Show IlKPOItTS Of Srerelnrj Wlniloni Cisc II e tre tory of Ibe Nosy SIn WASHINGTON Dec Secretary Windom today transmitted to Congress Con-gress estimates of appropriations required re-quired for the fiscal 1 year ending Juue30lS91 Hu estimates 311 4JS077 Mill be needed The estimates I esti-mates for ISM Vim S3234ti7lS3 The appropriations for the present fiscal year tire JSSSjllSSSO rite principal Increase lu I tar Is for pensions rind public works ar fI t the former exceeding the appropriations I appropria-tions for tho present year by S5b27 L J tl fn f2 SJO and the latter l S09tj 272 Kills for tlie final a > ment of the new cruiser Ctiartctiun hare been I approved Arrangements are now being madu to put her in commission commis-sion Situ will be tile flagship the Asiatic or tho iaciflc stations most likely the former and will probably make hit llrst cruise In tho East Indies nnorT OF TilE NAVY The annual rejiorlof Secretary of the Xnvy bowl the tflectlvo force of the naVj when all the yes rob now authorized are completed will comprise cJeen armored yes ado of which only three are designed de-signed for fightiuKatfea and thirty one unarmored TcfMls making a total of fort two A comparison i made with the navies of foreign lowers and the Secretary declares that even when tile present building build-ing programme Is completed the United States cannot take rank as a natal power and that this country EO far as its capacity for defen is concerned will be absolutely at the mercy of nations having lets than onetenth of ib population one thirtieth of its wealth and one hundredth of its arva Anyone of the powers could without serious seri-ous difficulty even after the completion com-pletion of our fleet as now authorized author-ized weiiro In a f Ingle raid upon our coast an amount money mill clent to meet thu expeniu of a naval war The creation of a fighting fight-ing force is recommended Mifhcient for lao complete anti ample protection tion of the coast in time of war Referring to the limited rapacity o f OUR SHIP VAIIDS f Ule Secretary IfS If Congress were ready today to authorize the con truction of all the shIM that we need I would be a mechanical im possibility to furnleh them within Jfln years while ia the event of war the fIrst six months of hos Ilitlcs would not only see our e jOfcd cities forced to submit to heavy I contributions but every ship yard In the country public or prl Ctl r r destroyed e and thus the last hop extinguished of creating ann a-nn to meet the emergency of war Referring to the new cruisers tile satisfactori results of severe tests tow to-w Iiich they have been subjected are commented upon and Il is recent nended that the construction effort misers be continued and the con truetiou of an adequate fleet of tar jolo boats be commenced On tine subieet of enlistments the cccreLiri callsattcntlon to tho large number of foreigners among the crews ld says it cannot be e Kxted that crews so composed will rln in a safe reliance for the country if their services should be needed in war I is recommended that the number naval apprentices bo In creased from 750 to 1500 and that the term of enlistment b extended to 24 years of a and In order to secure a body of trained American seamen upon which tile navy of the country can rely It is absolutely ncccsan that the whole system of temporary enlistment should bo replaced 1 by a continuous service i stem bated upon the principle of retaining the crvice of the enlisted man for life No alien should b l1eclt ted for continuous service and no man alove the age of 35 unless ho has had I KEVK > US NAVAL JJII EKIENCE Space is dcvoUd to tile disaster at Samoa Lit March and the S Cr tory states that nothing that cxperl ence or skill could uggest was left ndone to avert the catastrophe but Ihe old fashioned engine and defective steam power were wholly liable to withstand the fury of the hurrIcane The gallantry and for itude of ReirAdmlral KImberly his olllccrs and men were such as hi olcers to call forth the warmest commeu aUons of the department CIVIL SERVICE Htronr The annual report of Uie dill service commission calls special attention to the need of adequate leans to carry on the work The umberof applicants examined the last I fiscal year was nearly double iiatof the preceding year while Ule working force remained exactly the same The commission a k an appropriatIon of 130000 for the next fiscal year After net lsl er Afr reviewing the changes and Improvements lIn I the systcm at great length the report