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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-29
DUTIES ON IMPORTS.
The Ways and Means Committee Still
Hard at Work.


WASHINGTON, Feb. 2S.-The ma
jority of the Ways and Means Commit
tee spent the greater portion of last
night in the room set apart for them in the
Treasury Department where they have held
their night conferences, hard at work upon
the tariff bill. They spent to-day in the
committee room still revising and amending
it, They sent it down to the Public Printer
again this aftertoon, got a revised copy of
it this evening, and have been at work upon
1t ever since. They expect TO complete it
tomorrow, and to present it to the full COM
mittee on Thursday.
CHANGES LIKELY.
Meanwhile changes may still be made in
it, The most important change made to-
day was as to the duty on fish. Fish had
been placed on the free list on Saturday on
purely economic grounds. 1t is one of the
necessary foods and should therefore be
free from taxation Again it was thought
that it would be well to place 1t on the free
list to the end that if our fishermen desired
to avail themselves of the fishing privilege
provided for in the fisheries treaty, shout 1
the latter be ratified, they would be able to
do 80.
NEW ENGLANDERS PROTEST.
As soon as it became known, however,
that the Dill was 10 provide Tor free fish the
New England members began to protest,
and finally their arguments, chiefly those
dictated by considerations of political expe-
diency, procured the reconsideration of the
action taken. SO fish, fish OIL whale and
seal oil will have to wait. As to the lumber
item in the free list 1t is qualified by a
promise that it shall not apply to imports
of lumber from any country imposing an
export tax on lumber.
| Coal and iron ore have been taken off the
| free list, as at first agreed upon.
SUGARS SCHEDULE.
! In the sugar schedule the changes in
duties are chiefly among the higher grade
sugars and are aimed at the sugar trust,
special provision being made for withdraw
| ing rebates.
In the glass schedule there is a very de-
cided cut in the duty on common window
| glass and smaller cut in the duties on
other grades The bill will probably com
prehend both the tariff and the internal
revenue features. The information to be
obtained about the bill is necessarily very
| fragmentary, because the majority deter
mined to-day not TO give out its contents
| for publication i'll advance of its presenta-
| ton to the full committee, on the ground
of courtesy to the other members of the
committee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-29
ULMERs LIVER CORRECTOR,

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-29
MEETINGS.


OGLETHORPE LODGE MOI
A special meeting of this Lodge will h. 49,
THIS "wednesday EVENING at s o,c,o,,. '
the purpose of visiting Golden Rule I,odeo
By order of the Lodge.
H. Z. WILSON, Noble Gr,,s
j. II. II. OSBORNE. Secretary.
GOLDEN RULE LODGE No 10
4 regular meeting OF this Lodge will 10 h.,'
THIS EVENING, at 2 o'clock. wall oe ned
Degrees will be conferred
a fun attendance requested.
Members Of other Lodges and visiting bro+A.-
are invited to attend orolher
BY order of T r prEl- ~
D. f. Mccoy. Secretary. w. u
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-02-29
SPECIAL NOTICE.

NJ. $. COsULICH & CO.. Agent,
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-10-30

| IL.
stations ooc ii a
Two HltIlO4 f tht
'"e industry l. he
problem of insu.
VIII neither flicker
circumstances has
some persons who subsl.
Ior gas have grown tired q.
menu ana have gone back to /
uiLlIhatlng agent. OF course. Il.
Guilty Will be overcome. Again IN.
OF electric lights stands in the wax
their general adoption, especially in
stores. This objection will nave TO he
removed If electric lights are going To su.
pefsede gas; and it is due to truth to saw
c ohae IItI!e progress is being made toward
cneapenlng the new light.
The application of electricity az
i've power makes slow progress II Is
WE'VE years since visitors to the Cen
tenhial Exposition at PHILADELPHIA ira
VeIed round the fair grounds in car
propelled by electricity but in Fehrnarv
last there were only thirty, four eIectric
laiiroaus In all the country, with I38
mics Oh single track. There are in pro-
cess or construction forty-nine new roads
":iicH' "hen completed, will have l89
~ tliii e% ol single track. There appears to
DE something lacking to make the ides
practical success. 1t. costs as much To
get the dynamOs working as it wonId do
TO propeI the cars by steam. Some dav
some one OF the ingenious and persever,
ing mechanical engineers who are devot-
my their energies to the subject will
soiVe Inc problem Of making an electri-
ca! railroad an economical success Rut
1t is not yet success.
Mayor Hewitt, in his address of well
come TO the Association, did not trans
;end the fact that when he said that AL
,hough the wonders performed bv the
modern electrician surpass thousand
he science is yet on the Threshold Of ;ts
'osslbllties. One has but to think to
ecall the rapidity with which the tele-
'hone has come into universal use to
ecognIze the readiness with which So
lety is utilizing every practical appiica
lon OF electricity, and to surprise tho
aper.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-10-30
PROGRESS OF ELECTRICITY.

