The Elbert County tribune., 1898-12-22

oEpoke us uuIitury governor OF CuDu
The President has nominated Lieut.
ennnt Hobson TO be a navnl con
structor.
General -calixfo GarcIn. the Cuban
patriot. died OF pneumonia In this city
on the 11th.
There were 54G,s52 visitors to the
congressional library In Washington
during the sIast fiscal year.
Rumors from berlin thnt the United
sfafes Will relInuuIsh lnll claims to Sa-
moh are $icnied BY this government.
Representative Bell has Introduced a
bill giving the town Of Victor Ger
tain vacant tract OF land for water
reservoir.
senator Mason announces, that he In
tends TO devote Ills entire energies nj
this session of Congress to the passage
OF me postal savings bank bill.
I senator Teller has Introduced bill
giving file caty of Bonlder,n large tract
OF Iand for nirki purposes and also for
the preservation OF native trees.
Mr.. Simon. the new senator from
oregon. is the smallest man In Con
gress-smullcr than General Wheeler
and sepnSors,vi who weighs only
06 pounds.
The House has pissed the urgency
deficiency appropriation. which carries
500. 800 ,Sa2a The largest OF these was
an Item of s$3.000.O0O for an cmergen-
cy fund for the War Department.
A report, submitted, to Congress by
the, commissioner OF fish and fisheries
shows nm expenditure OF x1S7. 800 for
the propagation OF food fisheries dur
Mig the flscalyear ended June 30 last.
Surgeon General sternberg testified
before s,the ,war. Investigating commit
tee the other dny. He laid the chief
blame for the incfiiciency OF his de-
partment during the war TO insufiicI-
ent appropriations.
The President and party left Wash
ington at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
over the Southern railway for a weeks
trip through the South. the, primary OBJ
Iect being TO attend the peace jubilee
to be held In, Atinilta. Georgin.
Last Monday Senator Morgan
brougt up the Nicaragua canni bill and
II was discussed for some time. Some
Of the senhfors urged postponoment
until after the report OF the commits
sion sent to invcstigateFit had been
made. = 80
Assistant Secretary vanderlip Is
sending rome uncominonly Interesting
and valuable reports from Porto Rico
to the Treasury Department, and has
been instructed to visit Cuba before
his return. This teaches that when in
is wanted II is well to send
a newspaper man after 1t.
lns secretnry or the navy has aid-
ed 10 the ornnnients of his Office the
hgurehend' or the cruiser Cristobal
Colon, which was destroyed In the bat
tle on Santiago. 1t Is beautifui
bronze bust OF Columbus, made after
the portrait In the Marine museum at
t4{f4 tt'ff II ff.. 3 1l
Bishop Hurst of the Methodist
Church, returns TO Washington after n
tour Of the PENNSYLVANIA cities, with
the assurances of contributions OF ST.
D00,0 from the rich Methodists of
that state for the American University
in this city. He was assisted by Chap
lain McCabe.
A most gratifying improvement In
The health of the troops stationed in
Cuba md Porto Rico is exhibited by
The reports to the War Department
from the commanding officers. The
long daily lists of sick and deceased
soldiers have shrnnkeu and are some
times entirely missing
Ii Hung Chang has applied to the
chief Rof uetlEingVrsrtns wnshingtonpfos
coficerning the measures
that haze been taken by our govern;
ment to confine the Mississippi to Its
banks, and has been furnished with
4. quantity of charts, plans and other
descriptive OF the levee sys-
tenn and the operations of the Missis-
sippi river commission.
Interviews with severni members OF
the House naval committee disclose
the fact that the bill to be reported
from that committee Will closely fol-
low the recommendations of Secretary
Long. This viii idve 1fifteen new war
vessels and win cnrry with Il the naval
personnel rccomnendatious which will
give to the navy 20,O0Q men and $500
A canyass Of the Republican sena-
tors dlrcloses only two votes OH that
side ugainst the ratification OF the Par
Is treaty. those of Messrs. Hale and
Morrill,. Senator Hoar deplores ex-
pnnsion md annexation, and all that
sort of thing, but will not say thnt he
intends.to vote, against the treaty. Mr..
Spooner and Mr., Mason are counted
among the doubtful,
l-The advices~ received by the War
Department from Manila represent
Aguinaldo as being In a very obstrep-
rroua irnoods He II said to By growing
rnbre iilsubordinate daily hut secre.
tary Alger believes that nfter the
peace treaty is signed aud our people
settle down 10 The business of organ
izing government he will be suscept-
ible to kindly influences.
The secretary of the treasury has is
sued I, circular letter of instruction to
collectors OF customs, assessing coun.
duties on sugars imported
from or the product OF countries paying
cxport 1,ounties thereon. This action
Ia tnken under section . of the act OF
1897, which fixes n discriminating duty
III such cases equal to the amount OF
the bounty paid.
Representative Bailey of Texas has
decided to raisq the question OF the
Fight OF Ma5or General Wheeler to
participate In tic proceedings of the
House, should he attempt to exercise
the privilege of a member. He will
also raise the qucstion as against citli-
or of three --other- members f-thc
House who entered the service In the
United States army during the war
win Spain eEsk
1frheFe WIN be n Hebrew In tie House
of Representatives, sas-we as IN the
Senate OF the next Congress. Mr.. ST.
mon. the new senntor from Oregon,
was sworn in on Monday. Mr.. Julius
Kahn of San Francisco was elected to
the seat now occupied by Representa-
tive Mcguire. making Il gain of 1000
votes . for the Y. Republican party. Mr.