The Portland daily press., 1896-02-20

for six ships is SO strong that 1t is prob
able the majority will yiald and meet a
compromise providing for but four Should
the majority determine to hold out for
SIX, however, they have the power to put
the Dill through the committee in that
for. Should the House committee deter
mine on six battleships it is probable that
the number of torpedo boats will be con
siderably reduced.
The bill will make provision for be-
ginning the construction of supply Nof
guns and projectiles for the auxiliary
vessels OF the navy, as we'll as supply of
reserve guns and projectiles for regular
vessels of the service.
An increase in the enlisted strength of
the navy will be authorized, though it is
not probable that the $500 additional
asked for by Secretary Herbert. will be
provided for. Tine increase will proba-
bly, be one thousand, to be enlisted from
time to time as the needs of the service
require. This will not be enough to en-
able the secretary to, put in commission
all the vessels that will be completed
during the next fiscal year, but it. will
enable him to do a great deal more in
that direction than would be possible
without any increase batever.
Two Important pieces of territorial and
state legislation have been decided upon
OF them contemplates restricting the
ready divorce Industry by making one
i years residence a prereq uisite for any
divorce in the territories. This bill was
prepared by Mr.. Fred H. Gillet of
Springfield, Mass. The other measure
was recommended by the judge advocate
general of the army and jurisdiction in
United States courts to Try any offence
over which power has been porclaiIued
4 by the United States or ceded to it by
a state or which has been purchased with
the consent of state for the erection of
4 fort, magazine, arsenal, dock yard or 9TH
or needful building, the punishment for
whioh. .offense is not provided for by any
law of the United States. In suoh case
the courts are empowered to infict the
Same penalty as Is provided by the laws
of the state in which the place is sit
uatsd.
| Senator Vest of Missouri, stood at the
lunch counter in the Senate restaurant
the other day eating sandwich and
drinking cup Of tea. He had red
| napkin tucked between his collar and
neck to protect his shirt front. When
he finished his lunch, he walked away
with the napkin still in place and did
| not discover the fact until he had passed
/ almost out of the room. Then he threw
1 the napkin on the counter and went out
A bystander said to waiter:"I thought
the Senator meant to swipe the napkin .
SoDoay ssa Ss would srts tt, to stop him if he
that there 10 only one man in this estsb-
lishment who dares to speak to him. He
might Garry off the cash box and nobody
would interfere. !"
| Miss Frances NJ. Goodwin, formerly OF
| Newcastle, Ind, has been commissioned
| by the government to make q marble
bust Of Cchuyler Colfax of South Bend,
to be placed in the Senate gallery at
Washington. This is the second commits
sion Of the kind given to woman, the
other being to Miss Vinnie Ream. Miss
| Goodwin is talented and skllful sculp-
tress, and will take especial pride in
making a.perfeot likeness of Mr.. Colfax.
| Speaker Reed visited the Senate cham
ber yesterday afternoon and chatted with
i unusual In this incident, although the
| Speaker is not as much in evidence now
| adays as he usually is, but the visit WAS
followed by the report that he Is anxious
about the fate Of the tariff bill.
| In making up the conference commit
tee to consider the bond bill, the silver
Senators will instruct their repersen ta-
tives to try to reach a compromise that
will be regarded as some recognition of
silver. The Senate oonferees will be prob
ably Senators Jones of Nevada, Vest of
Missouri, and Aldrich Of Rhode Island.
| Senator Jones of Arkansas would be
member, but he is absent in his state
looking after his reelection, and there
| fore Vest will be put forward to look
after the interests of the silver men, in
company with Jones nf Nevada. Senator
Sherman was suggested for place on
the conference committee, but il is I'M
| rofN hot ho1 T.,
free silver Republicans do not with the
present session of congress to end and
leave them in their present attitude be-
fore the country. They hope to come to
some kind Of an agreement on the bond
and the tariff bills that will result in
partial recognition of silver. It was
with that instant, that Senators Teller,
Dubois, Mantle and Carter voted against
the consideration Of the tariff bill last
week. While the outlook is not at all
propitlons for any compromise that will
help silver, the silver men are still hop
ing that they will be able to get some
thing out of the two bills pending. The
conservative men on both sides of the
chamber say that nothing short of mir.
acle oan save either of the bills after what
has occurred in the House and Senate.
of business today was $91, 442, 800 and
the Withdrawals for the day $633, 600
| OF the Sill, 600, 900 for which the new
issue of 500, 600, 000 four per cent bonds
was sold. the treasury rceived direotly
and indirectly nearly two thirds of the
amount. So far S56, 900, COO of gold has
been taken up in the treasuruer's cash
and S19, 900, COO is on deposit in the SUBJ
treasures and national bank repositories
| Portland Boy.
Hanover, N. H., February 1e.-At a
mass meeting W. 81. Rollins, 81, of Port
land. was elected manager of the foot
ball association.