Show IMPORTANT EVENTS of important events of home and abroad atlant at last the I 1 louse house of representatives has taken action on the hawaiian policy of the administration and has passed the mccreary resolution denouncing ex minister stephens and declaring against foreign interference in hawaii minister willis was upheld by to 98 and a motion to recommit was lost by 97 to the investigation by the senate committe lias has been completed and the reports sent to the printer it is thought that the senate will not take up the subject act until after the question is disposed of the subcommittee engaged in framing a tariff ta riff bill is expected to report to the senate finance committee today the committee decided during the past week not to have any hearings on the subject and democrats expect the tariff bill to pass the senate in march it is said that sugar and coal will be taxed and a higher tax put on whisky than that fixed by the wilson bill the income tax feature is to be retained mr bland on thursday succeeded in getting the house to go into committee of the whole on oil his silver bill in general terms his hii bill provides for the issue of certificates against the on the silver bullion in the treasury and the coinage of all the bullion purchased under tile provisions of the sherman act there are in the treasury ounces of silver chic is i cost the government its coinage value is is its market value is mr bland desires first the issue of certificates against this of sigm sign orage forage slid and holds that the bullion would be coined as fast as the certificates were issued the repeal of the federal election laws were accomplished by the senate on wednesday and tile the president signed the bill the next day the bill passed the house on october the vote was a party one with the exception that senator stewart re r pub licau voted with tile democrats as did the three popl populist list senators Sena torn the wreck of the historic warship Keni sarae iu in the caribbean sea aca on february lal was learned on thurs ilay day and caused general sorrow no lives were lost but bul the llie officers und crew just had an all exciting time reports of reviving industries etil continue lIlle to I 1 collie in ill president peixoto of brazil has decreed that martial married law shall cease on the and that the election of president and vice president shall be held march the nom illation of moraes is said to be favorably received by the insurgent leaders leader and the election may end the revolt for admiral da gama gains claims that liis his revolt is principally against 0 reix peixoto oto the coming together of russia and germany in the matter of reciprocity in tariff duties is not relished by france who seemed to think that czar would stand aloof from the triple alliance after the expressions of friendship shown by tile the republic last fall french friendship seem to be prized by russia more for floating a russian loan thin than from sentiment and as france failed to come forward with her coin dussias Rus sias friendship has undergone a chill an investigation has begun of tile the recent revolt in the german camer of west africa it is said to have been caused by the governor flog flogging cring 0 the wives of native soldiers religious Relic n rious riots leavo been renewed beti between veen Ilin doos all and in ill india bobers lobengula ula the former chief of Matabe leland is i reported to have been deger deserted ted 1 by y the followers the parish councils or local gover ment bill has passed the committee starre stage 12 in the lords salisbury failed in his efforts to kill it with objectionable amendments the price ot of liar bar silver readied reached in london the lowest point it had ever touched IPA |