Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-12-11
Washington Notes.

WASHINGTON, December 10th.-Reporter
| Harrls to-day swore out warrant charging
| Representative Martin of Texas with as
| sault and battery.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
| to-day reported back favorsbly Berry's bill
| to allow persons who have abandoned or
relinquished homestead entries TO make
| another entry.
Representative Cultivate to-day offered
a resolution setting aside January Sth and
| 9th next for the consideration of the Union
| Pacific funding bill. 1t went TO the Com
| mittee on Rules.
Senator Farwell to-day introduced bill
| providing that the salaries of the Chief
Justice and Associate Justices of the Su-
preme Court of the United States shall be
as follows: Chief Justice, $50 800, and
each Associate Justice $4,000.
Changes in California Postmasters.
| WASHINGTON, December 10th-The fol-
| lowing changes have been made in Post
| masters: Baslle Charlebois has been ap-
pointed at Alton, Colusa county, vice Da-
| vid Etter, resigned; Miss NJ. II. Sloan, at
| Hazel Creek, Shasta county, vice Simon F.
| Southern, removed; Frank W Mitchell, at
| MiddletOwn, Lake county, vice James B.
Jameson, resigned; Harry 3. Alger, at
! Napa Junction, vice Caroline E. Berghen,
removed; Jackson Dennis, at Suffer Creek,
| Amador county, vice Nathan Brinn, re-
| signed.
| The Alleged Alaskan Outrages.
| WASHINGTON, December 10Th The Sec
| retary of the Interior has transmitted to the
| Governor of Alaska q copy of the charges
| concerning the outrages upon Indians in
that Territory, together with the Senate
resolution on the subject, with the request
that he will furnish all the information
possible bearing on the question.
Commissioner kdgerton Disguised.
| WASHINGTON, December i0th.-Judge Ed
| gerton, of Indiana, Chairman of the Civil
Service Commission, has gone home. He
stated before leaving that he had handed
his resignation to the President. The Pres
idents order bringing the railway mail
service within the provisions of the civil
service rules vas the last straw
a Hoosier Designs a VVar-ship.
WASHINGTON, December 10th.-Represen-
tative Thomas of Illinois, of the House
| Naval Affairs Committee, has designed a
model Of the most improved type of war
ships, which will probably be accepted bv
| the Navy Department. Naval constructors
speak highly il.
COurtesies to California Ladies.
WASHINGTON, December 10th. - Mrs.
John Mullan, of Connecticut avenue, gave
a luncheon TO-DAY to a company of ladies
| in honor of Mrs. Coleman of California.
and her daughter, Miss May, who have re-
| Gently come to this city to reside.
| California Pensions
| WASHINGTON. December 10th.-California
pensions granted Ransel B. Cutler, Ocean
Side; Dennis Harringer, San Francisco ;
Nathan W. Manning. Alameda; James
McChristian, Sebastopol; Sarah widow of
Felix J. HanloD, alias ]. Y. Spratt, San
| Francisco.
| Mrs. Sheridan's Pension.
WASHINGTON, December 10th. - The
House Committee on Pensions to-day agreed
to report favorably on the bill granting an
annual pension of $500 to Mrs General
| Phil Sheridan.
The Mormon Case Advanced.
| WASHINGTON, December 10th.-The Su-
preme Court to-day advanced the case of
the Mormon Church VS. the United States
Il will be heard on the second Monday of
January.
| Democrats and the Territories
| WASHINGTON, December I0th-A Demo-
cratic caucus will be held tomorrow night
! to discuss the admission of Territories.