Arizona weekly citizen., 1888-07-21

WAsHISGroH July lS.-The bill pass ed yesterday by the Senate for the sd- jusiment of the pay of laborers and ma chanics under the S-hour law was acteo upon favorably by the House committed later this morning aud will be reported .o the house during the day. It will
 take the place of the bIIl on the same subject now before the house and pro-
 bsbly be called up for consideration this evening.
 WAsHINGroS, July l7.-Afier long discussion On the question of rt moving the internal revenue tex from whIskey, end ID which Blsine's Paris letter oppOs- ing such repeal was made part of the debate, Sowder's amendment taking the tax of of brandy mnde from fruit was rejected by a vote of @ to fl.
 Mckenna of California offered Gn amendment providing for draw back on grape brandy used in sweet wine. for export. It was lost.
 IaWton's amendment sbolishing the lax on oleomsrgsrine was lost by a vote of 30 to l07.
 The last section of the bill was then read snd upon motion the date upon winch ihe DIIl goes into effect was fixed st October lst, 1888.
 Two passages of the bill heretofore passed over will be considered to-mor- row. A vote on final passage of the bill will not be taken up until Saturday when 8 full attendance of members is expected. Mills says he will call for the previous question on the passage of the bill st l1:30 Saturday morning. The house took recess until evening. Favorable action has been taken by house committee on military affairs on Lees resolution calling on the Secretary of the Interi5r for information regard ing applications for pensions of officers of United States navy and marine corps, who served honorsbly for three years in the Mexican war, but whose names were dropped from the rolls because of their action in joining confederate forces. CHICAGO, July lS.-Whest, cash, Sl ; August. 793s. Corn. cash, 47l!; August. 47 1-l6.
 JERSEY CITY, July 1S.-Elenry Ebert, 0 wife murderer, was hanged here this morning. He placed hIs wife ID an In- sane asylum to get possession of some money, and after she was released he shot her dead Gs she was entering their home.
 BAN FRANCISCO, July IS.-The Grand Opera House presented a animated sp- pearance this morning as the teachers began to assemble for the first regular session of the National Teachers Asso- citation. When President Cove called the convention to order st nine o'clock there were fully eighteen hundred teachers present. The convention was formally opened with prayer. F. II. McBride of Iowa was appointed tenn porsry secretary. The next business be- fore the convention was the considers- tion of the theme literature in the lead Ing courses of common schools, and the first paper was read by Horace E, Scud- der of Cambridge, Mass. His subject being 'Tbe place of Literature in Com mon School Education" Wm. Scudder WAS followed by Leroy Kelsey, Supt. of Public Schools at Battle Creek, Mich. who read s paper upon the subject, Practical Methods of Using Literature in ] eGching Children tO Read"
 CHICAGO, July IS.-The murderous trio of anarchists arrested yesterday were taken before 6 justice this morn ALA hAA1 lNNA hHUllInAAQA 0A pIOeG- cutiOn the cases were continued ten days. It is their intention to bring the matter before tbe grand jury which will meat Monday next, and to have 6 speedy trial and indictment.
 WASHINGTON July lS.-The tariff bill was taken up early by the House to-day PrimUlIne was stricken from the free lIss paragraph which had been passed over informally. Ina. placing cotton. ties or hoops On free list was then con sidered
 Eenaior PlGlt was authorized today by the Senate committee on interstate commerce to report, with verbal amend ments, the Spooner bill snbiesting tele- graph companies to the iuri-diction of inter state commerce commlsloD,
 CHICAGO July lS.-Another sensation was sprung upon the defence ID the "Q' dynamite case to-day. John Will son one of the prisoners who WAS arrest ed with BOrdnell and Bogies as an arch conspirstor and as a brotherhood engi. neer, cOOly lefl hi5 seat in the group of which Burderick and Bauer were mem bers and walked over to the eide of the room where the prosecuting attorney sat. Wilson took s chair beside Mir. Dawes, attorney for the Burlin gton com pany and began to chat m friendly manner. Then it was developed that Wilson was rot an engineer. His name ia John MulliRan and he is Pinkerton detective and it appears be has had the confidence of all the prisoners and their attorneys.
 Over 150 chairmsn of the different sarTr Tr-@v4 mi.tees met here to day. Nearly every prominent railroad ia the country vas represented. A delegate stated that the Burlington strike was being discussed and that some conclusion would be reached before final adjournment. Re solutions were shown ss having been adopted expressing condemnation of lawless acts and the destruction of pro- perty, and adding that the determination thst the exercise of the power of this organization would be used to protect the innocent.
 The expose of Wilson's identity to- day was due to too close cross-questlon- ing by Superintendent McGinn of the PInkerton's detective agency, who was either to refuse to answer or disclose the real character of the sup posed conspiratOr. lie chose the latter alternative snd afterwards he related how the mysterious letter thrown out of the car window by Burderiok at the time Of the lstters arrest, had been recovered,
 WAsHrsGToS, July 1s.-The house committee on appropriations to-day added the following items to the general | deficiency bill: To supply estimated de- | fciency for the collections of customs and revenue for the fiscal year lC39. | Si5O,0 ); for carrying into effect the | provisions of the fiscal year 1889, S50.OO0. |
 During the consideration of the Mills | bill the question of duty on imported | tobsccoo was taken up. Mills moved | to strike ou. clause fixing rate of duty st | 35 cents per pound, thus restoring pres ept duty. Mills refused to allow Repub. Iicsn members to discuss this point. that debate on the pendin0