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1894. CONGRESSIONAL REOORD-HOUSE. 2779 of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, in the place af LeviS. Ross C. Morford, t6 be postmaster at Villisca, in the county of Gibson, whose commission expired December 21, 1893. Montgomery and State of Iowa. James J . Finney, to be postmaster at Tarentum, in the county James M. Mil1er, to be postmaster at Vacaville, in the county of Allegheny and State oi Pe.nnsyhm.nia., in the place of James oi Solano and Btat.e of California. A. Kennedy, deceased. Benjamin M. Griffin, to b 3 postmaster at Escondido, in the John C. O 'Donnell, to be -postmaster atPittsburg, in the eounty county of San Diego and State of California. of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, in the place of James Hugh G. Gwyn, to be postmaster at Coronado, in the county S. McKean, whose commission expired December 20, 1893. of San Diego and State of California. _ J ames W . Sweely, to be postmaster at Williamsport, in the Walter Elder, to be postmaster at Clarion, in the county of county of Lycoming and State of Pee:nsylvania, in the place of Wright and State of Iowa. John B. Emery, whose c ::>mmission expired March 7, 1894. Isaac C. Darland, to be postm~ster at Goldendale, in the county Samuel T . Greene, to be postmaster at Mitchell, in the county of Klickitat and State of Washington. of Davison and Shte of South Dakota, in the place of John W. William 9· Philips., to be postmasteratRedlands, in the county Beat tie, whose commission expired March 7, 189-!. of San Bernardino and State of California. H a.rry Galbraith, to be postmaster at Terrell, in the county of Samuel B. Mutchler, to be postmaster at Phillipsburg,.in the Kaufman and State of Texas, in the place of Edgae M. Johnson. county of Warren and State of New Jersey. whose commission expires March 29,1894. John G. Lewis, to be postmaster at Chico, in the county of Fidelia Kilgore, to be postmaster at Longview, in the county Butte and State of California . of Gregg and . Sbte of Texas, in the place of Lincoln H. Gray, Anna F. C. Gaffney, to be postmaster at Los Gatos, in the whose commission expired February 21, 1894. county of Santa Dlara and State of California. J ames L. Moseley, to be postmaster at Hearne, in the county Asa S . Fulkerth, to be postmaster at Modesto, in the county of Robertson and State of Texas, in the place of Charle~ J. Hos of Stanislaus and State of California. trasser, removed. Thomas J. Hudson, to be postmastdr at Winterset, in the William P. Donahue, to be postm-aster at Proctor, in the county .of Madison and State of Iowa. county of Rutland and State of Vermont, in the place of Edmu.nd George H. Peck, to be postmaster at Sisson, in the county of R. Morse, whose commission expired February 14~ 18.9±. Siskiyou and State of California. _ Charles A. Fitzpatrick, to be postmaster at WhiteRiver Junc Daniel J. Murphy, to be postmaster at Livermore, in the tion, in the county of Windsor and State of Vermont, in the county of Alameda and State of California. place of Alexander W. Davis, whose .commission :expires March John Obermuller, to be postmaster at H21.ywards, in the county 29, 1894. of Alameda and State of Caliiornia. William D. McMaster, to be postmaster at Woodstoc~ in the G. B . McFall, to be postmaster at Oskaloosa, in the county of county of Windsor and State of Vermont, in the place of Fred Mahaska and State of Iowa. erick Chapman, whose commission expires March 12, 1894. John E . Walden, to be postmaster at Napa, in the county of Jo:;eph Fisher, to be postmaster at Marinette, in the county of Napa and State of California. Marinette and State of Wisconsin, in place oi Lewis S . Patr.iek, James R . Rochford, to be postmaster at Dixon, in the county who::e commission expires March 291 1894. of Solano and State of California. UNITED STATES ATTORNEY. Ji)ucutive_no»:Jrinatwns confirmed by the Se1iate JJ-Iarch 9, 1891,.. 'Vallace lriacfarlane, of NewY{)rk, to be attorney of the United MARSHAL. States for the southern district of New York, vice Edward Mitchell, whose term expired January 27, 1894:.. John P . Hunter, of South Carolina, to be marshal of the United Sta.tes f~r the distdct of South Carolina. COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE. Edward Grosse, of New York, to be collector of internal reve ' POSTMASTER. nue for the third district of New York, to succeed Ferdinand :Walter Harrigan, to be postmaster at South Bend, in the Eidman; resigned. · county of St. Joseph and State of Indiana. SURVEYOR OF CUSTOMS. Francia M. Gardenhire, of Tennessee, to be surveyor of cus -toms for the port of Chattanooga in the State of Tennessee, to succeed Elwood W . M.attson, whose :term of office has expired HOUSE. OF .REPRESENTATIVES. by limitation. FRIDAY, Marah 9, 1894, ASSISTANT PAYMASTERS IN THE NAVY. Walter L. Wilson, a resident of West Virginia; Lewis Green The H ouse met at 12 {)·clockm. