Milford chronicle., 1883-02-23


fixing the hours of labor in the depar
: ments from nine to four and reduces IL
d number of internal revenue collectio
districts to eighty-two.
e The government is said to have bee
, swindled of many thousands Of dollar
q through the connivance Of custom hous
l examiners in permitting the entry {
sound potatoes and fruits as partly @
+ wholly damaged.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, offered Al
amendment to the House bill for the adj
mission Of foreign built ships on the pay
ment of duty of 80 per cent. az
valorem, and this being rejected, pro
posed a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem
which shared the same fate. Mr.. Coz
made an appeal for free lumber in the
interest of the preservation Of American
forests and various amendments reducing
rates were offered by members, but
without avail all voted down.
Senator Ferry of Michigan. by adj
vice of his friends, declines to make any
statement whatever in explanation ol
refutation of the charges alleged against
his financial conduct.
The Senate Judiciary Committee
agreed to report for passage a bill pro-
yiding for the purchase from George
Washington Parke Gusts Lee of the
entire Arlington estate comprising !, 100
acres near Washington City and includ-
/ ing the National Cemetery at a total
cost of S150,000. The accrued taxes
(some S15,00)) are to be paid by General
Lee, who has agreed to the terms pro-
posed by the committee.
In the Senate the duty on pig-iron
was advanced to $3.50 per ton, which is
within y cents of the rate proposed 10y
the Tariff Commission and within 50
cents of the present duty. The duties
on lumber, which had been stricken out
in Committee of the Whole, were also
restored by a vote Of 90 to IS.
In the House, Mr.. Townsend, of
Illinois, in speaking of the merits of the
tariff bill, said it was sired by lobby of
hired agents of monopolists and was
brought forth in secret conclave. This
statement Mr.. Haskell pronounced as a
ialsehOOd, and a personal alteration he
tween the twogentlemc, followed, which
ut one time threatenc to result serious
ly, but was talked aid laughed down by |
members.
In the Senate on motion of Mr.. |
Mcpherson iute, which had been struck |
out in the Committee of the Whole. was
restored at the rate in the bill, S15 per
ton. Jute butts were left to go upon the
free list.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
The knives which the informer KAY
anagh testified he had thrown into Dub
lin basin have not yet been found.
Twenty persons in Malaga have been
dy trichinosis, caused, it is said
by eating American hams.
Five persons were burned to death
At fire in Bradford, England.
"A fire damp explosion in a mine at
Dortmund resulted in the death of four
persons.
The report from Egypt that the
Bara garrison had surrendered to the
alse prophet is confirmed Sir Samuel
Baker and other good judges consider
hat Obeid and other places in the Sou
Ian must soon follow. The situation is t
cry serious.
Two fishing smacks have been lost :
t Yarmouth, and their crews were
lrowned. }
Protests have been made against the }
of the Moorish Governor to- G
rard the Jews. a
The Spanish Congress has rejected t
he bill restoring civil marriage. a
Negotiations have been opened be a
ween Germany and Denmark on the o
Military conscription question. #
1t is said thar the Spanish Minister o.
} Washington is to be recalled.
Turkey is about to settle all the J.
mericaH claims for arms. "
"A Portuguese expedition is being 1t
tied ont to take possession Of points on
le African coast near the mouth of the
ongO.
Prince jerome Napoleon has been
rmally recognized by the ex-Empress a
ugenie as head Of the Bonapart family. p,
Tie Queens speech at the opening h,
the English Parliament referred to III
gypt. Zululand. Ireland and some mat 7,
rs Of reform at home. ~
In the House Of Lords the Marquis J"
Salisbury lsled when the British III
oops would ba Withdrawn from Egypt.
ID said that tbe governments Irish re
easures were failures. tb