Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-13
wAsHIRGTON NOTES.

An0 FTes10enS W11 EnlOT the Efesn
 Air on the Pstomac-Appointm by the President~HoW Allard 6 Go. Struggled in Thousands of Dollars worth eHGoods.
 WASHINGTON, April 12.-The President in- tends to enjoy little rest and the fresh air of the Potomac on a revenue cutter to-mor- row, leaving Washington in the morning and returning in the evening. He will probably
 be accompanied by Mrs. Harrison and several members of the cabinet.
 Secretary Tracy requests that 8 positive denial be made of the published reports that he has asked for the resignation of Paymaster
 General Fulton of the navy.
 The Postmaster General to-day appointed
 John A. Murphy postmaster at Warrenville, Conn.
 The President made the following appoint
 ments this afternoon: Lyman E. Knapp Of
 Middlebury, Vt., to be governor of Alaska;
 James P. Luse of Dakota, to be register of
 the land office at Rapid City, Dak.; Thomas
 N. Reed, jr.. of Washington Territory, to be
 register of the land office at Seattle, w. T.;
 Spencer Hartwig of Covington, Ky, to be a
 special agent to make allotments of lands in
 severalty to indians under the provisions of
 the act of Congress approved February g.,
 1887.
 Rear Admiral Franklin, president of the
 board of American delegates to the interna-
 tional marine conference, has submitted to
 the Secretary of State the programme of the
 subjects to be considered by the conference,
 and it will be transmitted to the several pow
 CTS that intend to participate.
 In his letter of trsnsmittal the President
 says that in conformity with the intentions
 expressed by our government in the core
 spondence with the British government, 8
 consideration of the international code of flag signals was excluded from the pro. gramme and 8 consideration of the Load line" was included. With this exception and this addition the entire subject matter ot the act of Congress of July g, 1888, was ar
 ranged in general divisions, following as nearly as possible the precise language of the act. These general divisions were then care. fully considered and each was arranged un der sub divisions and sub-heads. In con- clusion the admiral says: ''It is believed that this arrangement in detail is sufficiently broad to include all matters bearing directly upon the principal topics, and care has been taken at the same time to avoid extending the field of the deliberations of the conference beyond the limits indicated in the act of congress and it's interpretation by the State department"
 Special Agent Simmons has made report to the treasury department in regard to the recent seizures from Alsrd 6 Co. of New York. He says that Alphonse L. Blossier, former employe of the company, is the in- former in the case. He was discharged last February. His statement is in effect that Allard & Co. have been engaged since March 1SSe, in smuggling and otherwise defraading the government. An investigation resulted in the seizure on the 2d inst. of van load of goods, consisting of tapestries, portieres, Spanish embroideries, church service robes and a lot of furniture ! in which the articles named had been concealed. This furniture had been released as household effects and was passed free. On the same day the treasury agents visited the residence of Paul Roulez, the local represent ative of the firm in Hoboken, and seized the two tapestries, worth about S, ,000, which had beer smuggled in with furniture and were passed as personal effects. A large l amount of other goods were smuggled in with the same furniture, but has since passed into the hands of customers. Subsequently, an other seizure was made of a large amount of furniture at the store of Allard & Co.,, which had been brought over by Bernard The bault, formerly in Allard's chair factory in Paris. Simmons says he has evidence that l this firm concealed behind looking glass 8 painting of prominent citizen of New York worth about $6,000. and they also ! smuggled another valued at $25, 900. He l says that the firm have for their customers principally the wealthiest people in New York, and the evidence adduced against l them Is that they have not only been en- gagged in defrauding the government, but | that they have been swindling their custom CTS also on a most extensive scale They have greatly uudervalued some of their im- portations and have charged their customers for more duties than they paid.