Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-21
WASHINGTON NOTES.
The New Apportionment Will Not Take
Eject Until 1903.

The New Apportionment VIII Not Take
Effect Until 1903,
WASHINGTON, December 2Oth.-A San
Francisco paper is in error in the expecta-
| ton that the next House will consist of
| 356 members, gain of one for California.
The apportionment does not take effect
| till the Fifty-third Congress, which con-
venes in December, 1898.
| Secretary Noble has affirmed the decision
of the General Land Office in the crse of
George B. Reynolds application for the re-
| to return to him any of the money paid for
land in the Los Angeles district.
The Secretary of the Interior to-day
certified to the Secretary of the Treasury
the Sl50, 900 apporticnea for an agricultural
college in California.
G. Clark has been appointed fourth.
class Postmaster at Chiles, Napa county,
Cal, vice ]. Taylor resigned.
Morrow to-day presented to the House
kilograms from the Pacific Coast Board of
| Trade praying for the passage of the ship
ping and subsidy bill also one from San
Francisco merchants in favor CT the tobacco
rebate
The Court of Claims has dismissed the
case of Eli Skaggs, administrator OF the
estate of Ewing ii. Skaggs. deceased, late
OF Sacramento, against the United States
for claims for supplies furnished the Union
army in the war of the rebellion.
The Second Comptroller of the Treasury
having declined the subsidized railroads
| account for the transportation of sailors
| across the continent, the roads will decline
| to carry them Free and the sailors will be
sent to the Pacific ports via Panama.
Representative McKenna and E. W.
Marstow, of California, called on the
President this morning
A new posioffice has been established at
Trent, Lane county, Oregon, with Francis
S. Kelly as postmaster.
Exchange of Gold bars for Gold Coin.
WASHINGTON, December 20.h.-Carter.
| from the Committee on Coinage, Weights
and Measures, has reported to the House a
bill agreed upon by the committee to
| amend the Act of May 26, 1882, authorizing
the receipt of United States gold coin in
exchange for gold bars. The bill proposes
| to make the exchange Of gold bars for gold
coin discretionary with the Secretary of
the Treasury, instead of mandatory, and
also gives authority to impose charge for
such exchange equal to the cost of manu-
featuring the bars.
| Pension Awards,
| WASHINGTON, December 20th.-Pacifc
| COdst peusious u6Se pceu dWdluSu Is lol-
lows:
California: Original-Martin V. Pome-
roy. Pomona; George Gilgrich, Los An
geles.
Oregon: Original = William NJ. Man
ming, Glenwood; Eugene 4. Brightman,
Ashland. Increase-Wiley Knowles, Nc,
Minnville. Mexican survivor-John a.
Stevens, Lungis. Mexican Widow-Mal-
VIVA J., widow of Andrew ]. Hayes, juno
ton City.
Senator Hearst Reported Better.
/ WAsHINeToN, December 20th.-Sanator
Hearst has been confined to his house since
his arrival in the city with severe attack
of stomach and bowel troubles. He was
in bad heslth when he left California, and
has been very sick since be reached Wash
ington. Tonight he is reported little
better.
Tariff Decision.
WASHINGTON, December 20th.-Acting
on the advice of the Attorney General. the
Treasury Department has decided that the
provision in Section al of the Tariff Act
for refining imported sugar in bond is ap-
plicable only to sugArs in solid form, and
/ not in molasses.