New-York tribune., 1896-06-04
IN AND OUT OF CONGRESS-.
uopcAN,s Cuban RESOLUTION TO DIE A
NATURAL DEATH.
A NEW DECISION IN THE SLACK CASr'-p'ii'
APPROVED BY THE PREsIDENT-pEfEC-
TIVE PLATES IN THE OREGON TO
RE REPLACED-DE LONE DID

TIVE PLATES IN THE ofsfsbo-> ~
| RE REPIACED-DE LONE DID
NOT PROTEST
usbi,ston June 3-The Senate Committee on
| Foreign Relations at Its meeting TINS mor"'''s ~
No action on the Morgan Joint resolution prov'u'"s
for the recognition of the beligerency OF the
| Insurgents Senator Morgan discussed the s"o'.''
for some time but the suggestion was made & 10 mn,
10 ~ would ba better not to report the matter
oil tban TO have IL reported ana remain
unon The ma jority OF the committee - asd''Hs' 10 Iii
npr,nc the resolution and 1t Is believed that IL VIII
| he permitted to slumber in the committee roo'"
| until the end Of the session.
Tho Court Of Appeals of the District OF Columbia
has reversed the judgment of Justice McConas' OF
tho District Supreme Court, In d'SH''Hsi"s NV
habeas corpus proceedings begun by MiS N"''
Kemble Slack to recover her two little srIs ''o'"
the guardianship of Colonel Lewis ana fta'lc'
| Adde Slack Perrne of Trenton. y. j.. ana mas
ordered the hearing OF the petition TO be continued
IN the court below In his will Mr. Slack appointed
his sister Mrs Perrine the guardian OF his daueh-
ters The will was contested. sustained ana pro-
bated The mother sued ont writ Of habeas corpus
in the w-Jersey courts TO recover possesn1m , Oa
the children, but In the mean time MIS- Iefrlhe
had brought them to Washington Proceedings
were begun here and writ OF habeas corpus %aS ;s
granted hut on February Justice McCoInas uls
Charged that writ From this decision an appeal
was taken and the Court Of Appeals when Win, VIII
couri ns 70 whether under an old English law. sald
TO he still in force here. father had the flsh' 20
Jersey courts had jurisdiction Of the case. and
that the custody Of the chdreH having mere ncsn cen
awarded to the mother the case was sc'''eu ~ '"'
rs the District was concerned
Tho bill granting a pension Of $75 month to MrS
Ellen Ewing. widow Of Brevet MAJof-"ene'"'
Tbonos Ewing. became A law to-day without tho
Presidents signature under ;he constitutional ""
tation. The President has approved the act 'N-
emp,Ine dist!llers OF fruit brandy from any p'o-
vision relating 10 the manufacture Of spirits eN.Fp
ga 10 the TAX thereon" when tho Comm'Hs -.
ihe act repealing the section of the wilson ,at'a
law making free OF tax alcohol usrn W ,h I'm
str,ciion Of a wagon and motor bridge over inc
Missouri River at St. Charles MO
The Secretary Of the Navy has accepted the oh'r
~ tho 1,nlor Iron Works to replace incorrect ana
unau,hor,zed deck plates on the battl"ship oregon
with those Of the proper thickness rates o' = 0"
and II, inches in thickness were substitutes '"'
single plates Of IA. inches. as demanded 10y te
0cnt,,ns Th,s was done without the knoweiSe oi
b Goycrnmcnt inspectors and investigation Is
in nrogregs To ascertain who was responsln!r ~
said that employe OF The Inion & ron "o'"' '''
the work TO cover an error he hai Hid"'.
A she'll ,es, WAS held at the Indian Head proving
ground Yesterday. An elgh,-lnch Carpenter she"
and a twclve-inch Notwithstanding pro)cctle "''.
fred at n reforged plate. Both shells wer. einaSnsi @
agains, tho armorcl target. ordnance onlc.fs stS
rbat the excellence OF both plate and sheis was
demonstrated.
