New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-20

the last meeting of the committee. ut whlch Il ih',
to report the Arizona Statehood Dill was ueie".u
~ ,o,o ., six to five This leaves the bill without
,6icn and in the same position 1t occupied DeGIe
thc cote Of last Wednesday the menoelW1 U.s. ~'
scranton rep Penn) Taft !ReP oh hTery feT Rep'
1Ren fowa), Lcfever (Rep, y. y, t 49, Nta
i MaCu,, 1Rep'. Il) and Owens Dem. ky)
r. .o,al loss OF the services of the battieshp
r.xas 70 the Navy for at least SIX months anu ''e
.xnend!ture Of about $4,000 for repairs 10 man.
soaworthv craft OF this brand-new vessel "hic"
has never yet made a cruise. although s"e '"'
600, q 5oo 900 ale now declared to be the result Oh
her docking at the brooklyn Navy Yard last NO
vember and the occurrence OF what was a' '"I'
time officially called 'trifilng accident 10 o'
repaired at trivial expense and practcany WIN ~
,oes of the ships services The experienced naval
cons,ructor who built the ship on purchased Eng
Lsh plans much modified. and who 80 80 II, renorteI
OF the dock when the accident occur'eu rep "a
1mod "a new I'm twelve days at n cost or s1oi TOT
Thor and So for material. board OF eMhli nil,
devs 81 $50 for labor and $3.50 for material but
cv:n his revision dill not include stripping me
heavy movable weights IT the snip ana numerous
n,her rxpenses not explicitly chargeab.e TO re-
pairs Since the york has actually pesun ,ne tsu y,
INV and tho computed total expenditure il stu
growing When the WORK Is completed novel,,
r. is believed that the vessel NH be ssooi.I 2iiy
f. the Indiana class In value and IT. all rr0babii-
~ the wisdom OF her designers VII De Nliii,'
a.
official report, dated January g. on her perform
snrn whi'e in commission. declares that when
th. ualyablo defects in structural aransem'hts
and machinery have becn remedied the c teas
viii be- IN nay opinion. ono o. the most ehlc.~Ht
vessels OF her class a'ioat
Two important pieces Of territorial and State
legislation have been decided on by the House
Judiciary Committee. One OF them contemplates
restricting the divorce Industry by making one
vear's residence a requisite for any divorce In the
20 d, ~ J.
Springfield Mass The other measure was recon-
neud,l hy the Judge Acknowledgement Of the
ARMY and vests jurisdiction in United States courts
TO try any offence committed In any place jurs,
dlction over which has been retained ~ the n'ei
states or ccdsd TO " by n State or which has been
purchased with the consent OF star" Tor IN" cree
ton OF fort. magaz!ne. arsenal docNyari OF o'ei
rrescrNel ir any law 81 the United states IN su'h
cases the courts are snpoweirH 10 hrt 'ee sam
y,''rh IL. place H. The Judge Advocate-Gen"ra! III
support OF hs bill says that under the present de.
fec,ivc law cases OF riot aggravated Assault ials
imprisonment and assault Nth intent 10 COMMIT
murder. committed on crr,i9iy w.'hn ,h s w.
iurlsd elton OF tn" United states. are he!d 20 ~
unproyidcd FOR and unpunishahle.
willis +. Moore. the chief Of the Weather Bureau.
ovs that the black snow which has lately fallen In
Chicago and the Northwest is entirely similar to
the great fan OF January 1885 the nature Of which
was ihorou ghly investigated by the Weather bureau
AZ the time. Notwithstanding the theoretical sus-
g.s!on that the black deposit or last January might
have come from beyond the earth and might be
rnet.oric or comctc. might even be volcanic dust
from Alaska or japan. careful investigation showed
that II was due 10 none OF these causes oh tnc
contrary microscopic examination proved that the
black d.posif cont aimed about per cent or the noSt
dnn,at. organlc structures tsuch AS d!atOms anu
4to-cs, and about - per cent OF IN" n"st po-Si""
irnrganlc natter such "A makes up the ord.nary
nnc SIR and clay soils Ali this fin" mat cril Is ensIy
caught up by the dry winds whenever they exceed
twenty mills an hour and IL carried 10 great dis
tances before It has time and opportunity to settle
ON the ground IL is easily brought down IN large
quantities 10y snow rain. but Is only perceived
hy tho orIiI ury observer where there Is clean sur
facc of snow for II to fall on. Large portions or
country from Nebraska southwark to the Gun are
COVERED bv this fine soil. whose depth sometimes -
100 feet A gale Of wind has been known TO carry
away six inches OF the surface soil from freshly
culiyatcd field and spread II over tho land lV miles
away The. blacknes3 - due TO the hncness OF tho
silt and not to any magnetic IRON
The President has approved the bill abolshng tho
most OF chaplain and professor at the West Point
Military Academy and providing that regularly
ordained clergyman shall he appointed TO serve as
chaplain In II civilian capacity Tor term Oh iour
years.