The state herald., 1902-02-07

| 'uhS lOT tlle uIty companies OIL 1'ull
ippine scouts, comprising about 5,00t
men. A deficiency appropriation is re
quired of $4,000.
The proposition to dispose Of the
United States transports and to depend
upon private steamship corporations
for the transportation of troops in the
future does not meet with very general
approval in Congress.
Secretary Long has detached Rear
Admiral Wlldes from his present duty
as cOmmandant of the Pensacola navy
yard and ordered him to relieve Rear
Admiral Louis Kempff, the junior
squadron commander on the AsiatiC
station.
The House committee on coinage has
acted favorably ON the bill appropriate
ing 100000 for establishing n branch
mint at Tacoma, Washington. The
general purpose of this new branch is
to give added mint facilities for the
gold and silver coming from Alaska.
The comparative statement of the
government receipts and expenses
show that during January, 1902, the
total receipts were S46.5S2, 143, and the
expenditures $3S5iS,277, leaving a sslr-
plus for the month of $SO33, ,S66. The
surplus for the corresponding month
last year was S7,40OOoO.
The House has passed the Lacey bill
for the protection Of miners in the ter
ritories. 1t provides that in every mine
over 100 feet in depth, mine owners be
required to provide $500 cubic feet or
pure air for every fifty miners. 1t also
] provides that managers of coal mines
shall employ shot tirers.
The Senate committee on public
lands has ordered favorable report
On the Irrigation bill recently agreed
upon by the senators and members Of
! the House of Representatives from the
semi-arid states. There was no objec-
ton In the committee and the motion
to report the bill was unanimous.
! Representative Boreing of Kentucky
has reintroduced bill providing for
the establishment of pension court
Of appeals. The bill provides for the
appointment of seven judges whose
duty 1t shall be to hear arguments for
4 pensions, instead of the petitioners
coming to Congress for relief.
| The comment of Judge Advocate
! General Lemly and Solicitor Hanna
upon the appeal of Admiral Schley. as
submitted to the President by Secretary
Long, is less than third as long as
the appeal itself. The commentators
begin with the statement that Admiral
Schley and his counsel have shifted
their ground and have ignored the chief
grounds of the decision.
The friends of the oleomargarinc bill
have no doubt of Its passage. They re-
gard the vote on the adoption OF the
special order last Friday as practically
n test vote. The bill is practically the
Grout bill. imposing n tax Of 10 cents
n pound on products colored In imita-
tion OF butter and to make retail deal
ers who color oleomargnrine subject TO
the same penalties as the manufactur-
ers,
The President has approved the rec
ommendation OF the secretary OF war
that the sentence of dismissal imposed
by court martial in the case of First
Lieutenant Preston Brown. Jr Second
/ infantry, he commuted to the loss OF
thirty-iive numbers and forfeiture OF
half of his pay for nine months. Lieu
tenant Brown wns charged with hay
rescue n drowning soldier.
There is growing disposition among
senators and members who keep close
watch upon legislative conditions TO
believe that there will be no bill for
n canal across the isthmus between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans during the
present session of Congress. The
truth is that nine out OF every ten men
one meets In Congress or out OF II is
disposed TO see u scheme" In this sud
den desire OF the Erenchmen TO sell
out their rights.
The Senate committee on commerce
has authorized a favorable report ON
Senator Frye's ship subsidy bill. The
report VIII be made by Senator
Frye. The committee made several
amendments TO the bill. The most i'm
portant were: Allowing mail carrying
vessels under the bill to be either iron
or steel. instead OF steel only, as orig
inally provided, and reducing to 1000
gross registered tons the vessels reccly-
Ing bounty under the bill.
The preliminary report regarding Iron
and steel blast furnaces In the United
States for 1900. ms compared with
1880. follows: Number OF establish.
mcnts. 223: decrease. per cent: cap.
ital. si43. 159. 222; Increase. II per cent. I:
wage earners. average number. 30,2ii /;
Increase. II per cent. total wages,
S1s,isi.I0o increase. q per cent; cost
OF material used, Si3i .503, ,G55; Increase,
10 per cent: value OF products. SaD6,.
i5G. $50; Increase. AZ per cent.
Senator IIonr. from the committee on
the judiciary. has reported fnvorably
the blll 10 limit the meaning OF the
word conspiracy" ana the use OF IRE.
siraining orders md inJunctlons" In
certain cnscs. The bill provides thnt
combination TO do mn net or not TO do
II shall not be punished more severely
than the act itself. and that comb.
nations OF this character between en-.
ployers and employees engaged In inter.
state commerce shah not be considered
In restraint OF trade or commerce. IN.
bill ~ Intended 10 aid In adjusting In.
bor disputes on railroads.
Western members Of Congress who
ARE opposing the I'm currency bill
state that Speaker Henderson has ~.
Gently bccn cnn,nsslng the House to
nsceftnln the sentiment regarding the
measure lie has received many 10.
sponses from Republican representa-.
lives advising against the passage or
the I'LL, among whom ntc. Cooper OF
Wisconsin. Martin ~ South Dnkotn.
Siblcy OF Pennsylvania, M0ndell of
Wyoming. Sutherland of Utah. Grow
OF Pennsylvania. Loud OF California.
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