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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday. August 7, 3886. 
The first session of the 49 th Congress came 
to an end Thursday. Outside of the regular 
appropriation bills, it passed only two conspic¬ 
uous laws. One is the Oleomargarine Act, 
the other provides that iu case of the death 
of both the President and Vice-President the 
succession shall be from the Cabinet. The 
session began Monday, Dec. 7, 1885, and 
covered seven months and 28 days. Of this 
time the Senate was in session 104 and the 
House 168 days. There were introduced in 
the House 10,014 bills and 214 joint resolutions, 
and in the Senate 2,801 bills and 88 joint reso¬ 
lutions, or a total of 12,202. Most of them 
were private and local bills. The total num¬ 
ber of measures that passed both Houses was 
1,101, being 241 Senate bills and S60 lulls 
which originated in the House. Of these 1,095 
were received by the President, and of that 
number 814 were approved: 157 became laws 
without the President’s signature; 115 were 
vetoed, and nine failed for want of signature 
at time of adjournment, 10 days not having 
expired since they reached the President. Of 
the new laws 746 were House measures and 
241 Senate measures. The laws that, became 
such by limitation were, with two exceptions, 
private pension and relief bills.. 
— Of the measures vetoed by the President, 
36 were Senate bills and 77 House bills. 
Twenty-eight of the Senate bills vetoed were 
private pension bills. Of the 77 House bills 
disapproved by the President, 74 were private 
pension bills. The number of measures vetoed 
during the session w r as four times more thau 
have been vetoed from the foundation of the 
Government to the beginning of the session just 
closed. While nearly all of the vetoed bills of 
the Senate were reported back from committees 
with the recommendation that they pass not¬ 
withstanding the President's objection, and, 
while similar action was taken on some of the 
House bills, only one (that granting a pension 
to Joseph Remiser) was passed by the two 
Houses over the veto. . 
Samuel J. Tilden died at Greystone, Yonkers, 
near this city, last Monday. Born Feb. 9, 
1814: entered Yale 1832: left thereafter two 
years on account of poor health, and gradu¬ 
ated from the University of New York; ad¬ 
mitted to the bar in 1841; founded the Morning 
News here in 1844; elected to the N. Y. Assem¬ 
bly in 1846; was defeated for Attorney-General 
in 1855; was Member of the Constitutional 
Convention in ISG7. Had little to do with 
politics for 30 yeai-s, but was very successful 
as a lawyer, especially in busiuess connected 
with mines and railroads. Was a strong 
union Democrat, and was often consulted by 
Lincoln. Became known to the whole country 
by his action in exposing- the great Tweed 
frauds in 1868. Was chosen Governor of N. Y. 
State in 1874,'by 53,000 plurality, and gave 
such satisfaction that he was nominated for 
the Presidency by the Democratic Convention 
at St. Louis, June 28, 1876. Had the electoral 
votes necessary for his election, but the South¬ 
ern carpet-bag return i ng-boards cut them down 
to a minority, and the Electoral Commission 
at Washington refused to go behind the re¬ 
turns. Never again appeared in public life, 
except to decline the Presidential nomination 
in 1880, and again in 1884, and to support the 
claims for sea-coast defences in 1885 and again 
this year. Never married; a luxurious 
but nearly hopeless invalid for nearly 10years. 
Left behind 88,000,000 to 810,000,000...... ... 
-A call went out, Thursday, from Indiana¬ 
polis, Iud., for a national convention in that 
city, on September 1. of Knights of Labor, 
Grangers, National Greenbackers, Farmers’ 
Alliances, Anti-Monopolists, the Wheels, (a 
Texas organization,) and all other associations 
which may harmonize outside of the old poli¬ 
tical parties. According to the present pro¬ 
gramme delegates from these orders will meet 
to organize a new political party, with the 
rights of labor as the chief cornerstone. The 
new party is to take the field as a political 
power, will provide for the nomination of na¬ 
tional and State tickets, and will call upon its 
followers to cut loose from all old affiliations. 
