The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-02-08

The senate committee on finance referred
to the secretary of the treasury the bill for
the extension OF the BOMBED period ON
whisky, for information as to its effect ON
the national finances.
The chief of police at Buda -Pesth. Hun
gary, has sent circulars to the United
States Offering rewards for the detection
OF the men who recently stole from the
postoffice steps an iron chest containing
24n.O0l forms.
The bill prepared by the recent national
bankrupt convention at Washington Is
about TO be reported 10 the senate, with
but few changes, by the judiciary suocom
mittee, and the house committee has near
ly agreed upon a similar measure.
The Mississippi river convention, COM
posed of five hundred delegates assembled
here Tuesday. s. o. Stanard, Of st. Louis,
was elected president, and addressed the
assemblage on the Importance of improv-
Ing navigation on the great river.
Representative Belmont has proposed
resolution directing the judiciary commit
tee to report whether congress has the
power to regulate commerce with foreign
nations by imposing federal inspection
laws on American pork destined for ex-
portation, and whether any state may. not
require the inspection and marking of hog
! product by state officers.
Mr.. Denny. American consul general
at Shanghai, Is said to have received per-
emptory orders from Washington to rent
an Office building owned by George III.
Seward, Mt an extravagant price, and IN
came home. Representative Springer
threatens to introduce resolution call
ing for all the papers in the case.
The house committee on public lands by
unanimous vote agreed TO report a bill de-
claring forfeited the lands which have
been granted to the Oregon d California
and California and Oregon railroads, ex-
cept 10000 600 acres which have been pat
ented. The two grants embrace about
1000 600 acres, estimated to be worth IS. 90
or 81 per acre. The terms of the respect
i've grants expired July /, 1880.
Senator Cameron's bill to enable the
people of Dakota to form a constitution,
delegates. The delegates are to meet at
the capitol OH the 1st OF December, 1854,
and proceed to frame constitution, the
proposed state to embrace the whole or
such portion of the territory as the c0nven.
ton may decide; the delegates TO- be APP
portioned among the counties as follows !:
Each county organized prior to election
shall elect one delegate and one additional
delegate for every eight hundred votes
cast at the last general election for dele
gates to congress.
The British parliament opened It's ses-
olOn luCSuals hO uuCCh SpCtCH
nounces that an Anglo-American commits
sion Is now sitting in Paris to consider the
Newfoundland fishery question, and that
diplomatic relations with Mexico are in q
fair way OF being soon resumed. The
order for the evacuation OF Cairo was re-
called In consequence of the EgyptiaR re
verses in the Soudan, and General Gordon
has been Sc mt to assist the khedive in car
rying out withdrawal. The queen urges
the passage of the bills to extend the fran.
chise throughout the United Kingdom and
to reform local government, and states
municipal government TO the whole me-
tropOlis and to repress corruption at cleo
tions.
About the most interesting topic now is
the action of Secretary Chandler in refus-
ing to appoint either OF four men desig-
nrted by the civil service commission to
fill a vacancy in the navy department 1t
Is admitted on all sides that Chandler had
deliberately taken advantage of this OPP
portunity to show his contempt for the
civil service law, and especially OF the COM
mission, the rules of which he has always
considered illegal aud unconstitutional. OF
course the secretary did not officially an
nounce his refusal to be governed by the
civil service law, nor did he formally de-
cline to make the appointments from the
four names recommended by the commits
sion. He simply informed the commission
that the examination of those certified
did not show sufficient degree Of gener-
al intelligence" to warrant him in assign
ing any OF them to position in the navy
department..
THE PUBLIC DEBT.
The reduction in the public debt for
January is nearly ST., 900, 000 and for the
seven months over 65,00O, 000 against
SEC, 600, COO for January, 1888. and sos, OOo-
600 for the seven months ending with that
month. This shows falling off in surplus
revenue for the past seven months of
about $50 DOC, COO, an average monthly loss
Of about 81, zoe, 900. Should the reduction
that has prevailed during the preceding
seven months be maintained at the same
rate for the remaining five months of the
Sll2, 600, 900, which would be sec, OCO. 600
below that OF the preceding year. The
aggregate Of the interest-bearing debt
shows no material reduction compared
with Jan. l, the difference being only S227,-
is less than 5000, oo0 Taking The e entire
aggregate of the debt, including the inter-
est accrued to date, 1t will be found that
the figures show an increase Of $4,000, 900
compared with Jan. l.
FAVORABLE REPORTS.
The senate committee on education and
labor has ordered favorable reports as fol-
lows: On Mr.. Logan's joint resolution pro-
NiuluB LUZ tuc pay ilicut per ulcIl vi gov
ernt laborers for certain holidays, when
clerks and other salared employees are so
paid; on Mr.. Blair's bill TO establish bu-
reau of statistics of labor in the interior
department.; on Mr.. Blair's bill to fix and
regulate the hours of labor and laborers,
w0rkmen, and mechanics employed by the
government of the United States; on Mr..
Georges bill to protect employees, servants,
etc. TIT provides that any employe of q
railroad, steamboat or other vessel, shall
be entitled from his employer or master to
damages for any injury he may sustain In
such employment through careless, neg
ligent, or unskillful act or omission by his
employer or fellow-employes. No rule or
regulation of the employer, and no agree
ment between him and an employe, Shall
exempt the employer from the liability i'm.
posed by the act.
FOhElGN.
The police of Vienna have compiled
list of foreigners who are to be expelled
from the Austrian empire.