Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-01-23

United States meets its obligations is
shown in the report of the House Com
mittee on Foreign Affairs upon the bill for
the relief of the owners of the fish and the
crew of the British bark Chance. This
vessel was fitted out at Sidney, New
South Wales, at an expense of SIC, 600, for
whaling cruise in the Arctic ocean in the
spring of 1871. She arrived On the whal-
ing grounds early in September An
American fleet of some thirty vessels had
been imprisoned in the ice about sixty
miles north of where the Chance then was,
and twelve hundred men were
caught with no chance of escape
except by aid from the south. The
master of the Chance received letter from
the masters of the American vessels be-
seeching any shipmaster south of Icy Cape
to come to their rescue, and assuring such
master that the United States Government
would make ample recompense for any
losses that might be incurred. The Chance
abandoned its whaling venture that was
likely to net, according to the committees
estimate, $4,000, and rescued ninety-six
American seamen, which the vessel
brought in safe to Honolulu. The owners
of the vessel were paid by the Treasury
Departmet 1880 for the passage of the
rescued seamen from the Arctic Ocean to
Honolulu, but no allowance has ever been
made for the loss incurred by the failure of
the cruise, and the committee, after seven
teen years have elapsed, recommended that
the owners be reimbursed therefor.
The Southern Mails.
fCopyight, 1883, 6yHe California associated press1
WASHINGTON, January 22d. Ex-Sur-
veyor-General Wiley has written to friends
here urging that something be done to in
fha al O. ~.
He says the population.sot that place has
increased from 5000 to 28,OO0, and that the
population is not migrating, but perma-
nent. The quantity of mails passing
through the San Diego Office is, per capita,
largely in excess of that handled in the
Eastern offices of the same population.
The Postmaster has only eight clerks,
when fifteen are required, and persons are
compelled to stand in line before the de-
livery window for hours before their mail
can be delivered. Senators Stanford and
Hearst will probably join Representative
Vandever in united effort to secure
amelioration of the difficulties under which
the Postmasters in the growing towns of
Southern California at present labor. 1t is
hoped that Postmaster General Dickinson
Will give the relief TO the postal service in
Southern California that ex-Postmaster-
General Villas denied.
Indemnity Asked.
[copyrig, 1888, by ate Cal fosa associated Press
WASHINGTON, January 22d.-Mrs. Janet
M. Baldwin, Of San Francisco, has arrived
here to press, before the State Department.
her claim for indemnity from the Mexican
Government for the murder of her hus-
band, Leon Mcleod Baldwin, by Bernal,
the Mexican bandit. Mrs. Baldwin's case
has been presented to the State Depart
meDt and preparations are being made for
a demand upon the Mexican Government
for the indemnity claimed, A number of
Senators and Representatives have inter
ested themselves in the case
Senator Stewards Bill.
copight, 1888, by the California Associated Pressl
WASHINGTON, January 22d.- Senator
Stewart has prepared bill for the appoint
ment of the Territorial Assembly for Utah,
which he will introduce in the Senate at an
early day or substitute it for Cullom's bill.
1t is very stringent in its provisions and
will deprive the Mormons in Utah of the
power to regulate their home affairs Stew
art wishes to see whether the Committee
on Territories viii approve his proposition
before making it public.
No Truth in 1t.
WASHINGTON, January 22d-An Asso-
ciated Press reporter tonight inquired of
Speaker Carlisle what truth there was in
the report that he would on Monday send
letter to the House requesting that the
Thoebe-Carlisle case be reopened, and that
committee of investigation be sent to
Kentucky. The Speaker authorized the
following denial of the report to be made
public: II have not contemplated such a
step. The House must take its own course
in the case, without dictation or attempted
diCta,ion from me-
A Lobbyist.
WASHINGTON, January 22d.-W. H. Pratt
has been sent to this city from Eureka,
Humboldt county, Cal, by the Chamber of
Commerce of that city to urge Congress to
make sufficient appropriation for the i'm
proVement of the bar of Humboldt bay