Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-12-13
GENERAL WASHINGTON NEWS.


affairs practically agreed yesterday
to report a general army retirement
bill Their labors will be based en-
Senator Proc tors retirement bill.
Representative Dalzell OF Pennsyl-
yania, introduced bill yesterday for
construct a canal from a point on the
Ohio river near Pittsburg to a point
on Lake Erie near Gonneaut, o.
A Joint resolution was offered in
the house yesterday by Mr.. Shafrotn
(Colo) authorizing the president 20
PROF ose to Great Britain and Germany
to submit their claims against Vene-
zuela to arbitration and to guarantee
the payment Of the awards that may
be found
The delegates to the National In
dian association were received at the
White House yesterday by Mrs. Roose-
welt, who expressed to them her in
terest in the organization, of which
she is an honorary vice president.
The days sessions of the. convention
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states.
The American Anti-Saloon league
held its closing sessions yesterday
and elected officers. The next con-
vention will be aeld in this city, De
cember 1898 The convention adopt,
ed a report Of the committee of thir.
teen, providing plans for a closer
union between the national and state
.eagues.
President Roosevelt and Secretary
Of State HaY yesterday afternoon re-
eeived a deputation representing all
religious bodies in the United States
that are doing missionary and educa-
tional work in the Turkish empire.
The president and secretary listened
to the statements made with care and
interest, but did not indicate what
action, if any, they probably would
take.
Almost a hundred of the prominent
architects OF the country, delegates
of the 26 chapters of the American
Institute of Architects. attended the
opening session of the thirty sixth
annual convention of that organiza.
ton yesterday. The report of tho
board of directors showed that seven
fellows and 1870 associates have been
added to the membership during the
past year and Is applications are
pending. number of committees
also made reports
The interstate commerce commits
sion has received new freight tariff
schedules making increased rates on
iron and steel articles in the official
classification territory, embracing
railroads between the Mississippi
river and the eastern seaboard and
north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers.
The new tariff becomes operative On
Jan. | next. The exact amount of the
increase Is not yet known, but 1t is
understood to average about 10 per
cent, in accordance with an agree.
ment reported to have been reached
recently at Cleveland.
Representative Dearmond yesterday
introduced bill providing that it
shall be unlawful to ship from any
state or territory through or into,
any other state or territory, any man
ufactured article sold for shipment or
intended to be sold, unless every arti-
Gle had stamped on the cover contain
ing 1t the words, No monopoly prod
uct; produced in open competition"
or other words of like import. A
maximum penalty of $1,000 fine or
one years Imprisonment, or both, is
provided for violation of this provis-
ion. 1t is provided further that arJi-
cles not thus marked may be seized
and confiscated.
A bill was introduced yesterday by
Representative Pugsley, Of New York.
the aim of which, as the title states,
is to render the currency more elias
tic and responsive to the financial and
commercial requirements Of the coun-
try. The comptroller of the currency,
with the consent of the secretary OF
the treasury, is authorized to issue
circulating notes under certain pre-
scribed conditions. These circulating
notes may be issued to any national
face value of bonds deposited by the
bank with the treasury, and are to be
secured by approved notes, bonds or
bills receivable, double in value the
amount of issue.