The recent convention OF the American
Electric Light Association brought 10
gather in New York City more tha9
three hundred electricians, ana tuFhlS5oN
the most striking evidence OF the Wona tS
fnI advance OF practical science ana ene
marvellous expansion of the use OF eieC
tri ir in manufactures, for lighting, ZOE
| incomotion, and for the generation "a
nowar During the last six months Hs
| tHa canital OF the electric companies nas
Sa61 Increased more than torty-tSo M
T Tesm there are already thirt:-iour eieGs
nonS ,a;iroads IN the Unit"Sa States. ~ Is
ts a1i that durin@ the present y Fers
< ;n @ 99as Ss:'fFP$SssEE;;
VI DC ore than Ave thousand e,e more thar
sOPpfly ishfs every ,n night, S Tn
: quite 1iDs IA a steady iS light thu am
Ii uoR . Loor ROlVeC
-ions, noI 90 electrici
millio the expel
Industry heir old
blem OF insu. sis dii
neither flicker &C.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-10-30
The Nicaragua Canal.

Inc division of opinion on the 18th
!LIan CanaI question which formerly ex-
Ieted mas now passed away. The fate
| winch has befallen the French scbeno
at Panama has demonstrated that tba
American engineers were right in oppOs
my oe Lesseps. The powerful CLIQUE
| supporting the great engineer forced the
"Lanla route upon the congress which
| met to consider the problem. That tho
tide level canal there is impracticable is
conceded, and the project has been
abandoned by the company. With the
enormous expenditures already made
tnere 1t IS extremely doubtful whether
the capital to complete the work can be
obtained. The Eads' shin ro;Iwov
scheme, which, but for the reputation ~
the protector OF that remarkable enter .
prise, would never have been serionsIv
discussed, having failed to obtain the aid
VI congress in the way of guarantees of
us bonds, has passed out of sight. The
Iue American project the Nicaragua
Canal is now being pressed forward. and
operations will be begun speedily after
Ihe passage of the charter. The oraot
lake which lies on that isthmus seems to q
nave been placed there to Indicate tha
natural crossing between the two oceans
located sufficiently far north to be within
the trade winds, so essential to the
movement OF sailing craft, and in a
healthy country, had the fact that lock
canal could not be built at any point
been conceded in the Paris congress-
there would have been large majority
vote TOR Nicaragua. The expedition
wnlch was recently sent to Nicaragua to
resuryey the route of this canal and "a.
wise the estimates of the cost formerly
Lhade mas completed its work, and the
results are most satisfactory. 1t was
ound that by the construction of q dam
across the San Juan river there would he
saded 10 the free navigation of the lake
I 1ity-slx miles OF slack water navigation.
ne number OF locks is reduced to Eve
M the length OF canal excavation to
ndrt ~ miles, while the cost is put at only
9O,OOO,0OO or less than half of what has
!, ~ READY been spent on the Panama Canal.
New Orleans Picayune.
, 1888-12-06
ANNEXING TUE CANUCKs.
Sherman Says We Must Get Rid of the
Geographical Line.

