The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-06-01

E3T cIsIoN.
WASHINGTON, May 3l.-The Secretary
of the Interior to-day decided in the
ease of Coe AID Carter that the first
section of the act, of June 18th, 1880,
does not authorize the purchase and
entry of unoffered public lands by tress-
passers, and the purchase OF such
lands does not condone tresspass. The
committee upon them, by request OF
the Attorney General to institute suit
against Coe and Carter for tresspass
and to procure the cancellation of
patents for lands, which they were
Wropgfully allowed to purchase, along
the line of the Union Pacific Railroad
in Wyoming, Utah and Nebraska and
for the value of railroad ties cut by
them for subcontractors on said lands,
and delivered in their names to the
Un.on Pacific Railroad Company.
FAvoRABLY REPORTED.
The Pacific railroad telegraph bill.
faEorably reported to the Senate to-day,
from the interstate commission, is
the House (Anderson) bill amended by
striking out the word construct" 1t
requires sub sidized roads to maintain
and operate the public telegraph lines,
but the effect of the amendment is to
permit their acquisition by purchase
or in any other way the companies see
fit. -,
THE FISHERIES Treaty.
The Executive Journal, covering
every thing connected with the fish
cries treaty from the time it
reached the Senate, is to be
printed in the Record. It shows that
; Senator Hoar made a motion which
has been credited TO Senator sherman,
which was adopted with the considers
ton that the treaty be with open doors.
Sherman, however. was one of the
three (Messrs. Dawes and Teller being
ithesoLnersl who voted in favor OF the
= Riddieberger resolution after 1T had
been adversely reported from the COM
mittee on foreign relations. The reso-
luton was lost OF vote OF Al to ).
THE TARIFF.
Fhs following is the official state
lent of the amendments made
the Democratic House caucus
the tariff bill during its
tthree meetings: A change IN the
y elist of bags OF. jute for grain was
Y led glue, gelatine and all similar pre-
az 'atioDs, fish glue or isinglass; licorice
was stricken out, Paris green aud
Z te OF soda added; bone black
ivorys drop black and bone char, China
oiay orkaoline were dropped. German
looking-glass plates were added. Plnms
prunes, figs, hatters' furs, not on the
skin, marble of all kinds in block, rough
or squared, plaster OF Paris, when
ground or calcined; paintings and
stationary stricken out. The duty on
Hcorice paste or rolls is raised from 4
Tin the BILLY to cents per pound, and
iicorice juice, which is taken from the
fres list, is put at 8 per cent. dd vaIorenl.
KsoIine includes one dollar per ton.
China Clay or Kaoline wrought So per
ton. The above were taken from the
free list. TIE duty on green and col
sored glass bottles, Yials, demijohns.
pickle or preserve jars and other plain
nodded or pressed, green or colored
bottle glass; not cut or painted raised
from three -fourths of one cent to one
cent DER pound. The duty on unpol-
ished cylinder crown and common win
dow glass, larger than sixteen by
tyenry-four inches is increased from
IL to cents per pound. The old duty
of SIT per ton is restored on slabs and
biIiets of steel, a duty of four-tenths OF
a cent per pound is placed on iron OF
steel with longitudinal ribs for manu-.
facturs of fences. The old duty
restored upon wood screws. New type
is reduced to Is per cent. Gd VaLOrsm.
Rice, -four and rice meal is reduced
from 20 to Is per cent. Gd VGtorem. The
duty on bags and bagging for Gotten
composed of fax, hemp, Jute juney
cloth is changed from Is per cent.
ad vagorens las in the billy to ss cents
per pound. Duty on carpets is in
creased from 80 per cent. Gas in the
billy to 40 per cent. Gd vGlorem.g Gard
clothing is increased from Is to 20 cents
per square yard. The duty on India
rubber fabrics, India rubber boots and
shoes is restored to the present rate
Duty on marble of all kinds in
block, rough or squared is placed at AZ
cents Dsr cubic foot. 49, . - ~ 49,