Morning journal and courier., 1883-02-03
News by Telegraph
 FROM ALL QUARTERS. THB TARIPP CHANGES. FiIibustering Resorted To
 In Both Houses. SEVERE STORMS IN THE WEST. Railroads Blocked By Heavy
 Snow Drifts. THE STOLEN FUNDS OF ALABAMA, Scheme to Pro-
 tect His B0ndsmen.
THE STOLEN FUNDS OF ALABAMA.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

An Interesting Pension C1aim-PrOvi- sfons of the Legislative Bf1I-DIstribu- ton of the Mexican Indemn1ty-Other Items of Interest.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-An interesting and entirely new pension claim is now before the
 assistant Secretary of the Interior for deci-
 sion. The guardian of the children of de-
 ceased soldier has applied for back pension
 of two dollars month due each month from
 the time of their fathers death. The chil-
 dren's mother neglected to make application
 for pension for herself or family and finally
 married. The claim of the guardian was
 rejected at the pension office by the exam
 iner, who held that the marriage of the widow
 barred all rights of the family to 8 pension
 from that date. Her neglect to apply for
 pension at anytime was construed as further difficulty in the way of allowing the claim of the guardian at this late day. The assistant Secretary Of the Treasury is of the opinion that the mother of family entitled to pension occupies the relation in law of trustee, and any failure or neglect on her part to apply for or to secure the allow ance of a pension due the children cannot work to their prejudice. He will accordingly decide that the children are entitled to pen sion from the time of their fathers death un- til they arrive at the age of sixteen years, the second marriage of their mother having nothing to do with the claim of the guardian.
 MT. Frank Conger, son of Senator Conger, has been appointed assistant postmaster of this city.
 The Attorney General has appointed G, E. P. Howard assistant United States attorney for the southern district of New York, vice E. B. Hill resigned.
 The legislative, executive and judicial ap propriation bill reported to the House this afternoon appropriates in the aggregate $2O,- 39S, O63. The bill provides for eight work ing hours daily in the departments except on Sundays and legal holidays. The eight hour clause will doubtless provoke lengthy dis cussion.
 Secretary Teller has decided in the Pfand- Ter beer patent case that strangers have no right to examine papers in 8 pending case The case is in favor of Handler and against Hoffman & Mellon, the contestants.
 A communication was to-day presented in the House by Mir. Dawes, of Ohio, from the chief of the Ohio State board of engineers asking Congress for an appropriation of $15 1000, to be expended at the mouth of the Muskingum river. The communication sta ted that the general government works at I4dt pO1uI, Iu0 expense OI WHICH was snare O 1 by the State and general government, inter fere with navigation and should be modified. |
 The department of State will be prepared on Monday, the 18th inst, to begin the dis | tribution of the seventh installment of the 1 Mexican indemnity.
 The board of supervising steamboat in- spectors adjourned sine de this afterno on. l Before adjournment 6 resolution was adopted l restoring the license of Pilot Long of the | steamer John Loman. which collided and I sunk the Scioto on the Ohio river, July 1, 1882, and also recommending that the license | of Pilot Keller of the Seioto be revoked, as it | vas the opinion of the board that the latter | was clearly in fault. Resolutions of thanks 1 Q Supervising Inspector General Dumont | md the other officers of the board were l adopted.
 There was full attendance at the Cabinet | meeting to-day. The only matter discussed l was the Mexican treaty.