Sherman Says We Must Get Kid or the
Geographical Line.
New YORK, Dec. LIN an interview
with the Suns Washington correspondent
Senator Sherman, sr sreaking of the union
between Canada and the United States,
destiny CT the two English speaking ma
tions of America has never wavered.
was led to form il by my failure to find a
less radical remedy for the perennial Occa-
sions of serious dispute between the two
countries. The fisheries dispute and
question of right of free transit of
American goods over Canadian rail-
roads are types of the disputes that have
vexed the two nations for century and
will continue to disturb them 80 long as
present conditions exist To get rid OF
these questions we must get rid OF the
frontier studied the proposal for COM
mercial reciprocity only to be convinced 1t
was illusory and impracticable. Political
union is another thing and the advantage
it offers is more equal. Canada would
gain all the advantages that reciprocity
promises her, and the advantages of po-
iitical consideration with Canada to the
United States are not less palpable and
obvious. If less Immediate, and they will
be even greater in the long run. The
political advantages OF the union are EN-
phasized over the present troubles over the
tsheries, railroad transit and canal tolls.
These and other occasions OF border dis
pute would be removed and the most grave
provocatives of dispute and irritation
taken out Of our diplomatic relations. p"
Sherman continued by saying ''the state
of public feeling is ripe for public consid-
GRAFTON of the question in both countries.
On the Canadian side the feeling is strong
est in Manitoba and the Northwest. In
this country. the only opposition would be
from the east. But the preponderance Of
power lays west of the Aileghenies and in
the south, and both these great sections
are fla vorable to the movement" The
correspondent points to the significance Of
these utterances in view OF the likelihood
that Sherman will become secretary Of
state under Harrison.
, 1888-12-06
MUM Is THE WORD.
General Harrison Silent on
Cabinet Matters.
WISCONSIN PETS SUGGESTED,
preparing For the Inauguration--Th
Grand Army strife Reunion OF Re-
pubIicans NJ New York.

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. 1.-The president.
elects visitors to-day included several gem
tlemen of political prominence. Among
the first callers this forenoon were four
con pressmeu from MISUNDERSTANDING
Cressweil, Thomas and Hugen. From one
of them IL is learned that they .intimated
TO the general that IL he were disposed to
select a member of his cabinet from Wis
consin. they would like to offer u sug.
0estion as to who they believed
It would afford the people OF the
state the greatest satisfaction to see
chosen. The suggestion, however, was
not asked for and was not offered. Con-
xressmen are not willing to say who their
choice is, bnt conversation leaves the i'm.
preston, however, that Governor Rusk is
the man they would like to see recognized L.
IL also comes from q very good source that
their real candidate is General Payne. the
Wisconsin member of the national repub-
lican committee. whose friends are press
ing hiln for the postmaster-generalshi
IL Ia now ascertained that 1t
was part of Senator Spooner's mission
the other day to cordially endorse and rec
ommend Payne for selection, in the event
of portfolio falinglto Wisconsin. SEN
ator Horn Of Mich gan also called this at
ternoon. The senator declared the visit
entirely social, that he had no axe to grind
and did not come with a view OF talking
politics at all. Among the other callers
were fifteen charming young ladies from
the Depauw university at Greencastle.
, 1888-12-06
Slid Into the Bay.

TACOMA, Dec. /. Special. city 2ur-
chased recently at Frisco two anchor chain US
and iron cables with which it was intended
harbor to tie up 10. The articles men
toned we're brought up from San Fran
cisco all right enough, and tor that matter
are now safe enough in the bay,
but nary buoy is there to mark
their location As they were being
unloaded from the ship onto the scow, the
latter upset. and anchers, chains and cable,
in conformity with that great law of ma
ture specific gravity, slid into the bay as
graceful as though they had been brought
here for the sole purpose of once m ore con-
frming that great truth. 1t will be neces-
sary to procure the services of submarine
diver 10 locate and bring to the surface
what cost the city $1,000.
, 1888-12-06
DROPPED DEAD.
sudden Demise OF Prominent Rcsidoh
0f Salon.

