Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1896-03-04
AT The NATIONAL CAPITAL
Senate and House Resolutions Recog-
ni2ing Cuban Belligerency in
Conference Committee.
FUR SEAL QUESTION IN The SENATE
Measure to Relieve the Supreme Court
Proposition to Abolish Fees of
Marshals and District Attor-
neys-Sc Schooner Seized.

Washington, March 4.--The senate
committee on foreign relations to-day de
cided to report the Dingley bill, author
izing the determination of fur seals, un
less England consents to further arbitra
ton, without amendment. There was but
one dissenting vote cast, that of Senator
Morgan.
The committee voted to recommend
that the senate non.concur in the house
| substitute COR the senate Cuban resolu
tions and to ask for conference. 1s7
Several members expressed themselves
as satisfied to accept the house resolu.
tions and one or two said that the house
substitute was in better form than the
senate's original measure.
| In the senate, Mr.. Sherman reported
back the resolutions and moved that the
house amendment be non-concurred in
and that conference committee be ap-
pointed.
The motion was agreed to and the vice
president appointed Senators Morgan
end Lodge as the conference committee
on the part of the senate.
Mr.. Frye, from the committee on foreign
relations, reported substitute for the
house bill providing for the extermina-
tion of Alaskan fur seals which was made
| the special order for Thursday.
Mr.. Morgan will make minority re-
port, taking the ground that the regula-
tons made by the Paris tribunal are suf-
ticient for the protection of the seals if
properly enforced.
PACIFIC RAILROAD EARNINGS.
The Pacific railroad committee of the
house to day listened to the statement by
James Monroe, freight traffic manager of
the Union Pacific. He gave detailed
statistics concerning the earnings of the
road for several years and drew the con-
clusion that no gross eernings exceeding
Sl4,0O0,000 could be counted upon for
the future.
PRESIDENT RETURNS FROM NEW YORK.
at 1880 this morning.
A MILITARY STATION.
The military affairs committee of the
house reported favorably the bill of Mr.
Hull for the establishment of military
station at Des Moines, Iowa.
SUPREME COURT RELIEF.
la the senate yesterday bill was passed
Withdrawing from the supreme court
jurisdiction of criminal cases not capital
and comforting the same on courts of ap-
peals.
SESSION OF THE HOUSE TODAY.
The house to-day adopted the confer
ence report on the army appropriation
bill. 1t then resumed the consideration
of the legislative appropriation bill, the
amendment to abolish marshal's and dis
trict attorneys fees again coming up.
SCHOONER SEIZED.
Capt. Shoemaker, chief of the revenue
cutter service, received telegram from
Capt Herring, commanding the cutter
Merrill, at Tampa, Fla, stating that he
had seized the schooner S. B. Mallory,
forty miles south of that point, loaded
with arms and ammunition, and delivered
her to the proper authorities at Fort
Tampa. The authorities here have little
expectation, in view of the recent decis-
ions of the courts, of making out case
against the Mallory that will detain her
longer than few days.
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