Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-23
Legislature would therefore definitely

the Legislature would therefore definitely
settle it.
The President assures reporters that all
pretended forecasts of his message are bogus.
No points have been confded to any one,
and not a word has been written.
General Garfield will be here this week,
and receive great honors.
In Republican political circles to-day quite
buoyant feeling exists on the subject of
party control in the Senate after the 4th of
| next March. Heretofore the Republican
papers have rested mainly on the attitude of
General Malone but to-day it is limited that
a case will be made up against Fair of
Nevada, and objection raised to his admission
on the ground of notorious bribery and cor
ruption in the election of members of the
| Legislature. 1t is claimed that there has
been no concealment of the fact that large
sums of money were spent in the interest of
Fair to secure the election of Legislature
favorable to him, and that names, dates and
amounts can and will be given. 1t is quite
| true that there has been much talk about
money and other improper influences con-
trolling the Senatorial contest in Nevada.
WASHINGTON, November 22d.-Secretary
Schurz will allow the Poncas to come to
| .NSAos0A w SoiASA Oi 0ASA iuVulC lSci-
dence.
Cold Weather.
WHITE PLAINS IN. W, November 22d.-
| Champlain Canal is frozen over this morn
ing. The ice is about two inches thick
| Thirty loaded boats are frozen in between
here and Fort Ann. About forty are due
from Port Henry and Canada to night and
| tomorrow. The thermometer was degrees
below zero at "a. NJ.
ST. LOUIS, November 22d.-The ice grows
heavier, and the reports are that the river
will close.
BUFFALO, November 22i.-The severe
weather along the canals has stopped naviga-
| ton and trade is paralyzed. Prices are nom
inally higher.
| CHICAGO, November 22d.-The weather is
very cold for this season of the year. Ice
has formed in the river, and all lake naviga-
ton is practically closed. The thermometer
has been from zero to 10 degrees below.
| ALBANY, November 22d-Telegrar1s re.
| ceived by the Auditor from Utica, Rome,
Syracuse, Rochester, Tonawanda and Fort
! Edwards to-day speak of cold, ice and snow,
and state that the canals are closed at the
points named. Ice-breakers and all the men
that can be put to work on them are en-
ployed, and unless the present cold snap con-
tinues the canals will be reopened. At Sche-
nectady the ice in the canal is four inches
thick. 1t is estimated that there are 7000.-
600 bushels of grain ahoat. A telegram this
afternoon from Whitehall announces that the
| Champlain Canal was frozen over this morn
ing with ice two inches thick. Every effort
will be made by the canal officials to get the
| boats through At Whitehall at 5 A. NJ. to-
| day the thermometer indicated g below zero.
TOLEDO (O.), November 22d.-Four inches
| of ice in the river. Navigation on the lake
has closed suddenly and prematurely for the
winter.
| PoUGHKEEPsIE IN. ", November DID
| The cold increases. The river is full of ice.
| No boat will be able to get through to Albany
| after tomorrow.
PETERSBURG IVA J. November 22d.-This is
| the coolest day of the season. There is skat-
ing in some localities.
| ST. JOHN IN. b., November 22d.-It is
very cold here. The river is frozen up, and
winter has set in in earnest.
Three Vessels Wrecked on Lake Erie.
| ERIE pa J, November 22d.-Three vessels
were wrecked five miles from here and Gll
! the crews saved by the gallant work of TIE
life-saving crew, who dragged their appara tus
five miles through the heaviest snow-storln
ever known here.
CLEVELAND tO), November 22d.-Several
wrecks are reported along the lake shore to-
night.
The Mercy FOrgery-No New Develop.
ments.
CHICAGO, November 22d. - The Inter
Oceans New York special says: No new de-
velopments in the forgery case. The report
that Philip was about to publish his confess
sion doubtless grew out of the vulgar pranks
OF the Truth newspaper. Two or three days
| tHoI L., !,
Philips confession, and tried to stimulate
public curiosity. To-day the confession was
published, and proved to be only coarse and
silly burlesque, and single specimen OF its
humor will suffice g All Of it which is true,
so help me John l. Davenport" Philip is
evidently anxious to make terms, but the
prosecution are not so anxious about it as
he is.
The Responsibility for the Mercy letter
Forgery.
New York, November 22l.-1'he Tribune s
Washington special says: A correspondent
of the Tribune this evening had converse
ton with two gentlemen of high respect
ability who were in New York a week be-
fore the publication Of the Morey letter, and
who learned something which may be of in
terest to the people who are seeking
to find out who is responsible for
the forgery. These gentlemen were sitting in
their hotel on Friday, the 10Th day of Octo-
Der, when General Averill, with whom they
were acquainted, came in and entered into
conversation with one of them. Averill said,
as nearly as can be remembered, 1T is all
right. L have just come from Governors
Island. | cannot divulge to you what is 60
ing on, but it is bis thing, and is CO.
ing to turn this whole thing. Although
we lost Indiana, Hancock is going to be
elected. Don't you make any mistake about
it. This is as sure as you live. There is
something to be sprung on the other side.
can't tell you what it is, but there is {. letter
coming out which you will see in the papers.
1t may be published in two days, and it may
be four or five weeks. We are going to send
it to the Pacific coast, when it comes out.
Garfield can't carry single Pacific State
emphatic. The gentleman to whom he made
his communication told the substance of it
to his companion, and the two, who are Re-
publicans, thought nothing further of the
matter until about a week later, at
which time they were in Boston.
They saw the Morey letter, and
both recognized it at oIce as the "big
thing" to which Gensral Averill referred.
The correspondent is not at liberty to make
public the names of the two gentlemen,
but they are at the service of the officers
of the law should General Ayerill fail to
remember the conversation and the mystery
to which he alluded
Northern Pacific Railroad.
CHICAGO, November 22d. = The Times
Philadelphia special says: Charles d.
Wright, one of the Directors of the Northern
Pacific Railroad Company, who returned
from New York late Saturday, at his
office to-day, and said the negotiations were
closed Friday night between the company
and a syndicate of American and European
bankers under which the syndicate is to
furnish $40, 600, 900 for the completion of the
road. The road is to be completed within
three years.
Liability of Railroad Companies.
WASHINGTON, November 22d.-In the Su-
preme Court the decision was rendered to-
day in the case of passenger who was in.
jured by falling frem berth in Pullman
palace car while riding on the Pennsylvania
Railroad. The Court holds that the railroad
company, and not the Pullman company, is
responsible for the injury done the passenger,
as they must provide for the safety of their
passengers. 1t is immaterial that the COM
pany does not own the cars. 1t should pro-