The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1894-05-31

Harris (Dem., Tenn. moved to lay Mr. Platt's
amendment on the table, and that motion was
carried-yeas 81. nays 81. The question recur-
red on the amendment OF the finance committee
placing iron ore on the dutiable list
at forty cents per ton. Agreed to-
The next question was on the Jones
amendment to Paragraph 10, making it read
Iron in pigs, iron in kentledge, spiegeiclzen,
ferro-manganesc, ferro-silicOn, wrought and
cast scrap iron or scrap steel, "a per ton
Agreed to. The next item was No. III, taxing
all iron In slabs blooms or other forms more
advanced than pig iron and less finished than
iron in bars, IS per cont. ad valorem Amended
and passed. Items 1l2-115 were also amended
and passed.
oUsE-Representative William A. Stone, Of
PENNSYLVANIA, OF the house judiciary commit
tee presented Tuesday favorable report on q
bill introduced by him some months ago TO
place marshals, district attorneys and clerks
of the United States courts on salaries and
abolish the system Of fees by which they nave
been paid The bin fixes the salaries for mar
chals and district attorneys throughout tho
United States ut $4,000 each and leaves the
compensation Of clerks at such sum as the at
t0rney general shall decide not exceeding
81 600 per annum.
WASHINGTON, May 34.-SENATE-The senate
made q good deal OF progress with tho tariff
bill Wednesday. When the senate ADJOURNED
the tin plate paragraph was still under discus
sion. and Senator Jones said Wednesday that
he would cut the duty rather than increase III.
The rates fixed were as follows: Railway bars,
r. rails etc. 40 of cent per pound black
taggcrs between 10 and 20-wire gauge. 7-l0 OF
one cent per pound: between 90 and 25-wire
gauge $40: thinner than %, Ito cent; iron ana
steel plates coated with zinc or other metals
except tin or terne plates, Ia cent more than
rntos in the preceding paragraph; sheet iron
or steel polished, l 3-4 cent per pound The
twenty-ffth page Of the bill was reached, leav-
ing two hundred more to be got over before
the end Is attained.
BoUsE-No business of Importance transact
cd Wednesday.
WASHINGTON, May -SENATE--Thursdny
movement in the senate on the tariff Dill was
from page 20 to page b. The one on which Inc
portion Of the debate took place was the tin
plate paragraph, and the result was TO leave
the duty on tin plates is cents per pound
the same Us in the house bill. A less extensive
discussion took place over an amendment OF
fered by Mr.. Allen (pop.. Neb) to put baroeo
fence wire on the free list. The amendment
was accepted by Mir. Jones Cfrk.), on Dehall OF
the faanco committee and was Incorporated IN
tho bill with the understanding that 1t will be
framed hereafter by the committee In such
language as will admit all fence wire on the
same terms During the morning hour there
was discussion Of the resolution offered by
Mr. KYLE (pop.. S. d. on Wednesday announc-
Ing o policy of Northumberland in the political
affairs Of Hawaii. The resolution went over
without action.
HousE-Consideratio Of the legislative on
eoutive and judicial appropriation bill ct the
present stage of legislation was finally con-
PpnOrtod
20 the house by the committee OF the whole the
changes made had increased the total of appro-
priation carried by the sum OF 1854 TINS
was exclusive OF the appropriation Tor the pay
ment of the salaries OF members ana CLERKS OF
the civil service commission, amounting 10
$50 40 which the committee ordered 10 Dc
stricken out. That made the amount carried
by the bill s21, 1O5, PAT. When the bill reached
the house al the amendments adopted IN COM
mittee OF the whole were agreed to, ana the
bill WAS passed. The vote on striking out tho
! appropriation for the civil service commission
was 70 to 1853.
| WASHINGTON May 26-SENATE-In the SEN
nte Friday Senator kyle's Hawaiian reSolutlon
was called up and discussed until the tarlil
| hour, when Senator Harris INSISTED upon Inc
regular order. Senator Frye protested against
! cutting off debate on the resolution, and Sena-
tor Hoar urged immediate action. Mr. Harris
hro,,e in and declared that the tariff bill was
| before the senate and further debate on TINS
subject was out of order. Mr. Hoar protested
in,igorous terms against what he termed THESE
! repeated angry and discourteous lectures
| from the senator from Tennessee Good prog
ress was made on the tariff schedules
HousE-Col Berry called up In the house
| Friday his bill to have the general government
| turn over to the city Of Newport, n.y. the
| property known as the Newport Barracks to
III Ito Wy
consideration at some later time Inc pii! hAs
en'reported fGvorably by the committee nav
inc il in charge. The day was given up 10 the
consideration OF private bills. The committee
| on war claims reported u batch OF thlrty-seVeh
bills, nearly all OF which were claims FOR losses
OF cotton in South Carolina during the war
WASHINGTON May 2s.--SENATE-The para
',relaiing TO the duty on wheels or Iron
crap. cor and locomotive wheels, ETC., was
or steel. saturday. The original Jones amend
taken ups. I'd the rate in the house bill from
ment increas, al valorcm Mr.. Vest moved
80 to 40 per cent. celtic rate of IL cent pei
to substitute sp .uported the Vest amend
pound Mr.. Quay su. On ad valorem duty. II
ment as preferable to umittee amendment
was agreed to. The &C. lead ores o.
fixing the rate on >sr pound was
three-fourlhs Of cent vision. Mr.
then agreed to without q. duty O.
pig lead from, l to ~ cent per e the
Lost-2O to 25 A new paragraph fiXll, pts
duty on nickel and alloys Of nickel at Z c.
per pound was agreed to. Mr.. Dubois oneree
an amendment to change the duty on TYPO
metal from 10 per cent. to q OF cent per pouno
on the lead contained therein. Defeated Inc
duty on zinc in block or pigs, was, on moslon
OF Mr. Vest, changed from 20 per cent au
yplorem to Z OF cent per pound; on sneeV
y n 1
anu on old zinc it only to be manufacturers
from is per cent. to y of cent por pound. Tnis
finishes the schedule.
HousG-No business Of Importance trans
aoted. "
Robbed the Church.
SEpAIIA, No. May est was learn
ed Sunday that Cashier Thompson, the
fugitive defaulter of the First Natlonal