Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-11

and provides thst nothing in the. Act shall be
10 change tEe legal tender quality OF
the standard silver dollar.
Final action oH the bill was postponed until
Monday.
CALIFORNIA PosTMAsrERs.
The following changes have been made in
California fOstna sters: 7. ". Hill appointed at
Big Pine, Inyo county. vice A. k. Engley, re-
moved; T. o. Bailey. ct Nellie, san Diego
county, vice Nellie Mcqueen, resigned.
BUREAU OF AGRICULTURE
The report of the Department of Agriculture
shows that the wheat in the farmers hands is
rs Follows: In six spring wheat States there are
oaly 40 000,000 bushels, lS.000.t0G of which IS re-
1ois, Missouri and Kansas have only 60,eeO,0OO
bushels, of which 5000 eco are needed at home,
aud part of the latter is commercially uEayail-
able at present prices
The percentage OF corn in the hands ef grow
ers is 459 per cent, or 600 bushels and of
wheat 81 Ier cent, er IE6, ,0o0 GEO. Z he stock of
corn is the lsrgsst ever reported in March,
SENATOR STANFORD ESTGRTATys.
Senator Leland Stanford gave a dinner to-
night OF fourteen covers, at which the decora-
General Miles, General Schofield, General Roch-
ester, and Senators Squire, Voorhees,, Paseo,
Pugh, AidIieh, Sawyer, Allison Mcmillan,
Speaker Reed and Justice Field.
CENSUS OF CITIES.
The Census Bureau has issued bulletin show
ties of manufacturers have been Withdrawn
from the regular supervisors and sent to experts
and special agents. Those on the coast are as
follows:
California. First District-San Francisco ana
san Jose. Second District-Oak aud Sacramento
and Stockton. Third District-Marysville Napa
City, Petaluma, Santa Rosa aud Vallejo. Fourth
Distriet-Sanla Cruz. Fifth Dist1ict-Los An
Neyada-Carson City and Virginia City.
Oregon Portland.
Washington-Walla Walls and Seattle.
HERMANN ON HOPS.
The Wars and Means Committee to-day heard
further arguments upon the proposition to in
crease the duty on hops. Representative Her
mann, Of Oregon. denied the statement which
had been made that the people of the Pacific
slope did not desire TO increase the duty on hopS
Chinese labor was becoming very scarce and
dear. Indians could no longer be had land was
increasing in value, and all these things meant
an increased cost in the production OF hops AT
present the actual cost of growing them on the
Pacific coast was from to 10 cents pound.
Representative Butterworth argued in opp9si-
| ton to the increase of duty. He affirmed his
| protection principles but held that this was
case where an increase of duty did not mean
added protection. New York State was i'll the
| position of No'thern Ohio, in that she was try
ing with worn'oqt Lands. unsuiled cllmatlcaily.
| TO compete with the fertile ana productive
| West. One section OF the country could not be
| protected against another by any such device Us
an increase Of duty.
DUTY on COFFEE.
Representative G Donnell of Michigan intro
duced bill in the House to-day providing for
the collection of duty on coffee equivalent to
/ the export duty levied by certain countrieS
| Coffee coming from those countries not exactlng
export duties shall be admitted free and when
\ nations now collecting duties on coffee exported
| TO the United States shall abolish the same no
| duty will be collected at any American port.
TAULBEE CANNOT LIVE.
| At midnight the attending physicians say
Taulbee is Beyond all hope of recovery.
MRS. DoLPH AND MRS. sTEwAET
Mrs. Senator Stewart held a deiishtful recep
| ton at her apartments at the Shorehau.
! Mrs. Senator DO,ph received informally this
| afternoon, but on Thursday evening Mrs. Dolph
| will be sat home" The Thursday reunions are
| among the pleasantest affairs given.