Show t THE CRIMES BILL The Friends of Liberty Make a Gallant Fight Against the In famous Measure The Hill Will however Become a Law Substantially as It First Appeared The Floods in Hungary Tho Corinthian Corinth-ian Regatta Disasters by Fire and Water From Washington WASHINGTON Juno 14 Secretary Lamar has returned from tho South nnd is at his desk in the Interior Department On account ac-count of the illness of a member of her family Mrs Lamar will extend her visit indefinitely The President held a public reception in the Eaat Room yesterday afternoon Only seventy persons were present The small attendance was due to the fact that it was not generally known that n reception was to bo given Writing from Leghorn to tho Department of State Consul Satorits says tho duties on imports will bo largely increased to protect Italian industries nnd products A strong effort is being made to have a duty of 38 per cent per 220 pounds imposed on American Ameri-can lard A recent analysis presented to tho Commission is said to have shown that American lard contains 12 to 15 per cent of water hidden by means of 2 to 3 per cent of alum and 1 per cent of calcecaustica A petition for a writ of quo tIarranto I against John N Oliver was today filed in the District Court in tho name of the United Stutes Oliver was removed from the office of Justice of the Peace by Presi dent Cleveland but refused to surrender the office docket to his successor claiming that ho could be removed only by the Supreme Su-preme Court of the Distiict of Columbia The petition which was made returnable on the 16th inst calls on Oliver to show by what right he continues to exercise tho functions of Justice of the Peace Assistant Seen tnry Maynard has received re-ceived a report from the Collector of Customs Cus-toms at Now York in regard to the recent importation at that port of fifty chassepots muskets nnd accoutrements which were presented by the Government of France to tho Mutual Aid Society of San Francisco It appears that the importation was mado on the steamer La Bretagne on tho 25th of October last and was consigned to tho French Consul The case was referred to the Secretary of State who has advised the Treasury Department that while the importance im-portance of tho principal involved as to whether a domestic association can be armed by a foreign government requires its submission to Congress yet ho sees no objection ob-jection in the present case to allowing the French Consul should he so desire to make an export entry of said arms and accoutrements accoutre-ments and send them back to France The Collector has been instructed to act in accordance ac-cordance with this view |