Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-12-13
Heard About the Capitol.

Inc state department received. so.tlil-
day. a cablegram announcing the arrival
or United States Minister Hitchcock at
ST. Petersburg. where he will relieve Mr..
Breckenridge, who has remained ut his
post to meet him.
The provision in The new tariff act d-
rccting the imposition OF Il counterVail
ing duty on pulp woods imported into the
United States from countries paying an
export bounty thereon is not likely to
result in any action. Our consuls abroad
report that the countries to which they
are accredited pay no export bounty on
pulp woods.
The naval trial board in its report upon
the recent trial of the torpedo boat Wins
low, states that she is generally an i'm
provement upon her sister boat the
Foote. and that altogether she is an cN-
cellent boat The run of 10 knots was
made without hitch at the rate of - -
knots an hour. after allowance for tidal
corrections.
By an amendment made by Assistant
Secretary Howell to the regulations re-
Gently issued pertaining to the classified
! ton of leaf tobacco. no account Is to be
taken of less than / per cent. of wrapped
in a bale of filler tobacco. When a greater
quantity than | per cent. of wrapper is
found in filler bale. the wrapper duty is
10 be charged upon the exact quantity of
wrapper found
a net increase of s3S2. 55S on the gross
postal receipts for the past month. as
compared with the receipts for November
of last year at 80 of the largest pos.
offices, was taken at the post Office de-
| partment as an indication of the arrival
| OF Mckinley prosperity. Only six out OF
the 30 post offices showed a decrease last
month. They were PHILADELPHIA New
| Orleans Rochester. Jersey City, Lowell
| and New Haven.
| The state department received word
| Saturday. that another of VIEWERS OBJ
noxious orders had been revoked by the
| new Spanish ministry. and that tobacco
| expectations to America. which had been
arrested by it. would now be resumed
| The test case was that of Solomon Bros
| of New York City, whose tobacco had
| been held UP in Havana ever since the
| Weyler order was made. The state de-
| partment considers this another illus
| tration of the desire of the new Spanish
ministry to crafty the United States
| government.
| At a meeting of the subcommittee on
| bankruptcy of the House judiciary COM
| mittee. Saturday. the substantial form of
Il bankruptcy bill was agreed upon. and
| will be reported to the full committee
| probably next Tuesday. Several proposed
amendments and some minor matters will
| be taken up at a meeting. Monday. The
| measure substantially agreed upon is al
most identical with the Henderson-Cui-
| bertson bill The PRINCIPAL matter vet to
be decided is a proposition by Mr.. Brod-
| eriCk that instead of Il limit of 80 days
| IL which notes and other commercial
paper may be left unpaid. the period
should be extended to 60 days.
| Whether the ways and means commit
| tee or the banking and currency commit
| tee will control currency legislation in
| the House of Representatives. continues
! to excite much feeling among representa-
| tivcs. Little doubt is felt that Secretary
| Gage will SO divide his bills covering
various currency questions that Mr.
| D!ngley'S committee will get control of
| them. In view of this impression it is
understood that steps Were taken. today
| to convey personal message to Secre-
| tary Gage to the effect that the sending
| of currency bills to the ways and means
committee would be regarded as a per-
SOnal aifrOnt to the chairman of the
| banking and currency committee Mr.
Walker. one of the members of the LAT :
| ter committee called on Mr.. Gage. today.
| to state this view of the case. Members
| of the banking committee say that the
| matter will be carried to the floor of the
| House. If necessary, and that an issue of
| committee authority would be raised
| which will defeat any currency bills pro-
| posed by the ways and means committee
| Advices received by official circles al
| Washington are to the effect that the
| Greater Republic of Central America is
| about to extend it's union so as to give II
all the attributes of IA sovereign nation
The three countries forming the union,
| Nicaragua. Salvador and Honduras now
have Diet which conducts diplomatic
| relations with the outer world. while each
country maintains its own separate gov
| eminent of internal affairs. This has Gre
public was merely an alliance of three