Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-06-25

be no troable about his heirs obtaining the
| fortune that is in waiting. The State De-
! partment has taken the matter up.
Uoited States Senate.
| WASHINGTON, June 24th.-After routine
morning business, the bill repeating the
! pfe- e-eanption and timber calture laws was
| laid before the Senate.
At the request of Pugh, it was informally
| laid aside TO permit consideration of the.
bill providing for the appointment and
compensation of United States District
| Judges for the southern district of Ala
bam3.
| After debate, the bill was passed.
The bill repeating the pre-emption and
| timber culture laws was then proceeded
with.
| Stanford stated that the provisions of the
| bill, as amended by the Senate, would ab-
| solutely prevent the reclamation of desert
| lands. There were enormous quantities of
| such lands, he said, not worth q penny an
acre, and they could only be reclaimed by
| the expenditure of large sums of money.
| In order 80 make reclamation possible, he
moved to restore certain words already
| struck out by the Senate.
| Plumb feared the amendment might lead
to fraud, and opposed it.
| Stanford's motion was rejected, and the
On motion of Dolph, committee of con-
| ference was ordered on the disagreeing
votes of the House and Senate on the bill
! The Fitz John Porter bill was then laid
| before the Senate.
| Sewell said it was the same bill that had
| passed before, and had the Clerk read a
number of resolutions of Grand Army
Posts, urging the passage of the bill.
! Logan obtained the floor to reply to
| Sewell, and after an executive session the
| Senate adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WAsn1NeToN, June 24th.-Randall of
| PENNSYLVANIA moved 10 dispense with the
morning hour. Agreed to, and the House
went into Committee ofthe Whole Reagan
of Texas in the chair on the sundry civil
| bill
The section of the bill concerning the
geodetic survey having been reached, ac-
cording to previous agreement general
| debate was in order, after which the House
| adjourned.
| Salaries of California postmasters.
| WASHINGTON, June 24th.-The Postoffice
| Department has Just finished the adjust
! ment of the salaries of Postmasters Of all
Presidential offices. The following are the
changes in California Alameda, from ST.
| 400 to 81 800; Bakersfield from ST 100 to
| 81 600; Benicia, from 81 400 TO 81 700; ;
Berkeley, from 81 400 to $500; Bodie,
| from 5! 200 to 81 600; Dixon, from 81 100
! to 81 200; Fresno City, from 81 800 to 81,
| 600; Livermore, from 81 900 TO 81 100; Los
| Angeles, from So, 600 to 50, ,100 Marysville,
! from $1,000 10 $2,100: Modesto, from ST.,
| 100 to 81 600; Monterey from 81 200 TO
s., 500; Napa City, from 81 800 to $1,000;
| Oroville, from 81 300 to 81, 500 Pasadena,
| from 81 100 to 81 400; Pomona from 81 200
to 81, 300; Redding, from $1,100 to 81, 200;
Riverside, from 81 600 to 100; st. Hele
ma, from 81 500 to 81 600; San Diego from
81 800 to 50 100; San Luis Obispo, from
| 81 800 to 81, 100; Santa Cruz, from 81 900 to
| $1,000; Tulare, from 81 300 to 81 400; Va
caville, from 81 900 to 81 100; Visalia, from
| 81 800 to 81 600.
| Railway Postal Clerks Discharged.
| WASHINGTON, June 2ith.-The following
! special notice was to-day issued by the
| General Superintendent of Railway Mail
, Service:
| By order of the Postmaster-General, twenty
| six clerks have been removed from the service
| in different parts of the country for iusubordi-
nation. In conspiring to obstruct the regulation
| of the service by the Department, and to injure
| its efficiency, they have secretly attempted to
! form an association with view to dictate ac-
| tion to the Department, and many of them have
also been guilty of deception towards their fel-
low clerks by representing the purposes of such
association to be merely benevolent.
The Postmaster-General says the dis
charged men threatened to strike or COM
bine the resignation of many clerks, so as
to menace the Department with embarrass-
ment.
| Swamp Lands.
WASHINGTON, June 24th-The Interior
Department has been devoting its energies
for the past three days endeavoring to ar
rive at some rule that shall govern the De-
partment in future in ruling upon swamp
lands. 1t is a general principle that all
| overfiowed lands not fit for cultivation be-
long TO the States, but it is claimed that in
the States of Oregon and California es-
pecially there are thousands of acres that
have been claimed BY those States that
really belong to the General Government.
There are $4,000 acres involved in the pres
ent controversy in Oregon, which is par
! ticularly complicated, from the fact that
settlers have taken up much of it and re
! ceiyed their titles from the State, and it
Immediately becomes question as TO their
| standing in case the lands revert to the
| General Government. 1t is proposed TO
| settle the question once for all by general
rule if possible.
River and Har,or Bill.
| WASHINGTON, June 2fth.-The Senate
| Committee on Commerce has nearly COM
pleted the river and harbor bill. 1t is
! possible, but not probable, that a few i'm
| portant changes may be made at the meet
ing tomorrow. The items in the House
! bill have been increased to the aggregate
of s., ,4S3, ,275, and Others have been de-
! creased to the aggregate of S6l5, 500, q net
| increase Of 2S67,775. The total appropria-
ton by the Senate bill is $500, ,9I5.
WASHINGTON, June 24th-In the caucus
| tonight the attendance was large, nearly
all of the Democratic Representatives. in
the city being present, and the proceedings
were harmonious throughout Contrary TO
common expectations, nothing was said di-
rectly about the tariff, but the members
present came away under the impression
that there would be no further effort made
this session to consider any tariff bill.
The Payne Investigation.
WAsHISeToN, June 24th.-The Senate
Committee on Privileges and Elections was
addressed this morning by Congressman
| Butterworth, who advocated an inyestiga-
ton of the charges of the bribery in con-
nection with the election of Senator Payne
to the Senate. The committee will meet
again tomorrow for the purpose of dis
cussing the evidence laid before them, and
! endeayOr to reach conclusion as 10
whether or not the investigation shall be
| made.
Miscellaneous Washington Items.
| WASHINGTON, June 24th.-The President
vetoed twenty-nine more pension bills to-
day.
j The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
| to-day considered the Chinese bills, but il
| was the general opinion that there was little
hope of their being reached this session.
Unavailing efforts have been made to se-
sure day for the Senate restriction bill.
Ex-President Arthur.
NEW YORK, June 24th.--Ex-President
Arthur left the city this afternoon for New
London, Conn. He stepped up to the plat
form alone, but slipped and nearly fell al
the top step. Recovering himself he en-
tered car. The ex-President looked pale
and worn. Several friends came to say
good by. To one of them he said s' Ny
only trouble is in my stomach y then be
added, laughingly, you know how good
that used to be- In reply TO question
DIR. Peters said that his patient was pro.
crossing favorably, and without doubt
would be benefited by change of air
I" He has had siege OF it. said the doctor
but will get along now
Barnum all Right.
NEW YORK, June 24th.--P. T. Barnun
telegraphs from Bridgeport, Conn, in ref