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S e n a t o r H c h n e on t h e 22d t r o t t e d o u t the old nmss -cove rcd bil l , w h i c h ha s f igm'cd a t m a n y p r e v i o u s s e s s ions of t h e l e g i s l a t u r e , to d e p r i v e t he c l e r k of t he s u p r e m e c o u r t of t he f a t f ees he n o w r ece ive s and fix h i s s a l a r y a t $3,- 000. T h i s b i l l h a s b e e n k i l l e d and r e s u r r e c t e d r e g u l a r l y e v e r y t w o y e a r s fo r t h e p a s t d e c a d e or two .

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T h e f o l l o w i n g b i l l s w e r e pas sed in t h e s e n a t e on t h e 22d: A p p r o p r i a t i n g $10,000 to c o m p l e t e t w o d e t a c h e d bui ld- i ngs a t t he e a s t e r n M i c h i g a n a s y l u m ; a p p r o p r i a t i n g $15,000 for t h e s u p p o r t of t he M a r q u e t t e N o r m a l fo r s ix m o n t h s e n d i n g June 30, 1901; P a n - A m e r i c a n a p p r o p r i a t i o n , ,$40,000.

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The f inance c o m m i t t e e s p e n t t h e en- t i r e d a y on t h e 20th in agreeing- u p o n d e t a i l s of t h e r e v e n u e r e d u c t i o n bi l l . T h e t o t a l r e d u e t i o u is $42,000,000. T h e b e e r t a x is r e d u c e d to $1.50. T h e t a x on t o b a c c o a l so h a s a r e d u c t i o n of one- h a l f of t h e w a r t ax , l e a v i n g i t a t 9c a pound . T h e p r e s e n t t w o c e n t s t a m p on b a n k c h e c k s w i l l be r e t a i n e d u n t i l J an . 1, 1902, w h e n i t w i l l be r e d u c e d to one cent . The t a x is r e m o v e d f r o m al l p a t e n t med ic ines , w h e n t h e f o r m u l a e or i n g r e d i e n t s a re p r i n t e d upon t h e l a b e l o r w r a p p e r of t h e bo t t l e . Al l se- c r e t c o m p o u n d s for m e d i c i n a l o r t o i l e t p u r p o s e s a re taxed the same as now, There is a r e d u c t i o n of one-half of the t a x on p e r f u m e s , p o m a d e s , and o t h e r t o i l e t a r t ic les . T h e b a n k tax , w h i c h is n o w equiv~klent to S:~ a t h o u s a n d of cap i ta l , is r e d u c e d to S1 a t h o u s a n d of c a p i t a l and surp lus . S t a m p s w i l l n o t be r e q u i r e d u p o n no tes , m o r t g a g e s , o r o t h e r e v i d e n c e of i n d e b t e d n e s s , b u t w i l l be con t in ned u p o n d e e d s and o t h e r ce r t i f i ca t e s of t r a n s f e r and e v i d e n c e s of w e a l t h . T h e i n h e r i t a n c e tax is re- d u c c d one- lmlf , and a l l b e q u e s t s to li- b r a r i e s , e d u c a t i o n a l a n d c h a r i t a b l e in- s t i t u t i o n s a re e x e m p t .

I t h a s b e e n m a n y y e a r s s ince o n e s e n a t o r in t he U. S. s e n a t e s p o k e of an- o t h e r as a l iar , a n d y e t i t w a s done in t h e e x e c u t i v e ses s ion of t h e s e n a t e on the 21st. I t was w h e n J a m e s S. liar- l an ' s n o m i n a t i o n was . b r o u g h t u p fo r a t t o r n e y - g e n e r a l of P o r t o Rico. Ju s - t ice I I a r l an of t h e s u p r e m e c o u r t is t h e f a t h e r of Jas . S. t I a r l a n , a n d t h e nom- i n a t i o n w a s a t t a c k e d b e c a u s e i t w a s i n t i m a t e d t h a t t he n o m i n a t i o n w a s m a d e to in f luence J u s t i c e H a r l a n ' s op in ion in the cases i n v o l v i n g t h e con- s t i t u t i o n a l i t y of t h e a d m i n i s t r a t i o n ' s co lon ia l pol icy .

T h e sess ion of t h e h o u s e on t h e 19th w a s d e v o t e d ch ief ly to t h e p o s t a l codi- f ica t ion bi l l , w h i c h w a s a b o u t h a l f c o m p l e t e d . T h e d i s c u s s i o n t u r n e d m a i n l y on t he p r o p o s i t i o n to c o m p e l s t a r r o u t e c o n t r a c t s to be l e t to per : sons l i v ing c o n t i g u o u s to t h e rou te ,_ b u t t he p r o p o s i t i o n w a s d e f e a t e d a f t e r e x t e n d e d d e b a t e . A m o n g t h e b i l l s pa s sed w a s t h a t g r a n t i n g 15 days ' an- n u a l l eave to c m p l o y c s of n a v y ya rds , a r sena l s , etc.

T h e n a v a l a p p r o p r i a t i o n b i l l w a s re- p o r t e d to t he h o u s e on t he 10th w i t h an e l a b o r a t e d s t a t e m e n t of i t s provis - ions b y C h a i r m a n F o s s of t he n i v a l c o m m i t t e e . T h i s b i l l c a r r i e s $77,016c 635, t he l a r g e s t eve r r e p o r t e d to t h e house f r o m tim c o m m i t t e e on n a v a l af- fa i rs . Th i s is a b o u t ,$11,865,718 a b o v e t h e bi l l of l a s t y e a r and 810,0220,395 be low the e s t i m a t e s s u b m i t t e d b y t h e n a v y d e p a r t m e n t . T h e b i l l w e n t on t h e ca lendar .

