Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1894-08-27
NATIONAL NEWS.
Tariff Reform Goes Into Effect al
Midnight-Carlile's Construction
of the New Law.
A Presidential Nomination-Mexicar
Boundary Suryey-Thousands of
Knights in Washington.

Washington, Aug. 27.-The tariff bill
which has been in the custody of thu
treasury department, was returned to th'
White house this morning. 1t is statet
authoritatively that veto is out of tn,
question and that the bill will become {
law at 12 O'Clock tonight.
Secretary Carlisle this afternoon viii
issue his instructions to collectors oi
customs throughout the country to carry
out the provisions of the new act.
YREE OF Duty.
Secretary Carlisle has decided and will
instruct customs collectors that goods
placed in bonded warehouses under the
Mckinley law and made free of duty
under the new law are entitled to free
entry and need not be exported and re
imported in order to get the benefits OF
the new act. This is of special interest
to the wool trade as large amounts ot
wool are stored in bonded warehouses
In this as in all other mooted questions
the secretary will follow the intent oi
congress and let aggrieved parties appeal
to the courts if they care to contest on
technical grounds. In accordance with
this determination he will undoubtedly
hold that diamonds are dutiable, not
withstanding errors in punctuation on
the free list.
OFFICIAL INSTRUCTIONS.
The secretary has sent the following
kilograms to customs officials at all ports
"Vessels with cargo not discharged nor
entered for consumption may be made
vessel warehouses temporarily for such
goods as shall be entered to-day in bond
Although, as stated, it is the secretary's
purpose that the intent of congress be
followed, it is learned that as to all ques
tions of error in punctuation he will
make no decision nor give any instruc'
tion till after the actual cases come tc
him on appeal from the decision of the
board of general appraisers. AS to
whether diamonds, seeds and other arti.
cles are by the terms Of the bill on the
dutiable or free list, collectors will, of
course, without instructions hold them to
be dutiable in order to protect them
selves, and importers must 60 to law il
they contest these rulings.
AN IMPORTANT DECISION.
Judge Cole, OF the district supreme
court, to-day denied the petition of Lyt
tleton P. Dryden, formerly shipping
commissioner of the port of Baltimore
for mandamus on Secretary Carlisle te
compel his retention in Office, the secre-
tary having removed him without cause
The decision unless reversed will estab
lish beyond cavil the authority of tht
secretary of the treasury to remove ship
ping commissioners at will.
NOMINATION.
The president to-day nominated NOAH
]. Jeffries, of the District of Columbia, tc
be commissioner for the United States tc
arbitrate the claim of the Yenzuela Steam
Transportation company against that
government.
To-DAY's SENATE.
The scarcity of senators to-day was
more than compensated for by the i'm
mense crowds of visitors in the galleries
many of whom we're visiting Knights Of
Pythias. A motion to proceed to execu-
tive business WAS carried and at 1910 the
galleries were cleared OF disappointed
throngs.
EXECUTIVE RATIFICATION.
The president sent to the senate to-day
a message announcing the ratification Of
the treaty extending the tune for the
completion of the boundary survey be-
tween the United States and Mexico.
FLAG At HALF MAST.
The flag over Camp George Wash.
ington was lowered to half mast on &C.
count of the announcement of the death
of Congressmn B. Shaw, of Eau Claire
Wis.
VISITING KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs.
Three hundred additional tents from
the war department we're secured to-day
to accommodate large number ol
Knights of Pythias here, making the num-
Der now in camp amount to 1000. There
was still overcrowding and Washington
division gave their quarters to Michigan
commandry. The number in the city now
is about 10000. The crack companies
drilled to-day on the monument groun de
before hundreds of spectators.