The Taney County republican., 1900-04-26
CONDENSED TELEGRAMS

In the senate, On the lSCn, JOINT
resolution was passed providing for
the administration of civil affairs in
Puerto Rico pending appointment Of
officers under the Puerto Rican gov
ernment law. The Alaskan civil code
bill was again under consideration, the
debate continuing on the Hans
brOugh amendment. In the house
practically the whole day was spent
in debating a proposition in the naval
bill designed to turn over to the navy
the survey and charting of the waters
of Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philip.
pines, which was finally defeated. and
an amendment appropriating $4,000
for these surveys by the coast and
geodetic survey was passed.
Speaker Henderson was the recipi-
cnt, on the 10Th, of unique gavcl
from Admiral Hichbcrn, chief of the
bureau of construction of the navy de-
partment. 1t is made from the ribs of
the cruiser Olympia, the flagship OF
ADMIRAL Dewey, and is unlike most
gavels in being a solid piece of wood,
without handle, but with a groove III
the middle for the speakers grasp.
The German government, after look
ing into various reichstag propositions
for raising taxes to meet the expenses
of the naval augmentation bill, now
| says that the only taxes availa BILE for
bis purpose are those on lotteries and
bourse transactions.
The Foraker resolution providing
| for the administration of civil affairs
| in Puerto Rico pending the appoint
| ment of permanent officials under the
recently passed Puerto Rico law, was
passed by the senate on the 10Th.
The convention of the Roadmasters'
| As sociation of the United States and
Canada will meet at Los Angeles, Cal,
| the first week in November. The COM
mittee in charge thinks that from 400
! to 500 will attend the convention.
| y favorable report was authorized,
on the 10th; by the senate committee
| on commerce on the bill authorizing
| the war department to lease water
power controlled by the government.
The earl of LandesbOrO (William
| Henry Forester Dennison), died in
| London on the 10Th. He was born in
| 1924, and was vice-admiral of the York
| shire coast.
y New York stock exchange seat
as sold, on the 10th, for SAL, 800. This
| is q new record.
The sale of Polish newspapers has
been forbidden at all Prussian rail-
| way stations.
In the senate. on the Goth, the COM
| ference report on the Hawaiian civil
government bill occupied most Of the
session. The report was subjected to
| sharp criticism, and final action was
| not reached. The Alaskan civil code
| bill was considered briefly. Senator
| Foraker pronounced an euloGy on the
late Lorenzo Danford, Il representative
| from Ohio, and the senate adopted APP
prOpriate resolutions. In the house
two amendments to modify the pro-
| vision of the naval appropriation bill
! fer the increase of the navy, one pro-
posing to add six gunhoats an'l the
other to strike out the provision for
| the battle ships, were defeated. \ pro-
tracted struggle over the armor plate
provision resulted in striking out the
words lat a cost not to exceed S545
ton, including royalties
| Queen Victoria, after visiting the
Iooiogical gardens in Dublin, on TIL,
Goth, where she seemed nuch interest
| ed, paid a visit in the afternoon, with
tie princess, to the convent of ST.
Mary of Loretto, where she was pre-
sentcd with a bouquet in the shape of
an Irish harp. The return to the vice
regal lodge was made amid many
scenes of enthusiasm.
! Miss Marie Dinse, aged about thirty
two years, dispossessed of her board.
ing house for non-payment of rent,
and despondent, leaped from Brooklyn
tcidge, with suicidal intent, on the
20rh. Her body fioated, and she was
rescued by Il tugboat and sent to the
Hudson Street hospital, where it was
said she was not seriously injured.
Gen. Gomez arrived at Santo DorniiI-
go. from Cuba, on the goth. and met
with Il brilliant official and public re-
freq from the fort; was met by COM
mitt ees at the landing place; the streets
were decorated in his honor, and he
Mas serenaded in the evening.
Senator Hale, on the Goth, intro
duced q bill authorizing the purchase
OF f,S00 acres Of land in the vicinity
=: Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, for naval
purposes. One hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars is proposed to be appro
rrialed for the purpose specified.
il. q. Dun d Co. reported on TIE
lG1st: Failures for the week have
been iS4 in the United States against