A t t h e c a b i n e t m e e t i n g on t h e 22d S e c r e t a r y R o o t r e a d e x t r a c t s f r o m re- c e n t r e p o r t s f r o m t h e P h i l i p p i n e s . Sec- r e t a r y R o o t s e e m e d to t h i n k t h a t con- d i t i ons a re d e c i d e d l y improved , and t h a t p r o s p e c t s for a s p e e d y s e t t l e m e n t of e x i s t i n g t r o u b l e s a re b r i g h t .

T h e h o u s e l ies p a s s e d ~ bi l l a u t h o r - i z ing t he t r e a s u r e r to f loat a l o a n of ,$3,000,000 in t h e U. S. a n d E u r o p e . The f u n d s t h u s r a i s c d wi l l be l o a n e d b y t h e g o v e r n m e n t to p l a n t e r s in P o r t o Rico to r e l i eve a g r i c u l t u r a l dep re s s ion .

T h e s e n a t e on t h e 22d a d o p t e d a con- c u r r e n t r e so lu t io f i p r o v i d i n g t h a t b o t h h o u s e s of c o n g r e s s a s s e m b l e on W e d - nesday , Feb . 13, to c o u n t t h e v o t e s cas t fo r P r e s i d e n t a n d V ice -P re s iden t .

T h e s e n a t e c o m m i t t e e oil I n d i a n af- f a i r s on t he 22d m a d e i t s r e p o r t o'~ t h e I n d i a n b i l l . T h e c o m m i ~ c e recom- m e n d a t i o n for t h e t o t a l a p p r o p r i a t i o n , was $9,870,526.

The senate by a vote of 38 to 19 rati- fied t he S p a n i s h t r e a t y on t he 22d.

T R A N S V A A L W A I l I T E M S .

The B r i t i s h a r m y off icers of t he re- m o u n t d e p a r t m e n t a r r i v e d a t N e w Y o r k on t h e C u n a r d s t e a m e r E t r u r i a on t he 27th en r o u t e fo r N e w Or leans , w h e r e each wi l l t a k e c o m m a n d of a d i f f e r e n t s t e a m s h i p - h a v i n g on b o a r d 1,500 h o r s e s a n d m u l e s w h i c h Col. Do B u r g h h a s b e e n b u y i n g in K a n s a s fo r r e m o u n t s in S o u t h Afr ica . A l t o g e t h e r a b o u t 50,000 A m e r i c a n a n i m a l s h a v e b e e n p u r c h a s e d fo r t h e B r i t i s h a r m y in Afr ica .

Gcn. K i t e h e n c r is d i s p o s i n g g r e a t fo rces s e m i - c i r c u l a r l y , h is e x t r e m e l e f t r e s t i n g on t h e sea, to c i r c u m v e n t t h e Boers . T h e c o l u m n s m o v e s i m u l t a n e - ous ly , in t o u c h w i t h each oti]cr . The g r e a t e s t d a n g e r of t h e s i t u a t i o n is t h e p o s s i b i l i t y of Gcn. D e W c t ' s a p p e a r a n c e in Cape Colony. I t is be l i eved t h a t none of t he D u t c h r e s i s t h i s p e r s o n a l ca l l to arms

A c c o r d i n g to a d i s p a t c h f r o m :Brus- sels, b u b o n i c p l a g u e is r a g i n g a m o n g the B r i t i s h t r o o p s in Cape C o l o n y , and m a n y d e a t h s t h a t a r e a t t r i b u t e d to en- t e r i c f e v e r and d y s e n t e r y a rc r e a l l y d u o t o p la~uc .

A p u b l i c co l l ec t ion is b e i n g m a d e in H a m b u r g , G e r m a n y , w i t h a v i e w of p r e s e n t i n g to Gen. De W e t a s w o r d of honor , and p r o v i d i n g a f u n d for t h e re- l ief of t he suffering" B o e r w o m e n and ch i ld rcn .

The r e p o r t t h a t a m i l i t a r y t r a i n w i t h t r o o p s a n d s t o r e s on b o a r d w a s w a y - l a id and c a p t u r e d a t S l i j p k l i j p on t i le 25th, h a s b e e n c o n f i r m e d by L o r d K i t c h e n e r .

W h i l e m a r c h i n g f r o m W o n d e r f o n t e i n to Caro l ina , S m i t h - D o r r i e n w a s en- g a g e d b y t h e B o e r s fo r five hou r s , los- i ng one officers a n d 15 men w o u n d e d .

T h e y e o m a n r y c a p t u r e d d u r i n g an e n g a g e m e n t a t L i c h t e n b u r g on Jan. 17 have al l been r e l e a s e d w~th t h e ex- c e p t i o n of one m a j o r a n d t h r e e men .

I n an cz{gagement n e a r V e n t e r s d o r p on the 25th the British lost four and had 39 wounded.

E x - P r e s i d e n t K r u g e r is n o w a t Ut- recl l t , h a v i n g a r r i v e d t h e r e on t h e 22d.

I t is n o w a n n o u n c e d t h a t t h e Fil i - p inos w a n t c ivi l ~ o v e r n m e n t . S t r o n g % i sn ' t it'?

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:oral P a s s e n g e r A g e n t , L o u i s v i l l e & INashv i l l e R. R., Lou i sv i l l e , Ky . , wil l : ~answer al l i n q u i r e s c o n c e r n i n g t h i s i t r a in , and f u r n i s h p r i n t e d m a t t e r con- c c r n i n g it:

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I do not bclleve Piso's Cure for Consumption has an equal for oouglts and colds. John F. Bo?r~t, Trlalty Springs, Ind., Feb. 15, 1900.

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