The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-22
Reduction of over $S,OOO,OOO from
Last Year Made in the Appropriation
Bill Before Presentation to House.
SUPREME COURT OPINIONS
DECISIONS RENDERED IN SEVERAL,
CASES OF GENERA INTEREST.
Resolution for Investigation of the
ate-PrOceedings of the House.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-A sweeping re-
duction of over $1,000, 900 from the amount
carried by the current law is made in the
sundry civil appropriation bill, reported to
the House to-day, the aggregate appropria-
ton carried being $44, 749 $685. The total is $13,-
234,51 less than the regular and supple
mental official estimates made for the fiscal
year 1899, and IS, S61 $3.50 less than the appro-
priations made for the current fiscal year.
The bill imposes number of new limita-
lions and places all courthouses, customs
houses, postoffices, appraisers stores, barge
offices, subtreasuries and other public
buildings heretofore erected or purchased,
being constructed, or hereafter erected or
purchased out of any appropriation under
the control of the treasury, together with
the sites, under the exclusive jurisdiction
and control and in the custody of the secre-
tary of the treasury. 1t repeats the require
ment that, in the settlement of claims for
pay, bounty prize money or other moneys
due private soldiers, sailors or marines or
their representatives the allowances for at
torney's fees be stated in a separate certifi-
cate. 1t limits the expenditure for the erec-
tion of barracks and quarters for artillery
in connection with the project adopted for
seacoast defense at any one point to $50, 900
for one battery post and $4,000 additional
for each additional battery from any appro-
priation unless special authority of Con-
gress be granted. The bill prohibits expendi-
lures for surveying any public domain with
in any of the forest reserves except where
necessary to designate their exterior boun-
daries and of such land within the re-
serves as is covered by legal claims initiated
prior to the proclamation of the reserva-
ton. For arsenals and armories, $193,375 is
appropriated, an increase of $54, 765 from the
current year; for military posts $4,000 les
Inmates called for $2,OOOOOO; work on rivers
and harbors under authorized contracts,
SIS, 21O613, reduction of $5,567,S survey of
deep waterways between the great lakes
and Atlantic ocean, 1925, 900, an increase of
SIS, 600; public buildings, $9,1s2S0O, a reduc-
ton of 81, 19l, 1894; for the lighthouse estab-
lishment, So OO6,OOO, an increase of $1i240
national soldiers homes, $2.Sl9,531, an in
Grease of $3.50, COO over the current law.
SOME OF THE ITEMS.
Other items are: Life-saving services, ST.
599 O75; lighthouse, beacons and fog signals,
$l54OOO, reduction of $2S2. 14O; revenue cut
ter service 81 100000; to enforce the Chinese
exclusion act. 100000; surveying public
lands, 1925 900; for expenses of collecting
revenue from public land sales, $4,000, in
GLIDING a new item of $4,000 to protect and
administer forest reserves; expenses of
United States courts, $4,S46,O12 reduction
of over half a million dollars from the cur
rent law; suppressing counterfeiting and
other crimes, 100000 back pay and
bounty claims certified by the
treasury to be due, 1924 900. The
bill carries $225 900 for the deep water COM
mission, no estimate having been submitted
by the War Department, but only 100000
for the Paris exposition, for which $4,000
was recommended; $4,000 for enlargement
of military forts ($2,O0OO 900 recommended;
$13210613 for river and Rarbor work ($1S,O93,-
0O7 recommended), the chief items being as
follows: Humboldt bay. California, $780,
coo; Savannah, $450,0OO; Cumberland sound,
$4S9, 746; Delaware bay, 100000; Winyaw
bay, s. G., 100000; Sabine pass. Texas
s D1q Padr sG s O oS5a NTH G pro
viso for making construction of the harbor
in accordance with plan Of board appointed
For Locks, Dams and Rivers-Allegheny
river, 5000, 600; Monongahela river. w; Va,
500 600. Cumberland river, above Nashvllie,
Ohio at Louisville, $167 250; dalles Nos. 2, 8,
4 and ), between Davis island dam and dam
No. 6, $5S5,0OO;. Chicago river (continulng
Improvement from mouth to stock yards
and to Belmont avenue(, s$400 900; Illinois
and Mississippi canal, 81 427,740; waterway
from Keween bay to Lake superior, $45OOOo;
Mississippi river, from mouth of Ohio to st.
Paul. $673. 1893: from mouth of Missouri to
ST. Paul, SOS; from head of passes to
at Charlottesville, Mo-, 100000; Missouri
river, from mouth to Sioux City, $500 600
$3.50 coo of which is to protect banks at st.
Joseph and $4,000 at mouth of Little Bue)
The appropriations for public buildings,
including marine hospitals and quarantine
stations, aggregate $3,132,SO0 Recommended
a from
current law. They include Boise City,
Idaho Completing building), $32 1872; con-
tinuing postoffice at Buffalo, n. Y, under
present limit Of cost. GOO; rental Of quar-
tiers at Chicago, $1S.S45; for continuing build
ing at Chicago, $1,OOO 900; completing build
building at Denver, 100000; completing i'm
migration station at Ellis island, 100000;
continuing building at San Francisco, $780,
600: $3.50 900 for general repairs to public
buildings.
An increase of $4,000 is made to the gem
eral appropriation for coast survey work on
account OF the work to be made in Alaska.
An appropriation is made of 5000 to COM
plete the coast survey in Alaska and
Aleutian islands and $4,000 for outfit.
Some of the other Items of special interest
in the bill are the following: To continue
investigation of fur seals, $25, 00O the appro-
priation for quarantine service is increased
SIS 900, and the President is authorized, In
case of q threatened or actual epidemic, TO
use the uneXpended balance of the various
sums appropriated heretofore to prevent the
spread of epidemics in the enforcement or
such quarantine laws as may be in force.
The item appropriatng 100000 for the
Paris, exposition empowers the President to
appoint commissioner general at $4,000 per
year, assistant commissioner general at
$4,000 and a secretary general at A,5O0 to
represent the United States. and an advis-
ory board of nine commissioners. to serve
without salary or compensation for eX-
penses. The terms of the three general ofh-
GERS shall be for three years each, ana only
actual travelling expenses shall be paid. the
total expenses of the United States for all
ipni1 IN a @
to $500. 600. There is appropriated $0,OO0 FOR
the survey of the Lynn canal. Alaska
At the night session of the House the
private calendar was cleared. Thirty-eight
pension bills and two bills removing charges
of desertion were passed. Among the PEN
sion bills was one granting pension OF
$50 per month to Margaret Custer Calhoun,
q sister of General Custer. This Dill has
already passed the Senate. Three of the
pension bills carried $50 a month. At 1880
the House adjourned until tomorrow.
ANOTHER WAR CLAIM.
Bill to Pay Newberry College $4,000