The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-12-23
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Aeai.,st the british and Canadian seal.
skin Industries ls the Passage of the Bil
Relating to Pelagic Sealing In Behring
sea.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-It has devel-
o t,..i the bill relating to pelaEic
aline which has Just pas ed botn
lfDnche, of congress and is before the
Z +, sid, at. contains q provision of far
reaching Importance which has thus
far escaped attention. This places an
absolute prohibition on the further
bringing of sealslSins into the United
States from any source whatever. AS
the United States is the largest market
in the world for sealskins this com
llete stoprage in the trade in this
country will be a severe measure
against the British and Canadian in
dustrles which take and cure the skins
and then dispose of them largely in the
United States.
The provision is as follows:
Section o. That the importation into the
United States by any person whatsoever Of fur
seal skins taken in the waters mentioned in this
act. whether raw, dressed. dyed or manufact-
urcd is hereby prohibited, arl all such articles
imported after this act shall take effect shall
not be permitted TO be exported. but shall be
seized and destroyed by the proper officers Of
the Unitsd States.
Those who are thoroughly familiar
with the bill say this provision is of far
move Importance in its effect than the
prohibition against pelagic sealing by
Americans
Secretary Gage Friday sent to the
senate his reply to Senator Cannon IS
| resolution inquiring about uss of rev.
| enue cutters to prevent filibustering
| expeditions. The McLane, Winona,
| boutwell,, Colfax and Forward have
Leen used for this purpose on the Flor
ida coast. and the report shows that
the course adopted by the treasury de-
partment was in compliance with Pres
ident Cleveland's proclamation and
with numerous sections of the .evised
statutes which Secretary Gage quotes.
| At the treasury departmcntsit was
said Friday that the redemption of the
Pacific railroad currency 6s would be
| made by che clss sent out from the
department on the cath inst. 1t was
expected that these checks would be
offset by deposits by the Union Pacific
Reorganization committee so that nc
disturbance of the money market
would result from the large operations
involved. The checks will go through
the New York clearing house
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-The president
Friday sent the following, nomina
tions to the senate:
State-William w. Thomas, jr., O.
Maine, to be envoy extraordinary ant
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Sweden and Norway; Hamil
ton King, of Michigan, to be minister
resident and consul general of th'
United States to Siam; James G. Nc
Nally, Pennsylvania. to be sec
retary of legation and consu
general of the United States at Bogota
Colombia; Edgar o. Achorn, of Massa
chusetts, to be secretary of the lega
ton of the United States, at st. Peters
burg, Russia.
Treasury--Natha B. Scott, of Wes
Virginia, to be commissioner of inter
nal revenue; John Peterson, collecto
of customs for the district of Mime
sofa; Edward C. Duncan, of Nortl
Carolina, to be collector of interna
revenue for the fourth district of Nort
Carolina.
A bill has been introduced in tn
house which provides that in case an
person drawing pension is put into
federal Office either by appointment
election or otherwise, in which tn
emoluments equal or exceed 800
month, such person shall not durin
his incumbeucy of that office receiv
any pension. Upon the termination q
such employment the pension is to b
restored.