The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-03-05

tho ptOieCtlOu VI tucI Icaiuohts nus
passed both houses and conferees have
agreed upon it.
The bankruptcy law was amended
and a number of bills affecting public
lands were passed.
Iu addition a large number of bills
of interest to different localities have
been passed, together with a consid-
cradle number of private pension bills.
A new building to cost 81, 500, 900 has
been authorized for the Department
of Agriculture.
Among the acts o. the Fifty-eight
Congress which were adopted at the.
first session are the following
Authorizing the construction of an
Isthmain Canal /; providing civil gov
erpment for the philippines; providing
for revenue for the Philippines (; 'ex-
tending Chinese exclusion laws ; re-
peal of war taxes I; extending charters
Of national banks creating a pcrr..
manent Census Bureau ; providing az
system for the irrigation of the arid I.
lands of the West providing a con,
sular. and diplomatic service for Cuba.
+ Five of the general, appropri ,tiop,s
bills have been signed by the .Presi-
dent and two others tbeeIndian and
the Army, have finally passed both I
houses. With one or two exceptions, =.
all the others have boon seat te. CON.
ference. Those approved are the
peusion, the Legislative, executive and
iudicial, the diplomatic. aud consular
service and two urgent deficiency bills.
Those in conference are the District
Of Columbia, the Ag riultural, Military
Academy, ~postoffice, sundry, civil,
naval and fortincation 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 tins. to give any estimate
Of the aggsegatesoit the appropriations
carfiea'by.the"genera bills.
r. ti3 .ata.1--
H. The senate committee on appropria-.
tions has concluded its. considerations
of the general deficiency appropria-
zion bill. The committee adopted as
an amendment to the deficiency bill
the, house bill making provisions for
the conduct Of the business Of .the de.
Epartment. of comimerce and labor and.
appropriating s8oi.75o for tbs. :ssme,
Among other Important amendments
were: Giving the pretidsatA authority; .
to extend the leave of absence of .Mip.s
lister Bowen; appropridting' s945, OS3
to pay the ptizssmoney claims of Ad-
mirul Dewey, and the officers and men
under him at NAranila; apprppriating
so, o0ofoe the payment OF claims. Of
Confederate soldiers for the horses ia
ken from them in viQlation Of the
terms of surreader and barring aft
such claims under act of 1902, which
are not filed 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 i6cufred in re-
fpairing damages. done to their cTbtes
'and property by, the United Statas
forces during the war with Spain, the
former SIT, 7l2, the latter $3e,195;Gx-
ing the Minimum OF attorneys'fee be-
fore the Spanish claims commission at
16 per cent, There is also provision
for4the, payment ola claim made by
South Carolina amounting TO $47,245.
As reported to the senate the. bill car
rios . total Of So, 5O3fl72 Ssa
- >s~sttsf:..
The American minister at Berlin,
Nj, Charlemagpo Hover, "a. Yenasyl-
yania Millionaire, pays fofs the gent of
the domiciie he occupies in the Ger
man capital moresthan, he, receives as
his yearly salary, Cabinet ministers
at Washington complain that while
they-receiye only S.. o0ola year, they
ezpcnd as n dich sas $56, 900 and $50.
900. Iu thesrushtto Hifltcrease salaries
the question is raised whether the ex-
traEagqanaee Of official 1nagnases thall
be met by Increased sal ii as.a $3.50