Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-04-06

city. The aggregate of public building bills
which passed the Forty-sixth Congress was
S4,196,OOO; the Forty-seventh Congress- S6,-
500.
MR. FRYE PROPOSES RETALIATION UPON
CANADA.
In the course of his remarks on the fisheries
question in the Senate yesterday afternoon Mr..
Frye said he expected to hear within two weeks
VI the seizure Of an American vessel and its ar
raignment before a Canadian court. He was
only waiting, he said, for q single American
vessel to be seized, then he proposed to intro
ouce a bill OF less than ten lines closing the
ports OF the United States against all British
lonlal hsning, freighting, and passenger vessels
Atlantic coast, and we would then see how long
canada would carry on this operation that she
had now entered on.
INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
The Senate special committee on interstate
commerce to-day agreed to report several
amendments to the Cullom bill. The only one
OF importance changes the maximum penalty
for violation of the provision against discrimi-
nation from 81 900 to $4,000. The others are
merely verbal changes.
ADMITTED TO TAMMANY
Representatives Maybury, Ezra C. Carleton
and Timothy E. Tarsney, OF Michigan, and John
II. Rogers, of Arkansas; and Samuel Donnel.
son, doorkeeper of the House of Represents
tlves, have been admitted as members of Tam
many hall.
GEN. BUTLERS VIGOROUS DEFENSE.
Gen. b. F. Butler has sent a letter to the
House military committee, through Speaker
Carlisle. denying that his accounts as treasurer
of the National Home for the years 1871 and
1872 were not rendered, or that the accounts
were not correct. He says that he was given
no opportunity by the committee OF last year
TO substantiate his accounts and that he was
called on for isolated parts OF them Referring
TO the statement that S211, O23.O7 in United
States bonds were not accounted for he says:
AFTER full examination / find every material
part OF the account as stated in the report of
the committee, to be untrue and unjust beside
being hurtful and defamatory. and these state.
mentS are the results of the grossest errors in
the report OF the committee. In my reports to
dollar; every dollar is accounted for and vouched
for to the last cent.
RELIEF FOR FLOOD SUFFERERS,
Mr.. Herbert introduced a resolution in the
House yesterday to appropriate $500, 900, to be
immediately available, to be expended under
chase and distribution of subsistence stores and
other necessary articles to aid in the relief OF
destitute persons in the overlooked districts OF
Alabama
EXTENSION OF FREE DELIVERY SERVICE
Mr.. Dockery, of Missouri, introduced a bill in
the House yesterday to authorize the extern
sion OF the free delivery system to places con-
tanning population of not less than 1O,O 900 or
TO places whose post Offices produced gross
revenue for the preceding fiscal year of
$4,000. The bill also authorizes the extern
sion to towns in close proximity to each other
whose aggregate population is Is, 900 or aggre-
gate yearly postal revenue S15, 900. The bill
also divides letter carriers in cities of 5000
population into three classes and less than that
into two classes, the highest salary to be 81 900
per annum and the lowest 5000.
NOTES.
The Mexican pension bill passed in the House
yesterday gives pension of So per month to all
surviving officers soldiers or widows of
officers or soldiers of the Mexican war.
bill was introduced in the House yesterday
by Mr.. Belmont authorizing the acquisition Of
suitable legation buildings in China, Japan,
Corea and Siam. The governments of all these
countries except China have offered tree gifts of
grounds or buildings, or both.
Representative Niece. OF Illinois, in his
speech in the House, Saturday evening. advo-
Gated silver coinage, instead Of opposing it, as
was reported.
The labor arbitration bill passed by the House
OF Representatives was yesterday received by
the Senate and referred to the committee on
education and labor, Mr.. Blair saying 1t would
have the very earliest consideration Of the COM
mittee.