The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-08-02

with the postoffice authorities for the
| purpose. Postmaster General Ores
ham will not return to Washington
until next Saturday. He will 90 as
far as Chicago with the presidents
party.
WILL THEY COME IN
Surgeon General Hamilton of the
marine hospital service, has received
cable from Havana, stating that the
City of Merida, from Vera Cruz to
New York, left eleven cases of yellow
fever at that port. The steamer was
disinfected.
KELLoGG's CASE.
In the district criminal court to-day
Judge Wylie rendered decision over
ruling the motion to quash the indict-
ment in the Kellogg star route case.
Wilson, counsel for Kellogg, noted ex-
ceptions and asked that the case be SET,
down for trial at as early lay as pos
sible. Kellogg pleaded not guilty. The
court adjourned to Oct. 8.
THE DADS DOLLAR.
The issue of standard silver dollars
for the week endi July 2S, was
290, 494; corresponding period last
year, 231 400.
TRANSFERRED.
Cayt. s. ). Warner, of the revenue
cutter Ewing, of Baltimore, will quit
washington tonight for Buffalo.
where he will assume command of
the revenue cutter Fessenden, which
will be ready for service in about two
weeks. The vessel will be stationed
at Detroit.
THE CASH BALANCE.
The treasury reserve, which is
steadily increasing, to-day amounts to
$147, 741 1868.
A COURT MARTIAL.
By direction of the presidentNnD-
general court martial has been atg
pointed to meet at Van COuver's Bar
racks, Washington Territory, for the
trial of Second Lieut.. Samuel G. Rob
ertson, August 80, charged with du-
plicating his payroll for the month of
June last.
A LAND CASE.
The commissioner general of the
land Office rendered decision to-day
in a private land case involving the
title to a large tract of city property
in the city of st. Louis. The case
came before him on application by
attorneys for Chas. z. Chotteau and
Lewis Joseph Minville for approval
of what is known as survey 1909,
which includes tract of land of
which applicants claim ownership by
virtue Of concession made by the
French government in 1868 to Joseph
Caloe, whose legal representa-
tives they claim to be. 1t appears
that other persons, claiming to be
legal representatives of Joseph G Toe,
are in possession of a tract of land
similar, in extent, in another part of
the city, which was located as a con-
cession of the French to Coloe, by a
survey known as survey 1883, taken
in the early part of the century. The
commissioner decides against the APP
prevail of survey 1909. He says:
1.-The records CT this office show that
the claim of Coloe's legal representa-
tiveS Eases upon concession, possess
sion and cultivation of the tract of
land located in survey 1853 prior to
1903 and was favorable reported by Re-
corder Bates in his report of February
8, 1916, and confirmed by action of
Congress, approved April 80, 1916. 1t
is clearly not within my power to re-
verse the action of the~reroredierr II.
all events, his action was approved
by Congress and is conclusive on this
point. 1t also appears that the survey
of 1855 mas been decided by this office
to be correct location. This decision.
made about ten years ago, was
not appealed from and has be-
come final. Aside, however.
from any views as to the merits of
the case originally, am not satisfied
that / have the right, as surveyor
general and ex-officio for the state of
Missouri and under any statute APP
plicable under ordinary rules of prac-
tice, to entirely reverse all action had
and the decision made on the premises
by my predecessors. The applics-
ton OF said survey 1909 is therefore
denied"
SPANISH MINISTER SUICIDES.
A dispatch received at the state de-
partment to-day announces that Senior
Barca, Spanish minister to the United
States, committed suicide at the Al
bermarle hotel, New York. Senior
Barca leaves a wife and one daugh-
ter, who were with him in New York,
and one daughter in Europe