The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-03-05

the protection Of thePresident, has
passed both houses and conferees have
agreed upon It.
The bankruptcy law was amended
and number Of bills affecting public
lands were passed.
In addition large number Of bills
Of interest to different localities have
been passed, together with . consid-
cradle number Of private pension bills.
A new building to cost $1,000, 900 has
been authorized for the Department
Of Agriculture.
Among the acts OF the Fifty Eight
Congress which were adopted at the
first session are the following:
Authorizing the construction Of an
1sthmain Canal providing civil gov
eminent for the Philippines; providing
for revenue for the Philippines OK
tending Chinese exclusion laws !; re-
peal OF war taxes extending charters
OF national banks; creating per-
manent Census Bureau providing !
system for the irrigation OF tho arid
lands of the West providing q con-
sular and diplomatic service for Cuba.
Five of the general appropriation
bills have been signed by the Presi-
dent and two others the Indian and
the Army. have finally passed both
houses. With one or two exceptions.
all the others have been sent to con-
ference. Those approved are tho
pension, the legislative, executive and
judicial, the diplomatic and consular
service and two urgent deficiency bills.
Those in conference are the District
of Columbia, the Agricultural, Military
Academy, postofice, sundry, civil,
naval and fortiacation bills. Owing
to the difference between the figures
in the bills as passed by the House
and amended by the Senate, it is diff
ficult at this time to give any estimate
OF the aggregate of the appropriations
carried by the general bills.
The senate committee on appropria-
tons has concluded It's consideration
of the general deficiency appropria-
ton bill. The committee adopted as
an amendment to the deficiency bill
the house bill making provisions for
the conductof the business of the de-
partment of commerce and labor and
appropriating $3Ol.75O for the same.
Among other important endments
were: Giving the president authority
to extend the leave OF absence of Min
lister Bowen; appropriating $945, O83
to pay the prize money claims of Ad-
miral Dewey and the officers and men
under him at Manila; appropriating
$50, 900 for the payment Of claims Of
Confederate soldiers for the horses ia
ken from them in violation of the
terms of surrender and barring all
such claims under act of 1902, which
are not fled by March |, 1904; to pay
the. claim of the "Compagne Franchise
des Cables Telegraphiques," and the
claim of the Cuba Submarine Tele-
graph company for compensation on
account of expenses incurred in re-
pairing damages done to their cabl es
and property by the United States
forces during the wU with Spain, the
former ST, 712, tho latter 500, 1876; fix
ing the minimum of attorneys fees be-
fore the Spanish claims commission at
16 per cent. There is also provision
for the payment of a claim made by
South Carolina amounting to $47, 245.
As reported to the senate the bill car
ries total ef So, 5O3, 472.
The American minister at Berlin.
Mr.. Charlemagne Tower, Pennsyl-
vania Millionaire, pays for the rent of
the domicile he occupies in the Ger
man capital more than he receives az
his yearly salary. Cabinet ministers
at Washington complain that while
they receive only So, 900 year. thew
expcnd as UGH as $4,000 and $780,
600, In the rush to increase salaries
the question is raised whether the ex-
travagance Of official magnates shall
be met by increased salaries or toned
down to the "better days Of the Re-
public !" According to ono estimate
the wives Of senators get about 81
600, 900 year Tin the qualification of
social ambition, even though it be at
| the sacrifice of health -