Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1893-12-21
WASHINGTON NOTES.
Items Of General Interest that are Occur.
ring at the Capital City.

mission to look into the methods Of
conducting business in the executive
departments is likely to recommend
come important changes in the work
ing of the postoffice department.
Some of these changes involves the
looping off of several bureau chiefs.
One matter finally determined upon is
that the postal note must go. That
has been agreed to with unanimi-
ty. 1t is considered by the commits
sion as a useless thing entailing upon
the department the expense of print
ing without giving the people any
compromising benefit There is
nothing to prevent the
theft of the postal note and its being
cashed by persons other than the one
to whom it is sent. The commission
is Of the opinion that paper money
can be sent with equal security through
the mails.
Senator HilPs Bill.
6snator Hill has completed his bill
for the imposition Of collateral in
heritanoe, legacy or succession tax.
The bill provides that all property,
real and personal, which will pass by
will or by the interstate laws, of any
state or territory, to any persons or to
any body, polite or corporate, in trust
or otherwise, in excess Of So, 900 shall
be subject to q tax Of duty.
1. AS lineal issue or ancestor at 81
per 800 in value.
Q. AS brother or sister or descendent
of such, 80 per 800 in value.
8. As brother OF sister of the father
or mother of the deceased, 81 per 800.
4. AS brother OF sister of the grand
father or grandmother of descendant
thereof, 50 per 800.
5. In any other degree Of collateral
consanguinity or stranger in blood,
body polite OF corporate, $40 per $780,
Provided, that all property passing
to husbands's wife shall be exempt
from tax OF duty, unless such duty
shall exceed $50, 900 value when the
excess shall be liable to taxation.
| Postponed Until January.
The house committee on coinage,
weights and measures has postponed
| all consideration of the bin until the
second Thursday in January. When
the committee met Mr.. Bland asked to
have the time fixed to take vote.
Mr.. Kilgore of Texas said that he was
free coinage man and wanted to do
all he could, but was not anxious to
make any better record than he had.
This hint that the bill was being
pressed for record caused Mr.. Bland
to say that if there was any opposition
among the free coinage men he would
not pretend to press it, and the bill
was then postponed.
The Kuights of Pythins
are to hold giand conclave and en-
campment In Washington in August,
| 1894. The House some time ago
adopted joint resolution authorizing
tho Secretary Of War to permit the
| use of the monument lot and other
reservations in the city for that pur-
pose. The Senate took up the resolu-
ton on Monday and it was passed at
once. The knights will be there by
the thousands and splendid campign
| grounds are thus reserved.
A Pudding for Cleveland.
There are at the presnt time AIS ex.
listing vacancies among Presidential
postmasters, caused by expirations and
designations. December 10, 20 and 81
will be the red-letter days in the his
tory of the department. Four hun
dred and sixty-fiye commissions expire
during those days. This makes total
of $40 Presidential posloffices to be
filled by appointment this month.
There is a contest in nearly every one
of the entire list.
The Cigarette Schedule
of the custom bill was increased today
for the purpose of allowing All increse
of internal revenue taxes on cigarettes.
| 1t is thought that the increase will
yield about $4. 500, 900 revenue from
this source.
In Line or Two.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland
are very much opposed to exhibiting
their children to the public.
Civil Service Commissioner Chas.
Lyman, has resigned as President of
, the commission, and is succeeded by Mr.
Proctor. Mr.. Lyman Is still one Of
the board.
Tne row rArln Bill.
II is considered certain that the
Wilson bill will be sent to the Senate
before the first of February. 1t is
now the hopes Of the great bulk of
Democrats that the bill can be submit
ted to the President for his signature
by the 4th Of March so that it can be.
come law one year from the begin
Mug of his administration. If the
Senate secs proper to be ugly about it,
under existing rules vote can be de-
layed long time. There is some un-
certainty as to how Senator'S Jones,
Stewart, PETER and Allen, all now re-
garded as populists will vote. They
wcro all Republicans and have been
fierce protectionists in the past. Ii
the men classcd us Democrats all vote
for the bill, however, there will be
no trouble in securing its adoption in
the Senate The two Louisiana SeEa-