Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1897-06-03
REPORT AGREED TO.
The Sundry Civil Service Bill Gets
Through the Senate.
The ILLEGAL ENTRY OF CHINESE.
Dealers Assert That High Priced Crockery
II Favored In the Tariff BiiI-Editor
Reid Appointed Special Ambassa-
dor to the Queens Jubilee.

uoE W tne queens JuDuees
WAsmxarov Nav os-Tbe soroto
made good nrooress IN tbe tariT iii
vesterdov di.nos;n, ~ about ,ar
nages Several votos wero taLan tho
finance committee be;ro sustained IN
each case nv ma orities varv;no from
six to15 Tho drpe scbeduia was nm.
dor discussion and the dehate wac
largely technical Occasionally how
ever i brancbed off to general nhases
of the tariff although at M time dur-
inc the dav was there a sneech of more
than five Minutes, duration Senator
Vest obiected IN nearly every nara
praph. but insisted m a vote in only
few instances Refore tokino I'm Tho
tariff hin tbe Anal conference renort
n, tba srrdr, o;,;1 sorr;oa In nos
agreed IN inciudino tbe nrovision sus-
pendinc until March naxt tho exec-
utive order creating extensive forest
reserves
Mr. Wheeler of Kentuckv intro.
dYced hill in tho house Yesterday for
taxing certain occupations The taxes
nronosed ara hasoi an the amopnts of
capital infested Comnanies encaoed
in tho netroleum business in anv form
are TO he taxed from 500 IN 500 ooo to
s25 600 IN a. OoO O00 Otber branches
of business to be taxed arc iron and
steel railways and street RAILWAYS
banks. stocl, exchanges and GLASS
wool silk naner. leather and smear
manufacturino
A bin was introduced nv Mr. Mad.
dox Of Georgia to exclude from Tho
mails all matter emanatinp from
commercial agencies which nrhl;sb
business ratings and carry nm collec-
tions
Mr.. Lewis Of WASHINGTON endeov.
ored to brinu the cuhon orest;on ho.
fore the house ms n nrivileoed ouestion
He offered resolution declaring II to
he the sen go Of congress- that tho bol.
licerencv of the Cuban ;nsnroerts
should be recognized srealor pood
declared n IN be out ~ order and ~
appeal the house NV Of IN N sustained
the sneaker Tho bouse Than adionrned
until Monday.
THE ILLEGAL ENTRY OF CHINESE.
WASHINGTON, Nav ss,-In response
to resolution of inouirv. the attor-
ney-general Yesterday sent to the sem
ute the correspondence relating To the
illegal entry of Chinese into the limited
States. The documents enclosed cover
the SMUGGLING in of Chinese at plotts.
burg, N. Y. and st. Adams. Newport
and other ports in Vermont on the
pretense that the IMMIGRANT China.
men are natives and therefore citizens
of the United States the plan of pro-
ceednp being to have Cinnamon at the
port of entry swear thev are the fathers
of the immigrants, and that the "sonso
were born in the United States. This
oath. under the law assures tho "a.
lease of anv Chinaman arrested for
violation of the restriction law An
amendment to the law is suggested to
remedy the evil
onoovu,. MARINA uncommon
WASHINGTON. Nav 2S-Renresenta.
tiyes of crockerv interests were at the
finance committees rooms at the Arl.
inpton hotel last NIGHT to nrotest
against the provisions of the senate
tariff bill imposing comnound and sne.
cifc duties IN lamentations a. th;s
class Of merchandise Messrs Fr,nL
p. Abbott and George r ZONES of
New York represented the imnorters
and E. II. Pitkin of CHICAGO and
Georce w Kinney of clovelond tho
Wholesale dealers Tbev asserted that
tbe nronosed duties are nninst and im
practicable Of oneration md GAIA tbat
i iStbe first time crocl,erv waro has