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The New Tariff:

WASHINGTON, March l9.-The Treasury
Department to-day mailed copies Of the
new tariff act to all collectors OF customs,
togeth er with instructions that sections :
and 0 OF the act go into effect at once, and
apply to all goods in bonded warehouses,
as well as to goods imported after
the date OF the passage OF the
act. Section seven repeals duties on
charges heretofore added in ascertaining
The dutiable value Of merchandise for the
purpose OF assessment OF duties. This &C.
lion will cause considerable reduction In
the amount Of duties collected, which re-
duction Is estimated by some at five per
cent.
Section 0 OF the tariff act changes the
manner Of ascertaining the value Of mer.
chandise consigned by manufacturers In
foreign countries TO agents in the United
States and for which there Is no foreign
market value for the reason that the
goods are specially manufactured for sale
IN the United States only. The law
authorizes the appraising officer TO asCer.
tain the cost and value oi the collateral
composing the merchandise at the time
and place OF the manufacture, together
with the expense Of manufacturing, pre-
pairing and putting up merchandise tor
lshipment, and makes the value 80 ascer'
! tained basis al settlement for duties,
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A Star Route Ghost.

WASHINGTON, March l2.-1n the Star
route trial to- day, during the reading Of
evidence, reference TO Peck in some OF
the papers lead the court to inquire, as
Peck dead? There has been no evidence
OF his DEATH"
Ingersoll presumed to say: "At any rate
his vile has been widow for several
years"
Merrick said no witness had testified to
his death.
Ingersoll said there could be no doubt Of
Peck's death, but still he believed the gov
ernment suspected he was alive.
Merrick-"Well, he has always been
mythical sort Of person."
1ngersoll-"He has been a myth and is
now ghost"
Merrick-"Yes, he Is now a ghost, and
who signs his name since he has become
ghost2"
~ don't know" uaughter)
The reading OF the papers was continued
to adjournment.
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GORTsUHAKoFF.
Comments OF the Sew York Press on
the Death Of the Prince.

NFw YoRK, March l9.-The Times com.
menting on Gortschakoff's death, says:
Prince GorsChakof's death will have no
effect upon the foreign or internal policy
OF Russia, as he turned over everything
exceps the title Of his high office to NJ.
D'Giers year ago. His long career
was crowded with great achievements
during those years when he sup
piled impulses which are still
working to transform the great empire
from half barbarous to civilized power,
and this is no doubt greater work than
any other Russian can be credited
with. But he never formed lasting al
lance with any OF the western powers,
and never, tloated The Russian standard
on the Bosphorus. The in6del Turk al.
ways found plenty OF Christian protectors
willing, in furtherance OF their own
selfish interests, to check the southward
advance OF the Sav. Referring to Gort-
efforts to cement the friendship
between Russia and the United States, the
Times recalls the peroration OF the cele-
brated speech delivered by him at the fare
well dinner given on September 18th, 1866,
10 Mr.. Fox, Assistant Secretary OF the
United States Navy, at the close OF
the latter's visit 10 St. Petersburg
with the monitor Minautonomah. "The
mutual good will Of Russia and Amer.
lea is instructive. Nay more. dare call
it proyidential. ! have faith in its dura.
ton. In my political capacity all my care
shall be to consider it. God has given to
both countries conditions OF existence
where their grand internal life may
suffice for them. America is invul-
not merely from the ramparts
OF the ocean, but from its public
spirit and the personal characters OF its
| tizens. think that the same invulnera-
bility exists equally in Russia, and that it
will be manifested every time her dignity
and honor are seriously menaced. II is in
such crisis that Russia's true power is
seen. A power resting not merely upon
close aud indissoluble bond Which unites
the sovereign to the nation.
The Herald says: Europe in the days
Of its youth consisted Of great France, q
great England and great Russia. Also
Germany which was great when excited by
any occasion that carried National passion
above the control Of small jealousies OF It's
various States, but now there is great
Russia and great Germany; and other
States must combine with one another to
to be felt in the balance"
The Tribune says: "He lived to lament
the disastrous collapse OF the internal
policy he had advised and supported, to
be startled'by long series Of Nihilist out.
RACES and to see his emperor as.
and when ho retired from
office he knew he left Berlin and
Vienna leagned against 81. Petersburg,
and that England was supreme in Egypt,
gaining more prestige in single summer
than Russia had acquired by a decade Of
intrigue in the Balkan and Of desert march.
ing in Central Asia"
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ST. LOUIS, March IA, secret meeting
Of the Amalgamated Association was held
at Belleville, Saturday, when the iron and
steel workers considered the changes in
the scale Of prices. After consideration,
the lodge OF the district concluded to refer
their report to the National Convention,
which will be held at Pittsburg, March !.
There was no meeting at Carondolet, but
several Of the men working in place Of the
strikers have received injuries at their
hands. Several new men received injuries
in the mill, and Edward Mcdonald and
Herman Helke, blacksmiths, were stopped
by the strikers Saturday evening. Pistols
we're placed at their heads and they were
forced to take an oath on their knees that
they would not return 10 work. Three oi
the men who stopped them were arrested,
and will be tried to-day on charges OF dis
turbing the peace.
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DAKorA,s SCHEME.
EeiiIng the Capital Site TO the Highest
Bidder.

