Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-12-29
The Cold Wave.

New York s, 082, s44 Utah - 143,a07
North Carolina. 400, GOO Washington 1920
Oregon. ia, 767lWYoming. 2O,fSS
The Cold Wave.
CHICAGO, December 2sth.- Thermometers this
morning registered as low as Is below zero in this
city, but the Government observation was only g.
below. The weather has moderated only trihe
from the extreme cold, and az l o'clock was Z be-
low 1t is likely that tonight will be the coolest
of the season. At Milwaukee this morning it was
49, below, and at Minneapolis IS below. AT Quincy,
ILL.,, the mercury was 10 below, and freishting is
difficult.
BUFFALO, December 2S;h.-It has been showing
heavily all the afternoon.
GALVESTON, December 2Sth.-Ne,os specials re-.
port heavy snow storm throughout the northern
part of the State.
CHICAGO, December 2Sth.-The weather at mid
night justes the prediction made earlier, for the
in this city has reached point II
below and will probably register 20 to 25' below at
suburban places tonight. The cold wave is far
reach ng, and the weather is more intensely cold
than for some years.
The Inter Ocean and Tribune's specials give in
formation that the thermometer in northern Illinois,
Iowa, Nebraska, Michigan and Wisconsin has been
from zero TO 80 below all day. At Oshkosh, Wis,
at this morning the mercury stood at 30 below,
and was below % during the entire day, with pros
poets OF bitter cold night No casualties by rail
are reported, and no fatal cases OF freezing.
RICHMOND (ya.) December 2sth. kilograms from
points along the Chesapeake and Ohio rivers report
snow at intervals all day, with indications tonight
of its continuance The thermometer ranged from
s. to Is above.
The storm on the Atlantic Coast.
BAY SIDE IN. ", December 25th.-The recent
storm was the severest that has visited this section
of the country in fifty years.
LONG BRANCH, December 2Sth.-Railroad travel
has been resumed on the different roads, but inland
towns not visited by the railroad are in state of
siege, as only few turnpikes have been broken.
The damage to property along shore is Sl25 900 to
sl50o00. The sea is still very high, and has carried
away some of the jetties at the Highlands which
protected the railroad bed from being washed away.
schurz and the Sioux.
CHICAGO, December 2Sth.-The Inter Oceans
Washington special says: Secretary SehurZ, in q
conference with the Sioux this morning, after ask
ing them to state clearly what they had TO say re-
ceived pair OF new moccasins and 4 tobacco bag,
with the compliments Of the season, from Iron Ma.
ton, after which White Swan said the Sioux had
been swindled by the interpreters who read the
treaties to Them They wanted their own land.
They have but little nov, and will hold on to it.
They hoped to get the boundary lines fixed, but
seen ed likely to fail II il was nee ssary to say how
much they would charge the railroad for crossing
their LANDS, he would say 100000
The Secretary asked if he knew how much 81.
900, 900 is
White Swan answered, eve know enough. It's
a big pile"
big Maue also maze q long speech ABOUT inc IN
dian land troubles and argued that the Indians are
discouraged, but he said they would no: sign an
agreement for the railroads to cross their reserva-
ton unless they could first have their boundary
better defined and map of it.
Rattling Rib spoke in similar terms.
The Indians then arose and began TO walk out,
when the Secretary made them speech on the ad-
vantages to them Of railroad. As he to go to
the Cabinet meeting be told them he wanted to
know very soon what they proposed to do, as they
Ia. boz iuCt Tn hay
much longers
The Secretary makes point that the Indians met
to sign an agreement with the railroad companies,
not to talk about resert alton lines. The indians
insist on their plan to get the boundaries fixed.
The Case of the Poncas.
WASHINGTON, December 2Sth.-Senators Kirk
wood and Dawes, of the Senate Ponca Investigating
Committee, met at the Interior Department to-day.
