The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1897-12-21
A SEVERE BLOW
s,a' .he British and Canadian Seal.
skin Industries Is the PASSAGE 90 ~, Is.,,
Relating to Pelagic Sealing i'm Rebrino
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rilsn and Canadian Seal.
SKIN industries Is the Passage of the BIN
Sea. ." nenring
| WASHINGTON, Dec. 1S.-It has deve1-
oped that the bill relating to pelao;c
sealing which has just passed both
branches of congress and is before the
president, contains provision of far
reaching Importance which has thus
1ar escaped attention. This places an
absolute prohibition on the further
bringing of sealsl1ins into the United
states from any source whatever. As
the United States is the largest market
IN the world for sealskins this COM
plete stoppage in the trade in this
country will be a severe measure
against the British and Canadian in.
oustrles which take and cure the skins
and then dispose of them largely in the
United States.
| The provision is as follows:
Section 8. That the Importation into the
Ohiteo States by any person whatsoever of fur
seal SKINS taken In the waters mentioned in this
act whether raw, dressed, dyed or manufact-
ured, Is hereby prohibited, and all such articles
imported after, this act shall take effect shall
not be permitted TO be exported, but shall be
seized and destroyed by the proper officers of
the United States.
Those who are thoroughly familiar
with the bill say this provision is of far
more Importance in its effect than the
prohibition against pelagic sealing bv
Americans.
Secretary Gage Friday sent to the
senate his reply to Senator Cannon's
resolution inquiring about use of rev.
enue cutters to prevent filibusterinp
expeditions. The McLane, Winona.
Boutwell,, COlfaX and Forward have
been used for this purpose on the Flor
ida coast, and the report shows that
the course adopted by the treasury de-
partment was in compliance with Pres
ldent Cleveland's proclamation and
with numerous sections of the revised
| statutes which Secretary Gage quotes.
At the treasury department it was
said Friday that the redemp ton of the
! Pacific railroad currency 6s would be
made by checks sent out from the
department on the oath inst. 1t was
expected that these checks would be
Offset by deposits by the Union Pacific
Reorganization committee so that no
disturbance of the money market
would result from the large operations
involved. The checks will go through
the New York clearing house.
WASHINGTON, Dec 1S.-The president
Friday sent the following nomina-
tions to the senate:
State-William w. Thomas, ir., of
Maine, to be envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of the United
States to Sweden and Norway; Hamil-
ton King, of Michigan, to be minister
resident and consul general of the
United States to Siam; James c. Nc
Nally, Pennsylvania, to be sec.
rotary of legation and consul
general of the United States at Bogota,
Colombia; Edgar o. Achorn. of Massa.
chusetts, to be secretary of the lega.
ton of the United States, at ST. Peters
burg. Russia.
Treasury-Nathan B. Scott, of West
Virginia, to be commissioner of inter
nal revenue; John Peterson, collector
of customs for the district of Mime
sofa; Edward C. Duncan, of North
Carolina, to be collector of internal
AO'OHuO AOl UiIO 1Oul III OISCIlCC VI nut III
Carolina.
A bill has been introduced in the
house which provides that in case any
person drawing pension is put into a
federal Office either by appointment,
election or otherwise, in which the
emoluments equal or exceed 500 a
month; such person shall not during
his incumbency of that office receive
any pension. Upon the termination of
such employment the pension is to be
restored.