Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-09
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CHOLERA REGION.
National Capital Gossip-The Fire
Record-Racing Matters
Indian PostmaSterS.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To THE REooRD-Us1oS.I

Indian Postmasters.
/ ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-UNIoN.l
The Assistant Treasurership at San Fran
cisco.
| WASHINGTON, June Sth-The friends of
Mr.. Brooks are working like beavers to Sc
| cure his appointment as Assistant Treasurer
at San Francisco. They seem to think that
General Lawton is the strongest OF the can
didates for the position and they are striv-
ing by every means in their power to get
him out of the race. 1t is reported that
Brooks hackers offered Lawton first-class
Consulship to withdraw from the contest
and on his refusal of the offer intimated
that his appointment as Collector could be
brought about. Mr.. Henley who has ad-
vocated the claims of English for Collector
would not consent to Lawton's appoint
ment under any circumstances.
The San Francisco Assistant Appraiser
ship.
WASHINGTON. June th.-Representative
| Henley and ex-senator Hager, of Califor-
fornia, called on Manning to-day and urged
the appointment of Mr.. lost as Assistant
Appraiser of the port. Among the papers
filed for Gost was the report of Special
Agent Evans, of the Treasury Department,
ON the management of the office by Chas.
Levy, charging Levy with inetficiency and
drunkenness. A Republican Administra
ton refused to remove Levy and the report
is presented as reason why he should be
removed by Il Democratic one. Secretary
Manning has referred the report to Super
yising Special Agent Martin, for further
information on the subject.
Comfort for the Railway Postal Clerks.
| WASHINGTON, June Sth-Postmaster-
General Villas to-day denied that he had
sent a dispatch to Chicago touching the
threatened strike among railway postal
clerks, as stated in Chicago He says that
there need be no apprehension of a strike
among the railway mail employees. 1t was
possible that a few clerks who felt that
from their inetficiency they had no chance
of remaining in the service, had endeav-
| Ored to effect q combination among the
older and more efficient men but they had
failed in their attempt. The Official Postal
Guide for May contains a notice, over the
| signature of the POstmaster-General,t that
efficient and honest railway clerks, who
have not turned their attention toward
political service during their labors, need
| have no fear of being disturbed. =" In fact,
that declaration in regard to postal clerks
| and their retention" said the Postmaster
General, " has never been departed from
| in a single instance, / believe. One
mistake was made, but when |
discovered it | restored the man
to the service. There have been very con-
| siderable number Of removals made but |
think that not less than tbree-quarters, or
perhaps nine-tenths fthem, were made be-
cause of inefficiency, because they were not
| good clerks, because they were what is
| known in the service as 'deadwoOd.
very limited percentage have been removed
| because they were partisans. 1t is not I'M
| likely that many clerks who We're removed
| for inetficiency have reported at their local
| tiles that they were removed for partisan
reasons, but the truth is as | have said
| The examinations just completed show
| that during the months of April and March
| the morale of the service has greatly i'm
proved, and better results have never been
| obtained in an examination
| Can Indians Legally Discharge the Duties
| of Postmasters.
| WASHINGTON, June Sth.-Since the pub
| LEGATION of the opinion of Attorney General
Garland, to the effect that Indians could
not legally discharge the duties of Post
masters, quite a number of letters have
been received at the Post Office Department
| from Indian POStmaSterS, written in excel
| lent style and showing that the writers
were men of good business ability, tender
| ing their designations. Another phase of
| the question has been presented by COM
municatiOns to the Department in behalf
| of white men who married Indian wives
and were adopted into the different tribes
! of Indian Territory. They state that they
have become members oftribes and assisted
in the councils, and wish to know if they
are affected by the AttOrney-Ge deci-
| sion The legal aspect of their case is now
under examination by the Department.
Charges Against Postmasters.
WASHINGTON, June Sth.-Everett p
| Wheeler and Frederick Whitridge of New
| York, counsel of the National Civil Service
League, have written to the Postmaster
| General, requesting the removal of certain
| POstmaSters in different parts of the coun-
| try for violations of sections II and Il of
! the civil service law These sections for
bid the solicitation of political subscrip-
| tons in Federal offices. The latter is ac-
| cOmpanied by aI1idavits supporting the
allegations, which will be investigated
| The Washington Monument Struck by
Lightning.
WASHINGTON June Sth.-The examina-
| ZION Of the Washington Monument this
| morning confirms the report that the cap
stone has been shattered by lightning. The
| break made by lightning IS on the north
east corner Of the capstOne and four frag-
| ments fell to the ground, where they were
| found to-day, nearly forty feet from the
base Of the monument.
| 4 ship Coming from the Cholera Isfected
District.
| WASHINGTON. June sth.-The Surgeon
General of the Marine Hospital Service has
notified the Health Officer at Baltimore.
and the officer in charge of the quarantine
| station at Cape St Charles, that the ship
Jupiter left Valencia Spain, where cholera
Is epidemic, April 25th bound for Balti-
more.
American Inspecting Officers at Canadian
Ports.
WASHINGTON, June Sth.-The Secretary
Of State has received a note from the Brit
| ish Minister in Washington, expressing the
| thanks Of the Canadian Government for the
! courtesy shown by the Treasury Depart
ment in sending inspecting officers, at the
| request of steamboat owners, to Canadian
ports, to avoid the hindrances and delay
which would occur if inspections were TO
| take place in the United States, and saving
that there is no objection to American in
spectors visiting Canadian ports for the
purpose of making such inspection.
The Charities and Corrections Convention.
WASHINGTON, June Sth.-In the Charities
| and Corrections Convention to-day the
committee on time and place made a re-
port recommending that the next annual
| Conference be held at st. Paul The report
was received and the recommendation was
almost unanimously concurred in by the
| Conference. The time has not been deter
mined, but sugges ions were made that it
| be not later than June 10th or June Goth,
of 1856. The matter was referred to the
Executive Committee During the after
noon session the discussion of the morning
relative to the care of the insane was con
tinued, and several interesting papers were
read upon the matter.
Capital Notes.
| WASHINGTON, June Sth-Hhe Secretary
of the Treasury has been informed that
Aufdemorte the defaulting officer at the
| sub-treasury at New Orleans, has fed TO
| Mexico, where he is interested IN some
mines.
The Secretary of State has received dis
| patch from the Consul-General at London,
| saying there is no foundation for the rumor
of an outbreak of cholera in England.
| The following appointments Of Receivers
at Land Offices were made to-day Abra-
ham Hall, at Melbourne City, Dakota
| John f. Budd, at Stockton, Cal; 2. X.
Wiser, at Tracy, Mimi; Hugh C. Wallace,
at Salt Lake Utah.