sudden Demise OF q Prominent hcsi"e"'
SALEM, Ore, Dec. l, Special ,-Lucian
B. Fullerton, of the firm Brown, Fullerton
& Co., hardware merchants. died suddenly
while engaged In his daily vocation at his
place of business on Commercial street
this morning. Mr.. Fullerton had been
suffering from organic heart trouble for
twenty-five years, and for the past three
months his health had been gradually taii-
ing. When he left his home at O'CLOCK
this morning he was in good spirits, and
after arriving at the store sat chat
ting with his partner. Mr.. Brown,
for several minutes. A few minutes
afterward Mr.. Brown found him, standing
in the center OF the store, hanging onto
tho store for support. He was placed 10 a
chair and expired, almost immediately,
even before physician, who had been
hastily summoned from across the street,
could arrive. Mr.. Fullerton was one OF
the most highly respected citizens OF the
capital city. He was born in Missouri In
1888. He came to Oregon In lS4S and
settled in Salem, living with the family OF
Joseph Waldo. In 1860 he was married
to Sarah Minto, youngest sister OF Hon.
John Minto, who survives him. :.
]. d. Emeigh. plumber OF this CITY
made an assignment to r. l.. Sabin Tor
the benefit of his creditors yesterday. Ibe
assets amount to 81, 0S6; liabilities. $9,oio'
, 1888-12-06

Colonel Walker, assistant adj utant general
Of the G. A. r. department of Indiana,
sends the following printed statement to
the Associated Press: IL want to protest
against the statements and interviews
published, especially in the Eastern press.
about the disaffection of the comrades of
the Grand Army of the Republic in this
department. Nothing of the kind has oc.
Cured and the membership was never
more united and enthusiastic In their sup.
port of the order than now. A handful
Of disappointed office.seekers here
succeeded in getting themselves
advertised throughout the country: They
have no standing nor never had IN the
Grand Army of the Republic, or out of it.
for that matter. The whole business has
been engineered by half dozen chronics,
and at no meetings have they been able
to secure the attendance of fifty
persons, and not to exceed
half of these have ever been members
of the G.. A. Il. No democrat of standing
or influence in this community, who is q
member of the g. A. II. can be found op-
posing the order. On the contrary
scores of the comrades of that political
faith have personally and by letter de-
nounced the attempt of these small fry
politicians. The Department of Indiana
is all right" ,.'
, 1888-12-06
The Next Census.

It IL estimated that the next census may
show that we have population OF nearly
70,OO0,O 900. This great increase. is In q
large measure due to immigration. Be-
tween 1870 and 1880 Immigration was
com paratively light. From 1880 to 1888
no less than 4,637 ,252 persons have come
to this country. At the same ratio the
total immigration for the decade will prob
ably reach 5,750,00O. The natural in.
crease should be relatively as great as in
the last decade. and this will bring the TO-
tai increase close upon 20,000,000, and
give the United States q population Of
40, 600, 900 New York Press.
, 1888-12-06
VICTORY CELEBRATED.
Republicans Enjoy u Feast of Reason aud
Flow of Soul.

Republicans Enjoy Feast of Reason aud
Flow of Soul
New York. Dec. Possibly one OF
the most largely attended puOlic dinners
ever spread in the city of New York was
that of tonight at the Metropolitan hotel.
Prominent repu blicans,. pleased at the
success of the national ticket. determined
to follow in the wake Of the 'spell binders
and celebrate the victory with a public
banquet. Over 500 invited guests assem-
bled around the tables. President james
p. Foster of the Republican League pre-
sided. There were no set speeches. Among
those of prominence present we're Thomas
G. Patt, ex.JudRe Noah Davis Hon.
Frank Hiscock and II. X. Thurber. In
his closing remarks ex-Judge DAVIS
said: when we have organized
the states in the South when we have
crowned the cabinet. the hour will not ar
rive, during your life or mine. when the
democracy whisky-dyed democracy
will wrest the reins OF government from
our hands"
The following telegram was sent
to Gen. Harrison: "Triumphant t
republicans assembled at grand
banquet in celebration of the national WIG
tory of their party, send their greetings TO
their beloved chief, Benjamin Harrison, of
Indiana, whose patriotism, wisdom and
glorious record made him representative
of that grand body of americans, whose
mognanmity and wisdom have carried our
country through the greatest crisis and
greatest industrial triumph, known h our
"
, 1888-12-06
CABLED FROM BERLIN.
The Fight In the Approaching Election OF
Unusual yehemence.