WASHINGTON, D. c., March 19.-Dakota
Is nothing II she Is not enterprising. She
has made her mark as q great wheat
territory and is now engaged in transac-
ton that ought to make the Democratic
city government and the New York
Legislature, to say nothing Of Colorado
Senatorial aspirants, turn green with envy.
Information received here from promi-
nent official Of the territory gives graphic
details Of the last tscheme for money making,
which is nothing more or less than plan
for selling the territorial capital to the
highest bidders. The plan was worked
short time down in Nebraska, and
proved 80 lucrative that the honest.hearted
Dakotian became fired with an overwhelm.
ing desire to emulate the example OF his
southwestern brother. The capital is now
at Yankton, in the southern part Of Da-
kota, and as there seems 10 be prospect
that the Territory would be divided in a
year or two, and that Yankton must then
become the most available place for the
capital OF the southern part, there would
seem to be no great demand for this sud-
den activity. Indeed, there is not, but
but it seems likely to prove u
good speculation, and q stock com.
pany was formed for the purpose
Of affecting the removal and reap.
ing the profits which might accrue. The
company had a capital stock Of 81 900, 600,
and 5000 worth OF stock, it is said, was
first bestowed upon each member OF the
territorial Legislature, with the hint that it
would be redeemed at 80 per cent OF its
face value at any time, or might be held
for the profits that might accrue. Nothing
is said about any OF the stock having gone
to members OF the executive council, or to
any OF the officials Of the territory. Gov:
ernor 0rdway, it is said, drafted
q bill modelled upon the Nebraska
bill, presented it to the Legislature and it
was passed. It stuck for some time on q
tie OF six to six in the Executive Council,
and then one OF the obdurate ones was
won over aud the bill passed. 1t provides
for commission OF nine persons who shall
examine the eligibility OF the various sites
and report thereon. 1t also provides that
no offer less than 100000 and ten acres Of
ground will be considered. Many towns
are offering large sums, from S250.0O0 up,
with large plots Of ground, and there is
really a sharp competition for
the capital. Whether the COM
missioners, who, it is said, will be
members OF the stock company, will man.
age to make few hundred thousand dol:
lars over that demanded by the bill, and
also succeed in accumulating few acres OF
rich town lots over and above the ten acres
wanted for buildings, is not known. AS it
stands, everybody seems TO be hopeful,
"Mr. Reilly who kept the hotel" OF .do'ng
quite we'll" In the meantime the railroads
have offered to erect public buildings worth
100000 and, devote any land desired II
they would let them locate the capital.
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DEADwoop, D. T., March l2.-The men
who escaped during the burning OF the
Brownsville boarding house give the fol.
lowing story: They were awakened by the
blowing of the locomotive whistle about
one o'clock Sunday morning. The room
was filed with smoke and the fire was
leaping up around the kitchen stove pipe.
The men were dazed. But four went down
the ladder and escaped with severe inju-
ries. Three escaped unhurt through
small sliding window leading from the
front to the roof OF an adjoining building.
OF eighteen persons in the house eleven
persisted. Two bodies were burned to
ashes. The men had saved up their earn
iugs and it is supposed endeayored to get
the money, and valuables out Of their
trunks and lost their opportunity to escape,
The building was constructed Of pitch
pine, and was totally consumed inside OF
thirty minutes after tho discovery OF the
fire
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WASHINGTON, March l2-The charges
against Supervising Architect Hill were
made by ex.Congessman.Murch oiSIair e.
They cover over twenty pages Of legal cap
paper, written with type writer. Before
Congress adjourned Murch read the
charges which he subsequently filed
with the Secretary Of the Treasury
to a number Of persons about the
Capitol. The ground Is that the system Of
paying for cutting stone adopted by the
Supervising Architect Is extrayagant.
Murch, 1t Is understood, has made such
complaints before. Supervising Architect
Hill says 1t Is J. G. Mills who Is said to be
pressing the charges against him (Hilll, not
A. G. Mills, formerly chief clerk Of the
architect Office, as heretofore published.
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Oh. profes.or. ,Fess Up.

