Show ian appropriation bills in the senate ca VIL SERVICE FARCE the house on the sundry civil bill LO A S the of the cotton bagging trust ellque OF TOE COMBRE the can lit into faillie lay pyke co cost and general horlings wor lings of oar Forel git nall strike by western aged press to anz STANDARD TOE some MIT in till strike reform lupro privation pria tion abd other bill washington Tox aug ai the musa joint resolution to extend until sept the joint resolution of july slat to provide temporarily for the ex pe uses of the government was report id and passed the resolution offered yester do bi cullom concerning transit in jo n without payment of duty of goods from canada contrary to law was con al dered and after a short debate went over vest criticized criticised some of the state wants made yesterday by cullum particularly as to the violation of civil service reform in the chicago fice the statement was that postmaster judd allowed postoffice post office employees to be taxed for democratic cam laign expenses by mr esher judds law partner if mr judd said vest had thus through ills law partner emulated the example which the its publican pub liean party had set for many a r she ought to be put out of am le olo 1 ad by the condemnation of every bon t voter As a counterpoise to that charge vest took from his desk and had read several letters from cullom to mr dudley when the latter was commissioner of pensions asking the leave of absence with pay of one of the pension examiners to make political speeches in illinois cullom admitted having written such letters and I 1 I 1 a defended lis action on the ground that jhb govern ment employed emp loyes wore entitled to thirty days leave till pay hale pointed vest toa modern in maince of the violation of tha civil service reform laws and sent to the clerks desk and bad read a ton dispatch in the new york tri aune stating that john 11 trainor who is in charge of the document room of the Demor atle national in new york Is an official of the interior department wity salary of hale recommend J 1 U I vest to make a pilgrimage to tile interior depart ment a nd have the secretary lay his strong hand on trainor and either bring him home or remove or promote him the senitte tilen resumed e ide atlon of the fortification bill a con d after one amendment had been adopted the bill was passed A conference on the disagreeing votes was ordered and senators dawes plumb and gorman w e r a anted on the part of t heto stewart asked unanimous consent that therill forthe admission of the irate of washington betoken betaken up at 2 and continue until di 11 e d of d le berger subjected stewart gave notice that as the bill Is now unfinished business 11 he w 0 uld after 2 monday insist upon its consideration the house joint resolution to authorize the secreta of the interior to certify lands in ta state of kansas for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanical arts was passed ad journea jour ned THE BUSE Pro longell detate anal on the sundry thil bill aug ai the on assembling proceeded to the consideration of tile conferee con feren c e r e 0 rt on the sundry civil t lo 10 n g il 1 after some opposition to the report by cobb of alabama on account of the agreement to ilia senate argend ment to pay certain clat ins of A 1 land and beoria indians the report as agreed to the house then proceeded to con older the amendments upon which an nt had not been reached in of ce tile remainder of the day was davood davo td to the discussion of the amendment relative to the con gressional gress lonal library building during which the extravagance of the scheme to which congress had committed itself was and fully co m i dented upon the insist od on its disagreement to the senate amendment pending action on the other amend m ants on no agreement had been reached ilia took a re cass until 8 FULL dr hamiltons lost radions as to those ex posed to aug 31 surgene lia milto hs received the daniel prel lent of the jacksonville citizen st auxillia ry committee in the name of conr people and humanity I 1 protest against the order for the detention of al refugees from our city and state atit for us to keep our lomen and children bere rather than them to such dr hamilton sent the following reply your requisition for tents was approved taken as to the character of the camp which Is in charge of one of the most humane officers in the serviceman d none in tile country stands higher as to professional ability tile camp Is located in one of the places in in pino woods on the river bluff originally intended by ilia railroad as picnic grounds aud taken by dr Uni teras as the beat place for his camp ile was come clays ago I 1 erected to have some tents set a rt a quarter of mile distant from the main camp for ilia of r ol 01 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 1 polard returned to jacksonville and was sick on arrival in camp evi i denly he had the fever when he left jacksonville with the general aprea d I 1 of the disease in jacksonville it is 1 to expect that persons should be allowed to miricle ith coffier pasi 1 bongers on outgoing outgo trains special excursion trains will be provided for I 1 to definite paints murphy nort it carolina has opened its door it the only place reporting itself it residents fisli to go to or any lo 10 definite points in western or northern 1 may on their parole not I 1 0 go to the seaboard or quarantined 11 to us ton days of their cepi ure from jacksonville g a trains will be provi led as soon as tile number of trains required can be as definitely alease ascer fain the number of people now in 