The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-06-30

ca by the postmaster general, the conresung
bidders having taken exception to the method
OF submitting proposals.
Official reports show that almost every ex-
port is falling of. The foreign petroleum trade
is increasing. The export for April, 1881, was
worth s., 752, 729, while for April 1882, 1t was st,-
lS0,955; for the ten months ended April, 1851,
IL was $3l, 40l, 1s6, while for the ten months end
ed April, 1882, 1t was $42,3o4,2i2
A minority of the Judiciary committee Of the
house-comprising Messrs. Knott of Kentucky,
Culberson of Texas, and Townshend and Pay
son of Illinois-have completed their supple
mental report and resolution recommending
the forfeiture Of the lands granted to the
Northern Pacific road.
The ways and means committee at WASH
ington has been induced by Representative
Davis to approve the bill placing Chicago in
the list OF enumerated ports of entry, to rank
the same as Philadelphia and Boston. The
salary of Collector Spalding will thus be made
$4,000 per annum.
DIR. Rush, of Chicago, secretary of the Ma
tional Distillers' association, has prepared an
address to congress asking II reduction in the
whisky tax. He argues that the amount of
I spirits consumed as a beverage is not affected
by the rate of taxation, but that high figures
greatly lessen the use of alcohol in various
industries.
Secretary Lincoln states that the case of
| Lieutenant Flipper has received more consid-
Grafton than II he had been a white man, as
| he Is the only negro who ever passed through
| the military academy. 1t was not proven that
| Flipper was an embezzler, but that he was
guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer and q
gentleman.
The railway lines between Chicago and
Omaha, which are working under a pool, have
notified the postmaster general that they can
not put on a fast mail. Arrangements have
been made for a Neutrality-suspicious. train be-
tween New York and Chicago, over the Gen.
trail and Lake Shore roads, to in
July.
Lieutenant Harder writes from Irkutsk, I'M
der date of April IL, giving an account of his
journey to st. Petersburg, which he left on
Feb. %. He arrived at Irkutsk March %, and
has contracted for the steamer General Sim
inikoff for the journey northward at a cost of
100000 rubles. He last heard from Melville
on Feb. IL, when he was at Nerchojausk and
about proceeding to Berlin.
The commission of engineers sent to Chica-
90 by Secretary Lincoln TO examine the har-
Dor has reported In favor of allowing the ILL
nois Central road to take possession of n strip
of land one hundred feet wide and one mile
long, in order that curved tracks may be laid
to a system of piers and slips to be construct
ed on the outer harbor. The commission holds
that the railway should be CON PEELED to build
permanent viaducts to accommol lace tho traf.
Gc between the streets and the wharves.
James b. Doyle, the bond counter
feiter, was arraigned before Judge
Dyer in Chicago, and asked if he had
any reason to urge against the passing
Of sentence. He replied that he was
ignorant of the character of the bonds
found in his possession, and hoped the
court would heed the recommendation
to mercy made by the jury. He was
then sentenced to the Chester peniten-
tiary for twelve years, and fined 81. He
was subsequently allowed six days to
settle his business affairs.
The sultan Of Turkey has reiterated
to the French. his objection
TO a conference OF the Egyptian ques-
ton. 1t is stated that the British comp
troller at Cairo will resign if Arab
Pasha be included III the new ministry.
The troops at Alexandria are becom-
ing more and more hostile toward Eu-
ropeans. A Russian man-of-war has
arrived, and the gun-boatS Dee and Don
have been dispatched from England.
The SueZ canal is to be protected by
British troops. The corpses of Europe
ans killed in the riots already number
$40.
The number of Europeans killed in
the riot at Alexandria is now believed
to be $50, as mutilated bodies are CON
stantly washing ashore. Dervisch
Pasha expresses full confidence in the
loyalty of the Egyptian troops. The
panic at Cairo grows worse hourly. All
shops are closed, and several French
men are fortifying themselves in their
houses. French troops at Marseilles
and Toulon are kept ready for embark
alton, and the British channel fleet has
sailed east from Gibraltar. The khe-
dive says 43O ring-leaders in the riot
have been arrested, and will be kept IN
board a ship in the harbor, and he hopes
that a force of 49, 0 Turks will short
ly start for Egypt. Admiral Seymour
seized the steamer Marengo to carry
British fugitives from Alexandria.
One of the most destructive tornados
that eve occurred in Iowa was observed
to form over Des Moines about dusk
Saturday. About 8 O'Clock it struck
Grinnell, killing thirty-three persons, |
wounding one hundred, and destroying
ffty-fiye residences and the college
buildings. At Malcolm, nine miles east
ward, eight human lives were taken,
and at Dresden many more persons
were killed. The track of the storm
varied in width from forty feet to ahalf
Illlc. FOL JWcIJy-Ol6 ullltS lOb a UOuS6
was left standing. So heavy was the
rain that the water was knee-deep on
the prairies. Search for the victims at
Grinnell was kept up all night, and
thirty-three corpses were laid out in the
Rock Island engine-house. Special
trains took surgeons from Des Moines
and Marshalltown. Two long freight
trains were thrown from the track near
Grinnell, two brakemen being killed.
Three students of Iowa college lost
their lives. Some sprang from third
story windows and rode the gale to- the
ground in safety, and two were sucked
from the dormitory and crushed to
death. The latest reports indicate q
loss of one hundred lives and the de-
struction of property valued at $780,
600. A relief committee has been or
ganized at Marshalltown. A terrific
storm also swept over a large portion
of the southwestern states early Sun
day morning. AT Leavenworth, st.
Mary's academy was blown down, and
the bodies of four pupils are vet in the