New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-02-09

the American product mat the treasury mas
directed that all frozen behring's brought by Amer
.ran vessels be cassed dutiahle. The importers
t aop pay ~. h @ f{oerd ~ Geaeta Appraisers and
finally TO the courts for Sc tt'emeit: Ineh u me
GOVERNMENTS position IS no; sustained the DUTY
eXactoi Is refunded
House Committee Elections. No. l. Mr. Daniels.
OF New-York chairman. hes denied the application
of J. j. Mcdonald to serve notice o. contest
William A Jones' the sitting member from the Ist
Virginia District. Mr. Mcdonald failed 20 serve
notice of contest IN the limit of time prescribed by
law and anniiol 10 the committee for permission to
90 az rha committee after A careful examination,
decided that the facrs presented did not warrant
granting the apphcdtion
Preparations are being made NJ the War Depart
rent FOR according Al military honors a. the
funeral Of General John Gibbon. vino died in Balti-
rore on Thursday. The body of General Glbbon
will reach Washington from Baltimore on Monday
afternoon, and Will be met at the Baltimore and
OHIO station by the ith Artillery equipped IN
fantry one battery OF artillery and two troops Of
cavalry from Fort Myer. Va. TAe burial VIII be at
Arlington
One OF the most significant features in railroad
travel from and through Washington at the present
time is the remarkable rush Of passenger traffic 10
Ashevic ard Hot Springs. y. C. II is so great
that even the excellent resources Of the Southern
Railroad are taxed 70 thc- full extent, and con-
siierng the mild Writer hitherto prevailing this pill
grimagc tc the Lard OF the Sky seems ex-
traordinary.
Official reports from Commander Burweii OF mo
United States dispatch boa; Dolphin show tnat the
survey Of the Gulf Of Honduras. on when that Ves-
sci has been engaged for the last month. is making
rapid progress and that accurate charts OF .nS
.,r,a,+ hoav Of water will be available.
I cIainnrls for vessels OF deep draught. and these
,arks will he permitted 10 remain ior seNerdl years,
when they will doubtless be rep.acsd Dy pTumne.
49, the work already Accomplished VIII enable
sna,s "a enter Eastern Honduras ports with safetv
Thu President has recognized THOMAS L. DuQue
. honorary consul general OF Ecuador at Los
,ron,as cal: MIGUEL Valverde as consul general
=, ecuador at New-Yorb; Rafael Seccy Fabres as
,,cac,nsu, OF Spain at Philadelphia: Enrique Mar
e. feyui as vce-cosu Of SPAN at Jacksonviiie:
Ia puig Is ylce-consul OF Spain. 1t Tampa. and
Mammal Garcia Cruz consul or Spain al Key
West
Assistant Secretary Hamlln Of the Treasury. was
surprised when informed this morning that San
Francisco advIces reported that he was to be i'm
peached by Congress for medllng with the court
martial proceedings against Captain Healy, OF the
revenue cutter service trial at San Francisco.
He said t was the inst he had heard OF the mat.
ter. The Assistant Secretary. whose place is held
simply at the voton OF Secretary Carlisle and the
President, IL naturally somewhat amused BY the in
timation that his purely clerical official action IN
regard TO Healy court-martial should have rem
Representatives. and conviction by the Senate OF
treason. bribery and other high crimes AID msde.
meanors. under the Constitution Of the Unitad
States"