Show THIS FROM WASHINGTON Arthur T Orcoloy uslxtinL commissioner commis-sioner jf mii i eats lins rrslgnird his pobl tlon Mr Orcclej rcslKiis to cmbarK In jirlvato luiHlncvjj ll Is iss ertil In Wahlngton Hint I as 1 mutter of litt tli o Is no mote dlsltirl anco In China now an a whole than at any tlmo luring the I past twenty I years The fortlllciillonH1 I t ap roprattoii bill has been reported by the t Jloiife Coinmltlio on Approirlatlon < 1 1 approprliited < U > 1SS for carrylnc foranl the plan of sca coast defences I > OKUII In 15S Among lie bills Introduced in the Jluuin I yesterday was on by i ilr St phns of Tcxus Cu > r an International dam on tho Klo Granlu river to control the di trlliu tlon uuf time i her between the United States and Mexico Col Patton iif > the riunrlermastorKCii orals olllce has completed arrin Lmoiits for iho shipment I if I uhout I 1 CisI W worth of clothing and oliilpigo to Manila for the nso ot Iruops In thu Philippines during dur-ing the luxt six months Gen Joseph WhoeJer was a I time Capitol yesterday and was warmly proote < l by I men old friend llo I will make no effort to take his seat until after Secretary Root returns and his military status Is determined deter-mined The head of Thomas II Benton of Missouri Mis-souri will decor t to t the I now J per cert bonds for ioi l Hinton by his persistent I opposItIon to paper and slit ii and demand de-mand for KoM currency was glvon tho sobriquet of Old Bullion Tn conipllanco with a joint resolution I oT Congress the Secretary of the Interior has entered Into negotiation for the i pit r chano Iuv l iho Ouvernmcnl of the hinds occupied by the Mammoth Tree flrovu and South Park grove of big trees la I I California I I Chief Justice Fuller of tIme frilled Slalos Supreme court today handed down an opinion In tlm cnilm of Commander John N QUaokonluivh of the United States now to t recover I > HV for services from ISJyj lo 1W7 It was against time corn mander Senator LoilRo In the Senate and Rep resontalho Moody In time Mousu Intro iluced 1 a Joint rusohu I Ion making Iho t senior MajorGeneral of Iho i army while commanding the army a MfutomiiitGen oral ami lie I AdjutantGeneral of the t rirmy a MajorGeneral Hcprcjontatlve Sulrer of Now York vos torday ronoweil his cT rot heforo tho I louse Iommitlco on Military l Affairs to secure action onhis resolution vailing lor Information from the V4ir deparlment wholhor Great Britain was erecting for tltlcatlon along the northwest boundary of tho United State To prevent friction with time Sultan of tho t Sulu I archlpoiafTo I measures have been likin by th I Amorlcin authorities In lie 1 Philippines for the I adjudication of any itiust lotus that I t mu > arise which cannot can-not be dlsiusiMl of by lie provisions if the treatywhlch I ho i muil l Gen Rates cn torcd Into several months uigti |