, 1900-12-20

The House adopted the amendment
of Mr.. Corliss Of Michigan to the reve-
nue. bill, requiring revenue stamps to
be cancelled by p~crforation to prevent
fraud.
Charles A. Towne, the recently ap-
pointed successor to the late Senator
Davis of Minnesota, attended the ses-
sion Of the Senate December 10th, and
took the oath of office.
The House committee on naval af-
fairs filed a report favorable to the bill
authorizing the appointment of Rep
resentative Boutelle of Maine as n ZAP
tain in the retired list of the navy.
Captain II. NJ. Chittenden, United
States army, in charge of military
roads improvements in Yellowstone
| park and Wyoming, is urging an APP
| preparation of 100000 for road build
ing in his jurisdiction during the com
ing year.
In discussing the Hays-Pauncefote
treaty in the Senate, Mr.. Teller a
that the United States should con
struct the canal, If ut all, regardless of
the English position, and without GO
ing through the Formally of ratifying
the pending treaty.
By the death of her mother, Mrs.
Washington Mclean, Admiral Dewey's
wife has become II millionaire. Mrs.
Dewey's mother leaves an estate val
ued mt about 81. 100000. to be divided
among three children-Mrs. Dewey, her
sister, Mrs. Ludlow. and John X. Nc
Lean, proprietor of the Cincinnati Eli
quirer.
The first of the great supply bills.
the legislative, executive and judicial
I - .V.V To- 4 .raa $3.50 hW thu
house in record time Monday. The bill
carries $~2i.49G.3Os and has 49, pages,
but there was less thar ten minutes
debate upo it. 1t required about
three hours for the clerk TO read the
bill.
Three or -four Senate speeches are
promised in opposition to the subsidj
bill, and il is expected that most, II
not all of these already in sight will be
made during this week. Among those
,who probably will speak on he sub
ject are Senators Clay. Vest and Berry,
all of whom oppose the bill. senator
Vest is an especial advocate of free
ships.
General Grosvenor Of Ohio and
Champ Clark of Missouri. who a a
joint debate on expansion early i'll the
late campaign, had not met since that
time until a few days ago in Washing
ton, when General Grosvenor asked if
Clark was not worn out by speaking.
Not much,' said Clark. II gained
TWENTY-FIVE pounds.'' THAT is the first
Democratic gain l havc heard Of" said
G%rosvenor.
In the executive session of the Sell
ate Senator Teller announced his in
tcntion to formally offer his amend
ment to the Hay-Pauncefote treaty,
which he had already suggested, strik-
ing out the provision of the treaty pro-
hibiting the f~ortitication of the canal.
Senator Penrosc announced his opposi-
ton to the new treaty without the Tel
Ter amendment.
The House has adopted n resolution
for the appointment of a special com
mittee of five members to investigate
she death of Oscar l.. BoOZ of Bristol,
Pennsylvania. who dice recently as Il
result of haZiug received while II cadet
at West Point. This course was taken
over the head of the military commit
tee, which reported in favor of allow
ing the War Department 20 conduct
the inquiry.
In speaking of the case of Cadet
BooZ. Mr.. Wangcr of PENNSYLVANIA, in
the House, said that the gross out
RACES known to have been committed mt
the academy in the past had aroused
the conviction that the officers of the
academy and of the army We're so ieal-
Gus of the fair name of the academy
that they guarded it as indiscreetly as
the officers of France guarded the
Dreyfus scandal.
The minority members of the way
and means committee have completed
.l,f,. ArAn on thn nNTAuUtn rnI,t-tf~p
bill. 1t urges n reduction of the reve-
uues of about SIO,O0O,OOO or about
S3O.OO0.O 900 more than that proposed
by the majority of the committee. 1t
also proposes an income tax with Il
view of again bringing the subject in
modified form before the United
States Supreme Court for final adju.
dication.
The Senate committee on foreign re
lations decided 20 recommend further
amendments of the uay-PaunccfOte
treaty. The committee adopted an
amendment suggested by Senator For
nker, which declares that the Hay
PaunCefote treaty superScdes the Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty, and also strikes ont
the Hny-Pauncefotc agreement. article
3, which permits the submission of the
IIay-Pauucef0te treaty to other pow
us anu lNl1'N llNll acceptance VI II.
The question of the constltutionality
of the Blaine eXtradition treaty between
Great Britain and the United States,
signed by the representatives of the
two governments in 1850, and which.
IL is asserted, has never been passed
upon, Is 10 be brought before the Unit
ed States supreme Court in the cases
of Fred Lee Rice, Frank Rutlcdgc and
Thomas Jones, arrested in Chicago last
June ON the request of the Canadian
authorities, charged with being fugl-
lives from justice.
In 1914. when the British army cap
tured Washington, the capitol was
burned, and only the r%uollrss walls of
the two wings were left standing. The
flooring and timbers used In the scat
folding made convenient kindllnT wood
for the British soldiers, who piled upon
II books and documents from the con
gTcssional library. \ heavy rain storm
fortunately ~cNtiuguished the flames be
fore the walls Of the building were in
turt1 Similar I~pprplIfirus war, y,u,.