Omaha daily bee., 1906-06-26
Over Million Dollsrt Worth Of Military
Supplies Destroyed.
DEPARTMENT HAS BIG BILL
Three Million Dollars Asked for Collection
Of Customs Revenues
APPROPRIATION FOR FEDERAL COURTS
Fees for special clerks and Assistants
60 the Attorney GeneraI-PhiI-
ippine Amendment Added
10 Measure.

wAsHINGToN. June 25-The general de-
fcicncy appropriation bill was completed
BY the house committee on appropriations
today and reported to the house NThe bill
carries total OF siO,2B5O9 to \, Iy de-
hciencies In the various depN ~ OF
the government. - ~
The chief items included in the bhS1.l>
follows:
Under the State department: Transpo
ton OF diplomatic and consular Officers Ia
der new law Tor 1907, 30.OUO; contingent eN,
penses, foreign missions, $4,000; contingent
expenses at Consulates. $4,000; payment 10
Germany in settlement OF Samoan claims,
Under the Treasury department: Col
lecting the revenues from customs, 1901,
By0,UO engraving and printing. SS, So
collecting internal revenue, fiscal year lYO6,
SSO,00 collecting internal revenue, fiscal
cinc coast, repair OF. seO1.S7
Under the War department: Statue OF
Liberty, New York harbor. equipment and
lighting, f62.0O: payment of state of Texas
OF money paid to state troops from 1856 to
1880, S6,4lS; state or territorial homes for
Under the military establishment Mile
age officers OF the army $4,000; replacing
mitsTy stores etc, desttroyeds I, SyYe py eafth-
Under the naval establishment: For gen
eral account Of advances, 1904 and prior
ooo Maine Ss oorps rps ,I5 Psy s
yards and docks, SSj,OoO; naval prison ad-
mlnistrauon building at portsmouth N. H.
Money for Federal Courts.
Under the Interior department. Trans
portation OF Indian goods $500.
Under United States courts: ices oil
clerks, $4,000; assistants 10 the attorney
general In special cases. $4,000.
by Steamboat. $4,000: transportation by
othsT Wagon 0s Service, $500; transportation
House of representatives,, 500, 49,; public
printing and binding. $4,000. 60.
Under the District of Columbia: General
expense etc, SS5,h23
The remaining sums in the bill are fol
varying amounts less than $4,000, for judg'
ments OF courts OF claims audited and
certified to congress. There are several
legislative provisions in the bill. In one
OF them authority is given the secretary
of war 10 use the s., 500 900 relief fund here
tofore appropriated for San Francisco not
anlS an che purchase of relief supplies. but
60 replace the supplies taken from the
army stores. Secretary Taft has estimated
that something like 100000 Of this fund re
mains uneXpended.
In view OF statehood for Oklahoma, The
amounts available for the payment Of ex
penses OF the territorial government are t'
be turned into the treasury when the stat'
government is organized.
The secretary OF the treasury is here
after TO furnish congress detailed esti
mates OF expenses OF collecting the rev
enues from customs.
Philippine Amendment Added.
Al full committee meeting of the aD
preparations committee today the follow
ing amendment was adopted to the gen
ersl deficiency bill, reported by Mr.. Lit
tauer;
That the tariff duty, both import and ex
port, Imposed by the authorities of thi
United states or OF the provisional mill
tary government in the Philippines prior 4
March s, 1902, at all ports and places II
said islands upon all goods, wares ant
merchandise imported into said island
from the United States or from forelgl
countries or exported from said islands
are hereby legalized and ratified and IN,
collection OF an such duties prior to Marcl
d 1907, Ia hereby legalized and ratified ant
confirmed as fully 20 all intents and pur
poaes as II the same had by prior act o
congress been specifically authorised an'
6irected-
This amendment Is made to meet case
artEins under the decision OF the supreIn
court In the Warner Barnes case, whIcl
was against the government and woul
compel the refunding of duties collecte'
amounting TO more than A0OO,0o0. Tn
amendment will not affect cases alread!
adtudicated.