OTTAWA, March l2. - Prof. Virgins
claims his prophecy was literally fulfilled,
as the highest tidal wave ever known was
reported at Halifax, and kilograms from
ali parts indicate severe tempests. He says
he has always entertained tho greatest in.
terest for the safety Of the people on the
shores OF the Bay OF Bengal and Gulf oi
Mexico. In the former there was
a major tidal wave OF which the
minor one on our coast was reflective,
which must have occurred in the afternoon
Of the 10Th, London time, in which hun.
dreds OF thousands OF lives were lost. He
expressed great fears for the safety Of the
city OF Chester, and characterized this
storm as the greatest that can possibly oc'
cur on this planet, and the greatness OF its
extent is the only hope Of safety in any
particular quarter.
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TME Cincinnati, Wheeling 4 New
York sounds'well-any railroad name with
Wheeling injected into or hitched on to it
falls lnusically on the ear. Let US hope
that the projected enterprise means TO do
well by US. 1t has been understood that
Vanderbilt would have southwestern, as
wei! us northwestern, connection, for his
South Pennsylvania, and though Wheeling
has not been finally selected as the
point Of junction 1t has been be-
lieved that, in the event OF 8
certain arrangement not revealed to the
public, Wheeling would command the
prize. 1t Is probable that the Cincinnati,
Wheeling & New York is the contem'
plated connection. In railroad man@uy.
ering "there Is many slip 'twixt the cup
and the lip" and Wheeling Is too well &C.
quNinted with disappointments to pin her
faith 10 any railroad project before she sees
the smoke OF the locomotive. But we
ought to be prepared for the best that for
tune may have in store for US, and q good
way to prepare is to do what We can to In
ali vite railroads to come In. II we are
going to take steps to secure right Of way
tres to all, now Is the time TO CONCLUDE
what has been so well begun. Through
lines to Eev York, Cincinnati and Toledo
wonld be worth All we should pay for them
Wheeling ought to be oa At least one road
leading somewhere.
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THE SOUTHERN FLOOD.
THE WATERS SLOWLY REcEDINe.
More Breaks 10 the LOress and Loss OfLlfs-Ssrsrai
Louisiana PAtI.hss Under Watsr-Farthsr
Particulars About the Cremation OF Eleven
Hen In nDAkota-Gsueral News

MEMPHIS Tenn, March l2.-The water
here has fallen nine inches since the de-
cline set in, and will fall more rapidly as
soon as the river gets within the banks.
Two negroes, Tom Brown and Aaron
Smith, were drowned last week, back OF
Austin, Mississippi, by the capsizing OF a
dugout. Nothing additional has been
learned here OF break which occurred
Saturday morning at Laconia Circle, 100
miles south OF Memphis. When the Kate
Adams passed there, four men
were at work trying to close
the creyasses which was about
twenty feet wide, and it was thought they
succeed. The break in lotion leyee,
thirty.fiye miles below Friar's Point, flood
ed all the country in the rear as far down
as Australia. This break is just above the
line OF the second Mississippi levee district,
which remains ibtlct, and planters within
that district do not fear an overflow. Two
men, names unknown, were drowned FIJI
day ten miles north OF Marion, Ark. The
swift current upset their dugout. Both the
lost bodies were recovered and buried.
AUSTRALIA, Miss, March IA break
occurred in the levee at Masons, just be-
low here, Saturday night, the water run;
ing through q space fully five hundred
wards wide and five feet deep. This will
overflow large portion OF the country
back OF Concordia. The break at Baughs,
or Green Grove, which occurred on the
7th, overhowed the county back Of Aus.
trala. Before the break occurred repairs
on the Bayou Prere Bridge, on the Natchez
& jackson X. R., had been completed.
Trains are again running.
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CUMBERLAND, Mp., March l2.-Fire broke
out last evening under the roof Of the st.
Nicholas Hotel. By prompt efforts Of the
firemen it was exting,ished, but not until
the entire roof was burned and much Of the
building badly damaged by water. The
hotel was to have been closed in a few days
for change Of management, and there were
comparatively few guests, who saved all
their effects. The loss on the building,
which was owned by +. Minke, Is estimated
at ST 600; fully covered by insurance. One
OF the fremen, j.. p. B. Geary, printer,
was seriously hurt by falling from the roof.
The FIRE is supposed to have been incen-
diary.
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rooIjsl, Roast ofn Cleric.