.Reports of Asiatic cholera in Madison, 
Chippewa Falls^and Miladorc, Wis., eight 
deaths at the last. State Board of Health doubt 
reports; but good local physicians have no 
doubt.The Chicago Anarchists have 
been proving during the week that they wore 
innocent or absent during the riot, and that 
the cowardly police were the aggressors. Case 
still on.Labor organizations going 
into politics every where.Snow fell 
heavily for a short time at Rome and Kings¬ 
ton, N. Y., on August 3 . The Mor¬ 
rison surplus resolution failed to become a low 
because Congress adjourned before the Presi¬ 
dent had taken action on it. Will come up 
again when Congress meets in December. 
Chicago being iu need of more money, the 
Commissioners of Cook County, including 
Chicago, have ordered the assessors to increase 
the value of the city aud outlying towns in 
the country by just 8100,000,000, The assess¬ 
ment now is notoriously too low\ and with the 
addition, the valuation will still be under the 
reali'y; but the property owners grumble.... 
-Congress has appropriated 855,000 for the 
relief of the Chippewa Indians of Leech and 
Winnibigoshish Lakes, Minn., who were 
driven to great straits by the overflow' of their 
reservation by the back-water from the dams 
built by the Government on the tributaries of 
the Upper Mississippi half-a-dozen years ago. 
to form reservoirs for regulating the flow' of 
the river in wot and dry seasous. Five years 
ago, another appropriation of 815,000 was 
made as compensation in full when the damage 
was first done.The Donuniou Govern¬ 
ment has paid 850,000 for John Roach’s steam 
yacht, Yosemite, which cost twice that sum 
She can steam 17 miles an hour, and is to be 
used to look after the Yankee fishing vessels,, 
.The Canadians want a reciprocity 
treaty with us very badly, and are pretty sure 
they eau force us to make oue by the restric¬ 
tions on fishing. It has been a very had sea¬ 
son for our fishermen, and our Northern 
friends chuckle at the success of their efforts 
to make it so, aud will henceforth try their 
best to make it still worse. The “Down East¬ 
ers’ 1 are mad at. the Government’s delay in en¬ 
forcing the retaliatory measures against Cana¬ 
dian vessels in our ports, w'hieh Congress 
authorized the President to employ at his dis¬ 
cretion. No Canadian vessel can now take 
freight from one of our ports to another, but 
Canadian freight cars come on our roads to 
New York, Boston, Portland and other Am¬ 
erican cities, and load with freight for St. 
Louis, Chicago and other Western markets, 
passing through Canada an route. An agita¬ 
tion is now under way to stop this practice, 
w'hieh puts millions every year into Canadian 
pockets. The Dominion Government owns 
about 8200,000,000 in Canadian railroad pro¬ 
perty, aud is, it is urged, making a profit on 
American land traffic while hampering Am¬ 
erican water trade....That huge Nova 
Scotia timber raft has been hopelessly ground¬ 
ed while being launched.Mon¬ 
day the House passed the Senate Bill increas¬ 
ing by from 20 to 25 per cent, the pensions of 
veterans wounded on the arm, hand, leg or 
foot—consequent annual increase in pension 
list, 8615,204. 
....The Cherokees are bitterly disappointed 
because they manlier 18,318 full-bloods instead 
of less than 18,000 as expected. Hence their 
8300,000 grass rent gives them only 815.95 a 
head instead of 816.50 on which they relied. 
The increase of over 300 in their numbers is 
a sorry offset to a decrease of 55 cents a piece 
in their receipts... 
.So great has been the fall in the price of 
silver of late that one-eighth of its value has 
lieen lost within the past 12 months. A lump 
of silver bought for 8100 a year ago, would 
now be worth only $87.50. About 50,000 peo¬ 
ple are dependent on silver mining iu Montana 
and owing to the recent depreciation of the 
value of the metal, it is feared the mining 
companies will have to close down... 
