Morning journal and courier., 1882-02-14
News by Telegraph
FROM ALL QUARTERS.
DISMISSED FROM OFFICE
Treasury Officials Removed for
Past Remssness.
THE TAX ON DISTILLED SPIRITS
A New Bill introduced Tn
The House.
THE DEATH OF SOTELDO.
THE DEATH OF SOTELDO.
His Brother Held By the
Coroner's Jury.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Treasury Officials Dismissed-The Tax on
Distilled Spirits-A Bill introduced by
entuclky Member-Other Matters.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-Secretary Folger
this afternoon accepted the designations of
Scion L. Norton and Stephen D. Skeen and
discharged Daniel G. Hatch, three employees
of the Treasury department, implicated in
the Encouragement of the superintendent
office under Pitney. Harry A. Cobaugh,
captain of the watch, was also requested to
resign several days ago, but he has brought
powerful influence to his aid, and the proba-
bilities are that he will remain while longer
United States bonds redeemed to date
under the 1O5th call amount to $40, 429, =
$50, 1O6th call ST., $50.
Postmaster General Howe has written a
letter to Congress asking an appropriation of
$27, 900 for the rent, furnishing and care of
building for the use of the money order
Office.
A bill introduced in the House this after
noon by Mr.. Carlisle of Kentucky, reduces
the tax on distilled spirits to so cents per gal
ION, places no limit on the period in which
spirits may remain in bond, and provides
that distillers may file their bond on May
of each year for the entire year, instead of
giving a new bond as at present, stating the
largest sum he intended to store in ware
house during the year and giving bond of
ST. 900 where the proposed quantity does not
exceed fifty barrels, and increasing in a
graduated scale, fixing the sum of the bond
for 80, 900 barrels at 100000, but no ware
housing bond to exceed that SUM. 1t
provides for special bonded warehouses to be
under control of the collector of internal rev
enue and in joint custody of the proprietor
and storekeeper and only opened in presence
of both. Spirits to be placed in the special
warehouse to have special stamp affixed be-
fore their withdrawal from the ordinary
warehouse A special stamp is also provided
for spirits withdrawn from the warehouse to
be exported. The punishment provided for
failure to place the spirits in special ware
house when withdrawn for the purpose is
from 300 to s., 900 fine and imprisonment
from three months to three years. The limit
of Cottage" allowed for evaporation and
leakage in the bonded warehouse is one gal
Ion for two months lag gallons for one
year, IL for two years, 7 1-2 for three
years and gradual increase until 13 1-2 gal
Ions for eight years, which is made the limit
which may be allowed as ''outage." The
import duties on French brandy and cordials
is fixed at 10000 dollars per gallon, the pres
emit rate of tax to be reduced when France
shall place her duty on American spirits al
as low a rate as enjoyed by any other coun
try. No spirits are to be distilled on any
premises other than regularly organized
distillery. The act to take effect August 1
1882
The EUentng Critic tonight charges tina
the subpoenas on which three Star route wit
grand jury were forgeries and that the recent
postoffice officials flooded the western coun
try with the same, simply because the signed
blanks furnished had given out and they
deemed it best not to call for too many au
thenticated subpenas.
Mr.. Scoville returned to the city tonight
and is busy preparing the bill of exceptions
in the Guiteau case.
The pressure for tickets to the Garfield
memorial services, to be held in the Hall OF
the House of Representatives on February
81, is. enormous. The supply was long age
exhausted. Applications are pouring in from
all parts of the country, and it is evident that
the audience will be of extraordinary charac
ter.
The Sioux City and Pacific railroad com
pany completed its road in 1869. and in 1875
claims to have sold the land granted to it un
der the act of July LIST, 1862, and July Cd
1864, to the Missouri Valley Land company.
Under the section of the act of July LIST
1862 certain parties claim the right to pre-
empt tracts Of said granted lands that were
not sold within three years from the date OF
the completion of the road and that had not
been patented to the company. Commits
sioner Mcfarland of the general land office
has decided that it If not necessary to con.
slider whether the lands were sold or dis
posed of within the meaning of said section,
as the company was compelled to sell or dis
pose of these lands within three years from
the completion of the road, or as those un
sold at the expiration of that period to be
confined to the proceeds arising from the
sale thereof by the government at the mini.
mum price of the land to actual settlers un.
der the presumption laws, that as said lands
were not sold within said specified period ap
plicants will be allowed to enter them under
the provi sions of said section.
The signal corps station at Hyannis, Mass,
reports as follows: The schooner Thomas
D. Harrison, of New York, Capt. Rogers
went ashore on Stone Horse on the 10th
She is total loss. The crew were saved.