Show NEWS INSO by telegraph to the philadelphia march 3 the general freight department of the pennsylvania railroad announces that owing to the operation odthe of the intestate law aw all exit existing ting contracts tariff rates and special rates for transports tion of all classes of freight which b by ial their terms do not sooner end w will cease and terminate april ath NEW YORK march 8 the traffic committee which concluded its labors on the freight classification tuesday jq joined ined the passenger agents and other ether ra railroad magnates today to day the subject of discussion was tze the interpretation of at the interstate inter anter state commerce bill opinions in relation to ithe meaning of the excursion dause clause varied widely the eastern eastern men were Inc inclined lilied to CONSTRUE IT the western managers favored a strict interpretation owing to this the conference was unable to io come to any definite conclusion until today to day when the report deport was agreed u upon pon this will be beo presented resented tomorrow to morrow one of the most important slid and largely attended conferences I 1 of transcontinental railroad managers ever held beld in this athis city was closed today to day it was held in the northern pacific office and lasted two days the ro roads ds represented were the central pacia pacific fic the union pacific the to peka santa beata fe the northern pacific the missouri pacific gild and the southern pacific they were represented by presidents C F adams robert harrig uc C P r huntington chirles charles F crocker wm win B 81 strong prong and JA jay kimball balT gould and traffic managers Kim kimball towne townsand and callaway the vice pre of some of the roads were also present and counselors gray of the resent northern pacific sidney deion and T weed of the southern pacific the conference discussed THE first As to the requirements of the interstate inter state commerce bill and how the transcontinental roads can get into harmony with the law and meet the demand of public sentiment the result of their deliberations was that two tariffs for freight and passenger business should be prepared one under the long haul clause and the other under the short abort haul clause as they are understood by the roads these tariffs are to take taace effect april ath and are to fl be submitted to the interstate inter state railroad 1 commissioners within a reasonable time after their appointment is announced A committee was also appointed to prepare under the advice of counsel a memorial to the interstate commission sett setting ilig forth the interpretation terp of the law as arrived at by the transcontinental companie sand soliciting the approval of tariffs it if their provisions shall meet the views of the commissioners i march a 8 the new german reichstag Heich stag opened today to day the emperors a speech was read from the throne in U be says be is gratin rd at the benevolent disposition the pope has shown toward the empire the foreign policy of the empire Us continually directed toward the main maintenance tea of peace with jaa abe powers and especially with germanos germanys Germ Gem anys neighbors the loreign relations of the government are the same as when the last reichstag Bel castas was opened if the present reichstag without hesitation or division gives unanimous expression to the resolve that tbt the nation will put orth its Fits full strength in n full fall panoply now and at au all times against wy say attack upon such each a resolution even before carried out will materially i strengthen the guarantees aran tees of et peace and remove the 5 doubts which the late parliamentary debates way may have inspired the em eror feels assured that the reichstag Beich gy its resolutions will give the leders a national policy on a safe is and from this conviction th be confident hope that god will bless his efforts to preserve the peace and the security of germany boome internal bills that were submitted to the previous reichstag will again be offered the creation of new sources of revenue and a reform in the method of taxation are urged SOFIA march bmw 4 the leaders of the revolt at ru have een ordered to oe be shot nonh march 4 another slight shock of earthquake khas has been felt here bere LONDON march 4 an indictment has been solus george frauk franklin anderson the alleged american ea who is accused of swindling ed charles arjes deakin of susquehanna pa ou out of large sums of money under the pretense y nse n that he was as prosecuting a suit t e recovery of a large english ea to amun was he was An anderson deroon upon being ar reigned today to day defended himself he pleaded not guilty anderson anderson was 00 convicted 1 ted and id sentenced to five years aerial service PARIS march aa telegram from Glur geto says that risings have bave taken place at and other places and that the insurgents are reported to be masters master of affairs affair sat at Tir nova communication muni cation between sou sofia and the 5 provinces wa is interrupted anarchy Js is spreading amt hul bulgaria rak LONDON march 4 A dispatch to the e times irom bucharest stes states that several persons were killed inthe lh the fighting j at Sill Ut between the insurgents andi and loyal troops two officers iders off and sateen bri 1 