USloNrowS, Pa, March l2.-Thc feeling
isyunnipg very high here over the conduct
n &some of the Democratic Court House Of.
ticials. The clerk Of the court has ex-
hibited list OF the jurors, and boasted
that they were all Democrats, and the tip
stave, this morning. remarked to one Of the
counsel for the Commonwealth, "0ur
Democratic jury behaved themselves very
well over Sunday" 1t is hard to describe
the feeling this outrageous conduct iscreat-
ing. One smart young Democrat even
went 50 far as TO assert, 1--WE have the jury
and the judges both on our side and we
intend to use them" The alleged letters
published in morning paper are garbled,
and not genuine. The letters are in the
hands OF counsel, and have not been given
to the public, The publication referred to
has been made from something that has
been written by one who has seen them.
General Bailey declares they are not cor
rect copies.
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TIE CIVIL SERVICE.
Judge Thomnn Explains Recomn mnicndn.
tion Made by Him.


WASHINGTON, D. G., March 12.-Judge
Thoman, OF the Civil Service Commission,
was found in his room at his hotel busily
engaged in looking over his correspon-
dence, when your correspondent entered
and handed him newspaper clipping,
with the remark: "This is said to refer to
you, Judge. What is there in the storyT'
The item IN question was little story
which appeared in LEGAL paper this morn.
ing, stating that member OF the Civil
Service Commission had recommended an
applicant for place in the Treasury De-
partment. Judge Thoman read the article
through two or three times, and smile
spread itself over his pleasant face as he
did 80. Then he settled back in his chair,
elevated his chin two or three degrees, and
laughed aloud.
"Well, yes" he said. "I did speak a
kind word for a gentleman who was an ap-
plicant, but don't think that I violated a
rule by doing so. In the first place, was
not then Civil Service Commissioner; we
had not been sworn in, nor had We re.
CGlNtu UuI GOluhlln9AOAo SNN" ASA =
think the Republicans could take any ex.
ception to the recommendation, either; at
least not on political grounds, for the gen.
tleman whom l spoke kind word for was
a Republican, and, further, ! will say that
II the civil employees were all as competent
as This man there would be no need Of a
Civil Service Commission. l don't know
that I ought to have spoken q word in favor
OF any one, but l don't believe that this
can be taken as coming under therules any
way" ,
appointing your assistants, Judge?" was
asked.
not applicants for the few positions under
the Commission shall be examined. Prob.
ably they will be. lean already apprecl.
ate the position that the President and
the heads OF the departments are placed
In, and should think atthey would ex.
perisnce feeling Of relief when the new
aw goes into effect"
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CERTAIN letters alleged to have passed
between Captain Mutt and his murderer
Dukes, are published. They aretoo stormy
for this part OF the Ohio Valley region. In
one Of them Dukes dwells with brutal
particularly on his relations with
Captain Nuts daughter, calls her "a wan
ton," and makes to the father a shocking
proposition. The letters read as though
they had been written by man gloating
over the shame Of a family and anxious to
provoke collision. They are in every
way peculiar letters, as likely to have been
written by q liar and traducer as they
were undoubtedly written by a murderer.
Dukes offers to Pennsylvania Justice a
golden opportunity to vindicate herself.
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ArRocrous CRUELTY.
The sunerIngs of Little Girl AT Her
Pnrenfa, Handy.

