New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-06
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.
Washington, December 3.

Department as TO the correct method of addressing
letters after January TO residents OF the hve
boroughs which are to form Greater New-Iork
AS the Postofice authorities have several times
announced no change need be made for the present
IN the system Of addressing mail matter intended
for delivery in the various portions or the greater
city nor will any serious effort at simplifying INC
scheme Of addresses be undertaken until tho actual
consolidation Of all the postoices In the Greater
New-York district is accomplished. An amend
ment inserted In the postofiice appropriation oil"
two wears ago-chiefy through Mr.. Gormahs III
terest IN preventing an attempted consolidation Ill
Naryland-explicitly forbids the reduction OF d
countyseat Office 10 the rank of station for any
other larger Office. Mr. German wished 10 rus
trate a scheme to convert the offices at the county
seats Of Baltimore and Howard counties INTO mere
branches in the Baltimore City system. As -'e
York and Brooklyn both county seats "
evident that no union OF oiices can
provision Of 1925. When the way Is c,e' LII en-
al 1ese new and Convenient scheme OF
addresses for the different divisions oi "''"'''
New-York
MEASURES NOW PENDING IN CONGRESS
Journal Clerk Mckee, Of the House OF represent"
tives has completed the self-imposed task OF max
ing I'D a complete list Of all the DIS hToduceu
IN the present Congress and the reference OF them
n parttcuIar committees As the reference was
made AT the close Of the extra session. ana 'he
routine work Of Congress really begins Win '"e
openng Of the regular session tomorrow" '"e
work done by Captain Mckee will be OF great
value 10 the large number or persons in'tles.'u
IN these measures The total number OF bills IN
,roduced IN the House and referred Is 1853 besides
e,rhtv-seven Joint resolutions which are OF equal
dignity with bills. Four-ffths OF these are oilis
for private relief Going into detail. there were .
bills referred TO the Committee on Agriculture. IL
70 the Committee Appropriations. % 20 f'ahh'ns
and Currency 345 TO Claims % Of them puoNC,, ~
10 Coinage Weights and Measures. % 70 toi''
merce to Foreign Affairs. q 10 Indian AIans' -,
Iibr rs is to Invalid Pensions. la to Merchant
Marine and Fisheries 7s9 to MiItaGy hIs - Pen
SONS n TO Postofices. GO to Public LANDS O- no 10
Public Buildings and Grounds u 10 n bis 10 ~ War
Claims, and 20 to Ways and Means.
AN APPEAL TO SOUTHERN SENTIMENT
Captan Hugh Lewis. employee Of the House OIL
Representatives and veteran soldier from M'sco"
sin tells an interesting little story TO Irloune
correspondent declaring that II Is hard iac' anu
no sentiment Among the prisoners or war cap.
ured at Island No TO- in the Mississippi ana 'ahei,
~ Madison Wis were 1872 men who dled OF
a ~ ulrass and were buried In n cemetery
IN tba, beautiful capital city. Living there was
o uoman named Waterman, whose husband Was
q native of New-York State. She herself hho oee"
horn in Baton Rouge. La but had mo'eu away
from the South when nine years OF age anu "
ing in New-York when the war broke out hau
r,arr,ed New-Yorker This woman became deep
" interested in the graves OF the Cohleoe'a.'s
hurled so far from home and friends' anu was ~
strumental 10 having neat. simple heaopoaius anu
finally stone coping placed there During n'
ufo Mrs Waterman carefully attended TO the niue
nio, ~ ground working with her own HANDS 70
keep out weeds and bushes ana 70 49, cond,tiom
After many years this excellent woman diea oa aI,
tain Lewis and other friends are ANXIOUS oa w. d vii
on the work she began. AS the wooden ooarus WI
decay, they wish TO replace them e's seveS thai
whom NAV be related 10 the men who occupy ne
who we% b dsgst nssy all h dead
,S Are Are States and Commands to which
they belonged
SENATOR BUFFERS LATEST OUTBREAK
representative Harry Skinner the well-known
Ionullst leader from North Carolina. who has
reached this city. remarked TO tribune coiie
spondent at the Capitol: Senator Butter Is oesi'e
himself IN hts desperation. His ROCKY Mouh'ah
sheen is perhaps the worst break a public man
ever made In State. don't Know what ne
can mean 1t would seem that he Is trying py tne
mos, peculiar means TO rshab4ahe axe, h' s wha i.
,he Hspu IF ha violent Mr. sk1nsr
did not think that either Re2upca9syk Skinner is the
leader Of those Popusis IN Norm ordance with
voted for Senator PchSeg IN 6eD tse Repub
I,nans SUPPORTED Buffers election 10 the long term
Butler opposed Pritcharo.
cocr OE, THE ELEVENTH CENSUs.-The
.o,al zoe. OF the Eleventh Census is best measured
by the total amounts Appropriated from '''ne ~
time These aggregate sll,553F2 %. Tho cost OF
nr,nt,ng engraving and binding the final results
pr, he little less than the amount appropriated
for that particular feature OF the census Du' ~, al
all pro onst ot the e Eeventh Census be
stated at present
r1NRER CONSUMERS ON A LARGE SCALE
From = statement on Ale In the General Land
Once made by the Anaconda Mining Company on
November 30. 1884, 1t appears that the WOOD ana
lumber consumed by that company n Butte ana
Anaconda for the six months previous TO the smut
ting down OF the mines and works was 5000 cords
of wood and $4,000 feet of lumber: that the daily
consumption thereafter was 100 cords of wood and
10000 feet Of lumber and that the consumption for
1852 was 10 80 900 cords OF wood and 100000 .eet
of lumber And 1t has probably never been less
company not only supplies its mines and smelters
with timber cut from The public lands but mas
wherein IL dsposes Of not less than 100000 feet
annually, exclusive Of what It consumes In leglti-
more as il sells in towns. Recently the Govern
ment brought suit against the Bitter Root Develop
feet net' Of sawogs. This company mad for long
time been supplying the AnasCnda M MN inside
ring the stockholders of the improvement com
pany being for the most part directors in the min
Ing company.
THE EXTENT OF FOREST FIRES.-The Com
missioner Of the General Land Ofhce Is going 10
urge upon Congress the necessity Of greatly In
oreased force TO undertake the work Of protecting
the public forests against fires. An illustration Of
what amount OF damage Is done frequently by
forest fires is contained In a report recently re-
ceived from Special Forest Agent y. +. Allen
He gives particulars OF fire that started IN the
San Gabriel Timber Land Reserve. In California
last year and burned nearly three months. destroy
ing timber In several townships before II couid
be extinguished When 1t il considered that
single township covers more than twenty thousand
acres the loss OF timber in several townships
caused by this one confagration may be readily
annreciated nor Is the loss confined 10 the matter
OF timber consumed. Mr.. Allen SAYS: "The serious