New-York tribune., 1886-03-19
WARRINGTON NOTES.

WAsHINGrON, Wednesday, March Is, ls-6.
PrBGIC LANDs-The House Committee on Public Lands
to-day agreed report favorahy Representative Pay
sons bill repeal act OF June 3 ISIS, for the SAFE
OF timber lands IN California, Oregon, Nevada and wash
ingtOn Territory.
CABINET MEETSG.-The Cabinet at it, meeting today
had under consideration the proposed abrogaton o! the
treaty with the Hawaiian Government
CALIFORNIA ELECTIONs-The House Committee on
Elections to-day dismissed petition asking thar tho
members OF Congress from California be nn'eaed ON tho
that tho had been reapportoned aud that
the memb reside within their Congressional
districts.
NAVAL BoAnD-rhe Secretary Navy has ap-
pointed the 10 lowing board Of officers to superntend
Chef engineers. ]. A scott, c. H. Baker g. ". l. Mac
CartY aud Edmund Wells passed assistant engineers
AbsaiOm KIRBY Jefferson Brown Harry Webster aud r.
NJ. Ashton.
b. AND o. RIGHT or WAY.-secrctary Whitney and
Commodore Harmony. Chief Of tn- Bureau OF Yards ami
Docks lett Wash ugOu this afternoon for Philadelphia
TO make personal examination OF the Naval Asylum
before acting apple .ti4n OF the Baltimore ana
ONO Railroad to be given right Of way through It's
grounds.
ALcoH Lie LIQUOR CoNui,sIoN.-Wthout a dissenting
vote the Senate to-day passed the bill TO authorize the
Prrsieut To au point a Commission five persons. by
with avIre and consent or thc2enate 70 inyeS-
Congress the result OF such investigation With sugSes
tious and recommendations.
The EAps sHIr EAILwAY-T Senate Commerce Com
miitce vii! not report the Eads snip Railway scheme
without mater al alteration. The SubC0mmlite ter having
the matter IN charge was enlarge to-day by addlng ,cu
ator, Frye aud hennd, both OF "hOm are uher'o"u 10
be opposed To tne bill Tue other members 0i tt SUD
Committee, senators COnGer Cameron AMI Cok"-lle ldt
Ter suust for senator NCsJdre understood 10 be
Iu favor Of the bill.
PUNISHED FOR ATTACHING Observation-Disclosures AG-
mra Davis commanding the Aslatic squa IRON reports
10 the Navy Department under date Of Yokohama Feb
ruary % that investigation OF the recent mis- s,oLary
trouble. AT Chnkang showed tnat the missionaries had
made full ample payment To the contractors Tor the
construction or budugs and that the contractors
other Chinese implicated ia the attacks on tue
missionaries had accordingly been sentenced Dy Tue
Taotai to undergo days of the canGus AMI ID rrc'e
100 blows, addition to the punishment they had H
ready received.
The TNRIFF RuL.-Thc Ways and Means Committee
discussed the Tarl bill a-an to-day, aud nearly com
pctcG tlOu VI t4c proposed ADDITIONS 10 lH'
free list he result being 20 sr.e uB Eiy, p0 do saLs
and and restore those arlcle- TO the ddtd'e 7L
with present rates or duty The concessions were
made 10 the demand OF the acrl"u turI interests, |Atl
the Free Trade members II the committee do AOt ttc
strong euou tl Ignore An"udu "uts trc proposed
but not actrd upJl % AID 20 the free nt certain cAem
Gals used IN the arts aud manufacture and lu pAdrmacj
present Of progress tie o VII not re'cA Ole
House mucu earlier than Aprl ID.
ThEASIRIR JpEDNN~ NuW-.-Iue Banking and Cur
rercy Committee OK the House had conference with
Treasurer Jor Ian last night a hi- house. during which
GENERA interchange of financial questions TOOK
pace The conference did not have relation 20 rucu-
lar measures, devoted rather To- statement OF
(act, and figures connection Win finance generally
The principal subject of discussion was ~ 70 t' best
mean, TO kcep silver lu circulation ~ long AS lnSs
blc Treasurer Jordan favored WaNiug the banks ihr
clrcu atiug agency Instead OF the Treasury tie Thought
this the longest ana cheapest circulation