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Show in the case of wholesale dealers who failed to report to the commissioner of internal revenue. The law, however, was subsequently subse-quently amended to cover this omission. It should be understood, therefore, that it is no longer a mere department regulation, but a provision of law. After having considered the question of constitutionality for a long time, the house iudicial committee has decided to report a resolution directing that an investigation be made into the Pinkertou system. The committee com-mittee has come to the conclusion that as there were charges of the alleged use of Piukerton meu by interstate commerce carriers, and also that their employment resulted in violence to persons aud to property, it would recommend an investigation in-vestigation to ascertain if the charges were true. An elaborate bill, designed to remedy the defects found in the working of. the Interstate Inter-state commerce law, aud to increase the efficiency effi-ciency of the law, was ordered favorably reported re-ported by the house commerce committee, commit-tee, which, through a sub-committee, has been working on the measure for some weeks past. An amendment proposed to the river and harbor bill by Senator Mitchell appropriates nearly three million to construct a boat railway rail-way at the Dalles and Celilo Falls and Ten Mile Rapids of the Columbia river, and the necessary marine apparatus for the purpose pur-pose of transferring the boats and their cargoes across the obstructions at those places. The appropriation is to cover the whole cost of the proDosod improvement. NEWS FROM WASHINGTON Items of Interest Picked Up About the National Capital In Both Houses. Washington, April 27. After adopting the resolution offered by Stewart several weeks ago calling upon the secretary of the treasury for information in regard to the purchase of silver bullion and coinage of silver dollars under the act of 1890, the senate sen-ate resumed consideration of the army appropriation ap-propriation bill. The house, soon after meeting, went into committee of the whole on the diplomatic appropriation bill. Three members of the house committee on foreign affairs (Geary, O'Donnell and Harmer) have united with Royder in reporting report-ing to the house a set of resolutions iu place of what they regard as a prefunctoay expression ex-pression of sympathy with the persecuted Kussiau Hebrews already reported by the majority of the committee. These resolutions resolu-tions assert that the time has now come when the United States is entitled to take an interest in the continued persecution of the Hebrews In Russia, and direct the American Amer-ican minister at 8L Petersburg to communicate communi-cate with the Russian government and report re-port whether there is any prospect of the repeal of the May laws; of the laws limiting the places of residence of Jews, and the character of their occupations, and prohibiting prohibit-ing foreign Jews from transacting business inRussia. The attorney-general is also to report upon the facts ascertained by the minister, whether or not these Russian statutes and ordinances do not constitute a violation of existing treaties between the United States and Russia. Mr. Mason, commissioner of internal revenue, rev-enue, said today that the recent decision of the supreme court of the United States in the case of George Reaton was liable to be misunderstood by persons not familiar with the facts. That particular case, he explained, ex-plained, arose under the original oleomargarine oleomar-garine act, which dh not prescribe a penalty |