The state herald., 1899-01-13


are sick that the attendance Is very
small at the sessions.
President and Mrs. Mckinley gave q
brilliantly successful New Years re.
ception on the 2nd.
The Naval Board Of Promotion will
recommend that reward be given to
the ensigns who acted us spies during
the war with Spain.
The Senate has confirmed these nom
lnations: Richard lie Bert of Colora-
do, to be consul at Ghent, Belgium: c.
Q. Goodale, surveyor general of Colo
rndO.
A poll Of the Senate shows sixty-twO
votes for the Spanish treaty and thirty
nine against or who desired nn amend
ment to it. Sixty votes are necessary
to ratify.
The postal departments OF this coun.
try and Canada have reached an agree
ment providing for II considerable re-
duction of the rates ON international
money orders.
The receipts at Manila custom house
during November averaged $4,000 n
III Eoli, anu llt tiht
the shipping is on The increase and
that the possibilities are unlimited.
The Navy department has decided to
allow the naval station at Guam full
brass band. and the equipment bureau
has been authorized to procure the in
struments and ship them on the Yo-
semitic when she starts for the island.
Senor AgOncillo, who Is In Washing
ton as the representative of the Philip
pine government, has asked to be rec
ognized by the United States as such
and to be accorded the same rights as
the other diplomats. His request is
now In the hands Of Secretary Hay.
In the Senate last Monday Mr.. Nor
gan gave notice that on the next day.
If no arrangement could be made for Il
vote, he would ask the frieuds of the
measure to stand with him until it was
passed. Mr.. Teller, of Colorado. sug-
gosted that he would like to know how
the money for the construction of the
canal was to be raised. and Mr.. Nor
gan said he would answer the question
before n vote upon the measure was
taken.
The presentation OF a memorial to
the Senate from camp of confeder-
ates veterans In opposition to the prop
osition of Mr.. Butler TO pension ex-Con-
fedcrate soldiers, was made the text
of Mr.. Allen for some remarks. during
the course of which he said that Mr..
Butler. in making his proposition. and
the President In suggesting that the
nation care for the graves of the Con
federate dead had been carried away
by their enthusiasm.
The house has reversed the decision
Of the committee OF the whole last Fri
day. when the appropriation for the
civil service commission was struck
out of the legislative. executive and ju-
dicial appropriation bill. In commit
tee. where members do not go on rec
ord. the appropriation was stricken out
by n vote of siNty-seven 10 siNty-one.
Monday. when the roll was called. the
appropriation was restored. the motion
to strike out being defeated, % 10 119.
Governor Leedy OF Kansas has
signed the bill reducing telegraph rates
and placing telegraph companies un-
der the supervision Of the court of
visitation" The rate fixed In the bill
ON messages Is IL cents for the first
ten words. day or night, and cent for
each additional word. ON newspaper
reports the rates are reduced TO one
third OF u cent for each word during
the day. and one.slxth OF n cent for
each word at night. II provides that
no lower special rate shall be granted
TO anyone.
Orders have been sent General NIL.
Ter TO avoid hostllities at 1loilo at all
hazards. but II he Is compelled to fight
he il Instructed TO deal such n blow ms
will be felt by all the Insurgents In the
Philippines. In order that they may see
they are not dealing with Spain any
longer. but with n power that Il capa-
bile OF enforcing Its policy. Aguinaldo
and his associates are so elated by their
success thus far that 1t Is impossible TO
reason with them, and they are rapidly
running their own cause by exactions
and blnckmall imposed upon their fcl-
low -countrymen. who are suffering
from these causes much more than at
any time during the Spanish rule.
The time OF the House viii be fully
occupied from this time forward until
the conclusion of the session. Appro-
prIatlon bills, which are already In mn
unusually advanced stage. are TO be
kept TO the fore. but there Is deal OF
other important legislation which viii
press for consideration NJ every oppor-
tunity. Perhaps the most important
single measure IL the bill for the reor-
ganlzation OF the army. IL was the
general understanding before the recess
that this bill would be given consIlcra.
tlon Immediately after the holidays,
but the Illness of Chairman Hull OF the
military affairs committee. win delay
this measure until he Is sufficiently NJ
covered 10 attend the SESSIONS OF the
House. His illness viii also delay the
military academy and army nppropfn.
tion bills.
Senator Lodge has introduced, by re-,
quest. n bill 10 provide for n submn.
rinc cable between the United Stnics,
Hawaii. the Philippines. Japan. China
nnd Australia. The postmaster general
II authorized 10 contract with the In.
cliic Gable Company OF New York for
the payment Of Si25,OOO n ycnr for
twenty years for transmission OF ON.
cinl messages from snn Francisco TO
Honolulu. the line To he laid by Doc"m.
her ~, 1900. Before December ~. ip12,
the company shall construct n line
from Honolulu to Manila with mn nd.
dltlonnl stun of sl25,Opo TO bo paid by
the government. within four years the
company shnll lay connecting lines to
Japan. for which si25.o0o n ycnr FOR
twenty years shall bc pnlj. The rates
fixed between San francisco mud Hon.