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The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
WILL MEET IN AUGUST,
Anti-Imperfalfsts VIII Probably
Gather In Indianapolis.

AntI-ImperfaIfata VIII PrOhahly
Gather In Indianapolis.
New York. June a.-Members Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee Of the American Anti
Imperialistic League held an Informal con-
ference at the office Of E. NJ. sheperd to-
day. Those at the conference included Mr..
Sheperd, Mr.. Edwin Barrett Smith, chair
man of the Executive Committee: Charles
Mr. Sheperd said that there was gen.
eral discussion of the situation and that II
was all but decided to hold a conference
about August next, probably in Indianapo-
hs The gathering viii not be a convention
in that 1t will not be made up of regularly
accredited delegates. but will comprise
beth Republicans and Democrats.
mo one attending the Indianap polls con-
ference will be committed as to HIS political
action or liberty" said Mr.. Sheperd
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
The Sunset Walk,

Just an hour at sunset.
out in the glowing west.
And the cares Of the town from the soul
sink down,
And the tired brain fnds rest:
A touch OF nature's healing
A glimpse OF the fields and skies
And the weary strife Of city's life
Dies as the daylight dies.
just an hour at sunset
Filled with its golden peace
And freed for while from folly and guile
The hearts con,plainings cease:
For better than all the scherling
OF the sordid day Of the town
Is the Sentler thought by the twilight brought
In the neids where the sun goes down
RIPLEY y. SAUNDERa
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
HARRIS AND LIyGER.
Jefferson Club Committee VIII Re-
mort TQ-MarraM CancerninR Them

Jefferson Club Committee VIII Re-
port Tomorrow Concerning Them.
The committee appointed by the Jefferson
Club to investigate the action of Thad
Harris and John Linger of the Twenty
second Ward in throwing their support at
Kansas City to the Brady Barrett faction
in the selection of members of the Credcn-
tials Committee. will make its report at
the meeting of the club tomorrow night.
1t is said on good authority that the
charges against Lnger will be dropped.
MIR. Harris has attempted to forestail ac-
tion by resigning as member of the Ward
Organization Committee. IL is said by the
same authority that his resignation will rot
be accepted. and that he will be uncere-
moniously removed from the committee.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
VERSAILLES BASKET PICNIC.
Congressman ShackIefOrd VIII Speak
-MasOns' Celebration Postponed.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Versailles Mo, June 26-Congressman
Dorsey w. Shackleford has accepted an m
vitation to speak at a basket picnic to be
given In Versailles next Saturday under the
auspices of the Flambeau Club of this CITY,
The Republicans are casting about for a
speaker on the occasion, and 1t Is not un-
likely that Colonel Jim Moore or Lebanon
NAV be called into reeIisition. AS Versailles
this year will not celebrate July 4, the pic
mic next Saturday will be largely attended
from every section.
The celebration of ST. Johns Day and
public Installation of officers OF the Masonic
lodge of Versailles. which had been adver-
Versailles to-day, has. on account of heavy
rains, been postponed until July II. Tho
Reverend Doctor G. c. Woods of ST, Louis,
past grand master, will deliver the Grafton.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
MET DEATH At THE FAIR.
Young Girl Precipitated Into the
Seine River.

New York. June GA dispatch to the
Times from Paris says:
"A fatal accident has occurred at the ex.
position in the show known as Old Paris
This structure is built over the river and as
a university professor. his wife and daugh-
ter, were bending over one OF the top stories
precipitated into the river. The professor
and his wife were fished out alive. but the
girl was dead.
1T was worth noting that not a sanrIe
Paris paper mentioned the affair." because
the show Is a heavy advertiser"
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

1t will doubtless require all the e1-
traordinary power Of voice and feature
possessed by the eIocutionists now in
session in st. Louis to express their
sentiments regarding the streets and the
water of St Louis,
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

We favor the construction. owner
ship, control and protection of an 18TH
mian canal by the Government of the
United States" says the platform of the
same party which produced the Hay
Pauncefote treaty, which provides for
the construction OF such canal by the
United States and its ownership, control
and protection by Great Britain.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