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. Stevenson, a resident of illinois; Henry A. Dent, a resident of E. B. BAGBY. Alabama; Philip N . Mohun, a resident of the District of Colum The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read and approved. · bia; William Jackson Littell, a resident of New York, and Sam WATER MAINS AND SE';VERS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. uel McGowan, a resident of South Carolina, to be assistant pay masters in the Navy (subject to the examination required bv The bill (H. R. 4571) to make service connection with water law), to fill vacancies in that grade. ·· mains and sewers in the District of Columbia, and for other pur poses, was laid before the House, with an amendment of the CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF YARDS AND DOCKS. Senate. Capt. Edmund 0. Matthews, to be Chief of the Bureau of The amendment was read, as follows: Yards and Docks in the Department of the Navy, with the rel On page 2, line15, aft-er the word "systems" insert "!or the1iscalyea.r dur ative rank of commodore, to fill a vacancy. ing which said connections are made." CHAPLAIN IN THE NAVY. Mr. HEARD. This amendment can not meet with objection, Montgomery M. Goodwin, a resident of illinois, to be a chap- I apprehend, from any source. I move that it be concurred in. lain in the Navy (subject to the physical examination required The amendment was concurred in. by law), to fill a vacancy in that grade. DOCUMENTS RELATING TO HAWAli. CIVIL ENGINEERS IN THE NAVY. The SPEAKER laid before the House the following resolu Ado~o Jose Menocal,. a reside~t of j:.he District of Columbia, tion: and R1chard C. Hollyday, a res1dent of Maryland, to be civil .engineers in the Navy (subject to the examinations required by R esolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives con<--urring) Thc'tt there law). be printed for the use of Congress 6,000 copies of all papers an'd messages sent t o Congress by the President since January 1,1893, rela tin~ to Hawaiian a!Iairs, and the -same shall be arranged as nearly as may be m chronolog ical order, ~md ~hall be indexed; the arrang~ng and indexing to be done CONFIRMATIONS. under the direction of the Committee on Foreign Relations; of which num ber 2,000 shall be for the use of the Senate and 4,000 for the use of the House Executive nmninations confirmed by the Senate Mal'ch 7, 1891,. of RepresentatiYes. - COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS. The SPEAKER. This Senate concurrent resolution wa-a JohnS. Cocke, of Oregon, to be collector of customs for the amended by the House. The Senate has disag-reed to the amend southern district in th~ State of Oregon. ment and asks a conference. The question 1s, Will the House agree to the request for a conference? P OSTMASTERS. The request was agreed to, and the Speaker announced the Will H. Fisher, to be postmaster at Roseburg, in the county appointment of Mr. RICHARDSON of Tennessee, Mr. McKAIG, of Douglas and State of Oregon. and Mr. BRODERICK as conferees on the part of the H ouse. -_.. -- 2780 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD-HOUSE. MAHCH 9, WILLI.AM E. WOODBRIDGE. TheSPEAKER. When thiscommunic:ttion wasreceivedsome The SPE AKER laid before the House the bill(S. 418) referring time since from the Attorney-General, the Chair referred it to to the Court of Claims the claim of William E. Woodbridge for the Committee on Claims, which committee now asks to be dis compensation for the use by the United States of his invention charged, and requests a reference to the Committee on Appro relating to projectiles, for which letters patent were ordered to priations. The Chair requests the Clerk to read sections 7 and issue to him March 25 , 1852. 8 of an act approved March 3, 1891, entitled "An act to provide Mr. STONE of Kentucky. I askunanimou.s consent that this for the adjudication and payment of"claims arising from Indian bill be put on its passage. depredation." . The bill was read. The Clerk read as follows: SEc. 7. That all judgments of said court shall be a final determination of Mt·. LOUD. I will ask whether this bill has been before the the causes decided and or the rights and obligations of the parties thereto, Committee on Claims of the House? and shall not thereafter be questioned unless a new trial or r ehearing shall Mr. STONE of Kentucky.