The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1886-07-15

Witness came to Washington and laid the matter
before Commissioner Atkins, but did not succeed
In getting the order OF removal revoked. Witness
closed his store on the date fixed and began the
moval of his goods. He could not tell what his
loss would be, but thought about $1,000. Further
hearing was postponed until next Thursday.
PENsioNING GENERALS WIDOWS.
WASHINGTON, July 1S-In the case of Mrs.
N Maria Hunter, for whose relief the house passed
month, which was vetoed by the president, chair
man Mattson, of the invalid pensions committee,
to-day presented report in which he sustains the
veto. He says the effect of the bill would be to
give the claimant twenty dollars per month more
than the sum allowed by law; that 1t is alleged
that the widow needs an increase, and that the COM
mittee barely tolerated an increase of pensions of
the widow of an officer; 1t is also true that the
claimants appropriation for legal rate OF PEN
sion has been allowed by the pension office.
minority report, signed by republican men,
bers OF the committees requests the passage of the
bill over the veto, holding that 1t has been the In
variable practice 10 pension at fifty dollars per
month the widows of officers of a similar rank to
that of GeH. Hunter; that the president signed a
number OF such bills during this session, aside
from the case OF Cen Haneocks widow, and that
there is no reason for making an exception in this
case
REcoNAGE.
WASHINGTON, July is.-1he acting secretary of
the treasury to-day sent to the senate letter from
the treasurer of the United States, recommending
that the sum appropriated for the recoinage OF
creased from $1,000 to $4,000 In his letters the
treasurer says the demand for subsidiary silver coin
s largely In excess of the supply in the treasury
offices and mints, and is increasing There is, he
says, In the treasury Office 100000 In uncurrent
subsidiary silver coin, which could be reconed into
dimes at probable loss of % per cent, and could
thus be made available for circulation.
NOMINATIONS
WASHINGTON, July I3-The president sent the
following nominations to the senate to-day
David Turpis, of Indianapolis to be, United
States attorney for the district of Indiana.
Geo. q. Manson, to be assayer OF the United
States, at Denver Colorado
Postmaster-John w. Wright at Temple, Texas.
CALLED ON CLEVELAND.
WASHINGTON, July 13-Ex-S Senator Johnston and
Representatives Tucker, Wise, Craxton and Trigg
waited on the president this morning, and urged
the nomination of John Goode as solictor-general.
treated by the senate and was not given sufficient
opportunity to relate the charges which led to his
rejection. number of the delel atom Is authority
for the statement that the president after listening
to their representations, expressed sympathy for
Goode and stated that the case was under consid-
Grafton, but had not yet determined what course to
pursue
THE RIVER AND HARBoR BILL.
WASHINGTON, July 13,-There is an understand
ing in the senate that when the river and harbor
bill shall have been perfected, item by item, mo-
ton will be offeeed to make q horizontal reduc-
ton, making aggregate appropriation to point
somewhat below that of the house bill. This will
have the effect of putting every item into confer
ence. The proposed reduction will probably be
| fixed at the rate of 20 or 80 per cent.