privates who engaged in the revolt were captured and soot shot washington march 4 the river and harbor bill failed to receive the presidents signature it reached him several days ago but was pocket ve toed I 1 washington marcha March 4 the president and cabinet reached the capitol at 12 actual time the clocks of ef the two houses were set back washington march 8 the tae bill for the redemption of the trade dollar and the anti polygamy polygamy bill have become borome laws without tt ane e presidents signature by reason of the expiration to night of the constitutional limitation or of ten days within which he should have returned the bills to congress in case of disapproval both bills were carefully considered by the president and while they contained some provisions to which he be preferred not to commit himself he was unwilling to defeat the objects of the measure by a veto THE LACK OF VAULT ROOM in the matter of the vault room in the new york sub treasury where it is presumed the bulk of the trade dollars will be presented f for or redemption demp tion acting secretary fairchild has instructed the assi assistant assisting stint treasurer at new york to forward the coins as fast as redeemed to the assay office where they will be melted into bars of convenient size each representing about and stored in id that office until suitable vault rooms are provided for their safe keeping THE PRESIDENT the president has bee decided not togo to go to the C capitol pitol tomorrow to morrow tor for the purpose of acting on measures which may be passed eased by congress congre s during the last gours hours of the session he advised advise lh the president of the senate and ride t the speaker of the house bouse of ef his bis decision in this respect early last eveking and added that the executive office effie would remain open all night and sip mip to the very hour of adjournment at noon tomorrow to morrow for the consideration of all matters requiring executive action in accordance with this plan the president and most of the members of his cabinet will remain n on duty at the white house nearly all night for the consideration of a large number of important bills whick which passed the senate yesterday AMONG THE BILLS the senate joint resolution authorizing the printing prin bini of 2590 2500 extra copies of the report of the health officer of the district of columbia to author anthor ize the printing of eulogies delivered in congress upon the late john A logan to authorize the purchase of a site for a public building at san francisco and twenty one pensions and relief bills including one to pension G speeds fry PARIS march 8 telegrams from bulgaria have been received stating that the garrison occupies the defile before the city and by virtue of the position posit ioa so held the passage through the defile of the garrisons and shumla shamla on their way iway to attack the tera sat at jo is now met oy the opposing forces dispatches say they now coa confront at each other but as aa yet no conflict has taken place between them another insurrectionary movement is reported to have taken place near tatar Bazard jik lik in I 1 n eastern roumelia Bo Roun umelia iolia a short distance arom rom Phillo roumania Bou mania is massing troops along her frontier as a a measure of precaution turkish troops are being con cent rated along the FRONTIER I 1 bac BUCHAREST march 8 it to is announced hera here that the revolt of the troops at Bil istria has been suppressed During Duri nethe the absence of the garrison from Rust chuk a revolt took place there firine has has also been heard in the direction of comma comm u nl ni cation between roumania Bou Rou mania manta and bulgaria has been stopped leaders of the insurgents at Bil istria have crossed the danube and have been placed in custody by the doumanian Rou manian authorities the opinion here id that the outbreak at Bil istria was merely intended as a diversion to draw the troops from Rust chuk which is the real centre of the revolt BOSTON march 3 8 the bell telephone company compan filed an important motion in the united states circuit court regarding the governments suits to break the patents the company asks leave in addition to ito filing a demurrer to the suit to plead facts that decisions hate bate already been given in other suits which included the same questions as those now raised it represents to the court that the questions which it desires to raise by such a plea are closely wiled allied to those which would be raised by the demurrer and that much time expense and labor will he be saved by presenting and arguing at toe the same time the motion then continues the bill refers to and purports to state the contents of certain WRITTEN communications A I 1 from the commissioner of patents to ellsha gray dated february 19 1876 and february 25 1876 but bd does not make copies of them part of the bill this respondent denies and is advised that it should present copies thereof to the court by plea elea because the legal effect thereof cannot be otherwise ascertained it further represents that the voluminous records of the litigation are now before the supreme court on appeal and held under advisement and that it would be indecorous aud and contrary to the I 1 usages of the courts of equity to retry auy any question