The herald., 1898-05-29

r of Foreign Affairs
applying it only on the gross receipts of
| corporations in excess of $3.50. 900 year.
| Nelson, Republican of Minnesota, offered
| an amendment to the proposition of Cor
man reducing the amount of tax levied
| from one-half to one-quarter of per cent
| The amendment was discussed in de-
sultory way for an hour, Allen, Lindsay,
Platt of Connecticut and White participat-
| ing in the debate.
Pettigrew of South Dakota gave notice
of amendments he proposed to offer to
Germans proposition and was proceeding
to speak upon them.
At Elkins' request he yielded for mo-
ton that the senate go into executive ses-
sion.
An effort was made, pending the putting
of the motion, to secure vote on the Cor
man amendment, but it was unarailing.
Mason Of Illinois moved that when the
senate adjourned 1t be until Tuesday.
Allison, in demanding the yeas and nays,
said it was highly important that the pend
| ing bill be disposed of at the earliest possi-
bic moment as every days delay meant
/ the loss Of the needed revenue.
Mason's motion prevailed by the close
| vote of SO to 81.
The senate then, at o'clock, went into
executive session and twenty minutes af-
terward adjourned until Tuesday.
Nominations
| Brewster c. Kenyon of California to be
paymaster.
WASHINGTON, May 2S.-The following
| nominations have been sent to the Senate,
| to be Brigadier-Generals:
| From the regular army:
| Colonel Robert H. Hall. Fourth Infantry.
! Colonel Edwin v. Sumner, Seventh Cav
| airy.
| Colonel Peter c. Haines. Engineers.
Colonel George l.. Gillespie, Engineers.
Colonel Marcus P. Miller, Third Artillery.
Colonel Jacob Kline, Twenty-first In
| fantry.
Lieutenant-Colonel Oswald H. Ernest,
Engineers.
| Lieutenant-Colone Lloyd Wheaton,
Twentieth Infantry.
Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Macarthur.
| Assistant Adjutant-General.
Lieutenant-C Colonel Henry c. Hasbrouck,
Fourth Artillery
Lieutenant-Colonel John c. Gilmore, AS
sistant Adjutant-Ge
Lieutenant-Co Colonel Wallace F. Randolph,
| Fourth Artillery.
Major Joseph P. Sanger. Inspector Gen.
| eral.
From volunteers the following are named:
| Colonel F. D. Grant, Forty-seventh New
York Infantry.
Francis v. Greene, seventy-first New
| York Infantry.
Also the following from State militia:
Henry M. Duffie1d. Michigan.
| Charles King, Wisconsin.
Lucius F. Hubbsfd, Minnesota.
George A. Garretson, Ohio.
William W. Gordon, Georgia.
| John A. Wiley, Pennsylvania.
William A. Bankroft, Massachusetts,.
! William ]. Mckee. Indiana.
| Charles Fitzsimmons. Illinois.
Joseph K. Hudson, Kansas.
| James Rush, Lincoln, Iowa.
| Generals Garretson. Greene and King
have been selected to accompany General
| Merritt to the Philippines. 1t is also under
stood, unoff1cially. that General Harrison
Gray Otis will go with Merritt General
King is the well-known writer of war
| stories.
| Combinations
The senate today confirmed the follow
ing nominations:
To be brigadier generals-Col. r. H. Hall,
Fourth infantry; Col. E. s. Summers, Sew
enth cavalry; Col. P. C. Haines, corps of
engineers, U. S. A; Col. L. P. Miller. Third
artillery; Col. J. e. Keene, Twenty-first in
fantry; Lieutenant Col. E. H Ernest corps
of engineers; Lieutenant Colonel L. Whea-
ton, Twentieth infantry; Lieutenant Col
onel A. Macarthur, assistant adjutant gen.
eral, U. s. A.; Lieutenant Col. Charles H.
Brooke, Fourth artillery; Lieutenant Col
onel J. c. Gilmore, assistant adiutant gen.
eral; Lieutenant Colonel w. F. Randolph,
Third artillery; Major ]. p Sanger, in
spectoN general; Charles King Of Wiscon-
sin: Colonel M. v. Sheridan, assistant ad-
jutant general, U. s. A.
| Postmasters: Callforna-F e. Cushing,
Red Bluff; w. George, Grass Valley.
In Committee
WASHINGTON, May 2s-The house
committee on foreign affairs has favoraBly
reported to the house a substitute bill pro-
viding for non-partisar commission of two
senator's and three representatives and one
officer of the state department to reorgan-
ize the consular service. 1t leaves all de-
tails of the work to the committee The
committee reports that no stronger argu-
ment could be offered for the necessity of
the reform than the present war with Spain
and the necessity for our consuls to keep
the naval authorities informed on all mat
ters concerning the movement Of the
enemy's war vessels, Of supplies. etc.
Wants More Guns
NEW YORK. May 2S-The auxiliary
cruiser st. Louis arrived at this port from
West Indian waters this morning. The st.
Louis has been ordered to the Cramp ship
yards, Philadelphia, and will sail immedi-