Show BY TELEGRAPH raa WESTERN UNION LINE AH aag k R I 1 C A 11 washington 15 tariff bill was introduced la in the house today morrison says the bill will effect an estimated reduction of twenty million dollars in the revenues from the customs based on the revenues of last year the greatest reduction on any one article Is in the case of sugar where the new duty will result in a decrease ot of ten million dollars in the receipts eel ts tile the additions to the free list waw will bavol involve ve a lobs loas of five and one hall half millions and the reductions ioos made by the bill on the other articles about five millions added to the free list are lumber timber laths baths shingles salt hemp jute iron sulphur hur lead and copper ores and coal R besides these there are many articles of less consequence to revenue such as potatoes hay corn bristles beeswax dyewoods dye woods manufactured earths undressed stone for building purposes acorns and dandelion the bill provides that from aud afier after july 1 1886 the following rates ot duty shall take effect wood manufactured for each side planed caned or finished 50 cents per 1000 feet beet board measure cotton thread yarn warps or warp yam valued at from 20 25 cents to 1 per pound 8 cents to 36 cents per pound according to quality when valued at over 1 I per pound 40 per cent ad valo rem the principal reductions on cotton reme claths cloths atlas are on the coarser materials metals iron in pigs iron spiegel elsen wrought and cast scrap iron and scrap steel one fourth of one cent per pound iron railway bars weighing more thau than 25 pounds to the yard 1250 per ton steel stee railway bars bars and railway bars made la n part of steel weighing more than 25 p pounds to the yard rard 1250 per ton ito iron or steel tie I 1 rails ails weighing not over 25 pounds to the yard vard and iron or steel flat rails punched 15 per ton there is a slight reduction on bar and rolled iron lion beams reaction girders aders etc there is also some reduction in lead and copper sugar conall on all sugar 80 percent per cent of the several duties and rates ot of duty now imposed on said sugar inoperative as to sugars from countries paying export duties wools and woolen wools of the third class such as don stol native south american cordono cor dovo valparaiso native smyrna and including all such wools ot like character as have been heretofore usually imp imported arted into the united states from turkey I 1 greece egypt smyrna and elsewhere two and eight ea ht tenth cents per pound woolen woolen cloths claths woolen shawls and all manufacture of wool of every description made wholly or part of wool not specially enumerated or provided for in this act valued at not exceeding eighty cents per pound 25 cents per pound and 30 80 per percent cent aa ad valoree valorem va valor lorem ert flannels blankets hats bats of wool knit goods and on knitting frames aalmo rals woolen and worsted yarns and all manufactures compo compose composed se d wholly or in i part of worsted the hair of alpa cathe goat or other animals except such as are composed in part of wool not specially enumerated or provided for in this act valued at not exceeding 40 cents 10 cents per pound above 40 and not exceeding 60 cents 16 cents per pound above 60 and not exceeding 80 cents 20 cents per pound and in addition thereto upon all the above named artic articles es 35 per ad va lorem woolens and childrens dress goods gooda coat linings italian elotha cloths and goods of like description composed in IH part of wool worsted hair of alpaca goat or any other animals an imala valued at not exceeding 20 cents per square yard 5 cents per square yard and in addition thereto 30 per ad va lorem valued at above 20 cents per square yard 7 cents per square yard and 35 per ad valorem lorem va if composed wholly of wool worsted hair of alpaca goat or other animals or mixture of them 8 cents per square yard and 85 per ad valorem valoree va lorem but all such goods with selvedges made wholly or in part ot of other materials or with threads of other materials introduced for the purpose of changing the classification shall be dutiable at 8 cents per square yard aad 35 per ad valorem valoree va lorem provided that all such goods weighing over four ounces per square yard shall pay a duty of 35 cents per pound and 35 per ad va lorem slight but general reductions run through the wool schedule and also have been made in cases of flax linen and hemp window glass plate glass ot high quality earthenware glassware and china when the duty is believed to be excessive the duty on rice marble castor beaus beans and a few chemicals is also slightly reduced the post says that it is understood that the telephone suits will be brou t to trial in columbus ohio beare before atory aary judye judge Thur thurman niall who will be the senior counsel in the cases was given power to make the selection and is said to tavor favor colu ibus washington was discussed for some borne time but the denouncement of the district ol of columbia lunes juries by ex attorney general brewster in his star route cases and other damaging statements have been marie made in regard to the case with which washington juries jurie s c uld be influenced made it impossible for or the government to select the capt tAl city soston