There is a certain solemnity In the
preamble of the strike injunction writ
The President of the United States of
America to you, and every one Of you.
greeting" but ST. Louisans would sooner
have dealt with the situation without
Federal assistance.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
RoosEvELT's STOP AT TOPEKA.
No Political Speech Practical, Be-
cause 1t Will he Sunday.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Topeka, Kas., June Ex-Governor Roose-
Welt will pass through Kansas for Okla
homa next Sunday. The plan to have him
make series of political speeches fails on
that account.
NJ. A Low returned from Chicago this
afternoon. He was working with Vice Pres
ident Paul Morton in the arrangement Of
the trip for Governor Roosevelt. No ar
rangements were completed when Mr.. Low
ernoon he received from Mr.. Morton tele-
gram In which Mr.. Morton stated that Gov
ernor Roosevelt would pass through Kan
sas Sunday. and that in all probability a
stop of ten or fifteen minutes would be-
made at Topeka The train will run as a
special
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Those 500 men thrown out of employ-
ment by the closing down of the Steel
Trusts plant in Columbus, O., will find
1t difficult to agree with Hanna as to the
beneficent working of the trust system.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
CROKER's POSITION.
Tammany Leaders Opinions ON Plat
form Planks.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
New York, June es.-Richard Croker
picked up the reins of Tammany Hall
again to-day and Will not let them go until
the presidential canvass is over.
Mr. Croker was provoked to say a few
things by an article in a morning newspaper
stating positively that he had pledged him.
self to free silver and would go to Kansas
City advocating the 16 to 1 plank of the
Chicago platform of 1896.
Il have said nothing of the kind" said
Mr.. Croker. II have said, however. that
would go to Kansas CITY ready to vote for
any platform that misht be adopted by tho
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

His narrow escape from a Boer attack
on his railway train at night indicates
that the Afrikanders sought to confirm
the title of General Roberts's Chief Of
Staff as Lord Kitchener of Car-tomb.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Some statistician has figured that the
train caller at the st. Louis Union Sta
ton addresses $4,000 persons every day.
His daily audiences will ascend into the
hundreds Of thousands during the
Worlds Fair
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
BAILEY IN POSSESSION.
Deeds to His Newly Acquired
Ranch Are Filed.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Dallas, Tex, June 26.-The deeds and
other papers necessary for the transfer of
the ownership of the Grapevine Prairie
Ranch of former Lieutenant Governor
Gibbs to Congressman Joe Bailey were
placed on record here to-day. Bailey and
Gibbs went out to the ranch this evening.
They will return to Dallas tomorrow and
start for the .Sanr>A city CONVENTION next
4nnday.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
HENRY 1. GRAY.
Supervisor Of Building and Loan
Associations Dead.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Jefferson City. Mo-. June 3&-Henry L.
Gray. who was operated upon q few days
ago for appendicitis. died at 8 o'clock this
afternoon from the effects Of the operation.
The operation was performed by Doctor
Outten. assisted by the Missouri Pacific
Hospital force in ST. Louis and local physi-
Clans 1t was pronunoced a success. The
patient rallied and up to noon to-day was
considered improving. Shortly after noon
he began to fail and grew rapidly worse
until he died. His wife and son, Arthur,
were with him to the last.
Henry Lock Gray at the time Of his death
was Supervisor of Building and Loan As
sociations for the State Of Missouri; was
born in St Charles County. Missouri. in
February. 1S46. He received a common
school edr cation. supplemented by two years
at the old ST. Charles College, which was
then a famous institution of learning. For
many years he has resided at Sturgeon,
Boone County. He was once assistant sec
retary OF the Senate and twice held the
office OF secretary Of the Senate.
He was then chief clerk for years IN the
Office Of Commissioner of Labor Statistics
and when the office Of Supervisor was es-
tabished and placed under the charge Of the
State Treasurer he was made Deputy Su-
pervisor. Later, when the office was made Q
separate bureau and placed In the hands
Of the Governor, Mr.. Gray was appointed
and has held the office ever since. He was
"a years of age at his death.
The body will be taken to his homo IN
Sturgeon for burial Thursday morning.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Norfolk. Neb.. June 26.-Judge John 8.
Robinson was renomina ted for Congress to-
day by the Democrats and Populists Of the
Third Nebraska District.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

According to Federal Judge Town
sends ruling poor little Porto Rico is
now nationally neither fish, flesh nor
good red herring.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Democracy's State nominating conven-
ton at Springfield is not SO noisy as was
the Republican gathering ut Peoria, but
in its representative qualities it Is in-
finitely more IllinOisy.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Ard said w. B. Carr further says that
the number of copies returned or reported
unsold during the month of May was
t.oS per cent
Sworn to and subscribed before me this
thirty-first day OF May. 1900.
JF FARISH.
Notary Public, City of St. Louis. No. NJ
term expires April 2S. 1901.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Thompson-Lambert.