says The merit system of making np Dintments n contrasted with np ntronagc system is no longer an experiment Wherever I has been admirably ried fairly the system has worked TIE NATIONAL DEUT Following Is the national debt statement for November nitrest bearing debt Priecilal nod IotarestS SlHAJMO 0 tebl on which tnterel bus rtawl iince nutnrlij hlnw2cd Debt bearing no Inlet Co 0 Total deLi trsoeltaal t00E3I0LS3 0 Interest 0 Total Itct37k4l 00 Tcul debt amiable cOals items l5k5iIfl ro St cub in Treinur UIS 0 > ecreae ot deb dnnng the month 450051 0 Decrecee of debt tinee Jane 3UlS3a 152535600 Total cash In Try ia shown bj Tucr cn ace000t E S0lEEtI 1 U S ATTORNEY tOIl ID VII O AttorneyGeneral Miller today ppointfd Tremont Wood AssIstant lulled Stales attomey for tlae ills trlc of Idaho Tilt NEW liCkEd In leT othe lrl < O5ed mo I fica tlons of the rules it Is probable the old rules of f t House tIN accepted for I week or ted days thus giving the committee on rules an opportunity to formulate a net code I is not likely however the code will be radically different from the old ce So fa as restricting the minority l concerned some modifications will doubtless Le attempted at-tempted In order t prevent a sml minority for Instance onefifth of VIe members present who may now compel the roll to 0 called ad libitum upon filibustering motion from controlling tie very large maJority ma-Jority The House will probabli permit the Introduction of bills for printing and reference to approprl ate committees when appointed Of resolutions new and fI there I are vast numbers now ready for Introduction On he ttlrftlr CHICAGO Dec 2Tsaln Roc the bicyclist arrived her today from San Francisco having made the entire journei on a bicycle and beat lug the record Stevens by twenty Tour hours and thirteen minutes TheJourmy begin Seitember 23rd and ended this afternoon at thIS Stevens came over the central route while Roe took the route through Southern California Ar zona and along the Imu of the At chiton road cIsn r 1 rnnec and Ilrnzil PARIS Deci In the Deciles today to-day replying to an interrogation regarding re-garding the attitude of France towards the ne V Brazilian government govern-ment Foreign Minister Spullertalel after tho proiIona government md placed lUelf In diplomatic communication com-munication with France he hid Intruded In-truded the French agent to continue contin-ue the name rood relations with the ilcpubllc that had been maintained with the Empire No olllclal notifications noti-fications nre made yet IlIad tilts new government of Brazil was probably awaItIng the assembling of Its Con rcs gross Senator AHNon WASHINGTON D 2 Senator Allison is repotted by n local inj > er assaying In reply to a question n to what pro pect there w ere of Itis aUon on Uie tritu lon There wIll be some legislation on he tariff Whether it will be on the lines of the bill prepared by the Senate finance committee last ses ion is to broad quciUon to an wer now I think this congress will accomplish a greit deal of work The country expects a good dL1 of us and I dont think it will 0 disappointed JInre nno SHANGHAI Dec 2A contract or thirtysix large gun to cett 45000000 marts has been concluded con-cluded with Krupp by the Chinese ovcrument The guns are inteud t d for norUiem fort GIoniai neyOtessIIsel CONSTANTINOI Dec 2Tlte C SAST trial of Mouwa llty chafed with committing murder arson nntl hIm 2ge in A rmenia was concluded today to-day and resulted the ncitilttil 1 of the defendant II r IVtern IlKIUIN Dee 2A cable db I vitch from Xanrlbar states tint Cup aba Rust a member of Dr Peters Rust expedition has returned from Ju mu and believes Peten and I leu tenant tredmann arc dead nritlll or a nnllronil JInil Xnv Yom Dec 2 Samuel Vilkcrson secretary for the North cm Pacific Railroad Company died here this evening of heart failure Tilt Spnnlil JIomrhj IJMION Dec 2Fiae Lisbon corro indent of the Times sai s the pauini nnd Portuguese govern menL hie liecn apprised that the republicans arc bent upon attacking the Spanish monarch tliroti li ortugil Tlirj roes Xcw Yom De 2Judgo Paterson Pat-erson Ins granted the petition of JOIn J Pluukett for nlisolite di TORe from Mary Pluukett the Christian science healer who sense tIme ago mnted with IlenUy lie Vashlngton biganmi A Itrll Knanu lien iSle > DEER Dec 2Ssttta Fe special spe-cial SH Goddard formerly Grand Chancellor KnIghts of Iithias of Nevada nnd well known in Call tomb and Colorado 01 on architect and morning contractor died suddenly this |