pending before the supreme court there will probably be an early hearing on the motion in the circuit court VIENNA march 4 gervia as a precautionary measure messu rein in view of the trouble in bulgaria hassent has sent troops to the frontier it is also reported that the servian reserves have been called out washington marao 4 congress congles 8 which ended its existence at soon noon t today 0 has afforded a a striking illustration of tile the constant increase in the volume of legislation demanding the attention of congress which has hab been going on for fok the last three or more congresses more bills were introduced in both houses more committee reports made more bills passed more bills became laws and more were vetoed than ever before most of these measures were of comparatively little importance such as the bills granting grantin private pensions and special relie gs autho authorizing 9 the erection of bridges granting rights of way and the like but many not only of the ahe bills and reports presented but of the laws enacted were of general interest and importance A number of bills enacted into laws were old and FAMILIAR CLAIMANTS for legislative favors in this category belong belone the presidential succession bill the electora ele ciora count bill the interstate inter state commerce bill and the bill for the relief of john fitz porter the forty ninth Cong congress commenced its session sessi onon n the df 61 december 1885 and was in ses session until the uh ath of ox august when it adjourned until december ath and continued in session until its close today to day covering a period of ten months and twenty six days dayd of this time the senate was in session days and the house days there were introduced in the house during this time bills aud and joint resolutions oy op which over reports were made being several thou thousand saud more bills and over one thousand more reports than were made in the forty eighth coutress Co Cou ogress gress which had in ito turn beaten the record A IN wire there were introduced bills and 1 joint 0 li t resolutions on which 1988 written writ t 1 reports were made being upward of more bills dud and over more reports than in the ei eighth lith congress breaking the record we the total detal number of laws enacted was approximately 1431 of which 1093 originated in the house and 32 08 in the senate two hundred and sixty four of became laws by expiration of the ten days limitation fifty bills failed to become became laws owing to ake the adjournment of congress one of them at the close of the first session there werd bills vetoed by the president or 21 more instances of the exercise of the presidential pre prerogative ve of the veto than had occurred fro from in the fo foundation un dation of the government down to the beginning of of this Con congress griss of the vetoed bills 94 originated in the house and 38 in thie the senate but ONE billo BILL that ranting granting a pension to joseph rodefer Ro melser und aad one public bill namely camely that providing provides for the erection of government buildings at dayton ohio succeeded in passing both houses houses over tile the presidents veto although several others obtained the requisite two thirds vote in the senate only to tail fail in the house I 1 the death roll of this congress was also an extraordinary one comprising the un unprecedented p rece dented number of thirteen names in the house and senate but one election case was decided by the house against kaitting Wait a sitting ting member and the congress was characterized b by y an absence of that acrimonious dis which such contests usually awaken The Rhode island case decided was that neither page nor peirce was entitled to the seat and anda was ordered this was the one instance of a seat being taken irom from a sitting mem member lyer of the 1038 house bills which became laws were of a more or less public nature of the remaining bills granting pension or relief to specially designated persons became laws without the approval of the president the following follow ag is a list of the mure more important house bills which have de come laws to forfeit the atlantic pacific land grant to increase the pension of widows and dependent relatives from 8 to 12 per month to abolish certain tees fees tor official services to american vessels and to amend the shipping sHip LAWS dingley shipping bill to ahead the thurman act allt it requires the pacific roads to pay the costs of surveying and conveying their jand grants and subjects tb the land to taxation as boon soon as the companies are entitled to them notwithstanding withstanding the feet fact that athey in may a y delay selection the increase ol oi th the e naval establishment it was passed in the first session of toe tae present presen tr congress and provides for the construction of two armored vessels of 1 bots nots speed one cruiser of the highest possible speed one torpedo boat and one dynamite gaii gun cruiser antl ana completion or of the monitors puritan and terror Terr orl to pension mexican cail war veterans to impose a tax and regulate the manufacture sale importation and exportation of ale to au authorize the transfer of the nigh high wood tract near hear chicago to the united states for MILITARY PURPOSES to protect the homestead settlers |