The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-06-17
SUGAR SCHEDULE
VIII Be the Leading Subject In the
Senate the Present Week.
with the suear Schedule settled the Az.
Picuitural schedule Of the Tariff Btil
VIII Again Be Taken Up. Followed
By the Tobacco ecusd ale.

WAsHtNaToN, June 1A-The sugar
schedule of tariff bill is expected to
continue to be the subject of consider
alton in the senate for the next day or
two The Hawaiian treaty and anti
trust amendments are still to be dis
posed of, and both will excite consid-
erable debate. With the sugar ques-
ton settled. the agricultural schedule
which has been partially considered,
will be again taken up, and will in
time be followed by the tobacco sched-
ule If in the meantime the republicans
agree upon its provisions The republic
an managers hope to also dispose of the
spirit and cotton schedules during the
week and possibly to make some
progress with the hemp and fax pro-
visions. There will be no great
amount of debate on either cotton or
spirits. There was at one time talk of
an attempt to add compensatory du-
ties on cotton goods because of the
duty fixed on raw cotton, but this Is
understood to have been abandon
ed, If ever seriously contemplated.
The democrats do not find the
present schedule Objectionable except
in minor details and will allow it to go
through with but little discussion.
The republican managers now hope
that the de eoate in the senate will be
concluded within the next two weeks,
notwithstanding less than one-third
of the bill has been gone over. They
have secured an agreement with the
democrats that the sessions shall be.
gin at II o'clock each day instead of
IL after Wednesday next.
The house probably will continue its
policy O. adjourning from Monday
until the following Monday. No busi-
ness will be done and the sessions
Monday and Thursday will be merely
perfunctory.
The treasury department has re-
ceived by reference from the secretary
of state a comm unication from the
Spanish minister to the effect that he
has information that an important FL
clustering expedition is being organ
lied on the coast Of Florida, and asks
that steps be taken by the government
to frustrate it. No particulars were
given, SO that the only action that
could be taken by the department was
to communicate this information to all
collectors and masters OF the patrol
feet on the Florida coast, with instruc.
tions to be on the alert to prevent the
departure of any suspected expedi.
tion. This was done Sunday by tele.
graph.
It developed later that the depart
ment has specific information of the
shipment of arms and ammunitionA Aor
what promises to be one Of the most
important flibustering expeditions for
several months
A carload of arms left Jacksonville
Friday by the East Coast rsilroad and
passed near Smyrna southbound. A
second carload of rifles and dyhsmite
left Jacksonville Saturday morning on
the regular freight train for the prob
able purpose of being transferred to
some vessel on the east coast, probably
the yacht "Valusia," which has been
engaged to transfer munitions from
the railways to the vessel destined for
Cuba.
It is probable that the vessel which
will receive these arms will not come
close to shore.
WASHINGTON. June 1A.-The republi-
can senators in their caucus Saturday
failed to reach any agreement ON the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, and ad-
journed with the understanding that
another caucus would be held Satur.
day night or Monday.