Show MPITAL CHIPS f a A Budget of News From the Nations Capital Slugger Sullivan TS Merrine Thompson A Hanging Matinee in the Rune f Eli Capital Chips Washington 21The House committee com-mittee on patents decided unanimously unani-mously to report adversely Representative Repre-sentative Andersons bill to limit the lifetime of a patent to five years The bill introduced in the Senate for the admission of the State of Tacoma provides for the erection of the present Territory of Washington and part of Idaho into a state and its admission into the Union subsequent sub-sequent to its formation of a government gov-ernment and the adoption of a constitution con-stitution by a convention of delegates dele-gates representing the electors of the proposed State to be held in Walla Walla snddfche ratification of he action of thai convention at a pecial election by electors residing within the limits of the proposed State It provides however that she admission shall not take place until after March 4th 1885 The right to the Lighthall patent for cable tramways for France Has been Bold to H Woodrow formerly of Cincinnati who will shortly leave for Paris to introduce the cable street railway system there Representative S S Cox chairman chair-man of the Democratic caucus has issued a call for a caucus of Democratic Demo-cratic Representatives on Tuesday evening next The House committee on commerce com-merce considered the bill authorizing authoriz-ing the President to prohibit by proclamation the importation I of articles of food or drink when satisfied that the same are adulterated in a manner injurious injuri-ous to health and to prohibit the importation of such articles as he deems proper from any country which exercises unjust discrimination discrimina-tion against American products It also decided to postpone voting on the measure until next Friday but there was an uaderatandine that the committee should nuke a report to theHouse substantially of this character Instead however of limiting the operations of the act by the year 1887 the committee will recommend that there be no limit Consideration was also given of Representative Townsends joint resolution nutaorlringjthe President to invite the cooperation of the governments of the American nation na-tion in securing the establishment of a commarcial league to be known as the customers union of America the object of which is to strengthen commercial intercourse Reagan Woodward and Davis were appointed ap-pointed a subcommittee to obtain the views of the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury on the I proposed union and report on Tuea dayTne Tne Southern Pacific Railroad company has notified the Secretary of the Interior of the completion of another section of road 242 miles in tngth from Mohave Arizona to the Needless The company ask to have this section examined by the commission who may be appointed to examine the section completed last year Pending Congressional lotion in fae matter it is not probAble prob-Able that this last application to the department will be more successful than proceeding applications as the appointment of a commission might he construed Into a recognition of the validity of the claim of the Southern Pacific to the land grant of the Texas Pacific |