The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1897-05-07
GENERAL TOPICS.
Brief Paragraphs of Important
National Affairs.
Saturday and Sunday.

The Universal Congress will meet in
Washington on Wednesday, and about
l2O delegates, representing sixty odd
countries aud provinces, will attend.
POstmaster-General Gary will deliver
the salutatory address.
The Senate, according to agreement,
will vote on the arbitration treaty on
Wednesday.
Secretary Long and Postmaster Gem
eral Gary, in communications to the
Senate committee, expressed the opin-
ion that the civil service system should
be retained, but that it should be modi-
fled.
The State Department has accepted
the resignation OF Henry Nj. Smythe,
of Virginia, minister to Hayti.
A delegation of Virginia Republicans
called on the President aud Postmas-
ter-General Gary and protested against
the appointment of National Commit
teeman Bowden as referee in all post
office appointments in Virginia.
Monday.
The President has nominated Rob-
ert F. Patterson, of Tennessee, to be
Consul-General at Calcutta, India. and
Santon Sickles, of New York, to be
secretary of legation at Madrid.
Comptroller of the Treasury Bowler
disallows the claim of the Baltimore
and Southwestern Railroad Company
for $4,000 as additional compensation
for carrying the mails between St.
Louis and Parkersburg, w. Va.
Mr.. Yang Yu, formerly Chinese
minister to the United States, has gone
to New York, whence he will sail on
May 8th for st. Petersburg.
One hundred and three fourth-class
postmasters were appointed yesterday.
The tariff bill will be presented to
the full finance committee of the Sem
ate to-day. 1t will carry duty on
hides, which will be fought in the Sem
ate by several Eastern Senators.
1t is stated that the President will
nominate Gen. j. H. Wilson, of Della
ware, for the Russian mission, and
ex-Speaker Bryant, of the Illinois Leg
islature, for the Spanish mission.
The resignation of w. M. Aiken, su-
pervising architect of the treasury, has
been requested by Secretary Gage.
The President sent message to Con-
gress urging an Appropriation to pay in
demnity to the heirs of three Italians
lynched at Hahnville, La.
Tuesday.
The tariff bill was reported to the
Senate Tuesday. 1t is radically differ
ent from the House measure and
amounts to almost new bill. 1t inn
poses tax of $l.44 barrel on beer,
ale, porter and other similar fermented
drinks. A duty of ten cents pound is
levied on tea and u cents a pound on
hides. The retroactive clause is strick-
en- out. The bill will be called up in
the Senate on May Is.
The cabinet was in session for two
hours yesterday, the greater part of
the time being devoted to the consid-
Grafton of the civil service regulations.
The President nominated Webster
Davis, of Missouri, to be Assistant
Secretary of the Interior.
The Senate yesterday confirmed the
nomination of Bellamy Storer, of
Ohio, to be minister to Belgium.
Lieutenant Henry Allen has been
detailed as military attache at Berlin.
Wednesday.
The arbitration treaty was defeated
in the Senate Wednesday by vote of
10 to 26.
The Universal Postal Congress met
in Washington yesterday. Postmaster
General Gary made an address, of well
come.
The Republican Senators accepted
the proposition of the Democrats for
recognizing the Senate committees,
and made their committee assignments
yesterday.
One hundred and two fourth-class
postmasters were appointed.
William M. Aiken, supervising archi-
tect of the treasury, has rendered his
resignation, to take effect July 18th.
The President nominated Stanford
Newell, of Minnesota, to be minister to
the Netherlands.
Republican members of the House
are not pleased at the changes made by
the Senate committee in the wool
schedule of the Dingley bill.
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