The Mena weekly star., 1898-02-02
MAIL DELIVERY.
The Subject Expected to Be Debated
 When the Post Office Bill Is Up.
A STATE EXHIBITION BILL.
Opposition to Bankruptcy Legislation Omaha Exposition stamps Receipts Ex- ceed s-Teller Resolution
 Liquor Licenses Postal Banks.

imitation reached by the postal au- thorities to defer action looking to . reduction of the mail deliveries in the large cities of the east in order to avoid deficiency in the appropriation was in deference to the large number of protests that had been made by delegations of representative citizens and members of congress. This deci- sion will be adhered to for a time at least to ascertain if there is any inten- tion on the part of congress to grant the post office department the St63,0O0 which Gen. Gary has estimated will carry the service through the re- mainder of the fiscal year on the pres ent basis. It is also suggested that congress may take the matter of limiting the number of deliveries in the residential sections of cities into its own hands and in explicit lam guage indicate just how many there should be. This course would be sat- isfactory to the postal officials who, in the event of protests and remon- strances, would have no recourse but to carry out the law. The post office appropriation bill, it is expected, will soon be reported to the house and then the question will be debated and the matter settled
 Cockreli's State Exhibition Bill.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-Senator Cock rell yesterday introduced a bill to au- thorize state exhibition buildings in Rock Creek park in this city. Rock Creek park is the principal pleasure resort of Washington. It adjoins the National Geological gardens, and con- tains 1.S00 acres Senator CockrelPs bill provides that each state may have five acres for a building in which to l exhibit resources The states must l bear all the expenses of the erection and maintenance of the buildings. 1 Senator Cockrell urges the passage of ! his bill on the ground that such { scheme would afford one of the best conceivable methods of informing 1 strangers on the resources of the va rious states. The buildings would form a sort of permanent exposition, and the proper place for such an ex- position, he thinks, is the capital of the nation.
 Opposition to Bankruptcy Legislation. 1 WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-There has been great change in the sentiment I of the business men on the subject of bankruptcy legislation. Petitions have been flowing into congress for several weeks past urging that con gress vote against bankruptcy bill, and the remarkable feature of these petitions is that many of them are coming from firms which but few months back were ardent advocates of bankruptcy law and are on record here as asking for the passage of such a measure. One of the most important of all the petitions received comes from St Louis. It was presented by Congressman Bartholdt, and contains the names of many of the largest busi- ness firms in St Louis
 Omaha Exposition stamps.
 WAsHINGToN. Feb. 2.-The proposed issue of stamps, commemorative of the Omaha exposition, will not displace the regular issues during the period of the exposition as was the case with the Columbian stamps at the time of the Chicago worlds fair. This deci- sion has been reached by Third Assist ant Postmaster General Merritt and will be coincided in by Postmaster General Gary. The officials believe that no particular benefit will be de- rived in having the one issue displace the other and confusion and other in conveniences which might result will be avoided.
 Receipts Exceed Expenditures
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The month of January closes with nearly $1,0O0,000 on the right side of the government ledger. To be exact, the receipts for the month exceed the expenditures by | S9S1, ,62S 39. The receipts for the month were $S7, ,33s, ,628. 39, divided into $l4,. 269, 492. 0S from customs SIP, 443, 199. 7s from internal revenue and $i0,620,- 936. 5S from miscellaneous sources. For the first time in many months the receipts for the day, for the month and for the fiscal year all exceed ex- penditures for the corresponding. l periods. The surplus of receipts yes terday was $271, IsTl 26.
 Teller Resolution Defeated. i WASHINGTON, Feb 2.--The senate l yesterday passed the army appropria' tion bill, carrying $23 143, ,249, and the legislative, judicial and executive ap | propriation bill, carrying $21, ,65S. 520
 Mr. Vest made an adverse report or the bill creating department of pub l lie health. The house defeated the l Teller resolution by the vote of 13s ayes to 1s2 nays and an antitrust biL
 was introduced by Mir. Greene, of Ne braska.