The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1883-03-16

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south.
j. II. Dodge, statlstician of the agricnl-
tural department, says no reports of dam
age to the growing wheat have been receiv-
ed by him. He says future disasters alone
can inJure the crop.
Information has been received that Mrs.
Senator Harrison who has been In New
York for some time Is in critical condi-
tiOn, and that Senator Harrison can not go
to Indiana for some time.
Several hundred squatters have recently
Invaded that part of the Sioux reservation
which lies east Of the Missouri river, and
the Interior department Is requested to
cause their expulsion.
The opinion prevails at the treasury de-
partment that the law removing the tax
from hank deposits, etc., is retroactive, re-
lieving banks from taxes that have accrued
since the LIST Of January.
Col. Thomas Worthington, OF Cincinnati,
has brought suit for $50, 600 damages against
Third Auditor Keightley of the treasury
fcial reports that tended to defeat the
plaintiffs claim for pay for supplies fur
nished Camp Dennison, Ohio during the
war OF the rebellion.
No decision has yet been made by the
treasury department as to the date at which
operation of the act of March ;, 1883, and
none will be rendered until some pertinent
case shall have come before the secretary
for hearing.
Secretary Folger has under consideration
the question preached relative to the case
of Representative-elect Ochiltree, of Texas,
whether the treasury department may with
hold the pay due member of congress to
Offset a claim of the government against
him. Mr. Ochiltree was in default in his
accounts as United States marshal of Tex
as, and 1t was proposed to recOup the gov
eminent by Withholding from him an equal
portion OF his salary as congressman.
The state department having instituted
inquiries as to the cause Of the firing upon
the United States steamer Valencia by the
Dutch fort at Curacao, in the West Indies,
explanation has been made that the Incl
dent was the result OF negligence on the
part Of the principal police officer of the
place, and an unwarranted exercise of an
obsolete regulation by the officer of the
fort The offenders have been punished,
and assurance is given that the occurrence
will not be repeated.
The new tax and tariff law underwent
some remarkable transformations from the
time it was passed in the senate until It
reached the president for signature, the re-
spOnsibility for which does not appear in
the records. Inseveral instances the inten.
ton Of the trainers Of the bill has been de-
Ittttu ny tnc MISREPRESENTATION Oh u conjunction
or q punctuation mark, and the probability
Is the treasury department., instead of be-
ing relieved in the matter Of construction
of the law, will have little time for any
other business than explaining the purport
Of the act OF 1883.
Extracts from the correspondence be-
tween Minister Lowell and the state de-
partment relative to the enactment by the
British parliament Of the law for the pre-
ventiOn of crime In Ireland Is published. In
q letter from Secretary Frelinghuysen re
greet Is expressed that nation whose his
tory and traditions are SO linked with the
progress of human liberty as are those of
the United Kingdom should have deemed
it necessary to reenact the provisions Of the
obnoxious alien act and the fear finds eX-
preston that the enforcement of the law
may interfere with the cordial relations
which have hitherto existed between the
British government and that of the United
States. The latter bears date September
20, 1882.
The pension claim agents worked as hard
as any body for the passage of the bill in
creasing the pensions Of crippled soldiers.
They expected to rake in big pot from tho
ees. They are now irritated over the de-
c'sion of the Pension office, which knocks
their money-making scheme on the head
Commissioner Dudley holds that the in
crease of pension is part of the original
case, and that the intervention of an agent
would not entitle him to an additional
Zee. All that is necessary, is to fill out a
blank establishing the identity of the pen
pate much delay in making the changes
under the new act. He Is determined,
however, that the claim agents shall not
reap the harvest they anticipated.
DECISION AFFIRMED.
The supreme court of the United States
aiflrmed the decision OF the court below In
the case of the NewYOrk Guaranty and In
demnity company ct al. against the Mem
and others. TIE ground Of the demand |
against the city was cOgnizable at law, and |
no special circumstances were shown for a |
resort to equity. The bill was, therefore, |
properly dismissed.
THE ASSISTANTS sNUBBEp.
The president has made an innovation |
upon long-standing but inconvenient prac'
tice. 1t has been customary when any one
OF the cabinet officers Is absent from the |
city for one of the assistant secretaries to
take his place at the cabinet council board.
1t is understood that the president has de-
cided not to admit the assistant secretaries
hereafter, except when they are specially
sistant postmaster general, was the first to
receive the cold shoulder by being kept two
hours In the ante-room in the white house
while the cabinet was in session last Fri
day.
DENIAL.
1t Is denied at the treasury department
that the members of the tariff commission
are still receiving pay. The treasury Off
Gals say the commission has been regarded
as functus officio from the time it made its
report to congress ut the opening Of last
session, and no money has been paid its
members on account of service since that
time. John /. Hayes, who was disbursing
officer of the commission, as well as its
president is now settling his accounts. Ali
the money allowed him, since the report
was submitted to congress-, has been for the
purpose of defraying expenses incurred in
the progress of the work.
PREPARING THE PENSION LIST.
One of the last acts of the forty. seventh
congress was to appropriate about $50, coo
for the purpose Of printing communica-
ton from the commissioner of pensions