Joliet ILL.,, June 26.-One of the notable
weddings Of the season was the marriage
of Miss Anna Estella Lambert, only daugh-
ter Of Colonel and Mrs. Lambert to Mr.
Harry Leroy Thompson of Chicago. The
Reverend ID. d. Odell chaplain of the Third
Illinois Regiment, officiated: There were a
nent persons from all parts Of the State
present: After the ceremony q reception
was given at the Lambert mansion Mr.
and Mrs. Thompson will take a wedding
trip to Europe.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Sprinsfeid. ILL.,. June 26-Adiutanf rem.
eral Reece to-day confirmed the foiloTine
eiections eMs IN Company L. Third Infantry.
tdihois ~ no NaIonal Guard: James T. Burns
saeoa Lieutenant & and ClareLce E. Patrick to 6s
The permission heretofore ~r>rt.A 49, A.
rora Zouayes to drill ana psrsdS VfsH ~.
= extended - DecaunSor II ~ "Ass 49,
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Old An Of China may not be as beau
tiful, but she's causing far more trouble
than can ever be charged to the account
of Helen of Troy.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Won't 1t be right difficult for Teddy
Roosevelt to tame his Rough Rider
broncho into draft-horse for use in
Mark Hanna's imperial chariot shafts?
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Maybe the carpetbaggers are trying to
loot Cuba into such condition of pau
perism that she won't dare think Of sup
porting herself on an independent basis.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Green Again Nominated.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Reading. Pa. June 2s-Henry D. Green
was to-day unanimously renominated for
Congress by the Democratic Convention in
the Ninth District. The platform indorses
Bryan.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Observation-Disclosures,
REPUBLIC SPECIAL

Fort Worth. Tex, June M-Asher a san
ger; son OF Sam Sanger of Waco, and Miss
SeiIa Aockstodler Of Fort Worth. daughter
ot MIS- oscar SeliSman, We-e married here
this evening by Rabbi Zielouka OF waco.
Among the guests was Mrs I. Holman of
son, William ~'~ ',~-
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Republicans Chase Smith.

|
Howell. Mich, June 26-Congressman
Samuel W. Smith was renominated for mem
Der of Congress to-day by the Republicans of
the Sixth Michigan District.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Joe Flory's campaign handcar is too
feeble an imitation of a machine to con-
tain much terror for Missouri Demo-
Gratis.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
South McAIe.ters Attorney.

EEPCBIlC SPECIAL
South McAlester I. T.. June 2s.-At the
regular meeting of the City Council of
South McAlester last night, ". n. Redwine
two years
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Ta.ewen County Rep.blica,s.

Pekin, ILL.,. June 26-The Taxeweu County
Republican Convention to-day nominated
the following ticket: State Attorney.
Franklin l. Velce; Circuit Clerk. c. A.
Dennis: Surveyor. d. II. Jameson; Coroner.
Doctor c. H. Anthonv. Congressman Gran
made a speech.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
NAY CIRCULATION.

". =. Carr. Business Manager Of Ihe 81.
Louis Republic. being duly sworn. says tnat
the actual number OF full ard compieue
copies OF the daily and Sunday Hepuone
printed during the month of May. 1900.
all in regular editions. va. a. per schedule
below.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Missouri Bank Examiners.

REPtB Bl<IC SPECIAL
Jefferson City. Mo-. June cS.-George D.
Biggs of Rails County and b. F. Clark OF
Dekalb County were to-day appointed State
Bank Examiners by Secretary OF State
Lesueur. to fill the vacancies caused by the
designations of f. Chanselor and W. o. Old
ham.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Councilman Charles Kratz of the Tenth
Ward deries that he will drop his charges
against the Republican managers whom he
charges with fraud in the primaries in the
Tenth Ward election last month. Mr.
kratz was in Philadelphia when the case
against Election Commissioner Kobuscii
was called. He is the prosecuting witness
and because Of his absence a nolle proseqIi
was entered.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

Winfield. No.. June Mt r. Thompson.
business man of this place and Mrs
Mildred Clark Of Rochester. H., were mar
ried at Conklin Hotel. Hannibal Mo-. SAT-
urday. The marriage was contracted
through a correspondence. Neither Of fh~
two had ever met the other before the dav
of the wedding. They have returned hoTS
Bafra0all-DPake.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Denison, Tex. June 36-Doctor Norborne
D. Barradall, a druggist formerly \ resi
dent OF st. Louis. was married last niSht
to Mrs. Mary Drake
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Thomas Benton Fargo.

New York. Juno 8.[ThomaS B0n6oe
Fargo. brother of ]. c. Fargo, president Of
tho American Express Company, and o<
William c. Fargo. founder Of the Wells
Fargo Express Company. Il dead at hto
home in this city. aged 81 years. He spent
several years In the West developing the
express business.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Mrs. Henry O. spansenburv.

