Some Important Measures Which Have Received Governor's Signature. ALBANY. April 17.-- Governor Roosevelt has signed the following laws: Mr.

Apgar, appropriating $50,344 for rebuilding and refinishing the buildings recently damaged by fire at Sing Sing prison. Mr. Fowler, appropriating $25,000 for cleaning out and deepening the outlet of Chautauqua lake, and also for dredging and deepening the lake.

Mr. Fish, appropriating $15,000 for the erection of a steel bridge over the outlet of Cazenovia lake reservoir. Mr.

Hitchcock, appropriating $20,000 to improve the Glens Falls feeder. E. E.

Kelley, appropriating $12,000 for establishing the boundary line between the counties of Herkimer and Hamilton counties. Mr. McCreary, appropriating $15,000 for the construction of a steel bridge over the Erie canal at Watervliet.

Mr. Vest, appropriating $12,000 for the construction of swinging bridge over the Champlain canal at Waterford, Saratoga county. Senator Raines, appropriating $11,500 to provide for accommodations for the director of the New York Agricultural Experiment station.

Senator White, appropriating $10,000 for the improvement of navigation in the Oneida river. Mr. Fowler, appropriating $35,000 for the drainage of the Conewango creek.

Mr. Gale, providing that a full and honorable discharge be granted to volunteer firemen who are deprived of the right to serve their full term by the organization of a paid department. Mr.

De Graw, fixing the salary of supreme court attendants in the second judicial district at $1,800 per annum. Mr. Henry, incorporating the New York State Medical association.

PAGE TWO--EDITORIALS. Telegraph and Cable Lines. A writer in Ainslee's Magazine has collected many interesting facts about the telegraph and cable lines in the world, in the course of which he notes the extent to which rates for messages have been reduced.

When the first Atlantic cable was laid, the price of a 20 word message from New York to London was $100, or $5 a word.