Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-03-08

reported to the senate.
Unfair discrimination in the pur-
chase of naval supplies is charged.
The nav department has asked for
$4,000 for transportation home OF
marines who died abroad.
The president and cabinet are re-
ported unanimously in favor OF the
Hay-Pauncefote convention.
The senate committee on manufac-
lures submitted a report on the inves-
tigation into the adulteratiOn Of FOOD
and drink.
Secretary Root has asked congress
to authorize the payment of claims for
private property taken during the
Spanish war.
Some classes of government bonds go
up a full point in view OF a probable
heavy demand for them under the new
~refunding law.
The house committee on public lands
reported favorably on a bill making
the restrictions stronger in the act to
prevent forest fires.
The court Of claims only allowed
One-half Of Admiral Dewey's claim for
naval bounty for the destruction Of the
Spanish fleet at Manila.
The ways and means committee
in for some criticism for not
asking for vacancies before springing
a Porto Rican customs bill on con-
gress.
The customs receipts in the Philip,
pines during November were $369,30S,
Of which S31S,504 was collected at Ma
Mia, $20,14 at Iloilo and $30,059 at
other stations.
In case the pending financial bill be-
sOmeS a law the exchange Of old bonds
for 2 per cents will be made in the
order in which they are actually re-
ceived at the treasury.
1t now seems certain that the admin
istration will not surrender to Spain
Cagayan. Sulu and Sibutu, islands Of
the Philippine archipelago claimed by
the Madrid government.
The house committee on commerce
has favorably reported the bill 10 pro-
mote the efficiency Of the revenue cut
ter service. The bill is identical to the
one heretofore reported to the senate.
Reports of inspectors show a poor
average of craftsmanship in the army.
The substitution Of native for Amer
lean troops in Cuba begins on April
II. Three regiments will be organ
lied.
Two sets of resolutions against the
Payne Porto Rico tariff bill were for
warded to Congressman y. D.. Sperry,
of the Second Connecticut district.
These resolutions were adopted at a
special meeting Of the New Haven
chamber of mmerce
At Washington the Theta Delta Chi
fraternity elected Prof. Ernest Huff
cut, OF Cornell, president Of the grand
lodge for the ensuing year; j. Boyce
Smith. of Columbia university, secre-
tary, and II. H. Stevens, Of the Uni
versity Of, Michigan, treasurer. 4
The monthly statement of the. collec-
tons of internal revenues show the
total for January. TO be $23,01S,SS5, an
increase q s compared with January,
1899, OF 81, 2O6,672.. During the last
seven months the total receipts eX-
ceeded those of 1899 by $15,664,4 55.
|. Secretary Long has received a re-
port from the board Of inspection and
survey stating that the torpedo boat
lSomers is in many respects unsatis-
factory. The SOmers was able to
make only 1Th knots, and the trial de-
veloped hat she was unfit for sea
service.
Ambassador Porter has Informed the
stare department by ,cableethat the sit
uation in Paris as to the conflict over
the Turkish pavilion and the American
government bu lding at the Paris ex-
position has improved, certain conces-
sions having been made by the Turk
ish officials.
An expert survey of the United
States hospital ship Missouri has re-
vealed a sfartling state of affairs in
the engine roam and other parts of the
vessel, and it will take $4,000 and mt
least SIX, weeks to put the vessel into
seaworthy' condition. When repairs.
are completed she viii return to the
Philippinss4
The government has decided"to es-
tablish a. winter overland United
States mail from the Cook Inlet coast
to Nome. To this end III IFS Dispatch
ing an expedition..led, by Edwin EngeL
stad and POstoffice Inspector Wilcox,
whose commission is to travel over the
So-called Katmal train and ascertain
q. it's practicability for mail carrying pur-