Show LAT Nlt Tr LE6Hli1M VA8HINGTON Washington 28The ways and means committee today went back to the schedule of glass and glassware glass-ware and completed it Several varieties of polished cylinder and crown glass and flint and time bottles bot-tles were added to the commissioners commission-ers list but ne material changes are made in the rate bchedules of cotton and woolen passed over and hemp jute and flax and silk taken up and completed i The postofflce at Tyrone Sonoma County Cala Is reestablished ama am-a commission u postmaster has been forwarded to Thomas C Russell Rus-sell An order has been issued by the department with reftreaco to the star route from Hydeayille to Camp Grant Cala that from January Janu-ary 25th Hydesville shall be omitted and service restored so as to begin at Rohnervill and end at Garber ville an increase of thirty miles in distance Railroad mail service is ordered from February 1st from Como by Farnham Argentine and Breckenridge to Dillon in Colorado and back six times a week or cts much oftener as trains may run A memorial and protest against the bankrupt act signed by 1280 firms and individuals of New York City representing all the principal j branches of business was presented to the Senate by Mr Lapham of New York The memorialists state that the operation of the United States bankrupt law proved injurious to the business of the whole country Commissioner McFarland of the general land office bverrulled the motion of McGanahans counsel for a stay of proceedings in the matter of the issue to the new Itlria Mining Min-ing Company for the Panoche Grande Ranche Secretary Teller has suspended all prior orders in the T D Searl plaser mining claim case from Leadville Colo and directed all parties interested inter-ested to attend a hearing at the district land office The question at issue is whether the land is more valuable for placer mining than for other purposes It is partly occupied occu-pied at the present time by the depot de-pot in Leadville of the D and R G EE Co Postmaster General Howe today addressed a communication to Senator Sen-ator Allison chairman of the Senate Sen-ate appropriations committee call ing his attention to the fact that growers of seeds and bulbs in states along the Canada border forward their gods to Canada and have them sent through the mails toper sons ia tae United Sates thus obtaining ob-taining benefits of the Canadian postage rates on such matters mat-ters He concludes his letter let-ter by asking whether we cannot offord to transport for eight cents per pound seeds which the farmer buys as well as to transport seeds for nothing which the government govern-ment buys and if we cannot afford to carry seeds for one cent for two ounces paid into our treasury as well as to carry them for the same price paid into the Canadian treasury treas-ury He also calls attention to the need of legislation to prevent the sending of explosive and dangerous matter in mails Cans of dynamite loaded pistols and bowie knives were among the articles taken from the malls last year |