The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-01-08
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C.AlP[I1'A "a. NOTES.
GOSSIP OF wAsHINss9rt1, III It IN
BRIEF pAIsAGRAPIIs. j. 33Sss
Doings ottho ChIots and Heads Of the
Various Departments.

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Secretary Herbert has practically
cohlcluoed TO awafd tho contract fors,
INC oonstrGHc Glt ton s,of battleships N
ana to tho Newport owa Dry ID Dook &
and Shipbuilding Company. ia d ir IS,
ginia, at their bid 81, 500, 900 ii for i.S \
each ship.
a search OF the record soiiStho sfilo at !,
the navy department had broIel,t G KS j
light tho fact TINT Grover isiand .il iIl9
Camden county, Georgia, ie tlsss Isl 9Si,. d
cry Of the United &Statos. For ienr III y Y
hundred years It'll 8 to- tho island had
beon in doubt. Records show that
the island.Was conveyed 10 tho u nitod
States iss 70 by osiall attnel ends
VILE. bil = cd
lKo post fHo6 gie III I'M /. i,gI 4
tho privilege 81 tho9 9maila 5to iYe q oils 81
Germs conducting fraudulent enter I
prisos Tho Mexican Lottery Com
pany, OF San Louis Potosi, which wns
declared q fraud some tilno ago, &
adopting new method to secure$'
the transmission of its matter through;
tho United Statcn Mails. 70 deceive y
the postal authorities 1t frankod it's
envelopes as the s'Mcxican- American
Coffee Culture Company, but tho
Postoflice inspectors disooyered IS tho,
deception. A. Y. Ynger, of Nashville,
Tenn, who has bcen working the old IL
fortune in England" scheme u on 4
American oitizons, wos also excluded.
from tho mails. Z, KS 4 N II
Minority List Complete.
Tho dcmocratio steering committee 4
has completed tho assignment OF tie \
minority representation Oh the senate
committees. The minority chairman
ships havo boon assigned as follows:llS
Confcronoo room, Mr.. German: /: en-. |.
crossed bills, Mr.. Cockroll cpidemio
diseese, Mr.. Vest; Nicaraguan canal, |.
Mr.. Morgan private lands and claims, .9
Mr.. Harris; revolutionary claims, Mr..
Pugh; Potomac river front, MI.
George; woman's suffrage, Mr.. Gall s.
additional accommodation for tbs Ii y:
brary, Mr.. Voorhees,; fiyo civilized IS
tribes, MIR. Gray; transporlation and 4
sale of mont products, Mr.. Black bnrn;
corporations i'll tho District Of Colum-
bla, Mr.. Jones, Of Arkansas.
Bond Bill Amended. y q,
Tho opposition to tho bond Bill
which developed with unexpected a
rapidity among the republicans in theSs
houso resulted in its amendment
Friday morning SO ms to prevent n
the retirement Of tho legal tender
notes. Tho implied retirement Of these
notes in the bill rs originally agreed &
upon furnished tho inspiration for
much OF the hostility to tho measure
among certnin Of the republic ,>sb o..s
'bulong to What IS -Let,med "tho sound H
money wing Of tho party. Tho no.
tion of tho committee nulilios this
hostility, and, in natho language Of Mr..
Hopkins, Of Illinois, through whose &
efforts tho bill was amended, 'nsuraa
lis passage through tho house" +.
Whom tho ways md means commit.
toe met Friday morning tho amend
mont prepared by Mr.. Hopkins waa III
inserted in tho bill as part Of section
]. and tho chairman was directed TO
report tho measure to the house in \
thnt form. 5t
Section l as amended after giving
authority to tho secretary OF tho treaa- Ii
ury to soil coin bonds bonring interest 1
Mt 8 per cent, redeemable nfter iiyo
years, reads rs follows: #
"And the secretary of the treasury
shall use the proceeds thereof for tho
redemption OF United States legal tens
dor notes and for no other purpose;
provided, that nothing in this not shall
be construed to repeal or modify the !.
not approved May |, 1878, entitled an
act to forbid further retirement Of
United States legal tonder notos. ="
Then follows tho horemainder Of tho 81
section with reference to advertising #
the bonds for salo. 3s
Another amendment inserted BY the 3s
committee in sootion / provides
that tho bonds shall DO payable in Ar.
teon years after their issue.
i.i Secretary Smiths Reply. N,
Secretary Hoke Smith sent to tho
house Tuesday reply to q resolution
introduced by Mr.. Flynn, Of Okla.
homa, and adopted by tho houaE caIl.3.
ing TOR information relating III tho al- II
lotmcnt Of Wichita Indian slandsEinSS
Oklahoma. Roplyipgs3to the section u
OF tho reso lutloniss' to tho cause Of tho \
delay III opening tho lands Eto afttlo.s q
ment tho secretary says that the nat
5terfof ownership Of tho lands is not
yet definitely settled, and ho is OF tho#l
opinion thas it would h bo IN WjsS toES
throw these lands open to settlement @
while tho claims of tho Choctnws and
Chickasaws are unsettled. It3 isSlln--isS NJ
necessary, no snys. to discuss tho eeri- 81
GUS complications which might ariao s9
involving tho settlors, tho Indians and %
the government by auoh action. Re-s
plying to that part OF the resolution
asking If any Of Secretary Smith'srel,
atives arc Interested in delaying the y
opening Of the lands to settlement,
Secretary Smith says: II, I! 53 33.5
y "Ono of the counsel for the 5Wichi-
tas in tho litigation is the husband 81
tho second cousin of my wife. Itwil (,
bo seon that the compensation Of this
counsel is to bo q percentage OF the "a
money derived from the sale OF surp:.$53
lus land in cnso it Is decided That tho &
Chootaws and Chickasaws have no re.S
ycrsionary interest in those lands 10.
nm not awaro Of any interest which tho !
COUNSEL OF tho Wiohitas can have In I
delaying the allotment and sale Of II ho$
surplus lands. Neither has everseug-
gcsted an interest or desire on their5
part or their oliente' part for delay
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