LEoMINsrER, MASS, March l2.-Last fall
boy named James Carney was arrested
and sent to the Reform School at Westboro,
for acts OF atrocious cruelty committed
upon small boy named George Fuller.
Patrick and Bridget Carney, the father and
mother Of james, have now been arrested
for excessive abuse and extreme cruelty
practlsed upon their twelve-year-old
daughter Ellen. The complaints were
entered by neighbors. When the police
visited the house they found the girl
Ellen clothed very scantily, having on
only thin summer dress. She bad
neither shoes nor stockings. In this condi.
ton, it Is said, she has been compelled to
20 about all winter. Many times, it is sta.
ted, she has been forced to do chores about
the house and yard with barely sufficient
food and clothing to sustain lie. The
police took the unfortunate girl to the town
larm. Her body was found to be covered
with discolorations, caused apparently by
kicks and blows administered by her
father and mother. The parents were
arraigned in Court to-day and held for
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The Allentown rolling mills have re.
sumed work.
It is rumored that there Is corner in
May corn in Chicago.
Ex-senator David Davis will be married
tomorrow at II o'clock.
The officials Of the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company state that the threatened
cutting Of rates by the Chesapeake 4 Ohio
will not affect arrangements Of the Trunk
Line pool.
D. r. Musselman & CO.., tobacco manu-.
iacturers OF Louisville, KY, filed deed oI
assignment to John r. Byrne yesterday
for the benefit Of his creditors, Liabilities
$4,000; assets $4,000
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SOMETHING ABOUT PENSIONS.
A Historical Ceriincnte-A Soldier Who
Assisted In Retreat.

WASHINGTON, March l2.-Among the
thousands OF cases that come before the
pension authorities for adjudication there
are many that are accompanied by docu-
ments and statements Of facts and fancy
that would prove either very valuable in
history, or at least very interesting to the
reading public. One Of the recent cases
investigated is that Of young man, a
drummer in the late war, who submits
among other papers letter Of President
Lincoln. Itseems that in 1862 the little fel.
low had been taken sick and was being
cared for ina hospital. His mother had
tried and tried to get his discharge, but to
no avail. AS last resort she wrote a
strong appeal to the President and sent 1t
to friend in Washington, asking him to
present it to the President in person. The
friend went to the White House and
earnestly pleaded the mothers cause. The
result was that Lincoln took her letter
and wrote across back: discharge this
boy. A. Lincoln" This endorsement had
the desired effect, and the mother nursed
and cared for her boy at home, but he
never recovered from the effects OF the
early strain on his constitution, and now
he asks pension. The endorsement in
the hand Of "0ld Abe is unmistakably
genuine, and its possession is dearly covet-
ed by every clerk who has handled the
letter in the department. Speaking Of pen
sions recalls the story Of q soldiers whose
application for pension was recently
granted by Congress. He was among the
When the stampede began he was among
the first who turned their face from their
pursuers. He fell beside high fence that
crossed their path, and so thick and fast
came the fleeing men that he was unablet to
rise, and his back served as q stepping
stone to hundreds Of men. He never got
over that experience, and was granted q
pension for assisting in the retreat"
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The members Of the Civil Service Com
mission met by appointment at Willards
Hotel this morning, and thence proceeded
to inspect apartments offered them as head.
quarters. Judge Thoman, one OF the Com.
missioner, said: 1--WE want three rooms
Tor the Commission proper, and a
large room in which to con
duct examinations" After the Com
missioners secure quarters they will
prepare for the work Tor which they were
appointed. Rules for the Government Of
tlie Commission will be adopted, and the
mode OF conducting examinations be
agrsed upon. The Commission have moi
yet formally considered the matter Of the
appointment OF az esaminer-in.cliiei, bul
will do 80 after they have established them
selves in headquarters.
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CoLrMBUs, March ia motion for a
new trial in the case Of ]. D. Watson, con-
yicted OF offering bribes to Representative
Black, was overruled to-day, and the &C.
cused was sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary.
Senator Pond to-day introduced in the
House tax bill on liquor traffic, with the
bond feature left out, the tax TO be uni.
form at $3.50