1 jacksonville to go on parole that sale arrangements can be made for their I 1 transportation T BE botto I 1 into Workings of the Co attlas by a committee of lie boust I 1 aug 31 andorson gratz of st louis was called as the first witness before the flosso coin on manufactures today to day in the I 1 inquiry as to the alleged cotton bag alag trusts lie said tile variation in I 1 the prices of to pound I 1 lagging from I 1 I 1 1877 to 1887 had been from ten and I 1 three fourths cents per yard in eleven and one half cents in 1880 and seven and one fourth in 1887 ilia price of jute butti had been lower this 1 august than any august price for the last ten years tile price of cotton 11 alaci ba if g during august varied from 1 to twelve and one half cents per yard A number of contracts ba I 1 tween v iamesi firm as agents of other firm and other cotton baziel ng firm the cited states were pro deuced with the view showing the steps 1 taken by t I 1 to cotton bagging manu 1 fracturing fac turing B to condrot production and provi d a for its vote at stipulated p rices th a object of the agreement was to enable the parties to it to ob tain and maintain control of the cotton I 1 bagging produced in this country for the present season the trust has se cured control of about two thirds of I 1 the cotton bagging in tile country I 1 i the remaining third about fifteen million yards be i ng pro deuced by persons who are dot I 1 any way connected with tie I 1 t rus t T fi a contract shows that the agreement Is between the firms of L waterbury co of new york city party of tl ie I 1 first part and the charleston baggin manufacturing bevins I 1 co of boston the coban e ew ork bagging I 1 company the eagle mills the south I 1 era mills bagging company the standard mills bagging the 1 loncle bagging manufacturing coin I 1 pany and the empire bagging i com pany parties of the second part tile par ies of tile second part agreed to ael and deliver to L ry cu all ilia bagging on and I 1 when the contract was made and such so might thereafter be acquired or manufactured by them during the year 1888 waterbury co act as the center of correspondence through tl rough the increase and reduction in I 1 price Is brought about it Is agreed that tile profits and losses shall be shared in ion the silo and prices of cotton bagging are deter I 1 wined by the majority of the members of the second part the agreement took effect april last since I 1 then two mills signing the have failed to start and probably a liezen or more outside 0 tile trust I 1 blosel down us to and since the 11 agreement gre ement was consummated the fl rat set price of cotton bagging was made in new york by tile trust about the middle of J al Y on the proposition of the Wilu eSS nine and a half cents was fixed as the price since the price fixed in july ilia member the t r had advanced tile price of cotton three cents per yard tile present price of cotton in title country is three cents higher than that at w aich the foreign manufactured product cabbe brought here inclusive of freight charges alfa was due to the fact that 10 j the production of material in this country was confined to a few firma I 1 I 1 probably cent of bagging was in the hands of retail 13 I 1 dealers and the other 40 per cent Is in the hands of the man n fact u aers if the duty on cotton bagging and jute mas left unchanged th e witness alie tru t woul 0 t of existence and it these aref lean were freethy fre ethe arma would ran a corner every other year were absolute and imperative and he must have bagging no it 4 cost during tile last three or four years there was little bagging tin aa ported the domestic supply being w 4 equal to the berhard der hard charas A pearce of st louis secretary of the standard mills bagi aint one of the braced in h rust dented generally to the testimony given by gratz and the committee adjourned till tomorrow if I 1 interesting statistics Stati for the year ana atle I 1 cost for the future I 1 ang 30 the annual 16 report of N al bell for foreign mails shows that the total cost of the service for the last fiscal I 1 year was of u aich amount was for of mails of foreign origin the total number of pieces sent to foreign countries was the total number received i during ilia year NI waa was paid to the transatlantic trans atlantic ip company for transportation of malls or an increase over last year I 1 I 1 of tile bacille IA cille steamship 1 c ll 11 lee received tat 1 02 or 1163 11 aloa n last year the central and 11 south american service cost 38 p than last mr he I 1 total number of MW ing the IZ year from the three principal ports I 1 were as follows A new orleans san francisco 63 a 4 total increase of 20 the estimated I 1 cost of the servia for the fiscal year ending june 30 1800 aggregates xa 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A lad named willfam Dewey while I 1 hati sand in salt like city yester lini bayha a runa wagon p over his head killing him instantly abndt 11 oclo k yesterday bishop I 1 A jose ph 11 A mil to n 0 I 1 ali I 1 I 1 creek 1 1 salt lake county was arrested in tile going charge I 1 w there IS considerable growling boag roag A among ilia teamsters about the leading brorn wall street to the depot 41 the depot company should look after I 1 it china refuses to ratify tho amerl can treaty restricting immigration 1 the infant son of the emperor wil I 1 liam was baptized today to day ile was christened Oacar Karl gustav adolph e A hu occurred on alzoa 1 on the which nine ves belo were brocke durig and many ilya were I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 A A |