joston was rejected on go ac count of the interest felt there in the success of bell company and a thoroughly neutral city had therefore to be chosen the following letter was t oday o day sent to the president pro tern tem of the senate department OF THE INTERIOR feb 15 president pro tempore of the senate SIR I 1 have the honor to acknowledge aaka owl the receipt of the senate resolution of the ath dinst in words as follows resolved Ke solved that the secretary of the interior be directed to communicate to the senate copies of all the papers which have been filed in the interior department and of all the papers which have been presented to any officer of that department touching the official and personal conduct of henry ward indian inspector during his continuance in said office I 1 transmit all the off official icid papers on file in the department which I 1 understand to be em embraced braced by the resolution the official reports made to this department part ment by henry ward as united states ates indian inspector are voluminous and as the clerical force of this department is limited and otherwise fully employed I 1 have deemed it beet to tr the original reports as they are frequently consulted in the transaction of the business siness of the department part ment I 1 have the honor to request that they be returned to the file as aa soon as they are no longer required by the senate I 1 am directed by the president to say that if the object of the resolution is to inquire into tile the reasons for the suspension of ward these papers are not to be considered as constituting all the evidence submitted to him in relation thereto 0 1 directed by the president to say lie he does not consider it consistent with the public interest to transmit copies of unofficial papers from private citizens held in my custody for him hill which relate exclusively to the suspension of incumbents I 1 tim have e the honor to be very respectfully L Q C LAMAR secretary there are enclosures the letter and accompanying papers were referred to the committee on indian affairs fai rs PORT JERVIS N Y 15 at 1 this morning a tour of the flooded district at highland showed that the water had receded 12 inches since 6 pm yesterday erday the damage to property here is roughly estimated at 15 at newton and upper falls adworth Nd worth of machinery and finished work was flooded with great loss at malden maiden the flood had abated 8 inches and no further damage is feared water is flowing over the spot pond at the rate of gallons per minute the total lo 10 loss here approaches ip at brockton the floods are subsiding there are five more washouts wa shouts on the old colony railroad Eail road within the city lit limits niti temporary bridges are 9 guing v ing up and the gullies are being tilled filled no further damages are feared and cami alies have returned to their homes at Mal calfield field the railroad is reported washed away several of the bridges are down mattock dam broke yesterday letting the contents of the mill pond down upon the warren mill bridge sweeping it away the condition of affairs at squam betty six miles from north middle boro is the worst in that part of the state Nema and bridgewater rivers unite in forming the taunton river which drains 20 square miles this is a roaring torrent and its overflow in some places is a mile wide the ironworks settlement is submerged suh merged and the smail smaller ler buildings are floating at taunton the total damage to the u uridge ridge factum ies and residences approximates from the evidence reported the loss to the mills at geneva is at turkey reddie works at Belle bellepoint Bel lepoint poi nt and at the atlantic mills NEW YORK 16 th the car drivers on the fourth avenue car line struck this morning because of the she failure of the company to keep its a agreement re ement no cars are running on tae the line the agreement between the drivers and officers of the broadway broad way and seventh avenue and broadway surface roads whereby the drivers are to receive receiver ea 25 per day of 12 hours with an hour for dinner went into effect yesterday the new arrangement is very satisfactory the arrangement between the drivers and fourth avenue company also took effect yesterday inthe in the afternoon the drivers on this line became suspicious that the company did not I 1 intend to carry out the letter of the agreement and they threatened to strike unless the agreement was enforced A meet ing of tile the drivers was held last night and it was decided to quit work this morning inasmuch as the company had failed to fulfill its contract this morning not a car left the depot as a result the third avenue and broadway lines are crowded the men say the company though promising g to pay them two dollars a day fo for r 12 hours work with halt half an hour for dinner had violated their agreement by paying the conductors that amount the other half receiving onla from to each besides many of the men have been transferred from the street stable to the street stable and vice versa causing thern them ito to pay ten cents aadil acidity mal car fare delegate cullen tor for the men endeavored to nave the agree agreement carried 0 out u t but superintendent to who whom in the men lay all the blame refused saying that the old eld men were getting gettin 11 