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Show WASHINGTON 'NOTES. Tbellodtc Ended a Protracted aud HoillWlerlr Contested Eire- tins Cae; other important ousincss BCFOnCTHC HOUSE: X PaiianiijTotTn DMrojrddiy Fire: I E.tlmitrd at $Iw09,003. i ' THE CELESTIALS DESTROYED THE RAILWAY.-, Ofrraaa Catholic;. hecrttary Bat- Ihrrrs Drcllari (o Lltra to II. Ilri'f Telrgrante, S- - - ' - t telra-raph la lie Xkvs.1 Qt'ITE , VArtlETl. Xn Fremtbe Nallvnal Capllal or no InterrMInc atiararter. Wasiiicto-, Sept- 23. By ll action today in tlug Lanztton the House ended what wag prolrably tho mo't protracted and bitterly conbkted election case it has ever decideu. Tiie result was a surprise to the detnoatlc minority, which, after two weeks of uiccrssful ol struction, was confident that Its opponentcouid notstcuruaquoruui, but tiie "whips" had been active. During the flrt roll-call it was discovered dis-covered that Mll!len of Maine aud Mudd of Mar) Ian I Were not present pres-ent and messengers were cent after them. Sweeney of Ioua, vho had not been expe. ted so soon, came in it this juu turo and, Willi Mr. Mudd, CJit tiie votes necessary to make a quorum. Further proceedings proceed-ings weru remirkally expedilicUs, and O'Farrell, the only democratic sentinel, was utterly powerless to check the majority. Tiie yea and nay vote, ahoi ing Vcnable not elected, showed 1C3 republicans re-publicans in attendance, Including those who did not vote, but were paired. Tiie Miller cae, which followed the Langton cn-e,was even a greatur surprise, and, In fact, it was not generally known to tho republicans that tho leaders contemplated the more. TheJcniocrallpmlnoiIly was con siderablv mixed over thu result ot the d3 's proceeding, and a call for a caucus was circulated for Uie pur-lose pur-lose of endeavoring to uultu the party by way of retaliation upon a policy of treatment ef thu Conference nport upou the tariff bill, which would require tho reiblleaus to maintain it quorum to dispose of the report, but owing to the. latenruof the hour and the small attendauct-of attendauct-of deraocraU, the atU mpt to hold a caucus was temporarily abandoned lira lasscNTMiVR nocitw uj. reported favorably from the committee com-mittee on military ntr.lrs n lubt-ti-tuto for the bill mafclug an appropriation appro-priation of $100,000 to enable the Secretary of war to cause an exploration ex-ploration and survey of the Interior of Alaska, luadu by such force of officer and enlintui m 3 of the army aa hSTiiap decarbeStT' " CHEATEO PItjrntTY IlltU By a vote of live to four the House committee on judiciary ordered or-dered a favorable njiort on the Senate bill providing for the dl-po-r Itlon ot the pe'soual prop -rty of tllK Church of Latter-day saints in Utah. K.S(1L.SD AND AMEUtaVN OlHJn- ER3. rtepreeutative Scranton of IVun. syirania today presented for refer enceto the oommittce on foreign aflalra a Joint rvsulntljn setting foith that the harsh and brutal treatment of pollticil prisoners i-unlverally i-unlverally condemnetl by all cUIhzed intiou.-: fiat several mtrlcan citiz-its ( Ur. Gallagher, W.Kcut,J, Wliviu, T White head and others are noC Undtrgolue impri-onment in England for political po-litical oSenseo, and are, according to e flit HI rrpjrts and admUsions, being treated with excejitlonal and unjustifiable severity. Therefore, the HoJsere.j,J"tsthe President to cai'se an inquiry to be riiade luto the cjudllionaud caesof tlitss prison e, and should the report referred to prove correct, endeavor to set-ure fur them human and decent treat men, penll'ig efforts on their behalf, be-half, wined, it is anticipated, will prove thatt hey hive not been fairly or lejrtUr couvicted of the offenes charged against them, ntid tiierc fore entitled to release'. ACTKa SECRETARY GRANT, ot the War Detriment, has addressed ad-dressed a letter to Secretary Butter-north Butter-north of the World's Columbian Exposition directory, in rej-renceto the use of tho Chicago !.kt-front for the Columbian Exposition. Grant Kays tint the deurtmcnt lias arrived ar-rived at the following conclusions: --TheoM harbor line, tao thousand feet in-Uo the wet vtall of the breiknatur, i re-crta'jli-heil and extenied south. The restrictions heretofore existing between a prolongation of tiie center of Mon roo Street and Pjrk Row, inside of tho bntbor Hue, are removed, upon couuillon that the Illinois Central Railroad Cumptuy consent to the provision of the act of the State legilaturi9 approved August 5, iS9J, nud an ordinance of the city of Chicago adopted September 15, ISO), and rcleuo all clal-ns to Unkind Un-kind bstween the points named, andeatof their riglit-of-way." As to the necessity- for any action of the railroad company in the mat ter, Acting Secretary Grant makes reference to a former roceedlng and says, in view of the fact, it is deemed important in removing the obstructions tnat tbe Illinois Central Cen-tral Railroad Comptuy shall not be in position to take any advantage. advant-age. THE TARII- V CONFEREES. The republican tariff conferees took a respite from tbeir labors tonight. to-night. Tho situation is now such that no good, It is thought, can come of talking the matter over any further. fur-ther. Tho conferees have bad turned upon them oil tiie light that can be ditlused upon the only Items In the bill now unsettled, suar and binding twine, and when they adjourned ad-journed tonight it was hoped thai by tomorrow one side or the other will show a disposition to yield. The metal and glassware schedules, which have Irreil the cause of much contention, were settled tonight. The duty on steel rallsand structural structur-al Iron remains a in the Hou-e bill, and the July on steel billtts Is fixed at rate lower than proxlded by the Houe bill and higher than fixed by the Senate. These were three of thj-principal thj-principal Items in this schedule in dispute. The rates fixed on the other Items In the schedule cannot be given, but are generally lower than the House an 1 bLther than the Sepate rate. The last statement applies also to the glassware schedule, en which thtre were a great many difference in iho rate li-twcen the two brauchrnif Congress. The tobacco eiauies and Internal revenue section of the bill remain aa fixed by tbe House, with the e-fcep-, Hon of the tax on tobacco and snuff, reduced to two cents instead of fcur cents, making the rate provided by tbe bill six cents per pound. May 1st Is fixed as the period when the tobacco clauses of the measure go Into effect Special licenses on dealers are abolished, as provided fcr by the House. |