Omaha daily bee., 1884-12-09

! Honolulu, returning to San Francisco in
September last The restriction law, not
having been passed when he left the United
| States he did not provide himself with a Ger
tifc,t, f.r re.entraucs, and, upon his return
here in 1884, no was not allowed 30 land, He
| therefore sued ont n writ OF hahtaS corpus,
and brought the case before Justice Field and
Judge Sawyer, who were divided IN opinion
This court holds that the right ot this emma.
man 20 recent T was secured by tho treaty of
1880. The court holds that c ngrsss did not
intend to violate that right OF The Chinese
| laborers who were here at tho date OF the
treaty. 1,
A decision was also rendered in the railroad
caseof the Chicago, Milwaukee X st Paul rail-
way company, plaintiff in error, against Duane
OlRUss. This was q suit brought by the engi.
neer of q gravel train against the company TO
recover damages for injuries sustained by him
in o collision with a freight train, due to the
carelessness of the conductor OF the latter.
The court below charged the ju y that
If, in their opinion, the accident was
caused by the negligence of the conductor OF
the freight train, and without contrihutory
negligence on the part of the plaintiff the
railway company was liable, because the
relation of the superior and inferior officers
was created by the company rs between tho
two. in operations of its train and they were
not, within the reason of tho law, fellow ser.
wants engaged iu the Same common employ
| menu. lHH CNUTb IlOliS III NliiBU Voc ~
rect and the judgment OF tho circuit court is
affirmed.
PENSION PAYMENTS.
The payments so far this month on account
of pensions are IS, 300, 600.
The issue of silver dollars for the week
ended December 9Th was S526, go; correspond
ing period last year, S52l ,49S. -.
Secretary Teller and Postmaster General
Hattop, with their families. left this morning
in q speci9l car to attend the opening ct the
worlds exposition at New Orleans.
Postmaster. General Hatton recommends the
Immediate appropriation of SlC0,CW for the
railroad postal Car service for the remainder
of tho year. In o letter sent to the house to-
day he says: "rhe accomplishment OF c9rtaln
long desired improvements IN the postal SER
vice, whereby time in transit between the east
aud the far west has been reduced, renders IL
a net essary establishment,
A greater amount of railway postal car SER
vice than anticipated when the estimates were
submitted and appropriation made Tor that
subject" Hatton also sent a letter to tho
house, recommending an appropriation OF
S75,OUO for the employment OF additionh
rlerks at Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, In
dianapolis, Louisville, st. Louis, San Fran
cisco and eastern cities.
COMBINATIONS.
Thomas Osborn, Illinois, minister resident
and consul general of the United States to
the Argentine Republic; Jehu Boxer, Illinois,
minister resident and consul general to Vene-
zuela; Willard z. Tisdel, Ohio, agent of the
United States to the states of the Congo as
ISOLATION.
The nomination of Hugh McCulloch for
secretary of the treasury was favorably re-
ported from the senate committee on finance
to-day, but Senator Riddleberger objected to
the present consideration, and unGer the rules
it went over to the next executive session.
Representative MorEison's bill to amend the
statutes in relation to the immediate trans
portation of dutiable gyods introduced to-day
provides for the amendment of the statutes as
to regulations governing inland Transports
ton shall apply to the baggage of the travel
ing public.
l. $. Martin, the supervising special agent
of the treasury, in his annual report says:
No permanent suppression OF the practice OF
under.valuation of merchandise subject to
ad valorem duties can be expected until tho
act of june %, 1874, under the protection of
which this system of fraud has grown up,
shall be repealed. Had the law above re-
ferred to been enacted for the express purpose
enabling foreign manufacturers to circumveGt
the tariff laws, it could not have better ac'
complished that object.