The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-03-01

Philippines have been adopted at this session. An appropriation of S, GOO, GOO was made to relieve the distress and suffer- ing caused by the ravages of disease among the water buffalo in the islands upon which the natives are almost wholly dependent in the pursuit of agriculture, and distress resulting from the shortage of crops due to war and other causes. 4 currency system has been provided for the Philippine Islands.
 Another act promoted the efficiency of the Philippine constabuiary, and still another provided for extraditlon of crim- inals to and from the islands. The house passed bill to reduce the Philippine tariff and the senate has been urged by the President to complete the act.
 Of importance to Hawaii is the act passed at this session for the redemption by the United States of Hawaiian silver money and the appropriation to pay judg- ments growing out of the suppression of the bubonic plague.
 The sundry civil bill soon to become a law makes appropriations for carrying forward river and harbor work and fed eral building construction while the omni- bus public building bill now pending au- thorizes a large number of new buildings throughout the United States.
 The anarchy bill providing for the pro- lection of the President has passed both houses and conferees have agreed upon it.
 The bankruptcy law was amended and a number of bills affecting public lands were passed.
 In addition large number of bills of interest to different localities have been passed together with considerable num- Der of private pension bills. A new build ing to cost $1,5OOOOO has been authorized for the department of agriculture Among the acts of the ffty-seventh congress which were adopted at the first session are the following:
 Authorizing the construction of an isthmian canal; providing civil govern ment for the Philippines; providing for revenue for the Philippines; extending Chinese exclusion laws; repeal of war taxes; extending charters of national banks; creating a permanent census bureau; providing a system Tor the ir- rigation of the arid lands of the west: providing a consular and diplomatic ser- vice for Cuba.
 Five of the general appropriation bills have been signed by the President and two others, the Indian and the army bill have finally passed both houses. With one or two exceptions all the others have been sent to conference. Those approved are the pension, the legislative, executive and judicial, the diplomatic and consular and two urgent deficiency pills Those in conference are the District of Columbia, the agricultural, military academy, post office, sundry, civil, naval and fortifica- tion bills.
 Owing to the difference between the fig ures in the bills as passed by the house and amended by the senate, It is difficult at this time to give any estimate of the aggregate of the appropriations carried by the general bills.
 ~<>%<~->-A-S-~-e-S-A-~~ wealthy bachelor of Cleveland and head of the J. l.. Hudson Co.,, who died last Friday, leaving a fortune of ssOO.00o At his funeral today 1t became known that clause in his will reads:
 'I direct that $5O0O shall be invested in such way that the proceeds will fur nish the means for the care of my fa- vorite horses, Nora and Dean, and, fur ther that they shall never again be re- quired to work"
 pr. Dickle was an enthusiastic member of the Gentlemens Driving club, and had often driven Nora, 2:27, fourteen years old, and Dean, 2:12A, eleven years old, at the matinees