Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-29

Disheartened Ofice-Seekers.
WASHINGTON, May 2Sth.-Henley said 10
your correspondent to-day that in his opin-
ion there would be no change in the office
of Collector of the Port of San Francisco
for some time yet. Henley will have an
interview with the President tomorrow TO
discuss the general situation in the matter
of the distributing of Federal patronage in
California. The few Calitornians who still
remain here waiting for their commissions
are becoming disheartened at the contin-
ucd delay, and they are beginning to talk
of returning to the coast. They complain
of the Indifference shown by eX-members
of Congress in their cases, and they say
they should have remained here and used
their influence as ex-Representatives with
the President and heads of Departments to
secure offices for the men who helped to
elect them to Congress, instead of entering
the lists themselves, or running home and
leaving their constituents here to fight
their own4battles.
Henley and the Chinese Mission.
NEW YORK, May 2Sth-A HeraldS Wash
ington special says; Representative Hen
ley called at the White House to-day.
= = Henley does not want the Pres
ident to appoint any one to the Chinese
Mission unless he is a Pacific coast resi-
dent. He says no other section of the
country has as much interest in the mat
ter, and as no appointment of importance
has yet been made for that section Of the
country, it would be the proper thing to do
in this case. Rosecrans called soon after
wards.
Cleveland Goes Back" on One of His
Aunoint,nentS
WASHINGTON May 2Sth.-G. NJ. Mead,
who was appointed Postmaster at Halle
hurst, Copiah county, Mississippi, a couple
of weeks ago has been asked to resign.
Mead, whose application for office was in
dorsed by Congressman Barksdale, pre-
sided at Il meeting held at HaZlehurst during
the investigation of the Copiah county
outrages, at which the outrages were APP
proved and the perpetrators praised for
their acts of bloodshed. The President
was not aware of this fact when he made
| the appointment. As soon as he became
| aware of it, he demanded Mead's resigna-
| ton.
Dissatisfaction Among Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, May 26th.-Attorneys for
| certain PostmasterS have complained TO
| Postmaster General Villas that the con-
struction placed by Postmaster General
Gresham upon the Act of March 3 1888
providing for a readjustment of the salaries
| of Postmasters of the third and fourth
| classes, was arbitrary and extremely unjust
| to the Postmasters i'll whose behalf the Act
was passed. Assistant Attorney-General
Bryant, of the Postotfice Department, has
carefully examined the complicated
statutes bearing upon this subject, and
as a result of his report the Postmaster
| General has decided that while the matter
| of construction is not free from doubt, and
| he is not absolutely sure that the construc-
ton of Postmaster General Gresham was
right in the premises, yet the rule having
been followed for two years and something
| over 100000 having been appropriated by
Congress for the payment Of salaries on
that basis, he does not deem it proper on
the strength Of his own individual opinion,
even if ii were adverse, to change that
ruling. The remedy Of claimants was
through the Courts, or by additional Con-
gressional enactment.
The Cabinet and the Worlds Exposition,
WASHINGTON, May 2Sth.-There was g
| full attendance at the Cabinet meeting to-
| day, including Secretary Lamar who has
| partially recovered from his recent attack
| of sickness. The question of authorizing
| the continuance of the Worlds Exposition
! al New Orleans was again considered. The
result is shown in Ii telegram sent by tho
| President to Senator Gibson later in the
day, OF which the following is a copy
The question of reopening the Exposition
| has been considered by the Cabinet, anC
lthey are unanimously of the opinion that
there is no warrant of law for it, and tina
| it would be ineXpedient on other grounds
Alien Emigrant Tax.
| WASHINGTON, May 2Sth.-The Secretary
OF the Treasury has issued a circular
| directing the customs officers to collect the
alien emigrant tax of fifty cents each from
| foreigners coming to this country as tour
lists, as travellers in transit to other coun
tries, as well as from those incoming to thi!
| country to reside.
Malone Worried.
| WASHINGTON, May 2Sth.-Senator Ma
hone is greatly worried by the action of the
Grand Jury in finding an indictment
with intent to kill Albert Willis Will:
will be remembered as the colored waiter
whom young Malone attempted to shoe
at Welcker's Hotel last February.
| The Apache Outbreak.
| WASHINGTON, May 2Sth-Indian Agen
| I.lewellyn, of the Mescalero Agency, y. NJ
1
| lows: The Apaches under Geronimo are
now dcpredating west of the Rio Grande
| Two women of Geronimo's camp came il
here to-day | have confined them in the
| guard house Major Van Born, command
| ing at Fort Stanton, is here to-day. Tht
| Mescaleros have rendered him 100 men tC
accompany his troops, should the hostile:
| come within striking distance. There ar,
twenty-five bucks OF Victoria's band, who
! have lived at MeScaleros for three years i
necessary / will arrest and hold them unit
| the trouble is over. The Mescaleros can bt
! depended upon and will not join the hos
| tiles The agent has been instructed no
to arrest the Victoria Indians as long a
they are peaceable, but to keep them undo
surveillance.
| CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK.
| WASHINGTON, May 2Sth.-From the cor
respondence transmitted / V the War De
partment to the Indian Bureau, it appear
that the Apache Indian outbreak wa
caused by whisky. The Indians manufact
ured large quantities of " tiswin, and be
came intoxicated. Knowing that punish
ment would follow this intraction of thu
rules, they abandoned the reservation anC
went on the warpath.
CoIored Attorneys.
| y EW DIRK, May Z6lll--A SPECIAL iron
| Charleston, S c.. says: Messrs. Watson
| Sawyer, Washington and Whitaker. al
colored, appeared before the Supreme Cour
of South Carolina yesterday, and after un.
dergoing rigid examination in open Court
ia which they acquitted themselves in 6
| highly creditabe manner, were duly swOn
and enrolled as attorneys and counseor
in all the Courts of the State. Whitaker
Is The famous Cadet Whitaker of Yves
| Point notoriety.
| Discovery of Ancient Documents.
| New YORK, May 2Sth-A Tijblme'S Bos
ton special says: Some bales OF paper
stock were torn open at the factory a ieW
| days ago and some ancient documents
books letters and music brought to light
| The bales came from Germany. They are
! full Of the orchestral scores of Weber;
! opera " Euryanthe, MozartS Don Clio
vanni, Apothekerum uud Doctor, Lee
| Paysensen Grenoivilles, olympia
and Literatia Panodia' There werC
oyertures by Beethoven, HAYDN. Auber anG
others for q dozen instruments and less
bearing dates OF l726, 1913. l74t, l747 anC
| 1903 One old book OF 400 pages con a;uS
! extracts from German laws dating as faI
| back rs 400. There are letters dated as
| far back rs 1926 that must have laid in
some attic in Germany for years.
a Denial from Ayiward.
New YORK, May 2Sth.- Colonel Awkward
now here, denies emphatically that he had
anything 10 DO with Riel'S rebellion. He
said " | was stupc6cd with anger when