Milford chronicle., 1883-12-28
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
SENATE.

having reference to the navy. The tirst-fOl
! promoting the efficiency of the navy The bill
| abOlishes the Bureau of Construction and Re
| pairs and establishes instead Bureau Of Naval
| instruction. The second provides for the con-
struction of seven steel vessels, one steel ram,
one cruising torpedo boat and two harbor tor
pedo boats, and the third authorizes the Presi-
dent to establish two naval OF cOallng stations
at or near the Isthmus of Panama-One on the
Atlantic side and one on the Pacific side.
New officers of the Senate, recently nomi-
mated in the Republican caucus, were elected.
The Senate continued its consideration of
the new rule which gives the President pro
tenn. power Of substitution for three days.
large number of army. navy and other
nominations were sent to the Senate.
Bills were introduced as follows
To establish Board of Railroad Com
missiOners and to regulate interstate Com
merce.
Authorizing the payment Of prize money to
the officers of the Farragut fleet for the de-
struction Of the enemy's shipping in 1862.
To authorize distillatiOn of fruit without tax
by the Federal Government, leaving the ques-
ton of such taxation to the State.
HOUSE.
Mr.. Cox has prepared a bill giving postal
letter carriers thirty days leave Of absence in
each year.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
Half riotous mobs gathered in diff
ferent parts of Italy to honor OYerdank's
memory.
- The Glasgow dynamiters were con-
victed; five were sentenced to imprisOn-
ment for life and five to seven years.
The bodies of Captain De Long and
his comrades have arrived at Irkutsk.
-Abyssinia is preparing for war with
Egypt.
1t Is currently reported in London
that Miss Mary Anderson is engaged to
be married to the Duke of Portland.
Admiral Courbet's official dispatch
has been received by the French Gov
ernment announcing the capture Of the
fortress of SontaY on the 18th, with the
additional loss of one hundred killed and
wounded. The French losses during the
irst days fighting were nearly one thou
sand.
The steamer st. Agustin, from Man.
lila for Liverpool, was burned on Sun
day in the Bay Of Biscay. The passen-
gers and crew, numbering eighty souls,
took to the boats belonging to the |
vessel and succeeded in leaving |
5he burning steamer without mishap. |
Several hours afterward one of the |
boats reached an English brig and It's
occupants were taken on board. The !
second boat, after its crew had rowed |
ome distance from the burning steamer.
vas seen to return in that direction, and
he fate of those in the boat is not
-nOwn. The third boat soon after
he launching parted company with the
thers and was shortly lost sight Of
What became of her is unknown. The
ourth boat, containing fourteen of the
rev, fell IN with a passing vessel, and
IS occupants were taken on board and
nded at Dartmouth in the morning.
IS believed that fifty persons perished
y the disaster.
The Gar of Russia, while on hunt
lg excursion, was thrown out of wagon
nd injured in the right shoulder. Grave ,
ears were for time entertained, but the
imperor OF Germany has received a spec
u telegram that the injury is not serious.
Dispatches from Hong Kong state
nat the French have captured the prin.
ipal outposts of Sontay, embracing five
rongly-fortitied villages, despite a /
ubbom resistance. The loss of {
le French amounted to 200 men ,
nd 10 officers killed and wounded. !
dmiral Courbet had about 1000 men
all arms, including auxiliaries, only 1
OOO OF whom were engaged. The
1lance was held in reserve. The Chinese
Ill hold the fortress assaulted on the
'th with combined land and water
rces. i
In Spain a rupture between tile 7
flowers of Senior Sagasta and the
ynastic Left is imminent. L
"A review of 10000 soldiers was held c
Rome in honor of the visit of the Il
'own Prince of Germany. n
Twenty Servian radicals, concerned t,
a late revolt, have been sentenced to q
ath. "
Ell Mahdi is moving in a westerly !,
rection with his whole force. y =
-Th Khedive of Egypt has instructed y
aker I 5ha to endeavor to conciliate To-
g tribes before resorting to force. o.
Sir John Hawley Glover is appointed h
Oyernor of Newfoundland. W
- The Lord Mayor of London has re-
ived anonymous letters containing
reats to blow up London bridge and n
swgate prison. The detectives who r
re withdrawn from the prison after the !"
nging of O'Donnell have been re- al
iced, and an extra force Of police has ia
en- stationed on and about the bridge 10
watch the arches, examine all craft n,
ling underneath the structure, and to
utinize all persons crossing it. "
Joseph Poole was hanged at Dublin Is
the murder Of John Kenny. Kenny pl
S killed on the night of July 4, 1882, 70
Dublin, No disturbance took place, th