The Bowbells tribune., 1900-03-02
Washington Talk.

"A ullI HAS Uecu llltiOuuCcu Ill GOu-
gress to abolish the army canteer.
I. house naval committee favors
the purchase of Krupp armor plate.
The list of naval vessels authorized
or now under construction numbers
sixty-one
1t has been decided by congressman
to push their work in order to adjourn
early in June.
Director Merriam says that the CEN
sus reports will be published before
July i, 1902.
The Washington government has
made no move toward mediation in the
South African war.
To mar all vessels now built or au-
thorizet would require 3,O4S more Off
GERS and 1887 more men.
The appointment. Of a commission to
investigate the commercial conditions
in China and Japan is proposed.
The war department is about to is
sue list of soldiers who won honora-
BILE mention during the Spanish war;
The house committee on interstate
and foreign commerce has submitted
n report on the Nicalnguan canal BILL
Most of the army officers will oppose
the reorganization bill. They fear that
merit will not influence the promo
tions.
With the end of the Bates expedition
military operations in the Philippines
will close. police work alone being
needed.
The Philippine commission will con-
Sst of w. II. Taft. ID. c.. Worcester,
II. E. Wright, n. c. Ide and b. l.
Wheeler
The Kearsarge is to be the flag ship
Of the North Atlantic squadron, sue
ceeding the New York, which will be
laid up for repairs.
The report of the director general Of
posts for Cuba shows there are 216
postotfices on the island. nineteen OF
which are in charge of Americans.
The Philippine commission favors
permitting civil authorities to register
births. marriages and deaths. This
work is now done by the priests.
The war department has issued the
statement that the receipts of public
funds of the Philippine islands, begin
ming Aug. 13. 1888. and ending Dec. 81,
1895 amount to $6.696,OSO.
Frank NJ. Devlin of Buffalo. core
spending secretary of the United
Trades and Labor Council, has been
appointed superintendent of the bureau
of labor of the Pan-American cXpOSi-
tion.
The secretary of war has advised
Representative Esch Of Wisconsin that
the cannon presented to the city OF La
Crosse is ready for shipment The gun
is a five-inch bronze. weighing about
1900 pounds. 1t was manufactured at
Seville, Spain. in 1877. and has chiseled
on the breech the word ''peleador, in
Spanish, which means fighter.
Casualties.
Three Indians in Montana died from
the effects of wood alcohol.
st. Joseph's church at McHenry. ILL.,,
burned recently while services We're
being held.
Frank lessen of Joliet. ILL.,. died
from wourds accidentally received
while hunting.
A fast all Oh the Wisconsin Cen
trail jumped the track near Curtis,
Wis, injuring seventeen person.
The central high school building at
West Bay City, Mich. was destroyed
by fire. Loss $25,OO0, insurance $S.9Oo.
Mary Nyberg. aged ten, burned to
death in fire near Blair. Wis. The
family escaped in their night clothes,
but forgot the little girl
Senator Elkins, who sustained pain
full injuries by falling on an ice-cov-
cred sidewalk at Washington, is con-
fined to his bed, but the physician says
his injuries are not serious.
The tugboat Tom Brown. carrying
a crew Of three men, was crushed IN
the ice at the mouth Of the Chicago
river and went to the bottom of Lake
Michigan. All the men were saved.
Fire destroyed the greater portion
of the main business blocks in Deca-
tur, Ala, causing loss of $4,000 in
surance about $4,000. Six buildings,
all brick, were burned, together with
their contents.
The bark Oaklands coal laden and
consigned to the Pomeory company or
Providence, which was in tow Of the
tug Nathan Hale, was lost off Barne-
gat, Conn, with her crew of ten men
who were drowned.
The wife and two sons Of Enoch
Ward were drowned in pond near
their home at Eldora, N. j. The boys
were playing on the ice and broke
through. Their screams attracted the
attention of the mother, who ran to
save them, and all perished.
Foreign Gossip.
France will build two cruisers in
Italy.