The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-04-10
VACANT MISSIONS.
Twenty of Them Are Still
Untitled.
CLEVELAND WITH BAYARD.
The President Spends Sunday With
the ambassador to the Court
of st. James.
Special to THE MoRsIN1 CALL.

WASHINGTON. April 9.-The Senate has
practically concluded its labors and is now
waiting for an intimniion from the Presi-
dent to bring the session to a close. All
idea OF passing upon the questions involved
In the appointment of the three Senators
from the Northwest has been abandoned,
ard that matter will be left for disposition
at The next session. Although the impress
sion prevails that nearly all the foreign
missions have been filed, the records dis
close the TACT that no nominations have vet
been made to twenty of these important
places In the majority of these cases there
Is no good reason why these places cannot
De hiled by appuin tment subject to confrma-
ton when the Senate meets again next
session. Therefore the impression prevails
at the capital that the present session will
adjourn some time this week.
The California colony was re-enfOrced to-
night by the arrival of John Daggett of
Siskiyou, candidate for Superintendent OF
the Mint He says he is hopeful of his
appointment. Representative Geary seems
to be Daggetrs chief supporter, while
Mcguire sticks to James II. Barry. Jim
Nealon of San Francisco has returned 10
Washington, after a few days absence.
Captain A. w. Barrett of Los Angeles
leaves tomorrow for Fortress Monroe,
where the Board of Governors of the
National Soldiers Homes has its annual
meeting.
The following statement, prepared at the
Postt flee Department, has been made pub
lie: The total number of fourth-class Post
masters appointed from March 4, 1898 TO
April 8, 1893, inclusive, was 67S, of which
number 57S weie to fill vacancies caused by
rpc ci inn tiou ;nfr
$40 were removals. OF the removals eighty
had served four years ani over. The total
number of fourth-class Postmasters ap-
pointed from March 4, 1889 to April s. 1889,
inclusive was 1928. of which 503 were to fill
vacancies caused by designations and
deaths, and S25 were removals. At that
time no book record was kept of terms of
Office in removal cases.
Orders have been issued for Past Assist
ant Engineer Bennett and Ensign G. p.
Blow TO report tomorrow to Commodore
Meade at Chicago for duty in connection
with the Columbian Exposition. These
officers represent respectively the Bnreau
OF Steam Engineering and the Hydro
graphic Office OF the navy, and have been
engaged In preparing the exhibits Of those
Offices. They will remain at the exposition
grounds during tie fair and will return to
this city atits close. The other officers who
represent the different bureaus of the de-
partment will report at Chicago to-day.
The list includes DR.. McClurg, Lieutenant
+. j. Drake Lieutenant A. G. Winterhalter
Commander c. +. Hutchins and Pay Direc-
tor f. c. Crosby.
In explanation of the paragraph to the
navy regulations recently issued prohibit
ing naval officers from acting as correspond
euts Of newspapers it is said to have had
origin In the late Chilean war. During the
struggle. the story goes. two naval officers
stationed at Valparaiso were in the pay-of
certain New York newspapers. 10 which
they wired frequent inside news in cipher
Of the movements of each of the forces
engaged.
1t frequently happened that Balmaceda.
on the one SIDE or the provisional troops, on
the other, were made aware of movements,
wired back from New York by friends,
that they could not otherwise have known,
and the provisional forces subsequently
complained Of this to the Government at
Washington and alleged that they had been
seriously embarrassed thereby. Whereupon
the United States expressed regret at what
had passed and rendered the repetition OF
the complaint impossible by causing the
insertion of the much talked of paragraph
in the new regulations.