Holbrook argus., 1902-05-24

John Gardner Coolidge of Boston has been selected for appointment as first secretary of legation at Peking.
 The Democartic senators agreed in private conference to vote on the Phil ippine bill not later than the 26th inst.
 Emperor William proposes in a letter to President Roosevelt to erect statue to his ancestor, Frederick the Great, in Washington.
 MONDAY.
 SENATE-The senate concurred in the house amendment to the bill mak. ing an appropriation of $2OO.OOO for the relief of the people of the French West Indies.
 At the conclusion of routine business, the resolution offered by MT. Bailey on Saturday relative to special embas- sies to coronations was called up, but after some discussion went over.
 A conference was agreed to on the bill providing for the diplomatic and consular appropriations for Cuba, and Messrs. Cullom, Lodge and Morgan were named as conferees.
 Mir. Cullom presented to the senate and had read the cableeram received by the state department from Consul Aymee at Fort De France.
 A bill to fix the compensation of criers and baliffs in United States courts at $3 instead of $2 day was passed.
 Consideration of the Philippine gov ernment; bill then was begun, Mir. Foraker of Ohio addressing the senate in support of the measure.
 HOUSE-The house passed, by an overwhelming vote, a bill granting $2OO,0O0 for the relief of the sufferers in the great calamity in the West h. dies. The bill was substitute for the relief measure passed by the sen- ate, and followed the receipt of mes sage from the president setting forth the magnitude of the calamity and urging an appropriation of $500, ,000 Consideration of the bill consolidating the local gas companies was resumed, and after extended debate the enacting clause of the measure was struck out, thus defeating the bill.
 TUESDAY.
 SENATE-An additional appropria- tion of $500, 1000 was made by the sen- ate today for the stricken people of the French West Indies, in accordance with the recommendation of the president that $500, ,000 be appropriated. The agricultural bill was passed and then Mir. Stewart of Nevada, in sup porting the Philippine bill, warned the minority that no political gain would accrue to them from their attack on the army.
 HOUsE-The Naval Appropriation bill which provides for two new battle- ships, two armored cruisers and two gunboats, and carries total of ST. 650,O00, was taken up in the house. Representative Foss of Illinois, chair man of the naval committee, in open- ing the debate, sounded note of warning against the overconfdent be- lief that our navy is invincible. He declared that our victories at Manila and Santiago were due to the fact that we were contending with an effete and decaying nation. and that our strength far outmatched Spain in those contests.
 WEDNESDAY.
 SENATE-Soon after the senate con- vened the conference report on the omnibus claims bill was called up. The house asked for further confer ence, but instructed it's conferees not to agree to the Selfridge board findings. It is reported semi officially that the appropriation for the Los Angeles pulp lie building will be raised by the sen- ate committee to S750 00O
 HOUSE. Members of the house ap- propriation committee are averse to calling special meeting of the com mittee for the purpose of considering an additional appropriation for the relief of the people of Martinique. They say that until it is demonstrated that the amount of $200,OO0 already a.a,aro,,r;atad ;c if ;e.