The Meeker herald., 1903-03-21
WASHINGTON NEWS AND
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS

Tor tn0 purchase OF service meQ6le 10
be conferred upon Officers and men
who participated in the war with Spain
apd the suppression Of the boxer" up
r6ing in China. The department
wishes to distribute 446.S82 medals.
United States Consul John L. Bitt-
niger at Montreal has been invited to
resign. He will be succeeded by Major
A. W. Edwards. North Dakota news
paper man. Consul Bittinger. while on
leave Of absence at his home In st.
Joseph talked freely of the relations
between the United States and Canada
and criticised the cooks of Montreal.
~ was iliy received essI"si IN sa. Canada and
Gov. w. n. Merriam. director OF the
census has placed his resignation in
the hands Of the President. 1t will take
effect May 18th. Governor Merriam re-
signs to accept the vice presidency OF
the international Mercantile Agency OF
New York. and will remove from
Washington to that city. The lnterna-
uonal Mercantile Agency Is a corpora
Ton organized for the purpose OF rat
ing credits In the United States and
Canada.
Captain Barclays assignment to COM
pand the Puget Sound naval station
,8ill take effect June LIST. He will be-
come . rear admiral soon after that
date. Captain Cook will be promoted
to be an admiral upon the retirement
Of Admiral Crowninshield. March goth.
Captain Harrington. who stands num-
~ two on the list Of captains. has
ben assigned to the Norfolk navy
yard and will become an admiral at
the same time as Captain Cook.
General Davis. commanding the
troops in the PHILIPPINES. cables that
the transport Thomas sailed from Ma
mia March 9Th for San Francisco. with
Brig. Gen. Frank D. Baldwin, Brig
Gen Morris c. Foote, $50 enlisted men
of the Twenty-fifth. Twenty-seventh.
Thirty-nrst and Thirty-sixth COM
panies. coast artillery. and the Four
teenth and Fifteenth batteries Of field
artillery. thirty-six sick. 118 casuals.
three insane and 1873 discharged SCI
diers.
Justice Day. the newly appointed
member of the Supreme Court, Is suf-
fering from pneumonia. Justice Day
was suffering from slight cold when
he left Canton for Washington to take
the oath as q member of the Supreme
Court. The bad weather of the past
week aggravated this cold into
severe attack of grip. followed by
pneumonia. The following statement
was made March 18th: The friends
of Judge Day are apprehensive con-
corning his condition. His tempera-
ture to-day was high. running up to
the neighborhood of 105. He is not
man of robust physique, but on the
contrary Is of frail appearance and 1t
u feared he may be unable to with
StAnd . severe attack Of illness.
+, At the opening Of the Senate on the
18th inst the President pro tenn called
the attention of senators to the fact
that under . strict Interpretation OF
IRE rules. only such business q prop
oily belongs to the matters under con-
alteration in executive session should
be presented at this extra session.
Mr.. Allison uowa) offered resolu-
ton which he said he thought wa4
proper at this time, authorizing the
committee ON rules to re-examine the
rules of the Senate with the view to
ascertaining what changes, II any. are
necessary and especially to make In
quiry whether 1t is expedient to In any
way limit debate In the Senate and II
so to what extent The resolution fur
Their provides that the committee is
authorized to sit during the recess of
the Senate and is directed to submit
a report to the Senate of its conclu-
sions as soon as practicable after the
beginning Of the session next Decem'
Der. The resolution was referred to
the committee to audit and control
the contingent expenses Of the Senate.
In discussing the Cuban treaty Sep.
ator Teller commended that 1t was q
direct thrust at the sugar Industry Of
the United States and its effect would
be entirely in the interest OF the sugar
trust, which he declared, would be
benefited to the extent of no less
than $6.0O0,OO0 annually by the reduc-
ton of the duties on raw sugar. He
also discussed at some length the
afbndment recommended by the COM
ntktee on foreign relations which pro
vfdes that the reduction on Cuban SUI
gar during the Wife Of the treaty shall
not be more than 20 per cent, and
sttzt during this time there shall be no
~ uction on sugar imported from any
fofeign country. He ridiculed this
amendment, declaring that 1t had been
inserted merely for the purpose Of
catching the votes Of senators from SUI
gar producing states. He asserted
that It could have no possisio exoc.
in binding the government Of the
United States. II its Congress should
decree otherwise. In other words, he
said, this enactment could be repealed
just rs any statute might be by Con-
gress.
The Bureau of Insular Affairs. War
Department, has just published PAM
iphlet Of forty-six pages giving the tel
'egraphic correspondence Of Emilio Ag-
uipaldo from July Is. 1898. to Febru-
ar5A2S, 1899, the period just preceding
thez Pan of Manila and following the
outbreak of hostilities between the
United States forces and the insurgents.
These kilograms were discovered by
Captain John r. T. Taylor, Fourteenth
infantry, among mass Of papers cap
&rro.1 Srov,, tho ao-ca He'd inHur1ent row