Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-24
miscellaneous Washington Items

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WASHINGTON. May 23d.-GencraI Pope
commander OF the military division Of the
Pacific who has been in the city for several
weeks, lett Tor San Francisco yesterday.
= private letter from ex-senator Sargent.
late Minister to Germany received here
states that ne VIII return to America il the
latter part OF June
Ex-senator johns. Hager, OF California
has been here for several days on a visit
IL Ieft Tor California yesterday
On the written request Of Senator Sabin
ot Minnesota, who Is necessarily absent,
from Congress ne was relieved from se,v-
ice rs a member OF the Pension Committee
to-day, and Senator Wilson. Ct Iowa. was
appointed in his stead
John J. Loman was to-day appointed
POSTMASTER at Camp Grant Cal, aud W K.
Pitt at Pitt, Y.
In the executive session of the Senate to-
day the nomination OF Major 0. T. Bao-
cock to be LIeutenant-Colonel was dis
cusscd four hours without reaching action.
II is understood that the old charges Of
completely IL the whisky-riHg frauds oi
Secretary BrisJow s tine have been revived
for the purpose Of defeating MS confrma-
ton
The hopes Of Representatives who expect
to adjourn Congress between the 18th o.
June and the lst Of July are based upon
expectations that The appropriation bills
Will be passed before the 10Th OF next
month.
Ee+ York Financial Matters.
NEW YORK, May 23d.-Ihere was another
break in coal shares this morning Jersey
Central dropped from 59 to 52 Delaware
and Hudson rom 81 To 81, Iac5awanna
from l04s TO I0lg Reading from % 10 243
and Northwest broke to SO. The market is
weak in sympathy.
The Post says Il is reported that Ferdi-
nand Ward intends making a confession.
New YORK, May Observation-Disclosures
are weak. Jersey Central rose 10 81. Lack
awanna to 1929, Reading TO 25s: other
active shares rallied to Z. Near midday 4
vigorous dash was made at the Goa alers.
IlackaWanna broke to 992 Delaware and
Hudson, Sc, Jersey Central to 80. Reading
10 24S. The whole market weakened in
sympathy, and is now heavy and depressed
NEW YORK, May 23d.-The syndicate
which has taken the Government bonds
from Fisk & Hatch is composed Of /. and
;. Wormser Louis l.. Heyt, j. i. Colgate.
the United States Trnst Company. II is
| stated that the syndicate took all the firm
had. By this operation banks and others
having loaned on bonds are relieved, and
Fisk & Hatch placed in 4 position to ad-
Just their affairs.
$50 P M-The stock market is still un-
settled and feyerish. The general liqnida-
! ton which has characterized the past ten
| days continues, and the confidence ol
prominent bankers in Union and Central
Pacific has been shaken by the steady
shrinkage in the values of these hitherto
strong stocks. After 1880 O'Clock the
market tiuetuated, first declining ! to / pei
! cent, principally in Western Union, anc
afterwards advancing to Il, the latter on
Missouri Pacific The net result of fuctua
tions at ? o'clocl was that a majority q
active stocks were a fraction below A
1890 the support of Jay Gould and thc
Standard Oil Company served to strengthen
a somewhat panicky market, with the ex
ception of Central Pacific, which closed a
| Al. and which is the most unfavorably re
| garded. Union Pacific closed at 37s, Pacific
Mail 50, Texas Pacific III, Western unio1