Texarkana, Ark, June 8.-Mrs. Henry q
Spangenburg. a prominent lady Of this o1ty.
died to-day at her home after q protract6A
illness. She was 4S years old.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

South McAlester. I. T. June 26.-The Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Territorial Re
publican League for Indian Territory has
called the second annual convention Of the
league to meet on the 18th of June In this
city. At that time delegates will be elected
to the twelfth National League Convention,
To- be held July II. IS and 10 at st. Paul.
MINI.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Carroll County Republicans.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Carrollton, Mo-. June n.-The Republicans
Of Carroll County nominated the foloW1nG
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27
Cowherd to Open the Campaign.

Richland. Mo-, June 2e.-The campaign in
this county will be opened July IL in this
city by Congressman Cowherd Of Kansas
City. The occasion is the meeting Of the
Senatorial Convention to nominate a can
didate to succeed Senator Henry Hohen-
schild. The district is composed Of the six
counties Of Pulaski. Phelps Usage. Marfes.
Cole and Miller. each of which has a candi-
date. except Miller. Its delegates are In
structed for Zevely of Usage, giving him
13 votes. or short Of enough to nominate.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-06-27

ticket this afternoon: For Representative
F. s. Hudson: Sheriff. J. n. Kendrick;
Treasurer. Andrew +. Iayson: Coroner.
Doctor Logan; Judge Eastern District. r.
Simpson; Western District. John Williams
For chairman OF County Central Commit
tee c. X. Pattison was chosen.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-05
MILLION DOLLAR FIRE

In st. Louis-P Portion Of Three Blocks
Destroyed, Entailing Loss Of Over
Million Dollars-one Fireman
Killed and Eight Are Seriously
Wounded,
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 4-Property estimat-
ed in value at between S1,OOO,444 and
s9,OOO,OOO was totally destroyed to-day
by fire that burned over portions OF
three blocks, and resulted in the death
OF one fireman and injury to eight
Others, one of the latter Is probably
fatally hurt.
The following buildings were wholly
or partially destroyed:
Penny & senters dry goods; shafcr
Brothers. dry goods; Peoples House
Furnishing store; johnson Brothers,
drug company, partially; SchIsler, Cor
nell Seed Company, Plant Seed cOm-
many. Krenuing Glass Company, Bas-
set, Plumbing Company, Deer Brothers,
famous dry goods store, partially; Nell
son DistillIng Company; McLain & Al
| corn commission IOiHPuH1' 'A0N
Sons, commission house; Benton & Co..
commission house; Rauer Flour Com
pany; William Book, saloon.
The dead:
Charles Moebey. fireman.
The injured:
John KRrp fireman, probably fatally.
George w. Durand right hip injured.
John Hanamer. driver OF Engine No. 2,
dlslorated spine aud both legs broken.
j. Adams. Truck No. 6, lacerated hand,
causing partial paralysis.
Mike Harmon, fireman, Truck NO. .
injured In back.
John JudsOn, fireman, shock from fall'
ing roof.
Joseph Schwaiger, fireman, badly IN
jured and taken home.
Harry Bridge, foreman, shocked by
electric wire,
August Roeber, fireman, leg broken.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-05
SENATOR
SC0TTS SEAT
is SECURE
with ono Exception tho Committee =
Unanimous In His Favor, and
That ono Objects
ONLY ON rEcHNIcALlTlES
There May Be Minority Report, But
favorable. Action will Prob
ably BE Taken

Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 4.-All
but one Of the committee on privileges
and elections Of the senate have signed
the report declaring as the sense Of
the committee that Hon. N. B. Scott
is entitled to his seat IN the United
States senate. and it is not stated that
he has refused to coincide with the
views of his colleagues. It is UNDER
stood that senator Pettus believes the
conclusion Of the committee ls Just
one in the main, but he has some doubts
as to the status OF Senators Pierson
and Getzendanner. of the state legls-
lature and believes there should have
been an inquiry along that line. He Of
course, differs in this from Republican
members and from the three other
Democrats OF the committee, but the
difference is by no means radical, being
divergence of Views upon technicall-
ties rather than upon matters of fact.
Practically the entire committee is Of
the belief that Mr.. Scott is legally
senator, tile one dissenting member
holding only that there should have
been inquiry into the legality Of certain
votes cast at the time of the election.
That the views held by the majority.
even should there be two reports. will
be approved by the senate is not a mat
ter of doubt any more than has been
the question of Senator scotts ultimate
triumph oyer those who have seen ut
to go before that body with a so-calsd
contest of his rights. 1t is not known
positively when the report viii be sub
mitted bu5 action may be taken to-
morrow. The committee has been so Oc-
cupied with the Montana case that 1t
has had but little time to devote to a
matter which may be regarded as
minor, in the sense that there was
nothing in 1t for consideration.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-05
runrAM RA1pR
Gives Description Of Ere at 1Lediar
River.


