New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-06
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vrx ON SECRETARY FRANcis's
r,ox-ro FRAME BANKING BILL
rv.,. AMERICAN EXPOSITION
.r OF THE FISHERIES COM
,,,ss,oNER EX-SENATOR
,,u-Spss CONDITION.
=, s-The Secretary Of State
Wasn"s nsmitted to the senate cop'e'
to-day ..ocstes Of final ascertammen' Wv
the ce'' Cor president and Vice-Presdent from
e'ec'S states Of Kentucky West N,rs,"'" nsSo,a
the Texas Nebraska, North Dako'"'
Carol"ss, or,da Massachusetts. Wisconsin, MINNIE
1daho' -, wyoming Montana Maine Coio-
sota ,...h,rgfon and Michigan Governor BIau
raeo =, Kentucky certined ,nat nf IN Votes cast
electors had w R. smith Democrats ese,or.
IS weddlng and IL 5, o,a IONA shan Smith. and
cS Received the same nymSer A ar Howes shall
az which Of ns cctor is to be determined by the
90 sr electors when they meet the eo'e''' 'e''
az az. 70 the election OF only tweNe'
cat. Committee on Finance met this
corning but transacted no business on account %
.he absence Of a quorum. In the cou'sc u VI. VIC
,,orv talk around the table some one h'en''o
-. fact that the nomination OF secretary rf"n.'s
had not yet been acted upon' anu 'ne ie''s 49,
chat u would have 10 walt untii quu. u he M
ina, ,i,tse was present. There appears 10 9e no
especial desire to hurry ms csr or he considered
S Sa,,' inc "SN'
r,. hearings before the House Committee on
ranking and Currency will be postponed unu' ne*'
rost II is the purpose OF the chairnan' MT.
Ua,rer of Massachusetts. to secure the views Oh
= number Of men prominent IN the banking anu
s.arc,al world as the initial step Of preparing
nnnrnrehensve banking bill. 1t was intended 10
begin Tn,s Won but Mr. Walker informed
,n,Ssv that owing the recent bank failures IN
he West Mr. Eckels will not be aple 10 appe"'
h sas the committee until next week
rs. elaborate models of the armored cruiser New
vo,t and the battle-shp Massachusetts,. which were
,.rsd six months ago TO the Cramps, OF fhi'a-
asnha and by them taken to TOXIC ana eNho'.eu
=. IN. Japanese Government to show the charac'er
:, American ship-designing and construction Wese
returned the Navy Department ato, Show the
moees , %n'o OF the Nsry on scale of
inch to the foot the scale Of MAYA rS
MS s.ys been of considerable use In impresslns .e
japanese an son 10 for cruisers that Gov
eminent has recently placed in this country
favorable opportunity to enlarge the American
a,sst abroad will be afforded by the opening OF
81. Central American Exposition at the city OF
Guatemala on March 15 The Guatemalan Minister
Mr. Lazo-Arriaga. says that all the governments
IN Europe and America have been asked 10 se''u CA
bibits. but he cannot say how far the invitations
have heen accepted There is no doubt. ne saio'
chat the German. French and English fnanulac'"'-
ars ,vrl bo we'll represented. the competition De-
,xesn these countries for the Central American
,rads Is very great The German merchants al
present largely control ,ne thew sell Of superior
quality but they send agents among our peVp. orr -,
study our wants he American aaTp would
adopt similar policy their OUTPUT OF Goo% Win Your
srornous home market. II Is not impropapie lha'
the American manufacturer has not rev sne shores
sity Of extending his trade beyond these sno nt
Vel very considerable part Of our market naiu
rally belongs 70 this IS sod n Sna an
America II proper Judgment was used
The annual report to the President Oh Jon" o.
Brice. Commissioner Of Fish ana a. ha 9
dictates how important the work OF MS oniee M
became No less than 100000 shad eggs were COL
,ected. and 100000 fry planted In streams empty
ing into the Atlantic Ocean and the Gun OF NeA'e
The increase In shad eggs collected WAS 'Vv'V'00'
over the previous year and II bill now before Con-
gress ia enacted into la auxiliary staslofs wiz oe
established on most Of the important rivers OF the
Atlantic coast and result in immense increase
in the output Of this species The output OF lobster
fry was 81 100000 against 72cocoO TOT the previous
year and Commissioner Brice says there Is htue
doubt that the output in another year Will De IN
creased more than 100 per cent While the attempt
10 keep UP the constantly deere tossing supply OF
mackerel along the New-England coast was more
Thirty-one million tautog eggs were collected in
Buzzards Bay and 100000 fry were liberia ted from
them According TO the report a great increase III
results large saving OF expense was accom- IN
pllshed with reference to salmon Matching on me
Pacific coast Temporary stations were estaD-
nshed the Salmon and Little white WHIT oa n on
rivers both tributaries OF the oouumo,a' s 10 oe
II Clackamas Ore. II is proposed to extend over
me entire country permanent ana onrieS hv
grouping about the central hatcher,es auXlhaty
egg-colecting stations TO be operated only IN the
spawning season.
local paper says 1.-The physical condition OF
ex-senator Edmunds. which he urged upon the
Supreme Court yesterday the reason for asking
a postponement Of the argument in the Chapman
case until late in March. painfully apparent
as he stood at the Bar. He too weak to make
himself heard than a few feet. and his APP
pearance evoked solcitious inquiry as TO his health
by his friends. was sick all summer he said to
a reporter. and did not know what was the mat
ter After my regular physician had left Philade
eoctor treated me for kidney trouble When
time l suffering from typhoid fever Before
and am just now beginning to put some of II back
Mr. Edmunds will spend the rest Of the winter in
Florida. returning North to argue the Chapman
case on March Y.
In response to a resolution OF the Senate calling
on the Secretary Of the Treasury for copy of The
account of the amount due the sinking fund OF the
Central and Union Pacific railroads account Of
subsidies paid the Pacific Mail Steamship Compan!
BY those roads and deducted from the gross earn
ings OF the roads and charged 10 operating ex
penses. which account was transmitted to March
lSs5" the Secretary says that after digen
search of the records Of the Department the paper:
referred TO cannot be found.
Tho Senate to-day adopted resolution calling OF
the Secretary Of the Treasury for the reasons why
only nlOo as stated in his annual report. was re
celved from the North American Commercial Com
pany for the exclusive privilege OF catching seals II
SS when 30 600 sealskins were taken In that year
Postmaster General Wilson II Is rumored, will
on his retirement from Mr. Cleveands Cabinet
accept the place of president Of Washington anC
Lee University which is vacant. Mr.. Wilson
Is an alumnus OF this institution and IT would b
an agreeable place for him.
new first secretary OF the Spanish Legation vii