The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-03-05
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Pacific Railroads,

National Associated Press to the Star.
WAsHINGToN, March 5.-When the Texas
Pacific Bill is reported to the House it is
| the intention of the friends of the Southern
Pacific to move their bill as substitute
The friends of the Texas Pacific have made
thorough canvass of both Houses and feel
| confident of being able to carry their meas.
ure. Their bill has attracted great deal OF
friendly attention of late, especially from
Southern members who begin to think the
Southern Pacific is nothing more nor less
than continuation of the Central &
Union Pacific, and will bring no real relief
to the South.
The Tariff.
The Ways and Means Committee yester.
day fixed the following items in the Tariff
Bill: Laces, of whatever material and how
ever made, 40 per cent. advalorem almonds,
6 cents per pound, shelled, IL cents; ami
mails, live, 20 per cent. advalorem; blacking,
of all descriptions, 30p per cent. advalorem
argals, other than crude, 6 cents per pound
b0nnets, hats, hoods, for men, women or
children, composed of palnl-leaf chip, grass,
etable substance, 'r OF hair, whale
bone, or other material not
otherwise provided for, thirty per cent. ad
valorem. Braids, plaids, or any other arti-
Gle not otherwise provided for, made of
chip, straw, grass, palm-lcaf, willow or any
other vegetable substance, or of hair, whale
bone or other material used in the manu-
facture of straw goods or in the manufac-
ture or ornamenting of bonnets, hats and
hoods for men, women and children, ten
per cent. ad valorem.
Old whisky Cases.
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, Raum
has recently dismissed number of small
whisky cases of the country They were
mostly old, having been pending from eight
to ten years. There was also great difficulty
in bringing them to trial.
The Eight.hOur Law.
The House Committee on Education and
Labor gave a hearing to delegations from
Brooklyn and Portsmouth, Va, Navy Yards
with reference to the enforcement of the
eight-hour law. They complained that the
Secretary of the Navy has used his discre-
times the working time in different Navy
Yards to ten hours per day. They ask that
joint resolution be passed declaratory of
the law and prohibiting the Secretary to in
terpret the law as he sees fit.
AndersoD's Chances of Pardon.
The Louisiana Legislature adjoufns on
Thursday. To-day being holiday the rec
ommendation Of Gov. Nichols for the par
don of Anderson can not be sent in until
Wednesday, when under the rules govern
ing the Senate of Louisiana single objec-
tion carries the matter over for q day. 1t
will thus be seen that the chances of An
derson obtaining pardon are very slight.
Mr.. Blackburn, of Kentucky, has reso-
luton of inquiry in his pocket which he
means to bring before the House in some
shape as soon as he can get an opportunity
1t is a resolution calling on the Presidentto
inform the House whether any person con-
victed of a.penal offense is holding Fed
eral position. 1t refers of course, to the
case of Anderson in New Orleans
Bodies of the Huron Victims.
WASHINGTON, March 5.-The Navy De-
partment is making arrangements for disin-
terring the bodies some eighty in number,
which were buried on the North Carolina
shore after the wreck of the Huron, and an
terring them in the Naval Cemetery at
Annapolis, Md. The work will be begun
about the middle of the month
When Will the Session of Congress
'. Emd!
NEW YORK, March 5,--A special from
Washington says Speaker Randall asserts
positively that the present session of Con-
gress can be terminated in June, and he
thinks that it will be. His confidence in
this result is shared by very few of his po-
litical associates.