Correspondence Of tho Associated Press.
LONDON, Jan. 2A-Julian Ralph. the
American correspondent, writes from
Alodder River to the Daily Mail, unaeI
date Of December 80:
"'DId you ever see any Beers, an
oaicer calls out to, US. Very few, saYa
/; Just the prisoners we have talcon'-
for We are fighting an invisible foe' e
everybody knows by this time.
"'Well, have a look through thls''
He taps The guns telescope as he
speaks, and we look through it
"'Heavens! Are those Boers? We
see them all over the hills in numbers
like plant lice on leaf. They are all
over the hills-rIding, walking, sitting
in groups, looking over redouhts, dig
glnE trenches, passing water up the
stope--the little range OF purple breasts
il alive with Beers. Then we must have
been mistaken about the peacefulness
Of this place. Peace whore all those
Beers are. There has been no pace in
Africa since the Beers came here; no
peace for the British since they became
the Beers nelghbors.
1--WE are to lunch with the guards,
welcomed and places made for US; we
seat ourselves and are served with
soup. Boom! soof! soOf! Scot! soof!
soof! soof--oogh. The boom is the
noise Of big gun. The sOofI soof! ID
the shell tearing through the air. The
oogh, precisely like u cough, is burst
ing Of the shell.
That's our joey. says the colonel;
let US see where the shell strikes. BY
love! a pretty shOt-piVmb where they
have their forty-pounder.
"'Boom!' from the BOer gun on the
right. ugh" from It's shell, which sends
up a fountain OF spray OF sand near the
gauger's hut,
"'Dldn't burst says captain
".DevIllsh good range, though says
another. Ana now we are all out OF the
tent sending for glasses, forgetting our
lunch, intent upon this gigantic duel.
How frequently does this happen? How
often is this vale OF pastoral peace
startled by such sounds and actions?
Oh. as n rule, every morning with a
shot or two; every afternoon with from
half an hour to two hours firing, and
then again at odd and unexpected hours
on odd and unlocked for days"
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-05
TELEaRAPE1c llrs.

william Stanley HREeltlnc, the mar
inc artist, is dead I'm ROne, sixty-four
years OF age.
Gocbel'B remains viii ind n resting
place among the graves of KcntuclSy's
illustrious sons.
One hundred and two sUnstrokcs Were
officially reported In Buenos Ayrcs yes
terdRy OF these 9S were fatal. The
temperature was 100 in the shade.
w, j. Bryan attended church ut Hol.
yoke, Mass, yesterday, and to-day VIII
visit Pltisilelh and North Adams. Thls
viii conclude his tour OF New England.
The funeral train bearing the bodies
OF General Henry w. LawtOn. Major
John \. Logan aud Surgeon Maj,r q. ~
Armstrong rNstcd through Omaha Nr'-
terdAy. The trip from the Pacific coast
WIS v thOut Incident.
barry Warden. the young Englishmann.
Whu holes the title OF champion E1li
player ~ the world, sriivcd lr New
York ysstordav on the American liner
81 Paul, 10 play some Of The crack
American goit players and to give eX-
hlbitlOns In the states.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-02-05
CONGRESS THIS WEEK.

Consular and Diplomatic ApprOpriN-
ton Bill viii Open a Wide Field
for Discussion on Boer War, Minis
ter to South African Republic, Etc.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.-To.morrow
is suspension day In the house, but tho
regular order Is likely to be superseded
by the consular and diplomatic appro-
prIatlon bill, which Chairman Hit ex-
poets to Gull up. This bill probably will
raise n wid8 field Of discussion regard
ing our foreign relations, touching pos
slbly the reciprocity treaties negotiated
under the DlnSley law. but more cS-
peclalIy .he question OF mediation in
the South African dispute. Mr., Will
lam Alden Smith, Of Michigan, expects
to ofrer an amendment for II minister
to the South African republic, and in
this way the friends OF the Beers may
be able to bring the question to tgst.
Further discussion OF the Philippine
question also is Inevitable. Mr., HIT
hopes to dispose OF the bill within two
days, but # is probable that he witt he
disappointed, For the remainder OF the
week the programme is not arranged,
A contested election case or the Dis.
trIct OF Columbia appropriation bill
may be brought forward after the dip
lomatlc bill Is out of tho wny.