Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-04-09

absence of Secretary Manning aud As
Sistant Secretary Fairchild,
TAMNANY MEN in this city say Jehn
Kelly will not resign his position in that
organization, and not one thinks of
asking his resignation. He is now at
Atlanta City, and Information received
to-day says his health has been improv-
ed, aud he is able now to go down TO his
meals
POSTMASTER General Villas authorizes
the statement that railway postal
clerks who have become efficient and
valuable men, against whom no just
complaint can be brought, and who
have not turned their attention to
political labors during service, naed
have no fear of being disturbed.
REPRESENTATIVE MEYERS, in the Ohio
house, called Chairman Thorp 'liar. !"
Representative Littles asked that the
words be taken down, whereupon Myers
repeated them and turning to Littles.
called him a 'sneak." Dir. Titles
rushed at Myers, and free fight was
prevented with difficulty, while the ex-
element was intense. Order was final
ly restored Resolutions are prepared
to expel Myers.
MDLLE. RHEA, accompanied by her
manager, Mr. j. w. Morrisey. was
granted special audience at the White
house. The president, after happy L.
teryiew with the charming actress, in
troduced Rhea to Miss Cleveland. who
took much pleasure in showing her
through the private apartments and in
presenting her with a superb bouquet of
freshly gathered roses. Gen. Sheridan
expressed a desire to meet Rhea. She
was driven to the w2r department.,
where the general and the actress mu-
tually expressed their admiration for
each other.
TIE Secretary Of the Navy issued a
circular for the information and
government of all concerned, stating
the provisions of the law enacted dur
ing the closing hours of the last Con-
gress, which provides that from the Sd
hist. passed assistant engineers of the
navy shall receive during the third five
years after the date from which they
take rank as passed (frst) assistants,
wher at sea, So, 450; ON shore duty, So.
$50; on leave or waiting orders, $1,000,
During and after the fourth five years
from such date, when at sea, 50 700;
on shore duty, S2,8j0; on leave or wait
ing orders, 1880
THE president sent to the senate the
following nominations: To be ENJOYS
Extraordinary and Ministers Plenipo-
Tertiary OF the United States: Thomas
j. Jarvis, of North Carolina. to Brazil;
Alexander r. Lawton, of Georgia, to
Russia, and Anth 9ny NJ. Kelley, of Vir-
eihia. to Italy, TO be Ministers Resi-
dent Of the United States: Isaac Bell,
Jr., Rhode Island, TO the Netherlands:
Rufus Magic of Indiana. to Sweden and
Norway, and George w Merrill, of
Nevada, TO the Hawaiian Islands. To
be Minister Resident and Consul Cen
erals of the United States. Edward,
Parke Curtis Lewis New Jersey. to
Portugal, and Rasmus b. Anderson, of
Wisconsin. TO Denmark. To be Consul
Generals of the United States-Thomas
Nj. Waller, OF Connecticut, at London;
Frederick Payne, OF Maryland, at Ber-
I'm, and Edmund Juessen, of Illinois, at
Vienna. To he Consuls of the United
States-A. Halter Gross, of Pennsyl-
vania, at Athens, Greece, and Evan p.
Howell, of Georgia, at Manchester, Eng.
gland. Brown, Shipley q Co., of Lon
dor, England. TO be special fiscal ageEts
of the Navy Department TO the Col
lectors of Internal decentralization
Gregg, Tenness e, and Isham G.. Searcy,
Texas. for the Third District of Texas,
Alexander McCue, of New York, 10 se
Solicitor Of the Treasury.
COMMISSIONER of Pensions Black has
decided that a mother can not be allow
ed a pension as a dependent mother and
the accrued pension of her deceased
husband for the same period of time.
He says: upon careful consideration
of the laws relating to the subject / am
of the opinion that when two claims
become united in person, making only
one beneficiary, that person can not be
allowed either directly or indirectly the
benefit of two persons for the same
period of tlme Such allowance would
be contrary TO the provisions of the
statue which declares that the pension
laws shall not be construed so as to al
low more than one pension at the same
time 10 one person.
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