The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1898-01-06
NEGOTIATIONS
For Reciprocity Between Venezuela and
the United States.
Regulations Under Act Of Congress Prohib-
iting the Taking of Sealskins by Amer
leans and Inhibiting the Importation
of Seaiskins Into This Country.

of Seaiskins Into This Country.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-It is said
that one of the purposes of the present
visit to Washington of the United
States minister to Venezuela, Mr..
Loomis, is to start negotiations for a
reciprocity treaty between Venezuela
and the United States. This is rather
an unexpected step as Venezuela was
one of the few South American coun-
tries which did not make a reciproci.
ty treaty under the former
system. At that time, however, Ven
ezuela suffered by having her coffee
prac tically excluded from the United
States because Brazil and other coffee
producing countries had the reduced
duties under reciprocity treaties. This
experience makes Venezuela one of the
first of the southern republics to con-
slider the question of a reciprocity
treaty under the DINGHY law.
The secretary of the treasury, with
the approval of the president, has is
sued regulations under the act of con-
gress signed Wednesday. prohibiting
the taking of sealskins by American
citizens except on the Pribylof islands,
and inhibiting the importation into
this country of pelagic sealskins. The
regulations provide that no seal
skins, raw, dressed, dyed or other
wise manufactured shall be admitted
to entry in the United States except
there be attached to the invoice
a certificate signed by the United
States consul at the place of exporta-
tion that said skins were not taken
from seals killed within the waters
mentioned in said act, specifying in
detail the locality of such taking,
whether on land, at sea, and also the
person from whom said skins were
purchased in their raw and dressed
state, the date of such purchase and
the lot number.
The post Office department has ruled
that an ex-union soldier drawing a
pension under the dependent pension
formerly occupied in the service. The
case arose in connection with the ap-
plication of a veteran employed in the
Philadelphia post Office. In order to
obtain a pension under the dependent
act he must swear that he is without
means of support and is unable to do
manual labor.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.-The post Of
fee department has prepared adver.
tisements, which will soon be issued,
inviting proposals for furnishing ad-
hesive stamps for the government for
the four years beginning July next.
The issues advertised for include
the ordinary stamps, news and
periodical stamps, postage due stamps
and those for special delivery
The number required per yea,
approximate three billion. Under g
special arrangement made nearly -four
years ago the work of furnishing
stamps is now done by the bureau o,
engraving and printing, the bids re
ceived by the post Office department
at that time for furnishing stamp!
having been rejected. The arrange
ment terminates July 1st when the
new contract which will result from
the advertisements about to be issuet
will become effective.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 81. - Assistan
Secre tary Day has just received a re
| sponse from the superintendent of thu
Ward line steamers in New York ir
answer to his inquiry as to whether he
| could announce that his line would
convey supplies to Cuba for the relic
of the suffering people free of cost
The prompt answer was:
"Will be pleased to accept supplie
for Cuban sufferers free of cost. Pre-
sumo they will be consigned to Gen
Lee?"
The Acandona, Mont, Standard tele
graphed Wednesday night that tn
secretary of state could draw on tn
National Park bank, of New York, 70
$500 already subscribed and paid in b.
Montana people for the benefit of tn
Cuban sufferers. More money is prom
ised from the same source January
All of this money is being distribute
through Consul General Lee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. Sl.-The arrange
ment effected between Mr.. Sifton, i
behalf of Canada, and the war depart
ment, contemplates that the relief es
pedition shall be executed jointly b
the United States army and n force c
the mounted police of Canada, whic
constitutes the military arm of the Dc
minion. The United States force wi
go with the relief stores to Skaguwa
where it will be joined by Canada
mounted police, about forty in nun
ber, and the two forces will then pro
ceed together to the points where TIL
relief is to be distributed. The deter
mination as to Skaguway is, however
still open. The Canadian officials cor
cede much latitude to the America
authorities in the actual distribution
recognizing that the expedition is fitte
out on this side, although a conside
able part of its work will be done @
the Canadian side of the border. n
duties will be imposed on the stor,
carried by the relief expedition.
Chas. Embry Withdraws.