The Rock Island Argus., 1882-05-27
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Washington Matters First.
The Democrats yet Refuse to
Yield their Rights.
Foreign Affairs much the
same.
Railroad Items, Accidents,
All Sorts.
WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, May, 26.-Hon. Russell
Everett. of Pennsylvania, was thrown from
carriage this morning and received pain
full injuries about the face.
BONDED SPIRITS BILL.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-The House
bonded spirits bill as amended by the
Senate Finance Committee:
Sec. 1.-AH wareheusing bonds here
after taken shall be conditioned, fer pay
ment of tax on spirits, as specified in en-
try and interest on tax, if any has accrued
pnder the provisions of this act. and be-
fore their removal from distillery, ware
house or special bonded warehouse, and
within five wears from the date of their
first entry into the warehouse, and the
time within which distilled spirits hereto
fore entered for deposit in distilling ware
houses. or in special bonded warehouses,
are required to be withdrawn therefrom
pursuant to conditions, any warehouse
bond taken within three years from date of
first entry of such spirits into warehouse
but such extention shall not be made in
any case unless there shall be endorsed
upon or appealed to the Warehousing
bond a written request therefor and an
acknowledgment of their liability under
the terms of said bonds for the period for
which extentien is granted together with
interest on tax which accrue under a pro-
vision of this act as if the same were in
serted in said bond by principal and shuri
ties in bond to be duly executed and ac-
knowledged by each of them before the
Collector or Deputy Collector of internal
revenue or some officer authorized by law
to take acknowledgment of deeds Pro
vided the sureities on said bonds are at the
time of such request satisfactory or if
the sureties shall refuse to make the re-
quest and acknowledgment aforesaid, that
additional or new Warehousing bonds with
sureties satisfactory to the Collector shall
be given.
Section 10 and II of the committees
original substitute is wholly omitted from
the new bill being superfuous by the pre-
ceeding amendment.
TARIFF
WAsnINGrGN, May 26.-The names of
tariff commissioners thus far agreed on
were John l.. Hayes, of Mass; Henry A.
Oliver. Penn. A. M. Garland, Ills; Robert
p Porter, d. c.; Alexander Mitchell, Wis. i;
John L. Phelps, Mo-; James Chestnut, Jr.,
S. C. The list will probably be completed
by the selection of Vim. A Wheeler, N. Y,
who, if chosen, will be chairman of com
missioners, and j. A. Amber, Ohio. In
compliance with resolution of the House
President sent to the House, to-day, let
ter from the Secretary of state, with re-
gard to the present condition of export
trade with finance in fresh and salt pork.
The Secretary's letter concludes thusly
The Secretary of state does not desire al
present to suggest any new regulations in
regard to inspection of pork before ship
ment
REFUNDING CERTIFICATES.
A few ten dollar refunding certificates
issed convertible into per cert. bonds,
are still outstanding and the Attorney
General decides where the accrued interest
amounts to fifty dollars or multaples of,
that sum owners are entitled to re-
ceive bonds for interest as well as principal
of their certificates as no payment of in
terest made on these certificates, until they
are converted. Those still outstanding
carry upwards of three years interest. The
Secretary viii Issue call for fifteen million
of dollars, continued six per. cents to
mature, in August.
ITEMS.
President Arthur gave an informal lunch
to members of the cabinet to-day, and left
for New York
The Committee On Rules held secret
session this morning, considering the dead
lock. Members of both parties took an
active part in the discussion.
The meeting of the Republican Caucus
Committee. on the subject, was without
result.