Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-01-11
Capital Notes.

ne senate committee on publc bCl a.
building at Nashua, n. H.. sl0o,ooo
The pension appropriation bill which
was reported to the House, Friday car
ries sl39. Si2 80. exactly the amount of the
estimates, as against $l45, 245,230 appro-
priated last year
Secretary Gage has received a telegra n
from Gov. Shaw stating that he cannot
arrange him affairs so as to take charge
OF the treasury department on the da lie
set and asking Mr.. Gage to remain until
Feb !. Sec. Gage has consented to do so.
a general increase of almost Il per
cent. in the postal receipts at the fifty
principal post offices of the United States
during December last is shown In an Off
cial statement issued. Friday. which COM
pareS the receipts with those for Decem-
Der, 1900.
The members of the Congressional COM
mittec on military affairs, left Washin :
ton. Friday night, for West Point for the
purpose of making thorough inspection
of conditions at the Military Academy.
with view to making provision for en-
| larging the establishment on modern
| lines.
Representative Lowering of Massachu-
sets. Friday. introduced bill providing
| a salary for eN-Presidents of the United
States at the rate of $4,000 annually from
| the date of retirement from the Presi-
dency. The bill is to apply to any eE-
President living at the time the law is
enacted.
Representative Roberts of Massach,-
sets, Friday introduced bill auihOliz-
ing the postmaster general to contract
for pneumatic tube mail service In New
st. Louis and Boston and fixing the route
for the service and the limit OF cost Tor
each route.
The navy department. Friday. receive |
the following cablegrar from Rear Au.
miral Rodgers at Cavite: Waller re-
ports having completed 10 days march
across Samar from Lanaug to Bailey.
Column endured great hardships. ri le |
Is insurgents, captured captain, lIcuten-
ant and four men.
At the request of Senator Morgan.
chairman of the Senate committee on
inter-oceanic canals. the sergeant-at-
arms of the Senate, Friday. issued sub
poena for NJ. Lampre, representing the
Panama Canal Co. to appear before the
committee The subpoena was served
| and NJ. Lampre will attend a meeting of
the committee. Saturday.
The subcommittee of the Senate COM
| mittee on commerce having the ship sub
sidy bill. spent about three hours. Friday
| in going over the renort on that BILL
which has been prepared by Senator
| Frye. 1t is expected that it will be ac-
cepted n a meeting of the subcommittee
which will be held early next week and
| Senator Frye hopes to secure the favor
| able action of the full committee when it
| meets next Thursday.
Senators Gallinger and Wetmore con-
| ferred with Secretary Gage. Friday. re-
gardng the claims of Maine New Hamp-
shire and Rhode Island against the Unit
ed States for interest on money borrowed
| to equip volunteer regiments for the
| Civil War. The court of claims has al
lowed some of the claims and Secretary
Gage said to the New England senators
| that he would submit to Congress an es-
| innate to pay the claims. A
| Henry C. Payne, whose arrival at
| Washington has been delayed by the
| rrtA, ,,,N n,tly. xx,tII ,at
| ify as postmaster general and assume his
| new duties either next Tuesday of We'd
nesday. He will reach Washington. Sun
day. Postmaster General Smith will give
4 his farewell dinner to the President and
| cabinet Monday evening. after which he
will be ready to yield the office to Mr.
| Payne and return to his editorial duties
| in Philadelphia.
| The statistician of the department Ol
| agriculture estimates the average yield
! per acre of wheat in the United States
| I'm 1901 at AS bushels. as compared N
/ 1913 bushels in 1890. 1913 bushels In 1892
| 15.3 bushels i'm 1898 and 1873 bushels. tht
| mean of the averages for the last 10
years. The newly seeded area of winter
wheat is Professionally estimated at s.
100000 acres, an increase OF 80 per cent.
| upon the area estimated to have been
sown in the fall Of 1870.
| Admiral Walker. chairman of the 18TH
milan commission, stated. Friday. that he
| had received cablegram from the Off :
GERS OF the Panama Canal 90. In ParlS,
making a formal offer to sell all their
! property in connection with the Panama
canal to the United States for si0.G0l.Go.
NJ Lamprc. the secretary general of the
/ company, who is in Washington. stated
| that the cablegram was explicit and COW
cred all the property owned by his COM
pany in Panama and that a copy of the
. cabiegram had been filed with the Amer
can ambassador in Paris
i The state department has received from
Consul General Bellows at Yokohama,
under date of Nov. %. copies of an adj
dress delivered recently by Mr.. Yamamo-
to. president of the Bank of japan, or
J the financial conditions of the empire
= After reviewing in detail the financial
crisis which prevailed from 1900 up to Inst
April and May. Mr.. Yamamoto concludes
as follows: ''The financial prospects are
:, very promising. In particular the rice
crop has proved to be exceptionally sue
cessful and the export trade has much
improved the raw silk market being par
ticularly active. There Is. therefore, ev-
cry hope OF Improvement of trade in the
future
When the House. committee en- naval af-
fairs met Friday. for organization. Rep
resentative Rixey of.Virginia, proposed