The Elbert County tribune., 1903-03-12

has asked to be placed on the retired
list of the navy under the provision
OF the personnel law. Admiral Crown
inshield Is now No. 20 on the list of
rear admtrnls and his retirement will
place him in the first grade. where his
retired pay will be s5.625 per annum.
His retirement will promlte Captains
Cook and harrington To be rear ad-
mirals.
The amendment to the sundry civil
appropriation bill. providing for the
appointment by the President OF q
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 n
law. It Is generally Understood that
the President will open negotiations
with the countries In question, with
view to getting them TO go into such a
conference The appointment of
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 opinion by the
attorney general in the case OF Capt.
O. NJ Brownoll. Sixth infantry. charged
with ordering the punishment which
resulted IN the death at Banate of Fa
thcr Augnstin. In which the attorney
general found that Browncll 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 tho President.
He was urged by the White House at
taches to reduce his communication to
writing This he endangered to do
but failed. One Of the secret service
officers interviewed him and found
him possessed OF Authorizations. 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 battloshIps, and
wanted the President to SEQ to II that
he received 100000 for the informa-
tion. Berg was persuaded to return to
Providence and there place his claim
in the hands of lawyer.
President Roosevelt sent letter to
Hon. David b. Henderson. late speak
er OF the House OF Representatives. OF
which the following Is a copy. My
Dear MIR. Speaker-As | did not see
you to-day at the capitol. l wish to
write you line TO congratulate you on
the work accomplished by tho Con-
gress which has Just closed. There
were certain measures of Importance,
the failure 10 act upon which l greatly
regretted but IL is nevertheless true
that taken as a whole, no other Con-
/ gress OF recent years has 10 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 500. OF which 3,91S 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 seveDty-eight bills
remaining undisposed Of. In the Fifty
fifth Congress 2,214 bills were reported
and / Alb passed. In the Fifty-sixth
2,7s7 were reported and 2.204 passed
The nearest approach to the number OF
bills introduced in the F'ifty-seventh
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
4,1S1. The number OF private bills
passed by this Congress have been ex-
ceedingly large. Fifteen members oi
the House died during the Congress
Just closed. an unusually large mum.
ber.
The conferees on the agricultural ap-
preparation bill came to an agreement
The House accepted the Senate amend
ment appropriating s500.000 for the
eradication of the foot and mouth dis
ease and other contagious diseases. Th'
Senate receded from It's amendment in
creasing the total appropriation foi
the general expenses OF the bureau o
animal industry to the extent of $50.
000 thus leaving the appropriation o
81, 200 900 The amount for the pur
chase OF seeds was fixed at 1920, 900
that for the bureau OF plant industr,
at 1914 $50; for the bureau of forestr.
at $3.50 coo: for the bureau of soils a
s2i2,4s0 The Senate provision allow
ing the secretary to care for wild ami
mails presented TO the department is re
tanned The appropriation for the ir
risation investigation is fxed at s65.
00o.
Among the distinguished men VIII
retired from public life at the close o
the Fifty-seventh Congress. none Il
held in higher esteem by his col
leagues than Hon. Galusha A. Grow
representative-at-larg from Pennsyl
yania. AS a token OF their regard 70
him, the members OF the Pennsylvania
congressional delegation. at mcetini
attended by every member. adopte'
unanimously preamble setting fortl