Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-05
DOMESTIC NEWS,

Etc. Etc. ETC.
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Serious Charges Against an Arizona
Judge.
Especial to the REcoRD. UNION
WASHINGTON, April 4th.-Serious charges
have been preferred by Delegate Campbell
against Judge Charles Silent, formerly of
California, and now one of the Associate Jus.
tices of the Supreme Court of Arizona.
These charges set forth, in substance, that
Silent is not proper person to be continued
in Office as Judge that he is notoriously en-
gagged in the business of buying, selling and
bonding mines within his judicial district.
while mining litigation forms a prominent
feature of the business of his Court that in
these operations he is in partnership with
Governor John G. Fremont, who has been
and is solicitous to bond the Peck Mining
Company's property, situated in Judge
Silent's judicial district, said property being
in litigation before Silent and that since a
judgment has been rendered against said prop
erty in Silent's Court, Fremont has made an
offer to its San Francisco owners to bond it
at an absurdly lew price, accompanied with
an offer that he (Fremont) will settle
Tue nIlSatlon. LII Is lurCnef charged
that Judge Silent is in receipt of
the counties of Yavapai and Mohave, which
are required to pay it by an Act of the Ter
ritorial Legislature which Act, as shown by
the official journals, was passed mainly
through the efforts of Tom Fitch, of the law
firm of Fitch & Church, and g. C.. Bean, one
of their intimate friends and clients. These
lawyers have taken the suits against the said
Peck Mining Company on contingent fees
their interest in the above named litigation
being one-half of whatever amount might be
recovered land it is charged that this law firm,
for these reasons has exceptional and i'm
proper advantages before Judge Silent. The
charges have been entertained by Attorney
General Devens, and he has sent copy of
them to Judge Silent, preparatory to making
a thorough investigation in the event of their
denial. Senators Booth, Farley, Jones and
Sharon, and Representatives Horace Davis,
Page and Pacheco, are unanimously of opin
ion that Silent should be removed, as the
truth of these charges is vouched for by we'll.
known gentlemen of the highest standing in
San Francisco and elsewhere, who assert that
there is practically no security against black
mailing attacks on mining interests in Judge
Silent's district while he continues to hold his
present position. 1t is said that in case
Judge Silent be not removed by the Admins
tration upon these charges, the matter will
be promptly brought before the House of
Representatives for impeachment proceed
ings, it being believed by the authors of the
charges that with the aid of the power of the
House to compel persons to testify who are
now said to be unwilling to volunteer testi-
mony, not only these charges, but many other
suspicious and disgraceful things alleged to be
matters of common notoriety in Arizona can
be abundantly proven.
Cyclone in Kansas-TerribIc Force of the
Wind.
Fort SCOTT ks, April 4th.-A special to
the Monitor from Girard says: At P. NJ.
last night storm arose seven miles south
west of Girard, which soon developed features
of cyclone. 1t followed the valley of Thun-
derbolt creek to within a mile of Girard, and
then went directly east as far as the Missouri
line. Seventeen houses were destroyed. S.
A. Sanders, a carpenter, was killed. Mrs.
Jones, ivingnear Mulberry Grove, was killed.
A fve-year-old child named Morgan was
badly injured and will die. Many others
were badly hurt. Grass, hedges, grain and
trees were pulled out of the ground, feathers
pluclled from chickens water blown from
ponds. and houses torn to splinters. The
track of the storm varied in width from three
W uiIy IOtlS.
ST. LOUIS, April 4th-A Post. Dispatch
special from Ottawa, Ks, says that a cyclone
struck that place about o'clock last evening
completely demolishing seven residences on
Elm street, and bodily injuring five others in
the same vicinity. 1t then jumped FIVE or six
blocks and again struck the ground near the
river, where it destroyed several residences
and barns, tore the roof off the X. c., l.. and
S. r. r. freight house and did other damage
Westward.bound Passengers.
OMAHA, April 4th. The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at 1885 P. NJ, to arrive in Sac
ramento April 7th Charles Wieteman, Mrs.
Wieteman and son, Vallejo A Hawley and
daughter, Miss Nellie Judson, w. II. Van
arsdale, Mrs. Nellie Egan, New York; Joseph
Farcade. wife and child, New Orleans !;
Henry T. Mcleod and wife, Ottawa DIR.
George McCreery, u. S. A; Charles Ham
mond, Mrs. H. A. Whiting and child, San
Francisco James Smith, Montreal; H.
Chambers, England; Thomas Coville, China ;
Anne Z. Egan, Cincinnati; Henry L. Fore
man, Albany; j. b. Underwood, Meriden,
Conn.
One hundred and twenty-seven through
emigrants left on last nights emigrant train,
to arrive in Sacramento April 10th.
WASHINGTON, April 4th. - The follow
made last week Office established Goshen,
Tulare county. Cal, John McCabe. Postmas.
ter. Offices discontinued-Silve Lake, Lake
county, Or; Skull Valley, Yavapai county,
A. I. Name and site changed-Arroyo,
Umatilla county, Or, to Coldspring, and
Andrew G. Bryan appointed Postmaster.
Postmasters appointed-James Watterson,
Benton, Mono county, Cal; William Henry
Myers, Courtland, Sacramento county, Cal. {;
Otto Froehlisch, Fresno City, Fresno county,
CAL; Mrs. Margaret A. Wilson, Hicks, Lin
coin county, New; Herman Anderson, Hot
Creek, Nye county, New; A. Cent?, Spring
City, Humboldt county, New; Arthur Math-
er, Clackamas, Clackamas county, Or; Oscar
kirkpatrick, Island City, Union county, Or. /;
Mrs. Martha A. Getchell, Tillamook, Tilla-
nook county, Or; Hezekiah Staley, Tigh
Valley, Wasco county, Or; George w. Carl,
Vesper, Clatsop county, Or; Mrs. Mary j.
Helms, Waldron, Wasco county, Or; Daniel
Pearson, Coupville, Island county, w. t.;
r. NJ. Bacon, Crab Creek, Stevens county,
w. T.; Jerome Ely, Oak Harbor, Island
county, w. T.; David NJ. Spencer, Pioneer,
Clarke county, W. T.; Loren Sorensen, Elsi-
more, Sewer county, Utah.
The OLeary Belt.
NEW YORK. April 4th.-The second contest
for the O'Leary belt began at Madison Square
Garden at midnight. Eighteen contestants
started. Over 1000 persons witnessed the
start, and great enthusiasm prevailed.
O'Leary and his Chicago man, Dobler, were
cheered to the echo. All the men started on
a run. Hart was the first around the track,
in forty-fve seconds, and made the first mile
in 6 30, followed closely by the others. The
Boston negro, Pegnan, and John Ennis,
started on an easy run, and were well re-
ceived. 1t is believed that Murphy may not
hold out over twenty-four hours, as he Is
rank" Hart is the favorite with the
people, as in the pools.
Fire in IL Penitentiary.
COLUMBUS (O.), April 4th.-A FIRE of
alarming proportions broke out in the Peni-
tentiary at this city at 8 o'clock this morn
ing, and gained such headway before the fire
department could get water on it that the
large building occupied by Brown, Herman
& Co., wo0d-workers, was burned to the
ground, and the contents, including ma
chinery, two engines, tools and stock, were
destroyed The firms loss will probably be
S25, 600; insured for S25, 600. The State will
lose $1,000 on the building; no insurance