| Show UotHI 03lHIITJ1OC TIle Tobarrn < tirllon TIts Worhl rill 11111 JSIILiGroX Jan SThe ways and means committee this morning heard more arguments on the to bacco questIon and in the afternoon heart several gentlemen connected with tic wine and connLCt tle spirit interest George T fatagg of Kentucky read a statement ana said the distillers do dlUller not ask a repeal of the Internal repl revenue laws as I would Interl increasing business temporarily result In overproduction cons quent depression They would like I u > have the tax reduced from 91 to G cents a gallon There I I10n were other tlC In which the distillers tl sought relief and they were con null with Uio administration wer of the nmlnWmUon o te bw F G Jlarnst of Xew J ew Orleans represenUng the rice millers asked that In the new tariirbill the dertnl lions of various larffbllhe tice be made more exact Congressman Lansing S of > ew York tried to Impress upon the com rnittee the desirability upn cm delmbUt ofglving Lion rtculturo given thesante manufacturers degree of protec The ag business of raising weds was rractl laity a manuiacture He wanted n duty of JO cents a bushel on peas and beans raised for need 30 p In stead of 10 tf on barley and 1 Instead Umtcd ofS on hay Jlepresentatives of many of the leading cut tobacco manufacturers tob of the met magufltulfIJ country her today and organized a trade mark association havIng for Its object the protection of its members In the use prtecton mate trade lgI1 tde marks WORL FAIR nIT The action of tlie House commit tee on foreign allaire In 1 deciding to consider the Worlds Fair bill has caused a lively commotion among the representatives of the dUe striving t secure the fair The Im I pression Is growlagthat the Chicago mipla have scored an advantage In jetting the bill before this commit tee which is ti commi te i supposed to lean in their favor and the other claimant a respectful over what they regard as a breach of the spirit of agree ltt ascot entered Into by the four cities This morning ICeprecenui hIve Flower taw Speaker Reed and getting him to call nov eral members of the committee O on rules together earnestly requested j on behalf of 2fu York Washington Washing-ton and St Louis that Immcdlat provision be madu for tlm m > poln ment of a select committee to con adder the Worlds Fair bill and n leT the foreign affairs committee of their selfImposed duty The com mlttee on rules will probably on tile request tomorrow At presen t Imo of the members think well o f the proposition to report to tin ff HoufoForntthine in tho nature o f a set rl instructions to the foreign allalre committee which will direct it to l formulate a bill setting the time for the WorUa Fair and mak tme ing a suitable appropriation to inert the expense but leaving olth s louse lts selection of the pine where the bit ir to lv held I hnlrMrofn tlillJ SAX F IClSJan SCement Flint the iJeveuyearold son of William C Unt attorneyat law I Uils city commltled rulcidc this minIng by rliootlug hlnuelf the tensile The boy dknppearcd I l fron I home after returning from fcclioo ye tcrdayi nnd search was made without succwj Aa he had not re tuniiJ this morning the oIlier len the houe t notify the > oict As he was parsing along the stree he saw the hoy on the opjioile tide walk The boy saw his father am ran into a neighboring housew hen he shot himself The lareiita art unable to account for thu net but supposed ho feared to return homo Cfcer remaining away all night The toy was treated kindly nt homo |
