Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-17


! bly, as many more hurt and suffering from
the bitter cold of last night. Indeed, more
people are believed to be hurt and dying from
exposure to the weather than from burns
| Others say as many as twenty insane people
either persisted in the flames or died on tbs
coli hills during the night. So many Of the
patients have disappeared it cannot be TOLD
who are dead and who have run away. Tht
suffering has been terrible, and no pen car
describe it or human mind realize it. Hun
dreds of the patients are as helpless a.
children. Governor Pillsbury heads a bane
of noble workers, who are doing everything
possible for the comfort of the distressed
Mr.. Carson, of Minneapolis, has found the
| dead body of his father-in-law, Mr.. Abrams
and will have it removed to Minneapolis
| The real damage to the hospital buildings
will amount to $780, 600. The central build
| ing and south wing have been preserved.
Another Disastrous Fire.
LITTLE Rock (Ark.l November 10Th
About o'clock yesterday evening frt
broke out in the northern part of Newport
on the Iron Mountain Railroad and under
the influence of high winds the fame;
rapidly spread till two-thirds of the building,
in the town were destroyed. About 20(
families were rendered homeless, and theil
distress is very great. The loss is about
$500, 600.
The MOrey Letfcr-Additional Items.
WASHINGTON, November 16th.-Commis
sloner John Davenport, of New York, is in
the city. His business is said to be in con
nection with the Morey Chinese letter, and
with special reference to the recent testimopy
of witness O'Brien. 49,
NEW YORK, November 16th-The Neac;
says: Charles a. Byrne, editor of Truth,
said to-day, in relation to the Morey letter,
that some things had transpired that almost
made him believe the letter was. a forgery.
Ii some things in connection with it could be
explained he should concede that it was 8
| forgery. He also stated that Kenward PhilI
was no longer connected with Truth.
The Sun says !: A rumor reached TIE Dis.
trict Attorneys office late yesterday after
| noon, to the effect that kenward Philip, who,
it is alleged forged the letter upon the Chi
nese labor question that was attributed tc
Garfield having been dismissed from the EN-
ploy of the scurrilous newspaper that pub
lished the letter, has determined to make g
revelation in regard to the authorship of the
letter that would implicate others than him
self.
Getting at the Bottom Facts.
WASHINGTON, November 10Th. = John
Davenport and johnson, of Cumberland,
have gone as mysteriously as they came, but
have accomplished important results. They
were in consultation with Colonel Ipgersoll
much of the time. They have connected II.
H Hadley, Secretary of the /" Conservative
Republican Club" in New York, with the
Chinese letter conspiracy The evidence on
this head is deemed conclusive, and he prob
| ably signed the name Of Morey on the Lynn
register. 1t is suspected that the signature
of the Chinese letter was obtained by tracing
from Garfeld's letter to Hadley, which he
| wrote, not knowing the character of the man,
in answer to an inquiry for fuller proof that
he was not guilty of the Credit Mobilier and
De Golyer charges. H. II. Finley, author OF
the notorious Springer letter, and bench
man of Barnum, is also suspected Of the con-
spiracy. Whether Davenport and, johnson
have connected Stilsoh Hutchins with the
affair is not known. They were very reti.
cent, but said the trip had been successful.
Time Extended.
NEw YORK, November 16th.-The District
Attorney agrees to extend the time for the
justifying of Philips sureties. Philip remains
at large.
A Wealthy Californian Found De id.
PHILADELPHIA, November 16th-Horace
Merrill, of Oakland, Cal, a retired merchant,
65 years of age, was found dead on the floor
of his room at the st. Cloud Hotel, in this
city, to-day. He was in his night clothes, and
evidently died from spoplexy. Among his
papers were found coupons representing
bonds to the amount of half million dollars.
He arrived in this country about November
1st, having returned from tour of the Con
tinent, and stated that he intended to main
here all winter The Coroner took pos ession
Of his body, and teleeraphed the particulars
to his son-in-law, Eugene Blits of Chicago,
and James Hudson, Postmaster of SAGINAW,
Mich, whose names were found in his diary.
An overland Passenger shoots HIN elf.
CHEYENNE (Wy.) November 16th.-0ne of
the overland passengers on the East bound
Union Pacific train, man named James
Binuey Clark, of Chico, California. shot
himself in the head this evening. He will
undoubtedly die.
EinportaHt Land office Ruling.
WASHINGTON, November 10th The Com
missioner of the General Land Office has
written q letter to Senator Hill, of Colorado,
announcing an important ruling in regard to
the present law concerning the annual ex-
penditures in mining claims. The question
submitted by Senator Hill, in behalf of his
constituents, was in substance whether the
Department would recognize, as compliance
with tie Act of last January, the expendi.
ture of 800 worth of work between October
lUgN asa ~, 1915 upOu u UiillIS CIGlLD 10
Gated October l, 1879. Commissioner Will
hanson, in reply, writes as follows: Under
the Act of May 10, 1872 (Section 1924
of the Revised Statutes) the annual expendi-
ture for improvements was due within each
year, commencing with the date of location,
except in regard to claims located prior to the
enactment of that law, the annual expendi-
lures upon which were made due by January
l, 1873, and annually thereafter. The pur-
pose Of the amendatory laws of January %,
1880, was to secure a uniform period within
which the annual expenditure should be re.
quired on all locations, and it provided that
such period should commence on the LIST day
of January succeeding the date of location
of each claim. 1t therefore follows
that claim located October l, 1879.
requires the expenditure of 500 worth of
labor or Improvements thereon within the
calendar year 1880, and that whatever may
have been expended during the year 1879 will
not answer the requirements of expenditures
in 1880. 1t also appears, by reason of the
charge made in the requirements of the Act
of May, 1872. by the amendatory law Of last
January, that claim located on any date
subsequent to the LIST day of January, 1879
requires no further expenditure during the
remainder of that year than is made necessary
by the local laws" The Commissioners adds
that he finds he has inadvertently signed a
letter indicating different construction of
the section aforesaid, but the conclusion now
given has been reached after careful con-
sheraton, and will control his official action.
Unhealthy Locality for Republicans.
New York, November 16th-The Tiger
Club of Greenville county, South Carolina,
recently celebrated the Democratic victory in
that State, and adopted the following resolu-
ton:
Resolred. That from henceforth we pledge our.
selves to discard any man, white or black, who
voted with the Radical party, and that will not
rent our lands to or have upon premises such
men, until they prove their sincerity to honest gov
eminent or the Democratic party by words and
deeds that earnestly call upon the people of our
county and State TO join hands with in this mat
ter as the only course for the people to save the
Government from corruption and fraud that we
beg the citizens and merchants Of Greenvile City to
discharge from their employ any white black
Radical, an fill their places with Democrats that
we diseountenance any man who will violate the
above resolu.ion, and consider him wanting in
loyalty to his party, and spot him enemy to
good government that no tenants whom we NAV
have on places shall be allowed TO have in their
employ any white or black Radical; that any voter
or stranger to US who may apply to us for employ
Democrat.
shotgun Politics.
CHICAGO, November 16th-The Times
Vicksburg special says: The Shoestrine
Congressional District gives General. CEal-
liners 5. 799 majority. The-votes thrown out
were 6,05S, which elected Lynch {colored
Republican, by 500. not counting Jefferson
county, where the box was captured by a