The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-05-04

respondent i 70 fact III ne e;irel TO his
BERN on Oolrd the sie ial car, Saturday
eyenlng AT the alarmInsy early hour of I
! O'clock.
Robert VI. Douglas, lately United States
marshal for the Western district OF North
Carolina, having ~ Used % surrender the
records OF the Office to his successor the
district attorney has been dire ted to bring
action against him for abstracting Official
records. The case is somewhat complicated
by. the fact that the judge before whom the
suit should 90 brought Is Douglas father
in-law.
The appropriation for transporting mutt
lated Treasury notes from different narts Ot
| ~ eSltluSiN I, ami d, -
iaSt session 90 il't ,fa,Ith't next
| fiscal year The l;ititir .". MONIES iiy On of
TIE treasury VIZ proc y.f ..lra i,end
| operations, and f. fJlt, ,u .lruL.i cur
rency viii have to iipai aalu' vi, out hope
| Tor wh0leyear, and MitHoui II ''redeeming
| feature
The Attorney-Genera previous to writing
his opinion regar Ing the liability of Ma
tlonal and State banks TO taxation from the
time or the last seni-annual payment up TO
the date of their repeal, is giving careful
attention to the arguments filed by Il num-
Der OF bank attorneys. Several of these
gentle made application for an oral
nearing, but the Attorney General would
not depart from his usual custom of reQuir-
ing all arguments to be submitted in writ
ing.
The subject of conspiraces in the United
States against Great Britain was discussed
at Tuesdays meeting of President Arthur's
cabinet, but If any conclusion was reached
the fact has not been made known. In the
BRUSH house or commons the premier, in
reply to the question of a member of the
opposition, said that it would not be adyis-
able to state what communications had
batWRan
Washington government relative to the
Matching of Irish cOnspiracies in the re-
public.
Commissioner Raum says there will be
no reduction In the price of tobacco, cigars
or cigarettes to the consumer on account of
the reduction OF the tax. Manufactured to-
bacco has gone up in price since the tariff
bill passed, and employees Of cigar and to-
baccO manufacturers are striking for in
crease of wages. In preparing tobacco and
cigars for retailers cent basis Is adopted
There will be no change Ill the method of
preparation, says Dir. Raum. The result
will be that the consumer will be in the
same position as he was before.
1t is said at the Postot,lce Department
that the report referred to in q recent dis
patch from the City of Mexico III regard to
postal arrangements between that country
and the United States urged the necessity
of daily instead OF triweekly mail service
in Mexico. At present the United States
mails for Mexico reach the frontier Gaily,
and are delayed there OH account of the
slow mail service of that government. The
change proposed, In which the Mexican au-
thoritieS appear to nave acquiesced, will OBJ
viate delay, and mails will be forwarded as
far as possible on the day they reach the
Mexican border.
PENSION E., AMINERs.
Pension Commissioner Dudley has issued
circular directing AL specia, pension ex-
aminer; to give public notice that they are
not authorized to collect money for fees or
expenses from pensioners or applicants for
PENSIONS: also that all special examiners
are provided with certificate signed by the
commissioner of pensions and the secretary
Of the interior and bearing the seal of the
Gates all persons claiming to be pension eX-
aminers are frauds. This circular has been
brought out by complaints reaching the
Washington pension office of swindles per-
petrated by persons having no authority to
act for the pension office. The commission
er asks that some responsible person report
to his Office all suspected cases of the above
nature with description of the alleged eX-
aminer.
INDIAN LANDS.
BY direction of the secretary of the inter-
ior, the remainder of the Otoe and Mis-
souri, Indian reservation in Kansas and
Nebraska, comprising about fifty thousand
acres, will be offered at public sale at the
United States land office in Beatrice, Neb.,
on the Both of May next. Senator Van
Wyck, who has been Instrumental in bring
ing about this sale, has asked Secretary
Teller to send an officer from the depart
ment to superintend it, and it is probable
that Commissioner Nc Farland of the gen.
eral land office, will go to Nebraska for that
purpose. The lands will only be sold to
persons who shall within three months
from the date of application, make perma-
nent settlement upon the claim and each
application must be accompanied with an
affidavit as evidence of good faith in this
respect. The lands will be sold to the high
est responsible bidder at no less than the
appraised value in eighty-acre tracts, and
no one person will be allowed to purchase
more than 100 acres. The terms of sale are
one-fourth cash, to be paid in three months
from the date of filing the application, and
the remainder in one, two, and three years,
with interest at per cent.
CIVIL SERVICE.
The Civi-Service Commissioners have
completed their rules, but have not chosen
to commit them to the custody of the Gov
eminent Printing Office. A sufficient num-
Der of copies have been printed on q type
writer to furnish one TO each member OF the
Cabinet and TO the President. These copies
were submitted Saturday in accordance
with the request of the President, to the eff
feet that the Cabinet should be furnished
copies before he returned In order that they
might consider the rules before they were
submitted to him for approval. The rules
are quite voluminous, but are not so Tonga
those of the former Civil-Service Commits
sion, and are much simpler. One of the
members OF the commission has said: "We
have to forestall public criticism, and to
make a system of rules which, while effec-
tive, will be simple and practicable There
is one popular error with cgHrN tUthe new
rules. 1t has been stated that they viii re-
quire applicants for positions in Washing
ton from the different States ~ come 10
Washington TO be examined. This Is not
correct. Examinations VIII be condnctedin
all the States for the eligible list for APP
pointment TO Washington positions rs well
as to appointment to the fifty clerk offices
in the representative States"
FOREIGN NOTES.
Jules Sandeau, the French novelist, is
dead.
At Liverpool, Sunday, fire destroyed
warehouses and ship stores of the value of
$500, 900.