unusual SoneHenCos
BERLIN, Dec. 1.-The socialist electoral
manifesto predicts struggle in the COM
ing election of unusual vehemence. 1t re-
minds the electors that the reichstag will
be elected, not for three years. as hereto
fore, but for five, and says by virtue of the
resolutions of the st. Gall congress, so
cialist candidate should be nominated in
every district where there are any adher.
ents of the party, even If the chance of
election be remote. In order to show the
number of socialists in the empire socialists
manifesto further says they are hopeful
that the electorate 10 coming to its senses,
and will not again be scared by the wer
phantoms evoked in 1887. The manifesto
heralds greater activity in the socialist
agitation, while the reichstag proceedings
discourage the police interference. This
was seen in the marvellous liberation &C.
corded to the socialist workmen's demon
stration last evening, when u large mum.
Der of workmen, after q meeting, formed
a procession and paraded the streets sing
ing '.The Marseillaise. The recent
newspaper war has disclosed the intense
Austro. Hungarian jealously of German
SUPREMACY.
, 1888-12-06
PACIFIC COAST TRAFFIC.
The Question Considered by Representa-
tives of TranscontinentaI Roads.


tives of TranscOntinental Roads.
CHICAGO, Dec. 1.-The transcontinental
traffic representatives yesterday further
considered the proposed revision of Pacific
coast freight tariffs. The question of
grading rates. or in other words, making
rates from Chicago so per cent OF the
rates from New York, took up most of
the time, Representatives. of the Rock
Island and Burlington tried hard to
obtain the concession. General Tariff
Manager Stubbs OF the Southern
Pacific strongly opposed the propo.
sition, and showed that the present
method of making rates from all points
to the Missouri river the same as from
New York, was rather for the benefit OF
Chicago than otherwise, and he could not
omprehend why representatives of Chicago
lines were trying to bring about the adOp.
tion of the graded system. The latter, II
adopted, he sald, must be general and under
the system st. Louis, Omaha, Kansas City
and all manufacturing points west of Chica-
Chicago. BY adopting fiat rate from all
points east of the Missouri river. Chicago
\ would be on an exact equality with St.
Louis, Kansas City, Omaha and more west
erly points, in which event Chicago's un-
equaled facilities would give it the COM
mand Of the situation Its competition
was not in New York or in New England,
F.! but in the business centers west OF Chicago
| The present rates were certainly low
| enough aud satisfactory to the shippers az
he had heard no complaints and he did
not think the Chicago people desired to
have the graded system adopted, as it
would give Western competition a mate.
rial advantage in rates.
, 1888-12-06
SAN FRANCISCO.
swiadicrs ON Trial vigstion Notes--An
Attorneys Death.

swfadlcrs ON Triai--Na vigstion Notes--An
Attorneys Death.
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. /. Special At
korn.y Demprey, representing Simon
Hamberg. one of the half interest swim
alerr concerned, among other things. in
defraadlng II. W. Parker, an Oregon
ranehman, out of his property, appeared
before Judge Toohy to-day aad asked that
the indictments against HamberR, w. j.
Pilcher. Walter Nerislodt. s. M. Carpen.
ter and NJ. Bevsn be dismissed as they had
been pending more than 275 days. and the
.aw provides for Che Dismissal of indict-
uents not prosecuted within sixty days
after finding. District Attorney Sawhell
replied that the efforts to bring the parties
into court had failed Ms some OF them were
fuQitives from the law. Judge TOohy took
the case under adviseMent.
The new steamer. Ysquina Bay, of the
Oregon Development Company. arrived in
port to-day. sixty days from New. York.
AZ 5000 AZ her cargo of coal IL unloaded
she will take her place on the route to
Yaquina bay making connection with the
Oregon Pacific.
AZ meeting of the San Francisco coal
dealers last night the price was advanced
S2 ton OWING to tbs pressure brought TO
scar upOc them by Dunsmuir q Sons OF
the Wellington mine. N
Hall McAllister. one of tbs leading law
vers OF the city. who has been Il! FOR Q
number Of months, died in San Raphael ct
! O'Clock this morning.