Connecticut western news., 1885-01-28
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 A bill introduced by Representative Cox pro- vides for the retirement of army captains and heutenants upon sixty per cent. of full pay when they shall have reached the age of fifty years.
 A motion made by Mir. Hill, of Illinois, to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill pro- yiding for the exercise of the jurisdiction con- ferred on the United States in places outside of their territory and dominion, and repeating the Revised Statutes from section 1, 038 to4, 130 inclusive, was lost by a vote of 149 yeas to 104 nays-not the necessary two-thirds.
 A resolution was introduced by Gen. Slocum calling upon the President to transmit to Con- gress an appeal made to him on behalf of Fitz John Porter, with all accompanying papers The appeal referred to was sent to the Presi- dent by Fitz John Porter about two months ago and IS request by him for reinstatement in the army, he claiming that the President can reinstate without further action by Con. gress.
 The bill introduced by Representative Cox for the construction of gunboat provides for the appropriation of S250. 900 for 900-ton vessel, to be built in accordance with the plans and specifications prepared by the Admiral of the Navy,
 The Indian Appropriation bill was consid- cred. It appropriates S5,664, 135, or $1, ,863,- = 914 less than the estimates and $195,15O less than the amount carried by the bill for the current year.
 Mir. Hewitt, of New York, from the Commit tee on Ways and Means, reported bill amend ing section 3,019, Revised Statutes, so that 1t will read as follows Section 3,019.-There shall be allowed on all ar ticles wholly manufao- tured of materials imported, on which duties have been paid when exported, dlawback equal in amount to the duty paid on such ma terials and no more, to be ascertained under Secretary of the Treasury; and all provisions of law inconsistent herewith are hereby re- pealed.
 FOREIGN ITEMS.
 A fire in Hamburg destroyed property worth $250, 900. A fireman lost his life.
 "A famine is prevailing in the governments of Archangel and Yo.ogda, Russia.
 A bank manager and accountant were tomahawked in branch office of the Union Bank of Australia.
 Colonel Stewards force met the Arabs twGnty-three miles northeast of Metemneh and after stubborn engagement, in which the Arabs lest 800 killed, forced the enemy to re. treat. Colonel Fred Burnaby, of Khiva fame, with eight other officers, was killed in the fight with the Arabs.
 Morgan O'Connell, second son of Daniel OConnen, the great Irish agitator, is dead.
 It is said that England and Turkey have agreed to divide Egypt between them.
 King Leopold entertains the hope of put ting General Gordon at the head of the African International Association. Thomas Parry was hanged in Ireland for the murder of his sweetheart. Alicia Burns The Emperor William is confined to his bed with hernial trouble. His physicians are anxious.
 Lady Georgiana Charlotte Fullerton, the au' 'aoress is dead.
 An incendiary fire completely destroyed the town of Hausham, near Hong Kong, in China. Many lives were lost. Fears are entertained that the steamer Charles Townsend Hook, which sailed from Saigon for Hong Kong, has been lost with 25O souls aboard.
 -Edmond About the novelist, journalist, dramatist and member of the Academy of France, is dead About's fame will rest npon his amusing novels and his admirable novel | cites.
 The English soldiers in the Egyptian desert are suffering terribly from thirst and | fatigue.
 | More earthquake shocks have been felt in l Spain.
 The heavy snowstorm and frost con- tinue in Spain. In Malaga the most se- we're snowstorm since 1861 prevails, The sugar cane crop has been destroyed and the orange and olive groves have .been damaged. | The situation is most critical. l The city of Klagenfurt, capital of the \ province of Carinthia, in Southern Austria \ was visited by an avalanche, which wrecked several buildings and killed twenty of the in. habitants. Many others were injured and \ rendered homeless. All efforts to rescue the ! buried peasants have been futile. | "A small village at the foot of the Simplun | Mountain, in Switzerland, has been butied | under ten feet of snow by an avalanche