The National tribune., 1883-01-11
THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.
4 Hugs Robbery Of the Tennessee
State Treasury.
A HOTEL HOLOCAUST,
Events at the Capital and in
the Departments.

The internal revenue bill was reported to the
Senate on the 18th inst. 1t emboGies the IN
ternal revenue bill which passed the House at
the last session, the tariff schedules adopted by
the committee, the Morrill, bill to provide a
better system for the trial Of CUsUO.ns-reVelue
cases. and the Sherman bill 70 regulate the
collection Of customs duties 1t provides for
the repeal Of the tax on the ca mital and de-
posts Of banks, and the abolition OF the stamp
tax on bank checks drafts, orders and vouchers,
and the tax on matches, pcTtrmery and medl-
cal preparations on and after July !, 1883. The
bill provides that after July !, 1883 the tax on
snuff and manufactured tobacco shall be -
cents pound. Among the items in the tariff
schedule IN which changes are made from the
existing rates are the following Iron ore, 30
cents per ton; iron in pigs, wrought and cast,
scrap iron and scrap steel Of every description,
SO per ton: steel ingots, blooms and slabs made
by any process, Except the CruclGle) 6-lO Of =
cent per pound; iron railway bars Weighing
more than % pounds To the YARD, 40 oil a
cent per pound; steel railway bars, weighing
more than p pounds to the yard, SO cent per
pound; bar iron, rolled OF hammered. not less
than of an inch IL thickness, $40 Of q cent
per pound. Copper imported IN the form Of
ores and copper cement on each pound Of fine
copper contained therein, p cents Old
copper, for Temauufacture and clippings from
new copper, Dutch metal and ali composition
metal Of which copper Is q component material
of chief value, per pound, three cents. In
rolled plates, called bTaZiGr's copper. sheets,
rods, pipes and copper buttons, and al manu-
factuTes Of less copper, or OF which copper
shall be a component Of chief value, % per
cent, ad uE'0rem. All sugars not above No. is,
Dutch standard in color; Gl tank bottoms,
eyrUps Of cane Juice or of beet juice, testing by
the polaTiscOpe not above % degrees, shall pay
g duty per pound of i cents; and for every
additional degree or fraction of degree addi-
tional, $500 cent. AL sugar above No. 16
and not above 20 Dutch standard, per pound,
cents; all sugars above 20 Dutch standard, 81
cents per pound; molasses per gallon cents
Memorials from a number OF educational in
Etitutions in the South were laid before the
Senate on Tuesday praying for appropriations
by the National Government IN aid OF common
school education. 4 memorial from ehe Mis-
sissippi University On this subject is signed by
fourteen members Of the faculty. The Fisk
University at Nashville, Tennessee, the Ken
lucky University at Lexington, and Amherst
College, Mass. send similar memorials The
bill introduced by 8Ir. Blair in the Senate to
promote general education, provides for appTO-
pTiGtiOns for ten consecutive years-Sl 5000
coo the first year, S1I,OOOOO0 the second year,
and so on. dropping one million each year until
the ten appropriations have been made. The
money is to be divided among the several States
On the basis of iliiteTacy according to the cen
sus Of 1850. There must be no distinction Of
race in the educational advantages provided by
the fund, but nothing in the act is to be con-
strued as preventing the organization Of separ-
ate schools for the races. 4 commissioner of
schools Is to be appointed by the President for
each State and Territory, whose duty it shall
be to look after the disbursement of the funds
and TO co operate with the local authorities in
extending equal educational advantages to all
children Of school age. i part Of the money is
TO be expended in educating and training
teachers for the common schools. When the
bill was called up Mr.. ingalls, offered an amend
ment providing that no State can receive any
benefit from the money appropriated under the
act unless it maintains common school sys-
TEN, and makes attendance at school compuI-
sorry on all children between the ages Of 8 and
II years for q period Of ct least twelve weeks
In each year.
The Senate Committee on Territories has
decided that the acting Secretary of the In
terror exceeded his authority in agreeing TO
lease some 4.440 acres Of the National Vel
lowstone Park to Hobart and Douglas of
Fort Yates, Dakota, and Rufus Hatch, Of New
York, for hotel purposes The main object
fon is to certain exclusive privileges granted
10 The iessees, which would embarrass the gen.
eral public IN the enjoyment Of the park. 4
bill has been prepEed by the committee enlarg
ing the area of the reservation TO G640 square
miles. The Secretary of the Interior is author
1Zed 10 grant leases Of small parcels for hotels
Tor terms not exceeding ten years, but no eXclu-
Eive privilege or monopoly Of any kind shall be
granted 10 any person or corporation, and no
more land is TO be leased than is sactuallvneeded
for hotel purposes. The laws OF Montana are
extended over the reservation. The Secretary
Of the Interior Is empowered TO appoint super
intendent Of the park at a salary Of $4,000 and
Ten assistants at $500 each, who are given the
authority Of United States deputy Inarshals
within the reservation.
The presidential succession bill, which passed
the Senate Tuesday, provides that il case Of
removal, death, resignation, or inability Of both
the President and Nice-Pgesideut Of the United
States, the Secretary Of State, the Secretary OF
the Treasury, the Secretary Of War, the Attor-
ney-Clneral, the Postmaster General, or the
Secretary Of the Interior shall act as President
IN the order named, each taking the place after
those named before him are dead or have re-
signed, or have been removed, or are unable TO
hold the Office. The officer who thus becomes
President ad interim holds the Office until the
vacancy is lawfully filed. Only Cabinet OIL
GERS who have been confirmed by the Senate
are eligible. The President ad interim must
summon Congress within twenty days after
taking the OiICe.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has author-
lied the coinage Of q Gve-ccnt nickel piece Of
2 new design. The new coin weighs u mil
Gme,ras (which Is one milIimetre more than
the present coin, and is q little larger and
thinner than the one now In circulation. On
the face OF the new coin IS a woman's head sur
mounted with GIlct upon which is inscribed
the word Liberty" the whole being sur
rounded by thirteen stars. The reverse side
contains q wreath surrounding q Roman uu-
neral ..
The postal receipts for the six months ended
Decembcr3l indicate an increase over the CORE
spending period Of last year of II or y per cent
IftLisratio Ofgain iskcpt up he reduction oflct-
ter postage to TWO cents would create adehciepcy
Of g 0OO000, instead Of $3,GJ0GJ0 as heretofore
estimated, and it Is probable That the increase
IN business caused by the proposed reduction
would bring the actual deficiency considerably
below s. 0000O0. The increase Of receipts at
the Baltimore post Office IN the past SIX months
was o.5 per cent.
Judge Smell decided the Dickson case in the
police court Monday, and made an order send
ing Mr.. Dickson Oh 10 the grand jury for in
clCtmeut Judge Smell, in giving his judgment,
said that even discTeGiliug Bowen en- rely, ana
admitting as true all lir. Dickson said, Dickson,
il presenting papers 10 the jurors out Of court,
and IN opposition to the instruction Of the judge,
was guilty Of al OIeuse under the statute.
Dick5On's bail Was fixed at $500.
The Secretary of State and Mrs Frclinghuy-
sen entertained at dinner Tuesday evening the
President, Mrs. Cameron, Air. W. w. Story, Mrs.
Dir. Bancroft Davis, Gen. Sherman, Ars. W. w.
'Eg.r- FNg4. L.