-Sunday last, Mrs, Cleveland was admitted 
to membership of the First Presbyterian 
Church, Washington. D. C., Dr. Sutherland, 
pastor...A “Pet” hotel has been 
opened here on Broadway, and is now full to 
overflowing. Canaries are charged 25 cents a 
week, parrots 50 cents, monkeys 75 cents, cats 
$2.50, dogs from $2 to 85,50. The owners are 
mostly in the country or at watering places... 
.The Attorney-General of Newfoundland 
has sent word to Mr. Foster, the Canadian 
Minister of Marine and Fisheries at Ottawa, 
that his government will co-operate in meas¬ 
ures for the protection of the coast fisheries; 
so they have given warning to all foreign or 
American vessels seeking bait and supplies. 
This, they think, will bring matters to a head 
at once.The Grand Army aud 
Army of the Potomac are having a grand 
time at their re-union in California. 
-The trouble with Mexico has been aggra¬ 
vated by the brutal murder of an alleged 
horse-thief named Rasures by the Chief of 
police, at Piedras Negrns, Mexico. He had 
been surrendered by the Texas authorities, 
although he is said to be a naturalized citizen, 
and the Chief of police, a personal enemy of 
his, had him shot without trial shortly after 
reaching the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. 
— Editor Cutting is still in prison. He has 
been convicted of contempt of court and will 
receive a heavy sentence, and be at once par¬ 
doned by Pres. Diaz. In Mexico, the President 
can pardon a person convicted of any offense in 
any of the States, but he cannot interfere 
with the course of justice until conviction. 
Texas is very belligerent, and Governor Ire¬ 
land has officially .called the attention, of the 
Government to the trouble. The Cutting 
affair lias also caused a spirited debate in Con¬ 
gress. In Texas troops are being enrolled here 
and there for the “War.” The general impres¬ 
sion is that the matter will be settled peace¬ 
ably, as the Mexican Government Is disposed 
to do what is right, although there is much 
bellicose vaporing among some of the greasers, 
especially along the Rio Grande. 
-The reports of starvation on the Coast of 
Labrador are now declared to be absolute 
fabrications. 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, August 7, 1886. 
The British Parliament opened on Thursday 
—the day our Congress closed. The Conserva¬ 
tives occupied the Treasury benches; the Liber¬ 
als took the benches opposite and facing them— 
always held by the Opposition or the party 
out of office. The Hartiugtou and Chamber- 
lain Liberal-Unionists snt with the Gladston- 
ians, and Gladstone shook hands cordially 
with both the leaders. It is thought the 
Liberals will all act together, except on the 
Home Rule question, and wheu the Conser¬ 
vatives are iu dauger of defeat ou that matter, 
the Unionists will quit the House iu a body, 
leaving the Conservatives iu n majority over 
the Gladstouiaus aud Paruellites. The latter 
will try to force the Ministry to declare their 
policy towards Ireland; but the Conservatives 
w'ill endeavor to get supplies voted, aud then 
adjourn till February, iu hopes that some¬ 
thing may turn up meamvhile. 
-The Earl of Aberdeen, late Lord Lieuten¬ 
ant of Ireland, aud his wife w'on tremendous 
popularity by their courtesy, liberality and 
hearty concurrence in Gladstone’s policy. 
The greatest demonstration since O’Connell's 
time occurred in Dublin to bid them good-bye 
the other day. Delegations from all parts of 
(relaud. Intense enthusiasm. The Marquis 
of Londonderry, the new Lord Lieutenant, is 
the grand-nephew and heir of Lord Castle- 
reagh, who brought about the union of Ireland 
with England iu 1801 by the most outrageous 
bribery, treachery and intimidation. Ho has 
lieen the worst-hated wretch Ireland ever pro¬ 
duced, aud fittingly ended his life by suicide. 
