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Show NEWS FROM WASHINGTON. Tin and .Salt Rebates. Washington, Feb. 34. A statement was laid befure the house yesterday from Ike commissioner of customs showing lhat $1,-711,001 $1,-711,001 drawback was allowed by the government govern-ment on tin cans, etc., manufactured from imported tin nlate aud exported, from October Oc-tober 1, 100, to December 31, lstfl, Another statement shows that the amount of drawback draw-back allowed on imported salt used In curing meats exported from October I, 1S0O, to l)e. eembcr 31, ISfll, aggregated $03,201. In-eluded In-eluded in the third statement was a table giving the quantity and value of salt imported im-ported and withdrawn from the warehouses for the purpose of curinir tlsh, the duty on which was remitted under the act of October 1, 1880. The quantity aggregated ill, 966,000 pounds, valued at 9 103,880. Arizona Wauls Limitations Removed. Washinoton, Feb. 24. Delegate Smith of Arizona reported the bill from the house territories ter-ritories committee to ratify the ai l (if the Arizona legislature authorizing the issue of bonds to the extent of 930,000, to enable the territory to be properly represented at the, "World's fair. The report accompanying the bill says that congressional authority is necessary nec-essary because of the law forbidding territories terri-tories to incur an indebtedness excelling 4 percent of the assessed valuation of property prop-erty iu the territory. The report says Arizona's Ari-zona's assessed valuation is only $110,000,-000, $110,000,-000, but its taxable property is really $,. Ot K),000. Loyally Not Necessary. ' Washington, 1). C , Feb. 24. The house judiciary committee authorized Mr. Oates of Alabama to report favorably his bill to repeal re-peal the provision of the revised statutes making loyalty during the late war a prerequisite prere-quisite to receiving a pension on the part of pi rsous otherwise entitled to pensions No hack pay, however, is to be received by per-Bons per-Bons affected by this act. The act Is also to apply to persons under the disability of the fourteenth amendment to the federal cunsti-tution. cunsti-tution. Will ('titu-us Again on Silver. WAeSIXOTOX, Feb. 33. Representative llolmau. chairman of the democratic caucus of the house has just issued a call for a caucus cau-cus of the democratic representatives to. m irrow evening, at which the silver question ques-tion and the advisability of pressing the free coinage bill before the general election, will be the subject of consideration. |