Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-25

leaving at lZ:l0 p. M, TO arrive In Sacras
mento November 2Sth: E. j. Smithers,
Marysville; Mrs. G. T. Hopkins, Mrs. II.
H. Written, Oakland; T. H. Gibbons, Abb
ingdon, H.; j. r. Cowen, wife and child,
San Francisco; Mrs Rose Flushing, New
York; David Schuyler, Philadelphia VIM.
DeBrassinue, Antwerp.
Also, AZ emigrants left on last nights
emigrant train, to arrive in Sacramento
December LIST.
The Morey Letter Forgery.
NEW York, November 24th.-The Grand
Jury have indicted James O'Brien, alias
Lindsay. for perjury in the Philip case.
WASHINGTON, November 24th.-Alex. III.
Stephens pronounces the Morey letter q
clumsy forgery, but does not think the Dem
ocratic party will disband.
NEW YORK, November 24th.-James
OBrien, alias Robert Lindsay. who was in
dicted to-day by the Grand Jury for perjury
in connection with the Morey Chinese letter,
was arraigned before Judge Cowing in the
General Sessions. He pleaded guilty, and
said he was born in Georgetown, d. c.; was
q years old, with no occupation. He was
remanded until Friday for sentence.
New York, November 24th.-1'he indict-
ment against O'Brien is voluminous. 1t re-
cites the proceedings before Judge Davis,
and says: O'Brien swore. among other
things, that he saw Henry l.. Morey in
him j; that he last saw him between Febru-
ary 4th and 10, 1880, on the cara been Boston
and Lynn. He said the "Morey Letter"
was in H. L. Morey's possession then. 1t il
ascertained that the allegations were false.
and it is charged that he committed willful
and corrupt perjury.
Later in the day O'Brien was taken from
\ Al
ment before Judge Cowing. He was una:-
companied by counsel. Clerk Hall read
the indictment to O'Brien, and in response
the prisoner pleaded guilty. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Phelps said to the Court that
Mr.. Bell, who had charge of the case. was en-
gagged in trial in the Court of Oyer and
Terminer, and asked that the prisoner be re-
manded until Friday, in order that Bell might
be present. The prisoner was accordingly
O'Brien stated that he was born in George
town, D. c., and that he was q years of age.
The discovery that the envelope contain
ing the forged letter had originally been aG-
dressed to some one else than "H. l..
Morey." and that an enlarged Photographic
copy of the envelope revealed that the orig
inal name was Edward or Edwin Fox or Cox,
in care of some company in this city, is
deemed of great importance. II is remarked.
Edward Fox is employed on the Truth.
There is an impatience manifested in some
quarters at the apparent slowness of the
prosecution, but the latter promises addi-
tional developments in few days.
The Cold Weather.
PoUGHKEEFsIE IN. W, November 24th.-
The river is closed from Albany to Hudson.
Navigation is closed unless an unexpected
thaw occurs.
PARRY SOUND, November 24th.-Two feet
of snow has fallen here, and it is still showing.
ST. LOUIS, November 24th.-Ice is running
heavy. and navigation south of here is sus-
pended.
ALBANY IN. ", November 24th.-The
outlook for navigation on the canal is very
The canal is closed from Buf-
falo to Lockport, with FIVE inches of ice most
of the way.
New YORK, November 25th-A. MA
snow storm set in at 10 o'clock last night and
still continues.
Scarcity OF Coal and Transportation.
CHICAGO, November 24th.-Interviews by
the Tribune with coal dealers show that there
is a somewhat alarming scarcity of coal in
the city. The difficulty lies in the fact that
the early closing of navigation on the lake
has stopped many vessels bound to this port
coal.laden, and that the railroads are utterly
unable to furnish cars to transport fuel.
When the coal men ask for 100 cars they re-
ceive sometimes one or two, sometimes none.
The heaviest dealers say that unprecedented
orders are coming In from the city and coun-
try, and they could clean out their stocks in
thirty days if they filed all their orders.
The price of soft coal rose half dollar ton
to-day, and hard coal will follow unless arri-
walls by land or water come soon. The freight
blockade, which extends almost the entire
distance from here to the seaboaId on all
lines, is unprecedented, and does not give
much hope of speedy relief from the present
dilemma.
The Railroad war.
CHICAGO. November 24th-Solon Hufnph-
reys, President of the Wabash road, was here
to-day. He says the Humeston and Shenan-
doah line in Iowa will be pushed to speedy
completion, thus giving the Wabash direct
line from Chicago to Omaha. There is no
way, he says, of stopping the railroad war
other than copceding the Wabash's claim of
one-third the st. Louis business. Passenger
rates may be raised TO fair prices, say 50 to
st. Louis, when the Wabash gets further into
the city, but until Twelfth street is reached
it will sell tickets 81 less than the other roads,
Heavy Purchase OF Tickets.
CHICAGO, November 24th-A Times To-
ledo special says: A ticket broker to-day
sent s275, 900 in gold coin to the office of the
Lake Erie and Western road, and bought
block of unlimited tickets over that line and
the Chicago and Alton.
Thc Southern Pacific Railroad.
NEW YORK, November 25th-A M-The
Times Washington special says: The Auditor
of Pacific Railroad Accounts has been offi-
cially informed that the Southern Pacific
Railroad Company has completed and
equipped their road to Rio Mimbres, %
miles east of Tucson and 1900 miles east of
San Francisco The New Mexico branch, which
is being constructed south in New Mexico to
intersect the Southern Pacific, has now only
about twenty miles to construct in order to
effect q junction with the Texas Pacific,
which VIII meet the Southern Pacific at Ell
Paso. 1t is completed fourteen miles west of
Fort Worth. 1t is expected that the entire
line will be open to San Francisco early next
year.
NEw YORK, November 24th.-Persons in
terested in marketing the Northern Pacific
bonds declare that the facts have not been
given out yet. One person, who knows of
what he speaks, referring to the published
statements made by Charles B. Wright, a
Director of the company, afterward said
Z" 1t is evident that Mr.. Wright was SO filed
could not contain himself longer. Part of
his statements are correct, but many of them
are wide of the truth"
Story Confirmed.
CHICAGO, November 24th.-The Tr,bunes
New York special says An interview CON-
firms the story telegraphed forty-eight hours
ago concerning the Northern Pacific syndi-
cate.
The jackson MArier Case.
DENVER Coll, November 24th.-J. II.
Jackson, uncle of A. d. jackson, who was
last September killed by Indians, was ar
rested last night as an accessory to the nur-
der of the Indian johnson, but on the pre-.
liminary trial to-day the prosecution failed to
sustain the charge, and the prisoner was dis
charged. 1t now seems doubtful if johnson
is dead, as several parties assert that they
have seen him, and that he was slightly
wounded in the arm. The. case Of Agent
Berry and Others was postponed to April
9th. Commissioner Neacham to-day gave
bond of So COO Berry, Hoyt and Cline are
still in custody.
Dangerous Vessel Departed.
BUFFALO, November 24th.-The Canadian
propeller Georgian, which endangered the
town by its cargo of nitro-glycerine and giant
powder, has left the dock with its explosives.
which are to be used on the Canadian Pacific
Railroad. 1t is wonder that the cargo has
not exploded before.
The Contest for Ofiice at New Orleans.