His grand-nephew, though a good enough fel¬ 
low personally, is unpopular owing to his re¬ 
lationship..... 
Elections held in France early in the week 
for General Councils (local bodies who will 
elect the next hatch of Senators) were decid¬ 
edly in favor of the Republicans, in spite of 
the combined efforts of the Monarchists and 
Imperialists The results are as follows: 
Republicans elected, 70S: Royalists elected, 
366; second elections required, 150. It is esti¬ 
mated that when all the returns are in there 
will be, of the 1,432 Councilors to be chosen, 
about. 1,000 Republicans, a number equal to 
that returned in the departmental elections iu 
1883, so that the Republicans will have a ma¬ 
jority of 79 in the Councils. 
....Minister of war Boulanger has got him¬ 
self into very hot water. In the discussion 
about.the Ducd’Aumalo’s letter to President 
Grcvy, Boulanger charged the Due with imper¬ 
tinence. A monarchist retorted thatitwasthe 
Due who had made him a General, as he was a 
Colonel ou his staff in 1880. This Boulanger de¬ 
nied in the Cl lumber of Deputies, aud again in 
three Republican papers. A letter of the newly 
fledged General to the Due, dated in 1880, has 
been produced in which he said, “Monsigneur, 
it is to you that I owe my appointment to the 
rank of General. Happy will b<3 the day which 
shall place me again under your orders.” Bou¬ 
langer now admits tho letter is genuine, but 
ana a minister oi war to equivocate or Lie in 
t his Way is considered hardly honorable, and 
though the Republicans accept his explane tion, 
he has lost greatly Lu reputation and a good 
deal iu popularity. De Lesscps has 
launched a new Joan to continue the Panama 
Canal, and lias been offered much more money 
than he asked for. Investors all French.. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
' Saturday, August 7, 1886. 
The Oleomargarine Law, as signed by the 
President, consists of 21 sections, and would 
fill over three columns of the Rural. Section 
1 defines butter us a food product made exlcu- 
sively from milk or cream, or both, with or 
without coloriug matter. Sec. 2 defines 
“oleomargarine” as all mixtures and com¬ 
pounds of oleomargarine, oleo, oleomargarine 
oil, butfcerine, lardtno, suine and neutral; all 
lard extracts and tallow extracts; and all 
mixtures and compounds of tallow, beef fut, 
suet, lard, lard oil, vegetable oil, annatto and 
other coloring matter, intestinal fat and offal 
fat made iu imitation or semblance of butter, 
oi- when so made, calculated or intended to be 
sold as butter or for butter. Sec. 3 imposes u 
special ta x of $600 on every person who main 
ufactures oleomargarine for sale. Wholesale 
dealers (all who sell “oleo” in tho original 
packages) must pay $480. Retailers (those 
who sell less than 10 pounds at one time) must 
each pay a tax of 848. The manufacturers 
must register with the Internal Revenue Col¬ 
lector of the District, aud the tax is due on 
May 1 each year; but if business began after 
June 30, the special tax is reckoned from July 
1 of that year, and shall ho $500. A Federal 
license,however,doesnot exempt anybody from 
any penalty or tax imposed by any State, or in 
any ;vay authorize the commencement or con- 
tinuance of business prohibited by any State. 
Sec. 4 provides that when business is carried 
on without the payment of the special tax, in 
addition to the payment of this, every guilty 
manufacturer must be fined not less than 
81,000 or more than 85,000 ; every wholesaler, 
not less than 8500 or more than $2,500 ; and 
every retailer not less than $50 or more than 
$500. Sec. 5 ordains that every manufacturer 
of “oleo” shall conduct bis business in accord¬ 
ance with regulations issued by the Commis¬ 
sioner of Internal Revenue, with the approval 
of the Secretary of the Treasury, aud shall 
conduct it under the surveillance of such offi¬ 
cers as may be appointed by the Commis¬ 
sioner, bonds to be given by satisfactory sure¬ 
ties for not less than 85,000, to bo increased as 
the Commissioner may desire. See. 6 orders 
all “oleo” to be packed in ferki ns, tubs or 
wooden packages never before used for the 
purpose, and holding not less than 10 pounds 
each—all to he -‘marked, stamped and 
branded ” as the Commissioner may prescribe. 
