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paEtment the provision in the tariiI act pre-
ssYcTi6inYg sYsd Y duty Of 20 per cent ad yaoEeH on
be applicable TO bees, birds. and live fsll, re-
| spectively. IL is said that the lightning bugs
The Cuban b bug snpf is patticUiariy % large 'a and
luminous.
Tho Chief Of the Bureau OF Statistics reports
ina, the total values Of the exIorts OF mineral
December 1859, and during the twelve months
ended Dec. 81, 1889 as compared with similar
hKpGTs daHrns the periods of
ended Dec. sssi 5$si :fss
Information was received ut tho Navy De-
partment this morning that the Trial Board on
the new cruiser Baltimore. which sailed yos-
terday from Philadelphia for, Norfolk to be
completed bv the Government, had finished It's
report on the last trial, which took place about
Ghs Sf and wOSd b hGf Rn ibs
rnnil port and forwarding L to tie sesre,ary Is
| report will show that the vessel on her last
trial made an average performance Of about
1890 horse power, which win give the Cramps
ment From HVTH tRIs snro n ne viii come efGa HGout
| $4,000 for penalties on non-comDletlon and
about $4,000. Tho general underst andnG is
that the contractors have come out about even
| on the actual construction OF the vessel. In
which case their profits are represented by the
sum the vessel earned by her surplus power.
A bill introduced BY Senator Harris to-day
| authorizes the Postmaster-Gen to extend
| the free delivery system to oil places having
| lOO0 population.
The House Committee on Commerce to-day
discussed the bill providing for the transfer of
the revenue marine service from the Treasury
70 the Navy Department, # Vas stated that
| Secretaries Window and Tracy. and thesenti-
mont in the committee seemed favorable to It's
nungtiOn. how
ever rs to the disposition OF the Naval Com
mittoo to provide Il, for r, the & transfer b it Was
| the Commerce Committee from the cnnsidera-
| tion OF the bill and refer 1t to the Naval Com
| mittee.
| A statement sent to the Senate to- day by the
army officers placed on the retired j st between
March 81, 1888, and Dec. 81 last. to be $l73,475.
The House Committee on Invalid Pensions
has authorized a favorable report on the Nor
| ri bill extending the provisions OF the act re-
t partetnaed ted in tie rebeion S have since It's ter.
mination enlisted In the army and become dis
patton In the rebellion enlisted in the navy or
marine corps, and incurred disability therein.
Gov. Bingham OF Pennsylvania to-day intro
duced In the House n bill for marking the lines
OF battle. position Of troops, &c. OF the South
ern army ut Gettysburg. This has been done
in the case OF the Northern army. The Pin
twenty pf mies u drSeway % @ along the Ines
of battle occupied by the Confederate army on
o1 Phoso 81 sbe iS S
t0ric legends, compiled without praise and
without censure; to mark the positions Of corps;
divisions, brlgades. regiments, battallons. and
lon lon tt Of Col. John B. Batc6eid9r; Govsrnment
the sssfe seereafy Of War; or T Witch IA an arproprS
living corps commander and many prominent
officers OF the Army OF the Potomac iayor tho
H., through their Commander-i in Chief and
every Past Commander-in-C Chief who has been
consulted, likewise favor 1t
The act of Congress OF Feb 90, 1889, author
lied tho Secretary OF War to detail an officer
OF the army 10 make the necessary surveys for
national road from q point in Alexandria
rdss 9 Sl les he hhRon m
exRndria and Fairfax. Va. to Mount Vernon.
and to submit the estimated cost OF the same.
Iieut.-Col. Peter {. Haines was assigned to the
work. and In q report submitted to the House
! Of Representatives. To-day he gives q Lesern-
eight others made up Of parts OF these three
principal routes. with their Connections The
Getwcen 81. SlN,S63 ana sS3O00O according to
the material used for grading. the width OF the
road, dc.
For two hours this afternoon the Senate
Committee on Territories listened to state
ments of representatives of the Mormon
Church doclaratlve of the teachings of the
Constitution adopted by the people of Idaho
for thor new State should not be ACCEPTED by
OF the Mormon Church in Iduho. donied the
statements made respecting himself by Dele-
lad not UE he said been ihdeted or poH samy;
he had been tried and acquitted OF charge OF
that sRe GSach taSsh its 8 mem5es @ 14EEf
its rule was the supreme law Of conduct, su,
psrior to the law Of the land he said ., he had
and that in t6rty-tw3 years experience with
the Mormons he never knew of nny teachingtoo
the contrary.S Mormons. he said, were taught
stitution Of the United Sta ies, and thus believ-
ior it than other citizens The Church, he said,
did not teach polygamy rs an obligation: it
same power that revealed it abrogated 1t. 1t
| would stand. But the practice OF polyRamy ID
| decreasing
| /, 1t is usual to count all internal revenue
stamps in the vault Of the Treasury about tho
1st OF January in every year, and also when
there is change In The office yo.GS o. Gommis,
We're, counted Spd lie books Il, oE, ySriaed ana
last; On Dec. rs the usual ANNUAL count Was
made, There were on hand; March 2G 1889;
.5Gs6965s Tfhe There We're W re- rsceved into the vault
s0s 0@ ne Ssr bgEs5S 5s q Of shn bs ya II
$ilO,0iS.O17. and delivered to collectors .upon
requisit;on since March 26, 1889 594. l4v,25S
hand Dec. 2G. 1859, 7S.SG06sO stamps OF the
value Of t28. 8.350l29.
The National Executive Committee appoint
ed at the st. Louis Silver Convention last fall
met in the private rarlors OF Wizards
Hotel at noon to-day -, Tho Hon. A. j.
Warner OF Ohio is Chairman, OF tho
committee and Mr. Ice Crandall Of this
city, Secretary. There wore present I. NJ, PIX
| Icy, California; A, J. Warner; OHIO; Ice Gran
| dali. District OF Columbia: Thomas Fitch, Ne
yada Gen. George Il. Williams. proxy for Thos.
II. Nelson, Indiana; the Hon, B j. Batbonr'
proxy for John J.. Cochran, Virginia. sub
committee. consisting OF Messrs. Fitch, PiXley,
and Harbour was appoinI91 to draw iG VI np plan
| during their meeting here. The meeting will
! last number OF DAYS and perma-
| mont bureau, will be established in this cityto
look after the interests OF free coinage, The