Show THIS FROM WASHINGTON Secretary Hay has recovered from his Indisposition and is again at his desk In the State department The House bill amending the war revenue rev-enue law will be taken up by Senate Sen-ate committee after the reconvening of Congress The division of customs and Insular affairsof the office of the Secretary of War created in December 189S hereafter here-after will be known as the division of Insular affairs Representative Hull chairman of the House Committee on Military Affairs apparently doesnt share the fear expressed ex-pressed in some quarters that the army reorganization bill will fall at this session ses-sion of Congress The Secretary of War has sustained thc action of the military authorities In Cuba in what Js familiarly known as the slaughterhouse case without prejudice however to the full legal rights of the claimants Senator Lodge of Massachusetts called al the State bureau yesterday to nresent Ntr Mr > vr > r thr tm T > I L dor to Italy Lord > Pauncefotc arrived shortly after Mr Lodges departure and had a brief conference with Mr Hay The Senate Committee on Relations with Cuba will probably meet immediately immedi-ately after the holidays for the plr pose of considering the question of irregularities ir-regularities under the Cuban service as directed by the resolution oft last session ses-sion sionThc Thc War department has amended the recent tariff circular authorizing the free entryi of Christmas presents into the Philippines Porto Rico and Cuba so that the concession in the case of Cuban ports will expire January 15th instead of February 7th as originally origi-nally provided Nothing Is known at the White House concerning the story cabled from London Lon-don to the effect that the New York Yacht club would Invite Emperor William I Wil-liam of Germany and the Prince of Wales to witness the yacht races for the Americas cup next summer and that 1resident McKinley would write I concurrently to the Kaiser and the Prince Inviting them to visit tile United States I |