North Park union., 1902-01-03
LATE WASHINGTON NEWS Ann
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINcs

War Department has rendaros ~, u
lowing opinion: "The insnstae tae u
the Philippines against the snvss sIos b
of the United States and tba
ity Of the government Of tha ,nels& n
pine islands ls Of such chorsa.auR
extent as requires the United s.e ~
prosecute Its rights by milIt,...es .es
ana there1ore' creates the copaI,,.
OF war In said archipelago -
claim In question is that Of Fin, y, ~
tenant Horton w. Sickle, cons ~ -
glneers. for certain books tbrow, y. q
board in order to tighten the tr.aue'. We'.
Centennial when 1t ran aground
retary Root has recommendad ~
secretary Of the treasury that I,s,A u
ant Stickle's claim be includad r.
recommendations of Congress ~. IN "
ing the general deficiency bin Spsst
1t Is said at the Navy Den,,
that orders will go forward in , =.
days directing the cruiser Broo.'ss
the flagship of Rear Admiral Rs,n.ss
commanding the Asiatic station I'M.
is now at Nagasaki, Japan, to n,oa.s,
home to the United States. The ~
bow, now at New York, Will NJ.
shortly for Cavlte. where she Ia n ~.
the place of the Brooklyn as tho A.
ship Of the commander-in-cbiefo n, ~
Asiatic station. On her way N y.
vite by way of the Suez the Ra,u,sr
will put ashore detachment Of =.
men drafted for service on tho :.
ropean station. When Admiral Rems,
leaves for home the command Of ii.
Asiatic station will fall upon Rea, sS
miral frederick Rodgers. Admiral n.
mey's departure will be followed NJ
short interval by that of Rear Aimi,,,
Kempff, Junior squadron command.
on the station.
The preliminary report of the Inter.
stnte Commerce Commission ON ,ba n
come accounts OF railways in III.
United States for the year ended Jun
3Oth, 1901, shows returns Of raiw,r
companies operating 192.l93 miles Il
line. The passenger earnings Of tbe,s
railways were S426,9 ,909.2lO and IN,
freight earnings $l.114. .740.77O. Tn.
total sIoss earnings We're Sl.5ISlA.
2O5, or $S,211 per mile of line agains,
81, E,141 ,O44,614 in 1900. Operating e1.
penSes amounted to S1.023, ,1562Sl. a,
$5,323 per mile of line, making net
euilings OF $555. .OO7 .92i, or S35.5,.tpY
in excess of the fiscal year 1900. The
amount of dividends declared durin.
the year were 1921, los, ,637. or $1a0N.
600 more than for the same roads In
1900. The surplus from operations was
S1.. .54I, 735. The complete report fr
the preceding year showed n surplus Of
$ST, ,657 1888. The preliminary report Is
confined to returns of operating roods.
The dividends paid by the operating
and leased lines annually include about
$50. .OOO. coo paid on the part of leased
lines.
The Navy Department has taken the
initial steps toward the adoption Of
wireless telegraphy rs a means Of sig.
mailing between warships ut sea. To
this end Admiral Bradford of the Bu.
reau of Equipment has asked that the
armOred cruisers of the Pennsylvania
class have their mastS and rigging so
arranged that the wireless system can
be introduced. This will necessl,ave
the lengthening of the masts of The
ships and the Insulation OF the metal
rigging by the use of hemp GOVERN.
for hnlyards. II is intended to get
test sets of instruments Of the various
wireless systems now being operated
These include the Marconi system
Thus far, however. the Navy Depart
ment has not adopted definitely any
system. but the construction of the
new ships Is regarded rs preliminary
, to the adoption of Il system whenever
its practicability is established. Ihe
British navy already has a number q
its ships equipped with the wireless
system, hut this is the first move on
| the part of the American navy TO make
use of IL wireless plan.
Senator Warren is limited as a leader
in antngonizing the proposition to alter
| the method of introducing bills in lhe
Senate. Others named as opposed TO IL
are Allison, Hale. Gallinger and Prcc,
tor. They claim that the proposta
amendment will simply open the hoea,
gates and swamp the committees anu
| the Senate itself in dcluge OF pilis'
| The amendment spoken of VIII We VI
fered by Senator Lodge. 1t VIII pIe
vide that all petitions. memorials p'n'
and resolutions may be introduced y,
merely preparing the documents aal
endorsing ihSm with ;ac name ol ,1e
maker and the title of the colnlnl..e'
10 which they are to be referred Inv
present method provides that tlle sen'
atOrs themselves must persohaliy iu
troduce all bills and resolutions mus
| be recognized by the presiding ohiv,i
and must have the bills read D! u''
and the measures must be reierrtu N.Y. y
proper committees by the presuluss
officer himself. The proposed ahie,u
ment will do away with the olu v'u..
of things. and is very obJectloiiap.c "
many of the more influential seha'O''
China will be relieved of the Pa, wy
ment of S1S.OO0.o00 of the s-''V.aJ,, IN
demanded by the United States is -
demnity for the outrages perltu",,s, N,
upon American citizens u'flns % %at
boxer revolt. The administrators, a, a,
ter consideration of all claims iieu y!
| Americans who suffered inJul!
whose property was damaged anu AN, y
the expenses incurred by the ar'hS n3, I., ",
navy, has concluded that $500 49,
will cover the American OH. ,,ra.
dent Roosevelt submitted to oonsss .Ss
II few days ago a recommenda,'on .,
nm appropriation Of S2ooo.Ooo pe .nIa y,
to enable the satisfaction OF eE'n' Th
Injuries received by Americans, Ia.
naval and military expenses weir r,,ua m
than S5.OOO.OOO. In justice TO In ,tOra
therefore, the administrator psno" ,.,nsn
she should be relieved of the pa.imh p.,ih h
of the remainder, or that II silou'" ,n' r.
restored after the United sun, T., /.
ceives its share of the bonds u ,,o " Tim
sued to the powers. At the SANE .'ar 'D a
the authorities have no lii'eil.,VA III
permitting other powers 10 atnse E,n +
sum the United States Will reius, srs
L M l. nuI nj IIlC NV.