Show TARIFF bill PASSED the house finally disposes of the measure A NOTED GAME OF BASEBALL alie young ladies piny against a team of small B ya the lads win other clicks washington may 21 special when alie house first met yesterday morning and ent into committee of the whole on the tariff baker of new york offered an amendment that all articles on importation into ted states whether embraced in tho free liec or t otherwise ther wise pay nc less rate of duty than eliat imposed by tha country of export on like articles exported into the united states butterworth opan ed th amendment and said he regretted there was no opportunity port unity to ah ertain a con census of opinion on his own side of the house toucin this lill applause the committee of alic whole has alons the lines of the bill for a number of days then the gei clemen in the committee on ways and means biad taken alie floor held it with am en dm cuts until nearly the last hour so that amendments which other gentlemen desire de sire to submit could nut have the necessary to determine what alie con census of opinion was it wag idt fixed that alie ark of alie republican covenant was committed to a few and he regretted there had not bean that conference which enable members to prune the bill brewer of michigan said the time for debate had been frittered fritt ered away by the other side he in favor bill because it was carrying out the pledges made by the american people applause all thi the house was in alie greatest confusion which the hour of noon arrived when the committee rose and reported iha bill to the house mckinley demanded ahe previous question on alie bill and amendments the democrats demanded yeas and nays and the previous question was or dered yeas davs 1 lg alie amendments were then read in de tail the first amendment on which aae vote was demanded was one changing the phraseology of the tin plate clause adopted liv a narrow margin yeas nays the next vote was equally close but this time the democrats were victorious victori our the amendment fixing the duty on jute yarn at 45 per cent being defeated veas 3 43 nays the duty as fixed by l cent the next amendment that bringing russia camels hair into class 3 of the wool schedule was agreed to yeas nays t providing provi dine that the duty woolen and worsted yarns valued at not more than 30 cents per pound shall be two and a half times the duty on unwashed wool if first class and 35 per cent ad rejected nays the fillnow hill now lie duty at twice the duty on unwashed wool of first class and 35 per cent ad va lorem an amendment providing that on woolen and worsted goods and all manufactured wool and worsted not otherwise provided for valued at not more than 30 cents per pound there shall be imposed a duty three times the duty imposed on a pound of unwashed wool of the first class aad 40 per cent ad valoree valorem va lorem rejected yeas nays this leaves the duty at twice the duty on unwashed wool and 40 per cent ad va lorem the republicans who voted with the democrats on the wool and worsted goods and yarn amendments were anderson of kansas dolliver donneil Ddn neil Henderson of iowa lacey lind beeney and taylor of illinois an amendment imposing a duty of 50 per cent ad valoree valorem on all manufactured silk not especially provided for providing all manufactures of which wool or hair of camel goat or other like animals is a component material it shall be classified as manufacturers wool agreed to yeas nays the vinegar amendment adopted last night in committee of the whole was adopted yeas nays as this was the last amendment and the engrossment and thir dreading of the bill having been ordered carlisle offered the following amendment resolved that the pending bill be re committed to the committee on davs an d means with the instructions to report the back to the house at the so as to reduce ahe revenues df the government by reducing the burdens of taxation on the people instead of reducing the duties oy imposing prohibitory prohibit cry rates of taxation upon imported goods democratic applause deflated to republican applaud ap plaus the bill then passed yeas nays ly the fair sn NEW may 22 special the ladies of flushing opened the season at the Athe letic club grounds of that place this morning with a game of baseball between nine of their own fair selves and a team of small boys the boys won but the young ladies put up a great game they were the challenging party and they held that if girls could play lawn tennis there was no reason why girls should not play base ball though the mothers of some of them did not see it in that light and the men to whom some of them had the good fortune to be engaged objected the grounds of the club are as private as can be and of course only friend were present the game was different from any game that anybody remembered ever having seen before and aa there will be no return match dfcia doubtful if any one will see its like again the rules were in themi elvea peculiar to even up matters the boys were only allowed one out while the young ladies could have air in one winning tm is not aa one sided asit as it looks because the young ladies were not very well up in the minor points of the same such as the necessity of touching the base and not running home when the catcher was standing on the plate examining the ball and the futility of always throwing the ball to the pitcher when any one wax running to the first base the ladies were dressed to buit their own tastes but all wore blouses and baseball caps of different colors the wore a striped and white blouse and red blazer and she played the game of her eide she would have placed aven much betterin bette rif her mother had not eat seat s messages to her whenever slie yot in position to drive the ball into the east biyer to the effort that her back hair as coming down this was very trying and did much to rattle alie team there was a good deal of confusion as to who waa to beat this arose from alie fact that the scorers could not become accustomed to the new rule which allowed six cuts to one side alie rule deemed to be that when in doubt play miss ethel post miss post was accordini ily sent in to bat between every other two players and whet lier slie died at first or got homo she was promptly started off again alie captain occasionally tried lier to come to bat but the opposing captian objected he seemed to miss post might finish one run before she started off on another miss hicks in a fresh white gown white sailor hat and blue belt refused to be rattled aud proved much more ornamental than useful as a third base lady she said she thought it would be more efficacious if they did not attempt to precipitate the spleen towards her because she really would not know to what particular use she could put it there w as a terrible kick in the second inning when the captain of the ladies team ran in from third and picked the juvenile catcher up in her arms and sat him down on the home plate also when in the fourth inning the same catcher said be had sot home safe and the empire was rash enough to disagree the score aa given out after much consultation between the members of the two nines the empires and scorers was 10 to 5 in favor of the small boys which must be for miss ethel i post herself must have made a dozen western gas association ST may 22 especial at the convention of the western gas association today to day at the lindell hotel papers were read by george T thompson on impressions of british gas works E G Cowd eryon mixed gasses and eugene printing on wrought iron cast iron or steel which is the bet material for street mains the delegates will be entertained at a banquet tonight to night |