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Show MISCELLANEOUS. I'nrrhase or hitter br the TrrajnrT Department at TabIn;loa iMtfnlaj-. SOME RATHER INTERESTING RAILROAD STATISTICS. A Hill fur the Eximlnstlon and CU?inratlon of Jllne ral Ijnils. A RAILROAD WRECK NEAR TRINIDAD. COLORADO. The IlnrlrnriJjf Urethra Cae. U. S.. ainltrr Ilonslas on the Lleclloa llill. Teterraph to the M.ws.1 rmm n tsmxirov rnrtbs of Mlsrr.-Reolpr.rlly- Amrndmenl. Itsllrtd ilallsllr. WASIIIOTOX, Au?. IS. The nraount of llvr oOVrcJ to the TrmMirj- Drjiattnicnt UMlay waa 31),Hooncs. The amount pur-rhaml pur-rhaml was 2OJ.O0O as f.illowf : Forty thoujaml ounces nt 31.151; CW,W ounces at SI. 193; 00,0U0 ouut-n at 1.19. The tiitity-3Te local pur-rhaita pur-rhaita hy tlic minta from tlio IStli to Ifilli Ins ., Imluslvc, amount to b2,l77ouuce. Tiie price of fllvrr In IainUon to-day was 51 prncr, the hlshot iuiut reacheU aincc Atril 1S7S. SulHcqucntly oQers vrere rrcvlTed from ftau Kranclco to mjII&I.OaW ojncesalSI lSaml W.Wkl at $I.IS, loth otltrsaco ptctl. This m tile the total olfcrlnss to-lsy 39 t,U ounces awl the total a'crilaut e 3 1 11tl. MNATUIt IJJXU.Mri ollemi the foilon Ins onienJnicnt to the Lititl hill, -vrlilcii was rtftrrn-J to the fonimiltee ou linalict.': "That whtiieTtrthe IreIJrntoftliB Uni-tol Uni-tol .Suites shall lie intitlej that a wgiivrwluiin.? country, whcie mignr Is txpoititl to tiie United States has abolislied ita duties or tsitson tiie linirLiUuiis of the priticicil agricultural produtU of the L'nittd btiti-, lie may by prat-bm.itIondliiiinblior prat-bm.itIondliiiinblior whully ixniit tlio duties Impo-l by Li on w,i'. pnduceilandrxporleddlri-ctly from any i-uili country to the L'nitnl uttc.w lanassuchproliiclsofthe United states are a limited free of duty or tax Into such country, aud no longer." 1 JImunJs aho Ravp notice of an other amendment, which he intended intend-ed to prupOM-, atithoriilng the l'm-bklit, l'm-bklit, urhciierir sitUlinl that uu-jut uu-jut diMrrimlnitluu was made by any foreign country against any lirwluct of the Uiiitnl Stale, to iinlen proclamation ex luJInij the I ruducts of thai country. It.MI.UA1 STATISTICS. The tatlftldan of the Iutetate ' Commerce Cummisslon has com-1 com-1 pkled his H-cuiid annual reit lo the CommlWioii. Tilt njett covcib tiie transactions of i(-9 ronds. and shows the ojieratloLa of IiTjSo miles of line. The grops earnings for the year, exclu-Iee of reiiLl of track", yards mid terminal', wire S4H,7ts,701, or $1203 r tniieof line. This leaTex tiie net Income from the o ration- jnai.lOO.t,, orS3rj9permIleof line. After deductions de-ductions are made from the fixed charge, the final net Income for all the roaJs In the United States was$l01,W5,7-'W, or SJI per mile of line. ThetoLil amount of stock is shown to be SI,2M, 100,719, of which S17,"W,"9 are eanit-1 by the railw ay corporations. The total amount of lionds is J1,387.527,S33, of whiili $)1,752,SU3 is owned bv the railway cor orations. From tliLs it apjmits that the total stocks an J houds reprcsenllni; railway properly proper-ly In the hands of the public la f7,-3yHr2S,677. f7,-3yHr2S,677. Tho rert further shows that the pa-j-engerearuiups Increased from rSLUperce t of total earnings In 1V3, to Sl.lOpcr cent In 1SS9, while the freight earnings decreased from CT 35 jsrr tent Iti 1SSS, toG6.S2 ir cent in 1S'. LAM ENTRIES. IteprescntaliTC Carter of M011-Uua M011-Uua today reOrteJ to the House, from the committee on mines and mining, a bill to provide for (he examination ex-amination and clarification of certain cer-tain mineral land". Itauthorin-s Uiu Secretary of tile Iuterlor to sixt-dily cause all lands In Montana and iJaho, wllliln tile land grant and Indemnity land grant limits of the Northern I'aUficllallroadCom-iniiy. I'aUficllallroadCom-iniiy. to be examined and iU'lfiil by comptttnt TK)n, with sivcial nfirence to thilr mineral and nou-mineral nou-mineral character, and to reject cancel and disallow any anil all claims or filings heretofore made, or which may hereafter lie made bv or on behalf of the railroad coniauy on land In those States classified as mineral land. The word mineral shall not be lit Id to Include iron or coal. The bill alro proviJes for appeals from the finding of the examiners, and fur such puulicily ofclassiflca. Uon returns as will give notice lo all Irsous of the conclusions rcichcd with rrgnnl to cadi tract of land. The commit! te thinks with tills publicly, ami with the right to at. pi-nl, it cannot be maintained that projsrrly iuleresls may be disiioed of under the bill without due process pro-cess of law. The sum of $50,000 Is appropriated to carry out tliepro-tWous. |