The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-06-28

had with our diplomatic and con
sular representatives. Investigation
INTO the facts Is now being made b,
them. IL Is of course proper tina
this government should ascertain
whether any nation with which il i.
on friendly relations is violating any
obligation of international friendship
before calling attention to any such
matter In the mean time the law
now provides that the secretary OF
the treasury shall examine into the
condition of any emigrant arriving
In any port of the United States
AMI if there should be found
any convict, lunatic. idiot
or any person unable to take
care of himself without becoming a
public charge, thev shall report the
same in writing to the collector mt
such port and such person shall not
be permitted to land. The investiga-
ton will be thorough and exhaustive
on this side of the Atlantic and on
the other, and in the meantime the
la will be strictly enforced.
Each delegate was then introduced
to the president by Sullivan, and the
conference closed.
WASHINGTON, June 25.-The presi-
dent issued an executive order this
afternoon promulgating changes made
in the internal revenue collection dis
tricts, to take effect July 1:
The number of districts have been
reduced from 1876 to 80. Changes in
part are as follows:
Alabama-The two districts of this
state are consolidated; Arthur Bing-
ham designated as collector. This is
new appointment. The district will
be known as the First district.
California-The First and Fourth
districts consolidated into one. to
which is also attached the district of
Nevada, all to be known as the
Fourth district of California: Amos
L. Frost, Sacramento, collector. New
district.
Colorado and Wyoming.-These dis
trictS are consolidated into one: Jas.
Wolfe, collector.
Arizona and New Mexico. These
two districts are consolidated: Silas
w. Fisher, collector.
Observation-Disclosures first dis
trict enlarged so as to include Berks.
Lehigh and Schuylkill, of the present
eighth district, all of which will be
known as the first district; VIM. j.
Pollock, collector. The counties of
Lebanon, in the present eighth dis
trlct; Snyder, Juniata and Dauphan,
IN the present fourteenth district;
Adams, Franklin, Fulton and Miflin, |
In the present sixteenth district; Cum
bertrand, Lancaster, Perry and York. |
OF the present ninth district, are con-
stltuted as one, to be known |
as the nineth district. An
drew j. Kaufman, collector of the |
counties of Clinton, Centre, Lycom-
ing, Tioga Northumberland, Potter
and Union, of the present fourteenth |
district, consolidated with the coun-
ties of Bradford, Carlton, Columbia.
Luzerne, Monroe, Montour, Pike. |
Northampton. Sullivan, Susquehanna,
Wayne, of the present |
twelfth district and known as the
twelfth district. Edward III. Chase. |
collector of the counties OF Clarion
Crawford, Forest, Merceo, Venango,
at present the twentieth
district, consolidated with the coun-
ties of Cameron, Erie, Elk, Mexican,
and Warren. The nineteenth district,
j. T. Walter. Erie, the designated
collector, a new appointment for the
counties of Bedford and Somerset,
the present siXteeth district. with ali
OF the Allegheny county lying south
OF the Ohio and Allegheny
rivers, including Neville Island and the
counties, Fayette, Greene, Washing
ton and West Moreland, all constitu-
ted one district, to be known as
twenty-second; Frank p. Case, Collec-
tor. The counties, Blair, Cambria and !
Huntington represent the sixteenth
district.