full moneys and it was 1141 grippers trippers trip pers 1 men who make fewer trips that were receiving a less amount and he thought they ought to be sati fied fled louisville 16 henry Watter sons condition at ai 9 this morning was much more satisfactory to his physicians than it has been since thursday his temperature is reduced from 10 2 at mian midnight i to toyua 99 45 4 5 pulse still but intellect seems perfectly clear SALEM mass 16 it is stated on good authority tuat the leather manufacturers rs of salem balem and peabody are preparing tor for a general shut down of six months on account of high wages and uncertain trade conditi conditions ST louis mo 16 of the sixty eight boats which composed the government eruin ent fleet which broke away from their moo in ings 8 at carrols carrels Car rols island on sunday night only 16 have been saved among them the ahe most valuable of the steamers is sei seriously damaged six of the others are known to be sunk the rest with the large steamer general humphreys and a launch are lost aud and provably ably sunk or considerably injured by collision with each other or with the ice of which the river Is full the whole fleet had cost coat the government about a quarter of a million dollars and the loss will very nearly reach unless some of the boats are recovered further down the river CHICAGO 16 the extensive mccormick reaper works closed down this mornia morning and 1400 employed emp loyes loves were forced out tue the threat ot of union men to precipitate a strike unless the nonunion men working in the department were dismissed appears to have been the cause for a suspension of operations at a meeting of dissat employed emp loyes last night a committee was appointed to wait upon mccormick today to day dav and insisted upon this demand mccormick hinted at yeter yesterdays days conference that if this condition was insisted upon he would shut down his works indefinitely today to day he dee declined ined to meet the labor committee and ordered a suspension of operations the employed emp loyes were dumb foundered when informed that their services were no longer required very few of the employed emp loyes are in good circumstances and if the lockout is maintained many lia milies milis will suffer for the necessaries of life UTICA N Y 16 the funeral of x gov H seymour took place from old trinity church at 2 today to day rev dr goodrich of calvary church offered a prayer at ex senator roscoe Con klings residence with the family and relatives of the deceased at pm after the funeral meryi services la in the church the remains were taken to forest hill cemetery and placed in the chapel of roses where the sculptor david richard took a cast of the face preparatory to making a marble bust of the ex governor the weather was cold and disagreeable at nine the doors of the conkling mansion were thrown open for the public to view the remains of the I 1 illustrious lust rious dead for three hours the crowds of peo ale from utica and surround surrounding in towns filed led into the house where the casket lay taking a last look at dead statesman the body reposed in a casket of red cedar covered with black or broad oad cloth and with ith oxidized trimmings similarly covered A silver plate let into the shrine on the cover bore the following inscription horatio seymour born may 31 1810 died feb 11 A number ot very beautiful floral tributes received from washington albany and other places were nvere placed on and about the casket washington 16 attorney general garland today to day said to the agent of the associated press that he had bad nothing new to say concerning the manner in which he be became interested interests a in the pan electric telephone company or the circumstances under which the suit ruit r uit at memphis against the bell company was instituted by the direction of the sol solicitor general last autumn s for he added my published statement to the president last october said everything I 1 knew about those matters and my attitude in regard to them nas has not changed in the least since then besides this it now appears that an inary inquiry covering the whole question is to be e had bad by the house of representatives and I 1 am glad of it and hope it will be thorough and complete as to all there is in it I 1 feel dis inclined to go into the subject in detail but I 1 will say this however it is asserted by some persons that as I 1 am a member of di a rival company to the bell company and the government now is prosecuting the suit salt against the bell telephone boa patent this suit might resulting result resul tin in my benefit or advantage and that too while I 1 am at the head of the department of justice through the solicitor general by whom the suit is to be carried on and that therefore something should be done by me to relieve myself and the administration from the apparently delicate situation indicated I 1 have considered this suggestion in all its bearings as far as I 1 am able and I 1 recognize the fact that there is much in it worthy ot thought I 1 have discussed in my mind most thoroughly what I 1 could and ought to do in view alone alona of this state of the case and I 1 have determined ter mined to take steps to meet this in a way that will I 1 think 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