Show atwi TT Wi it BV BY X S firpi fonn sih SIX I 1 b TON 26 bills introduced by page A resolution reciting the letter sent to the president by E R T gerry president of the new york society for the prevention of cruelty to children betting setting forth the atrocities perpetrated and threatened upon the children of yakoob beg rebel chief by the chine chinese w government and und requesting the president to inform the house if he has interposed hia hla good offices in behalf of those children and to furnish any off omm leial official information he be may possess on the subject by valentine for the appointment of a commission to ascertain and report the hoasea sustained by citizens on account of indian depredations dat ions by for the appointment of gen gon palmer as manager of the national homo home for disabled volunteers roas rosand and aud bragg introduced similar bills in bedaf of gen macol mccol an and major or fulton by urner for a monument to francis key author of the tho atar star spangled banner by magoa mason by request for the incorporation of the cosmo ameil ameti can colonization and general improvement pro bureau in the united states with thurlow weed cardinal mcclosky and 28 others m ans such bureau capital stock or over for the object of promoting and conducting emigration from overcrowded dver over crowded cities dries in the united states and colonies aud and to several states and territories needing emigrant emigrants and for other humane and commer commercial bial blai purpose purposes R the morning hour dour hour having expired the question recurred on suspending the rulea and adopting the reao lulion offered last monday by relly kelly of pennsylvania declaring thae that the negotiation by the president of a commercial treaty fixing therado the rate tate of duty ia is in violation of the tie treaty lity the voto on the resolution is yeas nay nav nay 3 62 adopted adjourned AMERICAN washington 26 representative horace davis davia ia is preparing t and will shortly introduce in congress two important import ant aut revenue bills which indirectly have ah an interesting hearing oa on the chinese question the first will provide for an increase of the tariff duty on foreign rice from the existing rate rato of 21 2 cents per pek pound to 4 cents and for changing the present 20 per cent ad volores duty on chinese nut oil to a specific duty of 25 cents per gallon last year the total importation of rice tn san francisco amounted to pounds of dhigh about came from the sandwich islands under the reciprocity cip rocity treaty free of duty and pounds were ff from om china yielding Dg a cust custom omd revenue of the quantity of nat nut oil imported from china during the same period was gallons paying a duty of davis davia billin buim view of tho the fact that thai both of these articles now pay a very light liht tax and are consumed entirely by the chinese who pay scarcely any taxes proposes huch auch an augmentation of the tariff upon them as will increase in crease creasa the revenue collected at san francisco per annum from the nut oil and from the chinese rice about eight million pounds of rice were imported last year nt at the atlantic ports mostly from other countries than china and it may be found advisable to confine the proposed increase of tariff duty to chinese chinesa rice alone just as man illa hemp pays a larger rate than hemp but it ia is doubtful if veny any serious will be make to a uniform increase on all foreign rice rlee in the line lino of protection to amerlean american lice rlee and to our bread breadstuffs stuffs gen generally eray davis other bill will provide for foi imposing an internal ro revenue venue ol 01 per pound pon apon the manufacture in this thia country of smoking opium from the crude material the tin imported manufactured article worth from eight to ten ton dollars per pe pound un d now pays a custom duty 0 goo 00 whereas the crude opium which is worth three or four dol jard lars per pound pays a duty of loo per pound and as it takes two tw pounds of crude material to make mab one pound of smoking iniZ opium the government loses revenue upon every pound manufactured f for 0 r smoking purposes in thia this country r tho the importations in 78 aggregate pounds of smoking opium hplu m aud and nud pounds of crude opium it is estimated I 1 after making due allowances for the use of opium in medicines that a revenue of at least may ba be secured by levying the proposed tax upon its ita manufacture for smoking which will come into the united states treasury through the internal revenue bureau bareau if the manufacture continues in this country or through our custom homes under the present rate of import duty if it ba transferred to china in either eveatt event tho the proposed leg legisla laia lala tion would not only bene benefit tit the treasury but would be baa a legitimate attack upon a pernicious vace vice and alibie clearly within the dictates dicta tes tea of good morals and the tho limitations of the treaty provi provisions alons while at the same time the enactment of it and its accompanying measure would manifestly make us a less desirable place of residence for all mongo lians who consume the rice rica and oil M and smoke the opium the hoube house committee on post offices have agreed to