The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-05-23

johns 10 secretary Unandler rnat TWO
whalers have sailed for the Arctic regions,
In the hope OF securing the Greedy reward,
and two more will soon take their depart
ure.
The United States treasury Is now pre-
pared to forward fractional silver coins In
sums OF $500 or its multiple, at the expense
OF the government. The coinage OF the
minis for April amounted to S4,402, 4lo OF
lars.
The senate committee on territories made
| an adverse report on the house bill provid-
ing that no person shall be appointed gov
ernor OF territory unless he has been for
two years q resident thereof, because no
such limitation can be placed on the con-
stitutional power OF the president
A special agent of the interior department
| In COLORADO reports that the Estes Park COM
papy, organized in England by the earl of
Dunraven, has secured thirty claims through
persons who never saw the park, and OBJ
tanned eight more from people who made
occasional visits, but In no case was the law
complied with.
A letter from William Pitt Kellogg was
read Monday before the house committee
on expenditures of the department of JUS
tice asking to be allowed to appear with
counsel; otherwise he proposes to appeal to
the house for special committee of investi-
| CATION. The committee decided to suggest
the latter course to the petitioner.
The civilized tribes of Indian Territory
are exceedingly hostile to the allotment OF
lands In severalty among the savages, on
the ground that it would demOralize the
| tribal organizations. Bushyhead, the prin-
| cipal chief of the Cher0kees, has filed ut
| Washington protest against the bill. The
Pawnees have leased $4,000 acres to cattle
| rQi fort five Of &c MIR Qnr
On the order of the house committee on
foreign affairs, Representative Stewart has
prepared bill for the appointment of three
commissioners to aid in extending trade
with the southern republics and to inquire
into public sentiment IN regard ard to railway
| for expenses and salaries for two years. Mr..
| Stewart claims that railroad communication
with the Argentine Republic could easily
be brought about.
The committee on patents has instructed
Chairman Plat to prepare circular letter
| to be addressed to persons prominently in
terested In patented property, and also to
! persons in favor of legislation for the pro-
lection of innocent users of patented ar
ticles, asking their opinion Of theprOvisions
| of house bill No. 3, 925 to regulate practice
in patent suits (recently recOmmitted by the
senate), and their suggestions as to what
| legislation IL any Is necessary pertaining to
| the matter.
The court Of inquiry to Investigate the
charges preferred against Judge Advocate
General Swain by A. Z. Bateman, of this
Counsel mads reeera OF ths
| grounds OF accusation, and counsel for Cen
| eral Swain made counter statement, as
sorting that the subject matter of the inves-
tigation would be shown to have grown out
| of an honest difference of opinion between
Bateman and Swain as to the state of their
accounts In stocks, bonds, etc. Mr.. Bate
man was called to the stand, and testified to
the character and extent Of the business
transactions between his firm and General
Swain.
THE RIVER AND HARBOR BILL.
The committee on rivers and harbors have
gotten into lively controversy over prop
OsitiOn to reduce the amounts to be allowed
for the improvements of the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers. The object is to bring
down the aggregate of the bill to SIC, 900 900
or $4,000, 900, which can only be accom-
plished by throwing out some of the appro-
priatiODS agreed upon, or by scaling the
amounts to be allowed for the larger rivers
and harbors. 1t has been agreed that the
Mississippi from Cairo down should have
1000, 900, but when the bill was about to be
finished the committee discovered that the
aggregate of the bill was so large that 1t
would be difficult TO get 1t through congress
or defend it before the country. Naturally,
it was claimed that the Mississippi, which
had not been subjected to the average re-
ductiOn below the engineers estimates,
ought TO be required to come within the gem
eral rule. The controversy may keep the
bill In committee several days longer. The
appropriation of $500, 900 for the Hennepin
canal was put in by majority. and a MEM
Der of the committee SAYS he expects there
will be minority report against the Hen
nepin. to he followed by sharp fight in the
house t. throw 1t out OF the bill.
SUBSTITUTE FOR MORRIsON's BILL.
Representative George l.. Converse, of
Ohio, will Introduce in the house, at the
earliest opportunity, an amendment or sub
sttute for the Morrison tariff bill. The
features of this proposed measure or amend-
ment are as follows: The wool duties of
1867 to be restored, except as to carpet wool,
which shall be placed on the free list with
some twenty. other articles. The metal
schedule will be equalized by reducing the
duty on some articles and increasing it on
few others. The tobacco internal tax to be
abolished, and provisions to be made for
giving alcohol to manufacturers free of tax,
manufacturers who manufacture for export
to receive rebate on their raw materials
equal to the duty less 10 per cent A re-
duction OF 10 per cent. to be made In favor
of goods imported in American bottoms.
This Is said to be similar to the old law
passed in Jefferson's administration, except
the Jefferson differential duty was an in
crease of 10 per cent on the then existing
tariff list, while Mr. Converse proposes 10
per cent reduction. Mr.. Converse thinks
his bill will reduce the revenue SO, 900 900
year.