Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-04-17

| Ecu ~ ao thls. The Department calls at
tehtlon to the ruling of the Department
.nat under no pretext are letters to be
opened except by the persons to whom
tney are sent, If they can be found. Neither
postmasters, inspectors, employees nor off.
GERS OF the law can do so under anv cir.
cumstances, but they must deliver them as
addressed. Some other means, the Depart
heht oInclais say, must be devised to ascer-
tain Myers whereabouts.
Senator Stanford and the Hawaiian Treaty..
| WASHINGTON, April I6th.-Senator STAN
iord is very much opposed to the abroga-
tlon OF the Hawaiian treaty, and when the
matter comes up for consideration in the
senate the effect OF the work he has done
IN this behalf will be made apparent. He
says he has received many letters from per
sonal friends in California, interested in the
beet sugar industry, asking him to oppose
the continuance of the treaty, but he feels
that the national interests involved in the
| case are paramount to those of personal
| or commercial nature. and at the present
| tlme he Will not consent to vote for abroea-
| ton.
WASHINGTON, April 16th.-Senator STAN
ford was asked to-day for the facts regard
| ing the criticisms made upon him for the
introduction of the lieu land bill in the
Senate. He said l introduced the bill
at the request of Captain Mullan, agent of
California at the capital. 1t seemed to me
a perfectly proper bill to pass. If State
officers cannot be relied on to prop-
erly perform the duties with which
they are intrusted by statute, don't think
the responsibility for the enactment of laws
themselves should be put upon representa-
tives in Congress"
Important Changes to be Wade by the
President.
WASHINGTON, April 16th-It is said that
several important changes are about to be
made by the President The report is that
Postmaster-GeneralV Villas is to resign, and
that he will be sent 10 the Austrian mis-
sion. According to the same authority.
First Assistant Stevenson is 10 be made
Postmaster-General,a and John Jamison,
superintendent of the Railroad Mail Serv-
ice, is to be succeeded by New York man.
not named. 1t is also said that Rogers of
Buffalo, is to be made Public Printer Nav
1st, and that at about the same time Cen
eral C. w. Blair of Kansas, is to succeed
Land Commissioner Sparks.
The Chinese Treaty.
WASHINGTON, April 16th.-The House
Foreign Affairs Committee will report
tavorably the Chinese indemnity resolu-
ton. Henley of California appeared before
the committee yesterday, urging the abro-
CATION OF the present treaty between China
and the United States. He said that unless
some such action was taken, no member
from California now in the House would
be returned to the next Congress.
Statement by Central Pacific Officials.
New YORK, April 16th.-The following
statement is made by the Central Pacific
n Tho fol Il
tral Pacific Company by the lessee-South-
ern Pacific-is at the rate of 81 300 600 per
annum, and is payable on May 1st of
each fiscal year. If the surplus
earnings above the fixed charges do not
reach this sum, the deficit must be made
good by the lessee The lease was in effect for
nine months in 1885 The amount of rental
due in May next is therefore $500 COO
not 81 ,2O00 900, as has been stated This
would suffice TO pay a II per cent. divi-
dend, if it We're available tor that purpose
but the company has not yet funded all of
its floating debt, and it may be required to
pay some portion OF IL out of the rental.
The question of declaring a dividend has
not yet been considered by the Direct 1rs.
Parneli and the National League of
America.
DETROIT, April l6th.-The following
cablegram was received in this city to-day:
LONDON, April 10th
Rec. Charles Reilly, r cdsgrer irish National
Le,;JIe. Detroit q: | thank you for your eneourag-
ing message advising the dispatch of the mag
nlhcent subscription of el2 coo. We here attach
no creGence Whatev to the statement recently
cAbied from America as 10 the existence of any
i'll feeling on the part of the National League of
America, or its leaders. towards our movement
We have the utmost confidence in the leaders of
the American League. We value their execu-
ton and neip most highly, and we trust that
your organization may maintain and extend its
Influence and high efficiency until victory for
inc ltlsh cause is secured. PARNELL.
Death of Joseph Bradford.
New YORK, April 16th-Joseph Brad
ford, a Boston journalist, dramatist, actor
and poet, died at mis- home there on Tues
day of pneumonia He was most generally
known for his PLAYS "Cherubs and Our
Bachelors" which Robson and Crane have
made familiar, and Rose & Company"
the finest, which Gus Williams plays.
The Hazeltiue Art Sale.
New YORK, April 16th.-The sale of the
Hazeltine collection of pictures was begun
last evening. The sale of the evening was
that of Bouguereau' The Bather,n large
canvas 51x19, which was started at $40 600
and ran up by the thousands to SIS, GOO.
then by the hundreds to $1S,6OO, at which
it was sold. Fromenter' s." The Combat"
sold for 1900; Meissonier's THE Jour
ney, for $4,000; Munkacsy's 1.-The Wrest-
ler's Challenge" for $4,000 The total re-
ceipts for the evening amounted to about
SllS.000, and for the whole sale over