The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-27
WASHINGTON.
News Gathered About the CAPITAL
CITY.

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WASHINGToN, Sept. 2I.-The secret
service division of the treasury de-
partment received from Boston one
OF the So notes of the Irish republic
previously reported in circulation
there. 1t is said by the treasury ex-
pert to be fair imitation of United
States treasury notes.
To supply certain omissions in the
order recently issued by the post
master general, forbidding the de-
livery OF registered letters to NJ. A
Dauphln, 1T has been amended so as to
read as follows: I'm pursuance of the
finding of Postmaster General Kew.
Which finding remains in full force, it
IS ordered that all postmasters be and
they are hereby fol- hidden, to pay
money orders drawn to the order Of
M. a. Dauphin, and they are hereby
directed to inform the remitters of
SAID postal money orders that pay
ment thereof has been forbidden, and
that the sum Of such money orders
Will be returned on present ation of
duplicate orders, applied for and OH
tanned under the regulations of the
department. All poStmasters are also
forbidden to deliver registered letters
arriving at their offices directed to
NJ. A. Dauphin, and are instructed to
return all such registered letters to
the postmaSters at the offices at
which they were originally mailed,
with the word fraudulent plainly
written or stamped on the outside of
such letters.
Signed w. Q. GRESHAM,
| Postmaster General.
The decision of the treasurer in re-
gard to the construction of the char
coal iron and round iron provisions of
| the last tariff act is adverse to the
claims Of the manufacturers on both
points. In his decision the provision
for charcoal iron is held to relate only
to the iron which is otherwise dutia-
| BILE under the paragraph in which it is
found, ahd the provision for rivets,
| screws, nails and fence wire rods is
held to govern the rate OF duty on
these articles, Notwithstanding the
apparent provision elsewhere in the
tariff for iron of the size and value
named in the paragraph relating to
rIVet, screw, nail, and fence iron rods.
Secretary Folger has raised an i'm
portant question in regard to the new
civil service law, which he states in a
letter addressed by him to the COM
mlSSlonerS to-day a few days ago
he made a requisition on the commits
| SlonerS Tor a person to fill q 5000
clerkShlp and the commissioners yes
terday certified to him the names of
four persons from which to make his
selection. The secretary finds himself
in doubt as to whether section 1754.
revised statutes, does not limit him in
| making his selection from four names.
He says in his letter to the commits
sionerS this section gives preference,
all other things considered, to honora-
bly, discharged soldiers and sailors of
the late war, and that section { of the
civil service act provides nothing con-
tanned in that act shall be construed
to take away the preference given in
section 1854 to that class of persons.
and he asks for further information
on the subject. His opinion is that
as one OF the persons certified to him
is an honorably discharged sailor or
soldier, he must select that one.
Cadet John V. Hamilton, of the
fourth class in the military academy,
has been dismissed from the service
for conduct Unbec0ming an o&cer and
gentleman. Cadet Thomas L. KERN,
same class, was suspended with loss
of pay until July /, 1884, for violating
the rules of the military academy.
Collector Tarble, of Pensacola, had
another interview with the secretary
of the navy, relative to furnishing
rations to the detitute on the naval
reservation. The result of the inter
view is that the secretary of the navy
is ready to take the responsibility of
issuing additional rations to destitute
families upon the reservation to lin
tied extent, but expects that some
help be given by the inhabitants of
the state and city.
Postmaster General Gresham has
gone to New York, to look into the
operations of the postoffice in that
city. His visit may be eXtende to
Boston and thence to Iowa,
Claim agents have been sending
out circulars stating that by an act
of congress the secretary of the inte-
rior was authorized to increase the
compensation Of assistant marshals in
the engagement of taking the tenth
census. The secretary says additional
pay CAN only be allowed in limited
number, of cases where he is satisfied
that pay was insufficient, and warns
assistant marShals against the mis-
leading circulars.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23.-Lieut. Col
4. W Evans was to-day placed upon
the retired list OF the army, having
been fouud by the returning board in
capacItated for active service. This
retirement fills the last vacancy which
existed ii the 400 retired list.
Condition of the treasury to-day:
Cold coin and bullion, $204 9i9, 1888;
silver dollars and bullion, Stl9, Ids 6I4,
fractional silver coin, S272, 265, 970:
United States notes, $52, S50, 056, total,
504, 679, 377. Certificates outstanding:
Gold, $56, 927, $40; silver, $77 ,682 091
currency, $11 10000.
The president of the New Orleans
National Bank, against which P. NJ
General Gresham issued an order in
relation to the lottery company's mail
matter was directed, had an interview
with the secretary of the treasury on
the subject. Secretary Folger told
him that the question of delivering
mail matter to the bank was one over
which he had no direct control, that
being under the jurisdiction of the
post Office department. and the only
question which he, Folger, had to
decide was whether the action of the
bank in becoming the agent of the
lottery company to receive its mail
was a proper subject for investigation
by the treasury department.
Steamboat Burned.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 22-Early this
morning the passenger steamer Gem