The Elbert County tribune., 1899-03-02

Thursday.
The senated included the appropria-
tion for the Nicaragua canal III inc
river and harbor bill
Seventeen of the cadets just gradu-
ated from West Point have peen
ordered 10 the Philippines
G. G.. KohIsaat of Chicago has peeii
appointed Judge of the federal court
for the northern district of Illinois
The first public reception OF Presi-
dent Mckinley was given at the
White House "Wednesday and atteh"-
ed by 5000 people of all classes
The naval committee of the House
has directed favorable report on ,ne
Senate bill creating the grade OF au,
miral. intended for Rear Adinirai
Dewey.
The naval committee of the House
has acted favorably ON the Scnate pl,i el
granting two months extrn pay ioI
naval service outside the United Sthtes
durips the war with Spain.
The proposed constitutional amend
ment against admitting polygamists
TO Congress has been favorably acted
OH by the House committee on eiectioh.
of President and vice president.
Admiral schley has sent to the Sen
ate committee on naval affairs state
ment explaining away the charges OF
incompetence made against him. ne
says that Sampson ordered him to
blockade Cienfuegos
The Senate bill to reimburse the gov
ernors of states for expenses pniu ny
the states In organizing volunteers ior
service in the war with Spain before
4 Is. l,. DO 1n Il.
United States has passed the House.
The House on Wednesday inaugu-
rated the custom which has prevalieu
for many years in the Senate OF listen
ing to the reading of washington
farewell address. II was read AT
the request of Mr.. Bailey of Texas,
the Democrat leader.
The papal delegation here has been
officially advised from Rome of the ap.
pointment of Bishop Peter Bourgade OF
Tucson, Arizona, ms archbishop OF san
ia Fe; also of the appointment OF Kev.
John w. Shanahan of Philadelphia as
bishop of Harrisburg.
Senator Cafrery says he will filibus-
ter If the Senate makes an attempt
to pass the Nicaragua canal bill. SEN
ator Morgan says he will hlibuster IL
1t doesn't, which illustrates one OF the
difficulties of legislation under the
present rules of the Senate.
The commission chosen by the Pres
ident to consider questions pertaining
TO the civil affairs in Cuba and Porto
Rico Is busily engaged in completing
preparations to leave for the Islands,
the purpose being to sail late next
week or early in the following week
4. The Senate committee on privileges
and elections has decided that there
was no case made in the protest against
Senator Hanna of Ohio and ordered
such report made to the Senate. Sen
ator Turley of Tennessee reserved the
right to make n statement concerning
the matter to the Senate, though mi
nority report would be made.
The President on Saturday sent these
nominations to the Senate: William Il.
Day OF Ohio, TO be United States Cir
cult Court judge, for the Sixth judicial
district; Jeremiah II. Mccarthy, sur
veyor OF customs, Boston and Charles
town district, Massachusetts; Stillman
Blanchard, appraiser in the district of
Boston and Charlestown, Massachu-
sets. -7~
The government has just received
most encouraging evidence of i'm
nrnvad sanitary conditions in Havana.
The report for the week closed shows
the lowest rate of mortality recorded
in that city for years. Inspector
Brunner writes: 1.-TWO weeks have
elapsed since II death from yellow fe-
yer was recorded. and l do not know
that there is n case now existing in
the city"
One of the largest dinners of the
winter was given Saturday night in
the banquet hall of the Arlington no.
tel. The hosts We're the members of
the executive committee of the Lou
isiana Purchase convention, recently
held in st. Louis, with Governor
Francis Mt their head, and the guests.
numbering nearly 200 were members
of the Cabinet, the United States Su-
preme Court, representatives, senators
and delegates from all the states and
territories within the Louisiana pur-
chase.
The conferees on the census bill have
agreed and will make their report
early in the week. Certain features of
both the Senate and House bills will be
retained. The census Will be nominal
ly under the direction of the secretary
of the interior, but all appointments in
the census bureau will be made by the
director of the census. The director.
assistant director and 300 supervisors
are to be appointed by the President
and confirmed by the Senate. The d.
rector receives salary of $4,000, the
assistant director, $1,000.
A new land district In Alaska Is
created by proclamation signed by
President Mckinley and shortly to be
promulgated. Its boundaries are:
North of the Porcupine and Yukon
rivers, except as to the latter river
only, from its intersection with the
sixty-fifth parallel and north of that
parallel as 1t extends to the BerInp
sea, and west of the 154th meridian,
This leaves a strip 160 miles in width
extending north from the, Yukon to
the Arctic ocean, which still Is re-
tained in the district of which Weare
is the land office location.
Efforts are making with every pros.
pect of success to reconcile the radical
element among the Cubans to the
proposition of the United States gov
ernment to pay the soldiers of the On.
ban cause $3,O0o0O0. This is expected
to be accomplished through the sween-
ing authorization by the United States
government for the incurment of
considerable loan to make good the de-
ficiency between the sum the United
States agrees to pay to the troops and
the sum the Cuban leaders believe IN
be the smallest that can be paid with
benefit and due regard to justice.
A separate bill appropriating 500
OOO,OO0i for payment to Spain under |
the provisions of the treaty of Paris
WIS passed by the House Monday nm
der suspension of the rules. No amend |
ment was in order and an attempt to
secure unanimous consent to offer mn
amendment declaratory of our policy