morning. His attorney entered special plea
denying the legality Of his arres, and detention
and the jurisdiction OF the court. He maintained
that as the arrest was made within the walls Of
the Legation IT was a violation Of the law Of
states Dlsrricl-Attorncy MulIowncy advanced the
argument tina; the prisoner liable arrest.
being citizen Of the United States and not being
registered In the Department ~ State Lega-
ton attache. The case had 50 many phases thar
the Court postponed the hearing unil Monday.
when the plea Will be argued al length
American carpets are being introduced into
Switzerland by a German firm OF Stuttgart. and
the American Consul at Zurich. In hs Investigation
OF the matter. has found that United States manu-
fsoturers have great field in Europe for their
fabrics. There carpet factories In Swzer
land the supply being imported from Germany.
England France and Belgium. The Consul points
out SINCE difficulty to be overcome in creating "A
market there. which IL the prevailing opinion that
everything called American must naturally be
high-priced II appears to be certain however.
that II Swiss merchants willing to pay com
IT ission to German middlemen 10 secure American
goods direct trade might be more advantageous To
all concerned.
The receivers OF the branch lines OF the several
Pacific railroads have recently made application