The Lancaster arrived at Montevldeo yer'erday'
4 telegram received at the Navy department '''s
norn,nx reported the arrival Of the Monterey h'
seattle Yesterday She LEFT Seattle FOR sidney,
STu !ss,.-Sav morning and tho reason for h"r
return 10 the former place II not known 20 '"e D'
par,men'
rb. commission appointed by Elections Commit
toe No 70 recount the ballots cast for 'onsr'fS-
man in the XvIth Illinois District a. IN" NoNe'no''
elections IN lse, the contested election case o' MN
akar (R.p) against Downing tDcm). having Doc"
reo,mmlt,,d 20 the committee FOR that purpose has
rroc,irailv completed its work The result r. sad
10 have demonstrated KinakeIs election am a re-
port 10 that effect Is expected from the commi,'.-
before Congress aijourns. In Scott county. u ~
said twenty y-hve Republican 'or Rina*Sf p'n,rS nr
Thev had appsrently been aM aside 10 he Inquired
into and then forgotten
7, "a auihorlr,,,vcy said that action viii b,
taken by the IIouso n; present on the resolution
adoptel Il month ago hy the Senate accepting IN"
Marquc,i. statue. Tho lstcness Of tho r~~~''n -
the principal reason ,or postIonemen' - tho mat
ter unill mex, winter. The Placing Of The Statue
I'm tho Capitol has called forth Numerous p-'t,"r
which based largely on me al,eftil2n az, az 49,
quct'r MAS not citik@n ~ me n.',a n,a'ss ~, W
the other hand. petitions requesting hn ON IA' "
ceptancc hy the Government nav" "'r '''u r.
vei Tho work y inve."sail"s ~" aM nav . ''he
reference 20 such matters han b''n 'o''l 10 D,
more oncrous than Wes az nr'i ami ,,p',el' an. ana
fheae
sons why action al this time : unlikely.
The nrs, rcpor, o. the confcrrecr the General
Deficiency Appropriation bin shows ihat the lionH"
| voted to concur IN amendments made hy The h"nni"
! 10 the amount OF 81 7Gi.Ts The Hous- conferre's
| agreed 10 rcccie from Disagreement to amounts
| amounting 20 s. s7Gys and the senate conferf~c.
| to recede from amendments involving ',203 Tho
items sin IN dispute amount 10 about t.n"". nearly
| nchmond Loromoiisc ana Machine Works on a.
count Of engines for the bettic-sh!p T"shs t@Is
Grant 81 sSs There are also in dispute IN Items
regulating the payment Of inerer due 10 ne s,s"c-
ton and Wahpeion Indians. authorizing ~" pay
| mcnt OF one months salary 10 discharged employees
| OF the House and SENATE. AMI 70 pay N62.9D 20
| those injured IN the Ford's Theatre disaster.
The Madrid dispatch TO The London Morning
Post" that Minister Dupuy d. Lone had protested
TO Secretary Olney agans; N. presence - the
Cuban flag IN the Decoration bay parade In New
York is found. Investigation here. TO be- erronc-
GUS The Spanish Minister made no protest. His
Government Is fully aware that the United States
nag appeared and that tho Grand Army marshal
permitted the Cuban FAX to be carried simply as
d.nt a. was maSnie in The Madrid papers. but has
| no International signincance.
The Senate Committee on Patents has reported
favoraby on the bill for the relief OF Daniel Draw
baugh. which provides for a hearing By the Patent
once on his application for patent for the telc
| phone UansmlteT. fls appHcatioh hhd D''n ruled
out on the ground that I; filed late 70 meet
the requirement OF the statute.
THE NEWLY EQUIPPED OBDAWS TRIP
The Netherlands-Amercan Steam Navigation
Companys steamship OLDHAM arrived Tuesday
on her first trip after having been supplied with n
new set Of boilers and triple expansion engines.
Her passenger accommodations have also been ex-
tended and thoroughly renovated. her promenade
deck having been considerably enlarged. and "A shell
ter deck provided ON her trial trip her engines de-
veloped over 900 horsepower and n speed OF over
fifteen knots was maintained II IL confidently ex-
pected that she will the I'm considerably
Time uIth "a enginca that M.