Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-01
Smooth Sailing assured II the
Protectionists ere
Protected.
The Hsrbor Bill Causes q
Rustic Of Leaden Wings
in the House.
The Reduced Jumbo, fred by the
Dead, is Lightly Touched
by the Living.
CAPITOL NOTES.
Sp,oia! Dispatches to TIE BEE

CAPITOL NOTES.
SpNia! Dispatches to TIE BE
THE sUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
WASHINGTON, February 28.-The
sundry civil appropriation bill as
amended by the ssnate committee on
appropriations, was reported this
morning by Allison and ordered print.
ed. The senate committee increase
the amount of the bill as passed by
the house by 81, 4IS, 600. Among the
items added by the senate committee
are the following: For dry dock at
Mare Island, $16, 000; life saving ser
vice and new life saving stations,
SIS 900; New Orleans custom house,
SIG, 900; furniture, gas fixtures, 60,
of public buildings, 800, 600; couple
ton Washington monument, 800, 600;
public printing and binding, $490, 600;
new naval observatory, 5000, 900;
surveying public lands, $4,000;
protection of public LANDS from
fraudulent entry, 800 600; protection
and improvementlof the Yellowstone
park, $3.50, 900; bureau of engraving
and printing (expenses) 1924 GOO
The committee have stricken ont the
Item of 1924, 900 for construction and
repairs of military posts and 5000, 900
for executive treaty and agreement
with the Sioux Indians. The house
provision relative to Yellowstone
park was stricken out and a new par.
agraph inserted, authorizing the sec.
rotary of the Interior to lease not ex-
oeeding 80 acres within the park, but
not to include the geysers or other OBJ
jects of interests. All previous com
tracts will be declared invalid. The
committee also strike out the clause
relating to the presumption laws.
HE'S COMING.
Observation-Disclosures, minister of
foreign affairs, head of the Malagasy
embassy, and Rayitniroka, his col
lssgus, will srrlpeh ers se.t weok.
The senate has ratified the supple
mental extradition treaty with Spain.
THE TARIFF AGAIN.
Senators Bayard and Beck with
drew from the conference committee
on the senate tariff bill, after sitting
two hours vainly endeavoring to have
the house resolution reported to the
senate with an expression that it linn
tied the house conferees; therefore
under the Ingalls, resolution the sen
ate conferees must withdraw. Sena.
tors Morrill,, Sherman and Aldrich
did not agree with Bayard and Beck
as to the necessity of Withdrawal, and
proceeded to consider the schedule.
The two democratic senators
going out left Carlisle alone,
as q free trade member
He soon after left the committee
room and went to the house, not, how
ever formally Withdrawing. The mat
ter of constitutional prerogstive O.
the house was left for the present, thu
presumption being that it will not b
raised il the bill can be made to sui
the prctectionists. The committee So
till nearly IL o'clock and discussed
the chemical schedule without making
any material change. The importan
articles we're not reached. To.mor
row morning the iron schedul
be first considered. 1t Is expecte'
Bayard and Beck will report to tn
senate to. morrow that under the cor
dition of the Ingalls, resolution, tn
senate conferees could not remain
and request the recall of the senate
committee. This report ia not likel
to prevail, and the conference wi
doubtless 60 on until consideration c
the bill will be completion.
RERDELr AGAIN.
In the star route case to-day, Ingel
soil announced he had finished wit
Rerdell. Merrick conducted the r,
direct examination. Witness said l
December last he told Vale he was l
communication with the government
was trying to get out of the cas-,
Vale said he had done well; that If
had notbeen forlthe fact thathe Vail
had been On the stand at the last tri
he would
Davidge objecting the answer W
unfinished. Witness Grst learned Il
government was willing to acce
him as a witness on the mig
he went to Merrick's hous
He was given to understaI
he must plead guilty and have
fsvors to expect. Witness explain'
that his reasons for going over to d
government were Dorsey's coming
the Jail and threatening him wi
those letters; also the fact that DORIS
or some N had ''gene through" |
Office while he was L. Jail convinc
him that he had been deserted
Dorsey, whose purpose waa to get HI
out of the way. Witness did not q
Brady go into Chamberlain's, b
knew from Dorsey's conversation I'll
Brady was in the house. Adjourne
COMPUTATIONS.
Decius Wade, chief justice of Nc
tans; John B. Allen, attorney, Was
ipgton territory; VIM. K. Church, Q
sociate Justice of the supreme col