Connecticut western news., 1883-02-21


 hundreds of families have been rendered homeless.
 The sawmill of B. J. Grier ct Char day morning, instantly killing the pro- prietor and William Gordon, the engi- neer.
 The Chamber of Commerce has memorialized the President in behalf of the American hog products which Ger many has declared unwholesome and re- fused to allow to be imported into that country.
 Five men were instantly killed and two others fatally injured by the simul- taneous explosion of two boilers in file works at Taylorville, Ill. A mob who desired to lynch negro prisoner were repulsed from the jail at Paola, Kan, Friday, with loss of one of ] their number killed and several wounded. William B. Dodge, ST., of the house of Phelps, Dodge & Co.,, New York, died suddenly just before o'clock Friday morning, at his residence, 225 Madison avenue. He had risen and ordered his breakfast, and was dressing himself. It was his habit to put on in the morn ing blue silk dressing gown, lined and faced with red, and he said to his wife: Melissa, won't you please give me my Joseph's coat ?" She went into an adjoining room to get it, and strangely altered voice. She hurried back and found him lying on the floor, and very pale. He drew two long breaths, and died without speaking again. Dr. William H. Draper, Dr. w. T. Lusk, and Dr. L. L. Simpson, who were hastily summoned, found him dead. He died from heart disease
 WASHINGTON NoTR& The new River and Harbor bill was reported to the House Thursday. It proposes to appropriate nearly $8,000,- 900. The total amount of money unex. pended was, on the 1st of December, | $17, ,734, 944 nearly SIS, 100000 The | bill reported to the House appropriates | $7, ,937, ,OOO-a little less than $8, 000, ,0Q0 more.
 | The new treaty with Mexico is favor ably considered by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and will probably be ratified.
 The Legislative bill, as reported to | the House, provides for the abolition of | forty-four collectors.
 l gar on the free list received but twenty six votes.
 The House passed the Japanese Indemnity bill.
 l The Senate left the duty on books as at present, 15 per cent. cd valoren1. The duty on bitumirous coal was fixed at seventy-fve cents per ton on matches thirty-fve per cent; on garden seed | twenty per cent.
 | General Hagen has asked for an in- vestigation of the charges made by Con- gressman Beltzhoover against the con- duct of the Signal Bureau.
 The government is said to have been swindled of many thousands of dollars through the connivance of custom house examiners in permitting the entry of sound potatoes and fruits as partly or wholly damaged.
 | MT. Cox, of New York, offered an amendment to the House bill for the ad- mission of foreign built ships on the pay ment of 8 duty of 30 per cent. ad valorem, and this being rejected, pro- posed duty of 20 per cent. ad valorem, ! which shared the same fate. MT. Cox 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 ad-
 vice of his friends, declines to make any
 statement whatever in explanation or
 refutation of the charges alleged against
 his financial conduct.
 The Senate Judiciary Committee
 agreed to report for passage bill pro- I viding for the purchase from George | Washington Parke Custis Lee of the
 entire Arlington estate (comprising l, LOG
 acres near Washington City and includ.
 ing the National Cemetery), at total
 cost of $15O,OOO. The accrued taxes
 (some $15, ,0O0) are to be paid by Genera.
 Lee. who has agreed to the terms pro
 posed by the committee.
 In the Senate the duty on pig-iror
 was advanced to $6.50 per ton, which ii
 within 22 cents of the rate proposed by
 the Tariff Commission and within 5(
 cents of the present duty. The dutie on lumber, which had been stricken ou in Committee of the Whole, were als' restored by vote of 29 to Is.
 In the House, MT. Townsend, o Illinois, in speaking of the merits of thu
 tariff bill, said it was sired by lobby o
 hired agents of monopolists and wa brought forth in secret conclave. Thi statement MT. Haskell pronounced as
 ialsehood, and personal altercation be } tween the two gentlemen followed, whic] at one time threatened to result serious ly, but was talked and laughed down b | members.
 In the Senate on motion of MI McPherson iute, which had been struc out in the Committee of the Whole, wa
 restored at the rate in the bill, $15 pc ton. Jute butts were left to go upon tn
 free list.
 The House continued discussion ( } the Tariff bill in Committee of tn i Whole. Amendments reducing the dr
 ties on cotton ties was lost and the dut $ as passed by the bill remains unchanged 2 The Hera5d's Washington core ] spondent on Monday says: "Opinion
 are divided about the chances of tariff bill passing before the 4th ( 3 March. On the whole, it is probab]
 that some bill will pass and that it wi be a bad one, as it will be rushe
 through too quickly for it's various set : hons to receive proper attention" On motion of MT. Bayard the sectio : of the Senate tariff bill permitting th importation duty free of lumber, timber
 hemp, manila and other materials whic may be necessary for the construction ( 1 vessels in the United States for employ ment in the foreign trade was amende so as to apply also to vessels "for foreig T account and ownership" :. Reductions in the taxes on snuff cigars and unmanufactured tobacco 1 eight cents per pound were agreed to b T the Senate.