report favo tavo favorably a bill providing that the postmaster general shall readjust in accordance with the act of june jane 12 1876 the salaries salaried of all postmasters 0 of f the thi tha third 1 rd fourth and fifth classes whose an laries salaries have not heretofore been readjusted who made directly official application or sworn returns of receipts and business for readjustment and whose quarterly returns show that they were intended fol for readjustment subsequent to the law of 1878 such readjustments to date from tho tha beginning of the quarter succeeding that in which the application or sworn reports were made A bill introduced in the house today to day by kelly proposes to amend tho the revised statutes BO so that in lieu of payment of interest on cancelled bonds bonda into the sinking fund tho the secretary of tho the treasury shall annually redeem and apply to the sinking fund not less than of bonda bondi which become redeemable in and 1891 the house committee on th the tho e alcoholic liquor graffio has appointed a sub committed to consider the feasibility of congress creating a commission on the subject the commisa commission sion slon was was advocated by hiram niram P rice of iowa and aaron BI powell the commission ha had d a quorum today to day the first since its organization the senate has hag confirmed the tho following nominations to be envoys extraordinary and ministers Pleni plenipotentiary pote rit lit tary iary james sames russell russhell Russ heli rell lowell of massachusetts to great Bri bretall britain tail tall john W foster indiana toRu to russia ssta lucian fairchild wisconsin to spain phillip H morgan louf Loul louisiana shina to mexico consuls L lwis wis als richmond rhode island at belfast james W silver arkansas at stephen A simonson Si new york to be assistant appraiser for thu tho port of new now york the senate also after another prolonged discussion reach reached edthe the point of action on the con oon contested nomination of dr phillip philllp 8 wales to be chief of the bureau of medicine and surgeon and surgeon general of or the navy and was confirmed by a vote of 32 to 8 NEW YORK 26 the tribune has this nathaniel nilea niles government director of the union pacific railroad sald Baid last evening to a tribune reporter that the organization of the old company would continue and the board of directors would continue to exist the new board would be rather supervisors jay gould he said had xe resigned signed from the directory of the old company but iud lud accepted a position on the board of the consolidated organization he added that ho he knew know of no reason for goulds re big eig nation except that it might be I 1 to lessen his personal earea carea goulds interest in the road said bald niles will continue itis it is possible that gould co considers milders his hia retirement from the union pacific directory as an indication that it will cease to be considered of a speculative character it hilr haa beenson been so considered of late and it is the desire of the management jentof of the road that its it should bould ba be more sought after for permanent investment it 14 i at present being r largely absorbed abroad and on the tbt f basis of its ear oar earning ninkO stock should sell at sno gadhof each of the roads roada ir in the consolidation la i on an a paying basis and nil all are aie consolidated or an equal podling pool pooi luz luK the consolida consolita cons ollda tion at nt from 25 to 40 and tiu tin shies sales at from 55 to 95 and naver bending their energies to put up kansas pacific and the denver extensions it is said here hero that bonafide bona fide holders ot of the union pacific stock block will contest the fillion as unjust to their property and that the so eo called unanimous consent of the directors lacks the confirmation of keane who haa baa neither approved these proceedings nor resigned his position asal asAi rector director keene reene is a large hol hoi holders deriot of the union pacific and ha hat only an inconsiderable quantity of kansas pacific which was wag belling a year ago ngo at from 1250 1250 to 21 which these contriving manipulators have raised to ab above ove par bats rats are sald eald to quit a sinking ship and this may account for goulds goulda disposal ol 01 his union pacific and identification fi with the kansas pacific pam pad be the tha i shoo shop of the kings county p penitentiary 0 kings county brooklyn took fire in the loft As soon eoon as the flames were discovered the pilson prisoners ers erb were ordered to quit work and fall into line even while all the ms chinery machinery was in full fall operation the prisoners had been at work about two hours and were promptly marched back to prison many were ignorant of any fire in the building the shoe shop is isolated from the penitentiary and stands about feet north of it but is surrounded by high stone walls walla some of the short term pris prisoners olleTa who simply had themselves pent punt e ent up for the purpose of passing the winter were detailed i to aid the keepers in extinguishing hing the fire the flames spread korap so rapidly ther the kie tie keepe rs found their efforts to c check ebeck them useless and turned th their belr af attention fention to the saving of the made up stock