Show TELEGRAPHIC Washington Advices Washington The way and means committee fixed the tariff on tin per box at 105 a redaction of 210 pllr box The cabinet considered the Hawaiian treaty Commodore William E Hopkins will I be retired tomorrow The House judiciary committee six to six postopned the Knolt resolution declaring de-claring forfeited the lands of the Northern North-ern Pacific and took up the bill increasing increas-ing the fees of star route witnesses from the fr west This was not finally disposed dis-posed of The comptroller decides that neither I registers nor receivers are entitled to a commission of 1 per cent on the mini oium value of lands entered under the timber culture act The secretary of the treasury today authoriz d the coinage oi a newly designed de-signed nickel larger and thinner than the present one The House commerce committee decided de-cided to have daily meetings and prepare pre-pare the river and harbor bill The House appropriations committee noncoHCurrecl in the amendments to the consular military academy and Indian appropriations bills m nd added 4000 000 to the pension bill making it f 85 OOOCOO Before the Mississippi River commission commis-sion today Jons K Sutter declared unreservedly for levees as a necessary part of the improvements Mayor Harold Har-old concurred in the present plans The Senate took a vote this afternoon in reference to the Hawaiian treaty resolution reso-lution which is considered as tending to favor the abrogation of the treaty The contest was between the finance committee commit-tee which is known to bo opposed to the treaty and the foreign affairs committee which is supposed to favor it The finance committee was successful by vote of 31 to 20 The tobacco convention this afternoon after-noon agreed to urge Congress to reduce the tax on tobacco from 12c to SL cor pound |