The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1893-08-17
WASHINGTON WAITS.
SENATE PROCEEDINGS.


SENATE PROCEEDINGS.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.-As soon as
the senate journal was read adjourn
ment was taken until Monday.
The senate finance committee held
brief meeting, but took no decided
action.
HOUSE PROCEEDINGS.
The house as soon as the journal
was read took recess until o'clock
and at that hour adjourned until
Monday
COMMITTEE ON RULES.
Before adjournment the speaker APP
pointed the committee on rules. 1t is
composed of Messrs. Catchings, Outh-
waite, Reed and Burrows. Mr.. Outh-
waite takes McMillan's place. A
friend of the speaker said the reason
for the change lay in the suggestion
frequently made during the Fifty
second congress that there should be
Northern Democrat on the committee.
No one was more surprised at the
change than Mcmillan. He, however.
had nothing to say.
TO REVIVE INDIAN COINAGE.
Inquiry at the treasury department
ELECTS the information that neither
Secretary Carlisle nor Acting Mint
Director Preston are advised of any
overtures by England to revive silver
coinage in India on a ratio of "a to l.
DENIES THE IMPEACHMENT.
Bourke Cochran this morning. when
his attention was called to the state
ment that he would lead the
administrations fight in the house for
the repeal of the Sherman act said:
II have had no consultation with
President Cleveland and represent
nothing nor nobody except my ow n
congressional district"
YELLOW FEVER AT PENSACOLA.
Surgeon General Wyman this after
1oon received the following from
Pensacola, Fla: without any sus-
picious cases being previously report
ed, two deaths from yellow fever were
announced yesterday at II a, M, one
adult and the other child. An autop-
sy was held at 2 p. m, and the ply
sicians reported that deaths resulted
from yellow fever. Both cases are in
the northern portion of the city. 1t
is impossible to trace the source of the
fever. There are no other cases in the
city, not even a suspicious case. Will
wire further information if any.
[Signed r. w. HAGIs, M. D.
President Board of Health"
This is the first case of yellow fever
on shore since the Florida epidemic of
1888.
SILVER CONFERENCE.
The committee appointed by the
silver and anti-s silver Democrats in the
house has been in conference most of
the day, but at o'clock the situation
was unchanged. The gentlemen COM
posing the conference are: Free silver
mer-Messrs. Bland, Boatner, Culber-
son, Bryan, Bailey, Bankhead, Catch
ings, Oats and Lane. Anti-silver
men-Messrs. Cochran, Tracy, Harter,
Rayner, Latham, Gersenheimer,
Combs, Fitch, Wilson of West Vir-
ginia and John Dewitt Warner.
DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.
Senator German, chairman of the
Democratic caucus, authorized to APP
point committee to arrange a plan
of compaign for the prosecution of the
WOIh vi Ulle SeudIei WAS ClOS6Jeu UulS
afternoon with Senators Cockrell,
Blackburn, johnson, Gray, White,
Uouisiana), and Walthall At the
concluiion of the conference German
gave out the names above as the eau
Gus committee and the inference is
they passed the afternoon in the dis
cussion of party policy.
BANK RECEIVER APPOINTED.
Comptroller Eckles today appoint
ed J. L. S. Hunt receiver of the Texas
National bank of San Antonio, Tex.
SILVER PURCHASES.
Yesterday the treasury bought $685.
900 ounces of silver at 1915.
PoPULIsTs WANT THE OLD RATIO.
George F. Washburn, chairman OF
the Eastern division of the national
committee of the Peoples party, says
the Populist leaders in Washington
will fight for free and unlimited coin
age of silver and gold on ratio of 16 to
1. Twenty to one, he says, would
benefit the silver producers alone, not
the farmers or wage earners. Hence
they must part company with silver
men who favor an increased ratio.