which they soon threw out of the windows vrin trin dows the bay state shoe ang find leather company had leased the prison they are aie therefore the cowherd of all the block stock nix fix fixtures turee and mathi machinery nery and the loss falls on them the fire department hurried to the scene also the police reserves of the neighboring precincts and the mounted squad the prisoners were wore especially ally aily the wom enat the prospect of a season of idleness no more work they shouted though the building was constructed of stone there was BO so much wood work that the flames found plenty of fuel and volumes were seen pouring from the windows the firemen worked to good advantage hut hub in spite of their efm eff morts efforts the building which is three stories was entirely burned nothing being iett loft at noon but the wails walla it was waa erected ton years ago and cost the county about the ehe bay state shoe and li leather dather company had bad a very large stock on hand and they estimate their loss lose at A washington special baye saye the feeling engendered in the board of indian commissioners on account of the charges preferred against commissioner hayt will probably end either in the removal of that official or resignation of one or more members of the board president dint barstow of the board has been an enthusiastic friend of hayt barstow la Is chairman of the committee appointed by the board te to investigate hayt this subcommittee will report exonerating hayt from fiska disks charges the resolution introduced into the senate calling upon schurz for information ir it any member of the board has been interested in a contract for furnishing supplies to the indian off omm icesy offices aimed almed at barstow who is president ident odthe of the barstow stove manufacturing company of rhode island which is alleged to have had a contract with hayt for furnishing stoves to the tho indian office danver 26 A dispatch from silver cliff bays says the silver cliff milling millin and mining company shipped half a dozen silver bricks today to day the result of the first clean up bince since starting the stamp mill which is a great success the company call can aaa bave save e a very high per cent of lariver in the rock by their process the forty sixth regiment arrived at pueblo en roue rowa from new york for fort garland where they join the sixteenth infantry john John Job johnson johnsony song sony a it swede miner was shot and killed at alma today to day by byi a reckless boy named cicero 0 simms thu tho shooting grew grow out of a quarrel providence 26 A A party of bo boys ya playing on the ice on ran bani 6 dailes dalles lla lib pond near north providence min ethis afternoon broke through and were drowned two bodies havo have been recovered NEW yobu 27 the thoda cable from alexandria bays says dr fanton a highly instructed mason hns hag finished flu dished a careful examination of or the foundation of the obelisk obelise and confirms tenant commander 0 gorringer Gorrin arlinge 1 gea 1 a discovery of masonic emblems which establish the relations of many a ancient egyptian mond monuments ments fanton declares that the hiram 2 version of Maso nary which originated with th mhd construction of solomona temple ia Is disproved by the revelations of the foundations of the ob ilsk lisk the masonic emblems of life and the sun beyond doubt ia Is identical with the monument of the egyptian god osiris oal Oai rii this proves that Maso nary originated with the construction of thu the pyramids or at least with wi thalar tharan a far sar remoter remoler period than the construction of the obelisk obo lisk ilsk the number of blocks comprising the found foundation atlon as well as their position and arrangement indicate that the ancients were familiar with the higher degrees of Maso Alason nary ary at lense lease as high as tha the loth nth degree many peculiar pecullar culiar emblems not understood by were fully explained by fanton from a masonic point of view this discovery furnishes a clue to other important discoveries not only under fallen obelisks but also in other parts of ing proba probable blet biet the solution of the mysteries of the construction of the pyramids among the disco discoveries verle verie wak wai was found a perfect cube and also emblems of all the masonic foundations gorringe who is a member of the masonic fraternity entirely approves approved cantona pan Fan tons tona explanation and gives this dispatch his entire approbation the editorial editorially lyof of thel above we print the above as received but the readers of the world will do well to elev aalt awit mit git a con of the part particulars kularb by gorringe go the question as to indian blitzen ship arose and many exp eap explained bained the position of the indians in relation to the federal courts the members of 0 the democratic state committees and other anti tammany democrats began to assemble at albany last evening it is said that the places of five tam tarn many members would be filled at a meeting today to day with friends of tilden who aa as the tha latest story goes goeb does riot ot to be a candidate for the presidency but wishes to control shenew the new york delegation BO so that he may be able to reward his friends the republican state committee will meet |