The state herald., 1903-03-13

list of the navy under the provision
Of the personnel law. Admiral Crown
inshield is now No. 90 on the list of
rear admirals and his retirement will
place him in the first grade, where his
retired pay will be $5625 per annum.
His retirement will promite Captains
Cook and Harrington to be rear ad-
mirals.
The amendment to the Mndry civil
appropriation bill, providing for the
appointment by the President of u
commission or the use of other means
to bring about an understanding be-
tween this country and the silver
standard countries as to an equitable
ratio between silver and gold monies,
remained on the bill and became a
law. 1t is generally understood that
the President will open negotiations
with the countries in question. with n
view to getting them TO go into such a
conference. The appointment of a
commission will probably come later.
One hundred thousand dollars is ap-
propriated TO defray the expenses of
the Investigations.
The secretary of war has sent to the
Senate records of courts martial held in
the Philippines since the military oc-
cupation of those islands by the United
States, including the cases of General
Smith and Major Glenn. The tran
script also covers the opl;.lon by the
attorney general in the case of Capt.
c. NJ. Brownell, Sixth infantry. charged
with ordering the punishment which
resulted in the death at Banate of Fa-
.,tt t,, LII, tha ntt
general found that Brownell could on
ly have been tried by court-martial,
and that now that he is out of the SER
vice and peace has been proclaimed in
the Philippines. he is not subject to
trial by court of that character.
A Swede who gave his name as z.
Berg of Providence, Rhode Island,
tried for an hour to see the President.
He was urged by the White House at
taches to reduce his communication to
writing. This he endeayored to do,
but failed. One OF the secret service
officers interviewed him and found
him possessed of hallucinatlons. Berg
said that several years ago he had in
formed the United States government
that the Spaniards had intended to
blow up one of his battleships, and
wanted the President to see to 1t that
he received 100000 for the informa-
ton. Berg was persuaded to return to
Providence and there place his claim
in the hands of n lawyer
President Roosevelt sent n letter TO
Hon. David b. Henderson. late speak
er of the House Of Representatives, of
which the following is copy: My
Dear MIR. Speaker-As did not see
you to-day at the capitol. ! wish to
write YOU line to congratulate you on
the work accomplished by the Con-
gress which has Just closed. There
were certain measures of importance.
the failure to act upon which | greatly
regretted; but 1t is nevertheless true
that. taken as a whole, no other Con-
gress Of recent years has TO Its credit
record of more substantial achieve
ment for the public good than this.
over the lower branch of which you
preside. congratulate you and II and
wish you well wherever your future
may lead you"
The number of bills introduced dur
Ing the Fifty-seventh Congress aggre-
gated II 800. OF which 3,glS were re-
ported and more than 1000 passed.
The House calendar is clearer at the
close of this Congress than II ever has
been before, only seventy-eight bills
remaining undisposed Of, In the Fifty
fifth Congress 2.2li bills were reported
and Lab passed. In the Fifty-sixth
2.7S7 were reported and 2.2Oi passed.
The nearest approach TO the number of
In In ha Iift nj .,
was In the Fiftieth Congress. when a.
339 were brought In and the greatest
number reported was In the Forty
ninth Congress. the aggregate being
i.lSl. The number OF private bills
passed by this Congress have been ex-
ceedingly large. Fifteen members of
the House died during the Congress
Just closed. an unusually large num-
Der.
The conferees on the agricultural ap-
preparation bill came TO an agreement.
The House accepted the Senate amend
ment appropriating 100000 for the
eradication OF the foot and mouth dis
ease and other contagious diseases, The
Senate receded from It's amendment in
creasing the total appropriation for
the general expenses ot the bureau Of
animal industry to the extent OF s50.-
600. thus leaving the appropriation OF
si.20O.OO0 The amount for the pur-
chase of seeds was fixed at s230.O0O
that for the bureau OF plant industry
at sG7i.930: for the bureau of forestry
Mt $3.50 600: for the bureau of soils NJ
s2i2,is0 The Senate provision allow
ing the secretary to care for Wild ami
-. 80, L.
tained. The appropriation for the ir-
rlgation investigation is fixed at $685.
COO.
Among the distinguished men who
retired from public life nj the close OF
the Flfty-Hevcnth Congress. none iB
held In higher esteem by his col
leagues than Hon. Galusha A. Grow.
reprosentntiye-at-lar from Pcnnsyl-
yanln. A token Of their regard for
him, the members Of the Pennsylvania
congressional delegation. nj a meeting
attended by every member. adopted
nnnnlmouEly n preamble settling forth
IN oulogistic terms the unusual chnrac-
ter and duration Of Representative
Crows services to his state and to his
country aud "A resolution expressive OF
the regret left by all on account OF his
retirement from Congress, The pre-
nmblc rcoi,od that his services In Com
rrcss began nearly hnlf u century ago.
and while his name has been Identified
with many great public measures. the
act which he II lust entitled to claim
Gs his own " the free homestead law
under which the public domain has
been turned from wilderness Into n
world Of happy homes" The preamble
and resolution. beautifully ongfosHod