The Elbert County tribune., 1900-03-15

cigareffes found upon the market, III
disregard thereof. stamps bearing shn-
celiaf,op on and after the first proAin'o
must be seized.
lord Pauucefote has received
oohlcgrnm from Lord Salisbury nou.
fvino him that he would be continued
Mt this important post Tor 'he presen,
mt Ienst. Reference was iilhue " ~
pepdency In the United states OF 'he
Hay-Pauncefote treaty ana OF the sc'
erai omen issues of great importance
With which the present ambassador Is
better flfted to deal than any otber
persor, by reason OF his perfect IA
milIarjty. Just how long the extension
of she ambassadors term of office u
to I zrevall Is not known positively. bui
n q understood that Lord Pnuncefofe
will remain at the head OF the en-
bassy until some time In the fan. IL
is said that such an extension hs tliH.
the third. has only one precedent III
the British diplomatic service.
The Treasury Department has tnkei
decided stand relative to shipping
American goods via Canadian points
into AIaska on British vessels, ever
II they are accompanied with export
certificates. Many shippers TO Alaska
obtain export certificates and send
their goods TO Vancouver and otIer
points and thence to Alaska in Br.t
ish vessels. thereby working hard
ship on American ship owners. =
new order will practically debnr Brii-
ish vessels from entering the new
trade In freight carrying business:
is said that many American firms
have already contracted with Britis''
vessels for the delivery of large con
signmcnts of merchandise Mt Nome
but owing to the ruling Of the treas
ury department. these contracts WI
have to be cancelled.
REPRESENTATIVE Shafroth has intro
duced bill of much interest to several
of the western states. 1t provides for
segregation from the public lands con
talned In tracts in Colorado, Utah. Ar
zona and New Mexico, upon which arr
found ancient ruins and evidences OF
the existence of prehistoric people. The
bill directs the secretary of the inter
ior to have surveys made OF thesr
tracts by the Geological Survey, which
will be required to make maps of each
and report whether In his opinion th'
/ ruins are of sufficient historical value
TO be worthy of preservation and pro
lection. The secretary of the interior
| is directed to set aside such tracts TO
i he reserved lIOil StNittlhfht PiieFb
In custody of the Bureau of American
Ethnology. which shall maintain custo-
dlnns In each.
The House unseated CASTOR a. Rob
bins, a Democrat. from the Fourth dis
| trict OF Alabama, and seated In his
stead William II. Aldrich, a Repub-
lican. who has been three times con
testant from the same district, on the
| ground of fraud. and who is now given
his seat for the third time by Repub-
| lcan House. The vote was strictly
party one. This case out of the way.
| a new rule was brought In to set aside
the day sessions on the second and
fourth Fridays OF each month for pen
sion legislation. The rule limited de
bate on each bill to ten minutes on Il
side, but this provision was withdrawn
| upon the assurance of Mr.. Richardson.
the minority leader. that his side of the
House would not indulge in fillbuster'
Ing.
An interesting scene occurred at the
Riggs National Bank Tuesday, when
the fund raised by a grateful people In
recognition of the services of the late
Major General Lawton was formally
transferred TO his widow. General
Corbin. as treasurer Of the fund, drew
| II tllttk lOI 0sfD.fVt.Ot III liNoi VI suui y
@. Lawton and saw that II wns trans
ferred to her credit on the books OF
the bank At the same time his nc
count ns treasurer of the fund was
closed. General Corbn said he did
not care for n receipt for the funds
but Mrs. Lawton insisted on giving
him one. In addition to the money. the
committee also turned over to Mrs
I.awton all the letters received from
subscribers TO the fund, many of whicl
contained beautiful tributes to thl
memory of her late husband.
The secretary of the interior, in 1
letter to the commissioner of the gen
eral land office. holds that n person RI
lnquishing and reconveying land in {
forest reservation under the act o
1897 must, Mt the time, designate th'
land he desires in lieu of that surren
dered. The application for selection
should embrace a tract or tracts equa
in area to that relinquished. A mum
Der of selections have been approved
by the land office In which these condi
tions were not observed. The secretar,
says that where selections. In partia
, satisfaction only. of REIMBURSEMENT
have been approved they will be al
lowed to stand. but all such claimant
will be notified that their failure here
tofore or delay henceforward to selec
the balance of the area necessary to ex
haust their claims VIII be at their owi
risk.
Lord Pauncefote, the British ambas
sador. was in conference with Secre
tary Hay for half an hour at the Stat
Department Saturday. The official
, have nothing to say touching the fu
ture of the pending Hay-Pauncefot
treaty. 1t is plain TO be seen. however
/, that the action of the Senate committe
In bringing in the amendment Is no
acceptable, and is regarded by the off
cIals as greatly endangering the life O
D the treaty. If the Senate first adopt
D this amendment and then ratifies tn
e treaty, conclusion by no means Gel
G tain, In the official mind. II Is said tina
: the President will feel obliged to sig
D 1t, placing the responsibility upon tn
Senate, and then leaving II to the Bri
: ish government to accept or reject. Th
| officials believe that the British Will r,
: ject the treaty, and In that case III
Clayton-Bulwer treaty will preva
: again, its force having been recognized
according to the officials not only
y the executive branch of our govern
3 ment In preparing this pending treat,
;. but also by the Senate of the Unite
+ States as evidenced by the report whlc
accompanied the treaty yesterday whe
e ii was presented to the Senate.
E Representative Mondell of wyomin
u or Saturday offered the following rel
: olution before the House committee o
!. public lands: Resolved, That in ords
: TO dispose of legislative suggestion
which at the present time the commi
: tee or Congress is not prepared to a'
? upon, and to facilitate the consider,
= ton of other important matters befoi
the committee, all bills having for the
object the general cession of the pul
. lie domain to the states and territorle