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Show NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Harrison Kuril Out Alter Ducks Tha Tariff Cm., Advanced. Washington, March 0 Tim president presi-dent loft Washington this afternoon for a few days duck shooting on the Chesapeake Ches-apeake bay near Bengines, Md. 11 is accompanied by ex-Senator Sewell of New Jersey. Secretary Fester has gone to his home in Fostoria, O., for the purpose of arranging his private affairs for a permanent residence al Washington, lie will be goue about two weeks and Assistant Secretary Nettloton will act as secretary during that perio.l. The supreme court today advanced and assigned for argument on the fourth Monday iu April the eases of lloyd Sutton Sut-ton & Co. and Stoinback it Co. against the collector of customs at New Vork. brought for the purpose of testing the constitutionality of the Mckinley tariff bill. The United States supreme court today to-day affirmed the judgment of the circuit cir-cuit court of the I'nited Slates for the eastern district of Louisiana in the rase of Jams Wallace Peake et al, appellants, appel-lants, vs. the city of New Orleans. This the New Orleans drainage ease iu which ex-President Cleveland was one of the counsel for the appellants. The decision decis-ion of the court in against the parties whom Cleveland represented. Secretary l'roetor will leave Washington Wash-ington this afternoon for Chattanooga, ind after spending a few days in Ten-uessee Ten-uessee with the party which is charged with the delinitiou of the boundary lines of the battlefield there will lie- part on a tour of inspection of the military mili-tary posts in tho southwest. There is no definite itinerary arranged for the trip, but it is expected that ull posts along the southern borders of the country will be listed. The secretary will be absent several weeks and in the meantime the assistant as-sistant secretary will act as secretary. A number of senators and members of the house of representatives represen-tatives and prominent correspondents will accompany Secretary l'roetor as far as Chatanooga and participate in the inspection of the battlefields anil the receptions and banquets which are to occupy some of the three days in that locality. Mayor Magregor has resigned his position as chief of the customs, division di-vision of tho treasury department and has been appointed immigrant inspector for temporary duty at i'uget hound, Washington. |