Morning journal and courier., 1883-01-27
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 FROM ALL QUARTERS. FIXING THE DUTIES. Both Houses Working on the Tariff. SOME PROGRESS IN THE SENATE, A General Debate in the
 House ZERO WEATHER IN NEW ENGLAND. The COIdest Morning of the
 Season.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

Dining a Marquis-nIinister Vests Re-
 ceptfon in Honor Of Governor General
 Lorne-NO Mail For SvvindHng Firms The Days News From the Capital.
 WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-President Arthur returned the call of the Marquis of Lorne at o'clock this afternoon. Tonight grand dinner and ball was given by MT. West, the British minister, in honor of his guest. The cards of invitation read as follows ''To meet His Excellency the Governor General of Can ada The British minister and Miss West at home January 26, 9:3O. Dancing" Abou four hundred invitations were issued to mem- bers of the diplomatic corps, the Cabinet General Sherman, Admiral Porter, promit nent officers of the army and navy, the mem- bers of the Senate and House Committees on Foreign Affairs. President Davis of the Sen ate, Speaker Keller and many other civil off, cers Official etiquette did not permit the attendance of President Arthur, but he will give dinner to the Marquis tomorrow even ing.
 At the meeting of steamboat supervisors to-day the report from the committee on life saving appliances recommending the use on the lake and Sound steamers of Dean < Co.'S. improved diagonal Gfeboat was adopted.
 
 the report of Attorney General Freeman and issued an order declaring twenty three firms of Boston to be engaged in conducting 8 fraudulent and unlawful business and direct ing that money orders and registered letters be withheld from them. The firms put on the black list are M. F. Jones $ Co.,. P. O. box 3,630, alias M. F. Jones & Co-; Wildes & Co.,, box 3,630; Fremont Jewelry company, alias Fremont Spoon company, box 3, ,63O, P. o. box, 8, ,415, alias A. w. Vanes & Co.,, G. w. Ingraham & Co.,, F Batterymarch street the Standard Silver ware company, corner Milk and Battery march street; Tracy & Co.,, 2S2 Washington street Youths Home Library, 226 Franklin street Kendall & Co.,, publishers of Youths Home Library, 226 Franklin street; l.. A. Kendall, alias Youths Home Library, 226 Franklin street; William Haynes, Haynes < Co.,, alias American Manufacturing comps- ny, 79 Milk and S1O-12 Federal streets IHe Izzustrated Monthly Miscellany, alias Mis- cellany Publishing company, 78 Milk street and 81O-12 Federal street; The British Cut lery association, 20 Devonshire street; w. Haynes, alias Miscellany Publishing compa- ny, 79 Milk and S1O-12 Federal street; Shef- field Knife company, alias Sheffield Cutlery concern, Sheffield, England, and Boston; 0. Fl. Gurney, manager Great English Sterling company and Great English Knife company, Birmingham and Sheffield, England, and 45 Milk street John Smith, jr.. manager Manufacturing company; Fremont row; Middlesex Manufacturing company, Ashland, Mass. Graham & Co.,, Walnut Hill, Mass. H. 5Lee, P. o. box 393, South Birmingham, Mass. Sanderson & Co.,, Readeville, Mass. The firms declared frauds were engaged in great variety of schemes to swindle the pub lie, such as bogus jewelry, watches, cutlery, furniture, etc. It is estimated that the az gregate business of the twenty three firms during the past year has been upwards of two million dollars.
 Among the nominations sent to the Senate to day were those of Samuel M. Shipman for postmaster at Deep River, Conn.,, and Walter Gladden. at New Britain, Conn
 William Dickson was this afternoon indict- ed by the grand jury for corruptly infuen- cling the late Star route jury.
 The acting superintendent of the census has replied to the request of the chairman of the Senate Committee on the Census for 8 detailed estimate of the amount required within the fiscal year for the continuation of the work on the tenth census. He states that the matter for compendium is in the hands of the public printers and will be printed and in the hands of Congress not later than February 9th. The work on gen. eral statistics relating to age and sex, agricul- ture, manufactures and occupations remains to be done This will cost $50, 900. For other work to be done the estimates are nu- merous The cost of the tenth census will exceed by considerably over million dollars that of the ninth census. The total cost of the tenth census, exclusive of printing and engraving, has already been $4, STE, ,oOO. The ninth census cost exclusive of printing and engraving, $3. S36, ,ooo. The increase of pop ulation between 1870 and 1880 was 30 per cent and hence the increase in the cost of the last census. The tenth census should have been estimated to cost $5, ,00o, GOO, ex- elusive of printing ana engraving. The superintendent urges an immediate appro- priation to carry forward the work.