New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-04-19
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
THE NATIONAL. ARBITRATION CONFER
ENCE TO OPEN ON WEDNESDAY.
Ex.coNsUL WALTERS cAsE-GoLD AND SILVER
PRODUCTION ON THE PACIFIC coAsT-THuR-
Der AT GRAY .GABLEs-THE PosToF-
FrcE DEPARTMENT PATRoNIzING
AMERICAN STEAMSHIP LINES.
Washington. April ls.-The National Arbitration
Conference will meet here on April % and g. The
openinp session will be held in Metzerott Hall In
Wednesday afternoon at o'clock. Between three
and four hundred written acceptances have been re-
ceived from Governors judges. publicists. phiian-
thropists. lawyers, cergymen. educators business
and Others. These aeceptances represent tnrr
ty-eght states Many who are " able to q, at nrn
vs., their @ wn system Of
arbitration between this country and Great brii-
mnds will eb Be- permanen, president John Fos
ter. Mr.. Edmunds. James G. ANGEL OF Miehigari
sc d@a' of New-York Will be among the first days
speakers
No request has been received at the War Depart
ment from Mrs Gresham the widow Of the late
Secretary Of State. for space in the Arlington Ma
onal Cemetery for the burial Of her r, nus most
acceptable sites will be rendered to Mrs Gresham IL
the request Is made.
Ex-Consul Waller, although in Washington for the
expressed purpose OF prosecuting his claim for DAM
ages against the French Government for his alleged
cruel treatment board ship as a prisoner OF war
from Tamataye 70 Marseilles. has not yet appeared
al the State Department 1t Is understood that ne
has turned he case over to IN attorney f1r prSse
Secretary Olney.
Part III of the sixteenth annual report OF the
United States Geological Survey. just Issued con-
,a,ns the following interesting papers all by authors
=, national reputation: Geology and Mining In
au.,,,cs Of the Cripple Creek District, Colorado "A
oloaical Recon noissa nee Across Idaho me eo-
oRy OF the Road-building Stones OF MASSACHUSETTS,
with Some Consideration Of Similar Materials from
Other Parts of hte United States; Economic
Geo,ory Of the Mercur Mining District, Utah; The
public Land. and Their Water supply , ana water
Resources OF a Portion OF the Great ria'"S'
The Director OF the Mint has received report
from John Daggett. Superintendent OF the san ran
c,sco Mint OF the production OF gold and silver IN
california Oregon Washington and Alaska, during
tho calendar year 1895. The production OF eoid III
california was sl6 334 49, and Of silver. coming value
res TO Gold IN Oregon IL placed at N.s3'lS: silver
silver at u5is2 washington-Gold. &3'3lS silver
sH. 900. Aiaska-Gold. n52s.4oo; silver s'wo me
go 1895 eyer 1881 !, in wsshinston w sss
iHss s rs gold n. n s5s OUTPUTS sai
Of oregon s as co%Bsred v ws'h an
"a d ,Ss silver T product OF 1850 The report
says the Indications are that the so'o prouu'' '''
ises will largely exceed that OF lsso
s.c,e,arv Lamont has returned from newborn
private Secretary Thurber has gone 10 MARION.
Mass. 70 make arrangements Tor 'ne 'ui"''e' 60
a, ~. own and the Presidents families there Sec
rotary Herbert decided on account OF tne 70
~ business
sccompany the new ba,tle-ship MASSACHUSETTS OH
her trial Trip
co,or.N Lvman. the present chairman. and CooneI
Samuel f. Winslow. ex-cha'rman' OF ''e Nep'o'N
State Committee Of MASSACHUSETTS,, ana Ou'.s
b. Wassachusetts Republican State convention our.
Ing the a,ters Illness were present IN ,ne sners
today TO hear the delivery OF euloses on "eners'
CogsweL
oros,ions asked recently In the British Par'ia-
=, ,a,ca,s that the transportation Of United
r,a,.s mails nv American lines Is hurting the reVe-
mos n, british steamships and they are accordingly
oompla,ning 1t has been the practice OF ali 'ores''
Governments to send their mails. except Speca'y
addressed ietters by their own steamers Inc 'n'eu
states not having until recently any American ine'
nstron,zcd every ine but is now following the
Course pursued by other Governments ana patronhA
h Ing us without HTn n ss;e T1 Of the mails officials
OF the Postoce Department say .nns dspeases
the British steamship lines or not
A decrease beyond all precedent In the Austrai-
asian wool clip 1896 Is reported TO the StateDe-
n,rtment by Daniel W. Maratta. United states
Consul- General at Melbourne. For several years
nast the clip has been falling of In 1884, when the
down grade began. the number OF sheep IN New
South Wales. for example. was Slslflo' whe ast
ysar they numbered E.4s3332 only. Between 1894
and lse; alone the decrease was s.5o.co sheep-a
greater number than In any previous year. Inc
5ecrease during the drouth OF 1893 was less than
and even the gTeat 11V.,n o, sheen , The DE-
creas. during 1895 resulted from two causesa dis-
asrous drouth in many districts and the iact mat
shearing strike Of that year. which, by delaying
shearins gave the clips OF many stations too much
Sheen cannot fall direct attention TO the poss-
bilty OF a further decrease OF the yield OF lsS0 COM
pared with the attenuated CLIP OF 1913"
TIL. Senate Committee on Military Affairs this
morning ordered a favorable report by a unanimous
vote on the list OF directors OF the National Sol
diers' Homes as agreed TO yesterday by the House.
The committee does not believe there will be any op-
position to the appointments wheh the question
comes up I'm the Senate
Chairman Frye OF the Senate Committee on Conn.,
merce laid before that committee this morning the
invitation OF the city Council Of Philadelphia to
ioin the House Committee OH Rivers and Harbors
in an excursion next week to inspect the Delaware
and Schuylkll rivers. In consequence OF the press
ure of public business. the committee decided that
II would be unable to accept the invitation and In
structed It's secretary to telegraph that fact.
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DIRECTOIRE RELICS SELL WE'LL.
FURNITURE TAPESTRIES. MINIATURES AND
BRoNZEs BRING GOOD PRICES.
In spite Of the heat there was a good attendance