New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-01-07
IN and OUT OF CONGRESS-
THE PACIFIC RAILROAD REFUNDlNG
ELL, TO COME UP TO-DAY.
1T WILL. PROBABLY BE PASSED AT THIS sE''i''
-ExTRADITIoN WITH THE ORANGE FREE
STATE AND ARGENTINA-EX-GOVER-
NOR MORTON LEASES HIS
WASHINGTON HOUSE.


WASHINGTON HOUSE.
Washington. JAM s.-The House Committee on
Pacific Railways held short meeting to-""' "
consider the manner in which the oeoa,e "" ~
hill TO settle the Indebtedness of the Union anu
Co,,r,, Pacific companies 10 the Government
sbould he conducted when the bill comes oeiore Tue
House 1t will be called up Tomorrow ana d 'o'o
will be taken on Monday next IL VIII ~, pe ,s s Sjone
~ opposed by the members from .me az ownership
and Nv others who favor Government owl I,,,p
Of the roads In preference to an extension VI ' 'I
for paying the Indebtedness me aa,e,s in the
House and the discussion Is expecteu W P1T Ver
more than ordinary interest. Mr. Powers oi sev
nroi friends OF the bill made careful cahVassee
Of The House and while they do not asIec o. o ~
me Vo.t J., W y. viii secure a majority vote. Mr.
pners has assurances from the Senate that ma
3oa d belinves II will become law before March
A. If the bill does not become An law t"rscoss it's
rmnr,race and thus assume the payment OF the
So cOovOo which constitutes the irst moase n yane
and which practically represents inc p'eS'"'
OF the roads.
Tho time of the Senate Committee on Foreign fe-
lations this morning was occupied In the cohslue'
alton of extradtion treaties with the oranso
state and the Argentine Republic. with when inc
I-pited States has never had any extraditioh
.,,r.e,nent The conventions laid before the com
mitee were almost identical They provoe ~, t.o
me commission of crimes which this country hoids
10 be extraditable. The usual piecduuoito 80 cd
taken 10 prevent the extradition OF men charseu
with polItcal offences only. In the executive SEES
sion of the Senate this afternoon the comml''ce'
through Senator Lodge. submitted favoraoie re-
nnr' on these treaties The request was made that
i'm M diate action be taken as the State DePd
ment was anxious that the rea rbsndIer however
objected on the ground that the cohven.,ols W.
printed so that senator's c ,,,W t o%n
ton was therefore postponed unth to-ihoiio"'
Ex-Governor Levi p. Mortons handsome mouse
in Scott Circle which occupied by him whiie
he Vice President Of the Gntee
elect from the XIth Massachusetts District.
The battle-shp Oregon. Captain Howison COM
mandng, has been ordered to proceed 70 sea from
San Francisco on January lS for drill and target
nractice and after a cruise Of ten days she VIII
probably arrive at San Diego.
The naval apprentice training-ship Alliance
which has been on a six months foreign cruise. left
ST. Kits. West Indies. for st. Thomas to-day ana
will sail thence for Newport News, where she Is ex-
pected before the end Of January. The cruiser
COAST has e gone from Jacksonville to Port Royal s.
c. for coal. She will return TO FLORIDA the end Oh
this week; The gnn6oat Machas lett Hong Aohs
In response to a resolution the Secretary Of War
yesterday the Senate the report of the Chief
of FL ineers of the Army the obstruction OF the
navigable waters of Florida and other Southern
States by the aquatic plant known as the water
hyacnth General Craighill suggests an appropria-
ton of $4,000 for experimental work as to the best
method of exterminating the pest. and says that
the only instance where efforts have been made In
that direction in the Tckfaw River. Alabama.
Sufficient time has not yet elapsed for the compile
ton of the work. and no report has been made A
special report Is made the st. Johns River,
Florida where the bridge of the Jacksonville. st.
Augustine and Indian River Railroad at Palatka is
alleged TO contribute to the difficulty Of navigation
by catching the floating plants. and alterations in
the plans Of the new bridge are suggested 10 pre-
vent this. He incoses correspondence with the De-
partment OF Agriculture to methods of killing
the plant by the use Of salt crude petroleum. etc.