The true northerner., 1897-07-21
FROM WASHINGTON.
Work o. Our Lawmakers In the
Fifty-Fifth Congress-
Daily summary of Proceedings I'm
the senate and House other
News from the Nh
tons Capital.

Washington. July l2.-No work was
done in the senate on Saturday, the
senators adjourning to attend the fu-
neral of the late Senator Harris, of Ten
nessee.
Washington, July 13.-The deficiency
appropriation bill occupied the time of
the senate yesterday, but was not COM
pleted.
Washington, July 14.-The general
deficiency appropriation billwas passed
in the senate yesterday after an amend
ment had been adopted limiting the
price to be paid for armor plate TO $500
per ton and providing for the establish
ment of a government plant for the
manufacture of armor plate in the
event of failure to obtain bids within
the limit fixed.
Washington, July ia resolution
was reported in the senate yesterday
for the ratification of the Hawaiian an
neXation treaty and another asking
the president to interfere in the case
of the schooner Competitor prisoners
who are imprisoned in Cuba. A reso-
luton to prevent the disposal of the
government lien on the Union Pacific
railway under the terms of an alleged
agreement caused a long discussion.
Washington, July 16. - Pacific rail
way affairs occupied the attention of
the senate yesterday. A joint resolu-
tion was passed accepting the invita-
tion of France to participate in the
Paris exposition of 1900.
Washington, July 1.-THE session
of the senate yesterday was
brief and uneventful. A bill was
passed to give the consent of congress
10 a compact entered into between
South Dakota and Nebraska respecting
the boundary between said states.
The House.
Washington, July 1.-THE house
was not in session on Saturday.
Washington, July 13.-On account of
the death of Senator Harris, as soon as
the journal had been read yesterday
the house, on motion of Mr.. Moon (dem.,
| Tenn.), as a mark of respect to the
memory of the deceased senator, ad
| journed.
Washington, July 14.-In the house
Yesterday a bill was introduced max
| ing the salary of the postmaster at Chi
cago $4,000 year after July l, 1898.
Washington, July 15.-The house
Yesterday nonconcurred in the senate
| amendment TO the general deficiency
bill, and conferees were appointed.
Mr.. Simpson (Kan.) introduced reso-
luton directing the speaker to appoint
committee of five TO investigate the
sugar trust.
Washington, July 16.-In the house
yesterday Mr.. Lorimer (Ill.) intro
duced bill to appropriate S500,000 for
a monument to Lincoln in the city of
Washington.
Washington, July II. - The house
yesterday agreed TO the partial confer
ence report on the general deficiency
| bill and concurred in the senate amend
ment fixing the limit of cost for armor
plate at $500 per ton.
Coinage of Silver Dollars.
Washington, July IA statement
prepared at the mint bureau shows
the number of silver dollars coined at
the United States mints during the last
fiscal year was 2l.203,70 on which the
seignioragc or profits to the government
amounted to S6,336,1 ,104. The profits
have been turned into the treasury from
time to time as the coinage progressed.
Export Records broken.
Washington, July i5.-The monthly
statement of the exports and imports
of the United States, issued by the bu-
reau of statistics, makes the remark
able showing that never before in the
hietorx, IF tho cnnpfrv bo va tho axportc
of merchandise, which include practi-
cally all the exports except gold and
silver, reached so high figure as during
the fiscal year ended June 30, 1897. nor
has the excess of exports over imports
ever been so large. The only time these
figures were approached was in 1892,
when the United States was making
heavy shipments of grain to feed Eu-
rope after q series of deficient harvests.
The statement for 1897, with compari-
sons. is as follows:
Exports OF domestic merchandise, s., 1,032.-
99S, ,SS0 increase over 1896, about S170,000 .000
total exports OF domestic and foreign mer-
chandise. sl,O5l .9s7.sl. as compared with
sSS2, SOC, ,92S for 1896. The total imports OF
merchandise during the fiscal year just
closed amounted TO s764. .905. of which
1881 .932. COS was free of duty. The total i'm
ports were about SIS. $50, 900 less than last
year, and the excess of exports over inn
ports for the year was s2s7 .61S, 1S6. This is
an excess OF about slS5. 600 over last
year and an excess OF about S23, ,000. 900 over
any previous year.
Don't Believe II.
Washington, July 17.-At the Jap
anese legation here no credence is Civ
en- TO the report that the Spanish and
japanese governments have entered
into an alliance against the United
States.
Excited over Rich Strikes.
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