Tibbe was examined in reference to his attempt
last summer TO inGuce the POneas to leave their
reservation and go to Dakota He admitted that
he had gone to the Ponca Reservation at the re
Quest of committee in Omaha, for the purpose Of
seeing wheth or the Poncas would not leave Indian
Territory and return to Dakota, so case might be
made up by them in the Supreme Court, and that
to aid the Poncas in leaving Indian Territory money
had been furnished him to provision them on the
way.
Secretary Schurz made statement contradicting
the report that third of the Poucas had died in In
dian Territory and only about 4i0 was left. There
Isle school, and Is ia Dakota, which proved that
the mortality among them bad not been half what
has been represented. He also showed that the
charge that the Poncas had been kept in close con.
fnement, SO as to make it impossible for any of
their friends see them about their reservation,
was untrue.
Serious Disturbance In yirginia-A White
Man Kills Two Negroes and Wounds
Several Others.
Fort MONROE, December 2Sth.-A disturbance oc-
Cured Friday evening at Smithville fifteen miles
west, between white man named Dunn and a
party of colored men who had met to organize a
military company One OF the men caught Dunn
by the whiskers and slapped his face, whereupon he
drew a 81 gle barreled pistol and killed the negro
Dunn then ran into a store and loaded his pistol,
when crowd headed by Dan Cook, with drs wn
sword attacked him. He shot Cook dead, after
which he seized q butcher knife and cut his way
out. One man, named Ed. Drew was badly cut in
the abdomen, and will probably die, while others
are more or less injured Dunn gave himself up,
and is now IN Jail at Williamsburg. Intense excite
ment prevails among the colored people of the
peninsula.
Patents Issued 10 Pacific Coast Inventors.
WASHINGTON. December 2sth : The following
patents were issued to dav to Pacific slope inventors
To NJ 7. Bovine, OF Stockton, CAL, railway car
truck Jannars S. Clements, San Francisco, auto.
matte railroad switch; Charles P. Dunton, Oakland
Cal, cooking stove; Joshua Hendey, San Francisco,
ore-feeder; Harvey r. Leonard, San Francisco,
pneumatic tunnelng process ; Ruther Mcuougal
and @. W. Shaw, Denver, Col, car-couPiing; Her.
mann G. Luller, San Francisco, preserved wood ;
Christian Myers, San Francisco, gang ulew; George
Phillips Silver City, New, sectional steam pack
ing; Newton Sewell Marysvile, CAL, relieving
channels Of sediment and forming levees.
Death OF Veteran.
WHEELING, December 2sth.-Anthony Deiters,
aged 90, died to-day. He fought with the great
Napoleon through his campaigns He was nine
.; al wit ofM
and was at Lepsic and Waterloo. He was in full
yigor at the time If his death. He was one of the
Oldest Masons in the United States, having Joined
as minor.
Financial Matters.
WASHINGTON, December 2sth.-It is a fact that the
Secretary of the Treasury is empowered by law to
anticipate the payments Of interest en- Government
ponds, when he deems it expedient, by as much as
a years time. This authority was conferred many
years ago, when the Governments were much
cheaper than now in order to offer investors every
inducement and it still remains although the pur-
pose for which it was conferred is wanting Expert
inanciers have no doubt whatever that the Govern
ment can place its new bonds at three per cent. IL
thev run long enough In financial circles there Is
a widespread opposition TO bond bearing lees than
four per cent, as such bond would inevitably
lower the rates of interest on money and CONNER
cial Transactions throughout the country. The saw
ings banks are particularly interested, as their in
vestors will now probably have to be content with
three per cent.
Gold Bullion at New York.
WASHINGTON, December 2Sth.-The Treasury De-
par has directed the transfer OF g. 900 500 In
gold bullion from the Assay Office in New York to
the Philadelphia Mint for coinage into eagles and
half eagles after this transfer there will still re-
main in the New York Assay Office about s63,.
o0o, 0o0 in bul,ion-more than enough to keep the
Phi adelphia Mint employed six months in coming
gold exclusively
silver and Stocks.