All sales by manufacturers and wholesalers 
must be in such packages. Retailers must sell 
only from such packages in quantities not 
exceeding 10 pounds, and must pack the 
“oleo"in wooden or paper packages marked 
oi- branded as the Commissioner may direct. 
Every dealer who violates this section shall be 
fined for each offense not more than 81,000 
and be imprisoned not less than six 
mouths nor more than two years. Sec. 
7 imposes a fine of $50 on every manufac¬ 
turer who fails to affix on each package a label 
giving notice of its contents aud a warning 
against destroying or removing the label; and 
a like fine is imposed on any one who does 
this. See. 8 imposes on “oleo” a tax of two 
cents per pound, to be paid by the manufac¬ 
turers by means of coupon stamps, and the ex¬ 
isting laws relating to stamps for tobacco and 
snuff shall apply to “oleo” stamps also. Sec. 
9, authorizes the Commissioners of Internal 
Revenue to collect any tax which may have 
been evaded, in addition to the penalty imposed 
by law for such evasion. Sec. 16 imposes an 
internal revenue tax of 15 cents per pouud on 
all imported “oleo,” iu addition toauy import 
duty it may have to pay. The importer or 
owner is liable to all the peualties prescribed 
for manufacturers in the United States. Im¬ 
ported “oleo” must be put up iu packages like 
those for the home product, and any dealer sell¬ 
ing it not so put up shall be fined not less than 
$500 or more than $5,000, aud lie imprisoned not 
less than six months or more than two years. 
Sec, 11 imposes a fine of $50 on every person 
who knowingly purchases or receives for sale 
any “oleo” not brnnderl or stamped according 
to la3v. Sec. 12 imposes a flue of $100 on all 
dealers who knowingly buy from any manu¬ 
facturer who has not, paid the special tax, and 
it forfeits the goods or the full value thereof. 
Sec. 18 ordains that any person who has an 
empty package of “oleo” must, utterly destroy 
the stamps thereon under penalty of $50 and 
imprisonment of not less than 10 days or more 
thau six mouths. An}' one who fraudulently 
gives away, accepts, sells, buys or uses for 
packing “oleo” any such stamped package 
shall, for each offense, be fined not over 8100 
aud be imprisoned not morn than oue year. 
Sec. 14 ordains that the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall appoint a chemist aud rniero- 
scoplst at $2,500 a year each, for tho office of 
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, who 
may also employ other chemists and micro¬ 
scop ists at suitable salaries. In contested 
cases he is authorized to decide whether a sub¬ 
stance is or is not “oleo;” and as regards taxa¬ 
tion his decision is final. He may also decide 
whether any imitation butter contains ingre¬ 
dients injurious to health; but in this case, 
if his decision is contested, an appeal eon be 
made to a board composed of the Surgeon- 
Generals of the Army and Navy, aud the 
Commissioner of Agriculture, aud their de¬ 
cision shall be final..... 
Sec. 16 provides that “ oleo ” for export need 
pay no tax, but every package containing it 
must he branded with tho word “ Oleomar¬ 
garine "in plain Roman letters not less than 
half an inch square. Sec. 17 ordains that 
when any manufacturer defrauds or attempts 
to defraud the United States of the tax on 
his oleo, be shall forfeit the factory and ap¬ 
paratus together with all the oleo and raw 
material fouud iu tho place, and be (mod not 
less thau $500 or more than $5,000, and be 
imprisoned not, less than six months or more 
than three years. See. 18 provides that if 
any manufacturer or dealer knowingly or 
willfully shall in an}' way whatever by com¬ 
mission or omission violate any provision of 
