GENERAL SUMMARY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XL, Issue 9090, 23 May 1891, Page 2

GENERAL SUMMARY.

San Francisco, May 1.-— The Neva Toh World's London special say 3it is reported that Michael Davitt has decided to abandon his English career and emigrate to San Francisco, with the view of making his home on the Pacific Slope.

The Ohio Farmers' Alliance declares for a uniform system of school books, the Australian system of ballot, reduction in railroad rates to two cents a mile, and taxation of real estate at its assessed value, less mortgage indebtedness. Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, has signed a bill making it unlawful for Corporations to establish relief- departments and retain the money of employes for such a purpose. It is understood that at Ottawa the smuggling of Chinese from Canadian to A morican territory is at present the subject of diplomatic correspondence between the Imperial and United States Government. A Chicago p-iper says that as tbe result of a conference in that City the oatmeal millers of the country have formed acombination to take the place of the Oatmeal Trust, which went to pieces years ago. The Wisconsin House of Representatives has indefinitely postponed the Bill reducing the passenger rates on railroads to two cents per mile. The Customs officials made a heavy seizure of opium on the Pacific Mail Dock on April 30th. The Inspectors were paying special attention to the merchandise being unloaded off the steamer China, and at last in a consignment of 40 cases of alleged crockery, they discovered 20 cases of Lai Yuen opium. In all there were 1170 pounds of the drug, valued at . 23,000 dollars. The value placed against the entire invoice of forty boxes which were marked " JM," according to the shipper, was only 80 dollars. Later in the day, John H. Boden, a Customhouse broker, called and made an exportation entry for the 40 cases to Albert Marks, in Mexico. The drug was removed to the appraiser's store. Another attempt to smuggle some of the drug ashore was fiustrated by Inspector Ahem, who arrested S. P. Carter as he was' descending the gang plank from the China with 28 five tael cans of prepared opium. Carter is, associated in a peddling business with ex.lnspector of Customs Veeder, and the opsium was bidden in his pack. Carter offered to turn States' evidence to evade arrest, but was sent to ths County Gaol until he obtained 1000 dollars bonds. Although Carter's partner Veeder was once an Inspector of the Customhouse, the authorities profess to believe that he is not in any way connected with Carter's smuggling, bnt believe that the latter has beon oarryiog it on moro 01' less frequently 0B hip OWB IWPUAfe i