Omaha daily bee., 1883-04-10
Indian Agent Wilcox Saves His
Bacon by Qualifying a
Recent Telegram
Important Postal, Revenue and
Customs Regulations
Promulgated.
A Miner Star Threatens to Mash
Rcrdell's Nose all Over
His Face"
CAPITOL NOTES.


Special Dispatches to Tus BEH.
TOBACCO TAX REGULATE Ms.
WAsHINGr N, April 9.-1he ccm.
missioner Of internal revenue says the
allowance OF export drawback, under
provisions ,f section 3, 1856 of the re-.
vised statutes, on all tobacco, snuff,
cigars and cigarettes entered Tor OK
port on and after the 1st Of May, 1883,
will be limited to tax on the articles of
this GLASS In force on that day as fol-
lowe: On manufactured tobacco, In.
cluding snuff, 8 cents per pound; on
cigars and cigars and cigarettes weigh.
Ing over three pounds per l 900, 50
per l 000; on cigarettes Weighing not
over three pounds per l 900, 80 cents
per 1000.
THE oToE RESERVATION.
Senator Van Wyck has been urging
the interior department to order the
Immediate sale of the Otoe Indian
lands In Kansas and Nebraska, not.
withstandiDg the house Of represents
tives neglected to pass the senate bill,
which was deemed necessary for
complete sale. The appraisers have
finished their task, and value the lands
at from "a to $40 an acre. Secretary
Teller is satisfied that he can protect
all interests, and the sale will be made
about May 1,
EXPLAINING A TELEGRAM.
Indian Agent Wilcox. of the San
Carlos agency, telegraphed Commits.
sioner Price to-day that telegram
sent by him (Wiloox) March 9th, had
been in some parts of the country mis-.
construed; that he has been made to
say that the white men killed near the
Upper Gila river were depredating,
while in fact he did say the Indians
who did the killing were depredating,
The mlsoonstruction of the dispatch,
Wilcox says, does him great lnjustice,
and created intense excitement In
Arizona.
SHIP BUILDING MATERIAL.
The treasury department to. day
made q ruling that the provisions of
the new tariff act amending section
2,5l0 of the revised statutes took fleet
from the date Of the passage of the
act. This section of the revised
statutes, as amended by the new tariff
act, provides for the free importation
of ship building material to be used In
the construction Of veasels built In the
United States for foreign AGO ount.
ALAwYER RESIGNS.
R'chsrd Crowley, OF New York, 70
signed the position OF special assistant
counsel for the United States In thu
prosecution of alleged election fraud
cases In South Carolina.
POSTAL REGULATIONS.
The following general order was b.
sued to day by the postoffioe depart.
ment, signed by Frank Hatton, assist
ant postmaster general: Ordered,
That order No. 463 of January 12:h,
1883, is hereby revoked. Section 81
of the postal laws and regulations OF
1879, Is amended so az to read
as follows: Postal cards and
prepaid letters to be forwarded II re-
quested; prepaid letters shall be
forwarded from one postoffic to another
at the request of the party addressed
without additional charge for postage.
All letters upon which one full rate
postage has been prepaid, and all
postal cards, shall be forwarded from
the office to which they are addressed
to any other Office, at the request of
the person addressed, or of the party
whose card may be upon the envelope
or whose name may be signed to the
postal card, without additional chrge
of postage. Such forwarding mutt be
continued until the party addressed Is
reached.
MINER ASSERTIONS
In the star route trial to-day Witness
John r. Miner, one of the defend
anita, said: Senator Dorsey az q mem
ber of the railroad committee and In
the course of his inspection of the
Northern Pacific railroad, lad been
Impressed with glowing notions Of the
possibilities of eastern Oregon, and
thought bids upon the routes In that
country had been worked too high.
One of them was reduced $3, 900 by
hts suggestion, and the contractors
lost more than that sun from their
reliance upon his Judgment. Specific
denials were made of nearly every.
thing Of Importance included In Rsr-
dell's testimony affecting witness.
Witness said he and Rerdell quar-
relied on the avenue one day, In the
spring of 1873. Witness told Rerdell
that II he ever spoke to him again he
would smash his nose all over his
tace." He had nothing to do with
him after that time until the trial be.
gan. Without concluding the exami.
nation the court adjourned.
A LEGAL CONTEXT FOR A SHAWL.
In the supreme court to-day a dc
cision was rendered In an interesting
custom case, involving less than foul
dollars, brought here upon a writ o
error from the circuit court Of Wis
oonsin. The case Is entitled "Magda
leno VonCotzhausen against Johl
Nazro, collector, and Henry O
Payne, postmaster of Milwaukee" I
arises out Of the following facts. i
1877, Mrs. VonCotzhAusen receive,
by mall through the Milwaukee post
office sealed envelope containing
ANAL knit shawl sent her b
her Law In Garmanv 4