Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-16
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Organization Of National Blaine Club.
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Club, with Congressman Price of Iowa az
President of the organization, and long list
of Vice Presidents, including the names OF
Senator Booth of California. Senator Blair
of New Hampshire, General S. A. Hurlbutt
of Illinois, Governor Mccormick of Arizona
Territory. Delegate Brents of Washington
Territory, James F. Wilson of Iowa, William
E. Chandler of New Hampshire. Jeremiah
Wilson of Indiana, J. w. Bartlett Of
Massachusetts,, Congressman Williams
of Wisconsin, Mitchell of Pennsyl-
vania. Ketchum of New York, Browne
of Indiana and Haskell of Kansas,
and number of others. Addresses were
made by congressman Calkins of Indiana,
Reed of Maine, Price of Iowa and Williams
of Mississippi. and by Colonel Brown of Ken
ton for the Presidency, and with equal
earnestness condemning the Grant third term
project. The headquarters of the club were
established in Washington, to remain open
until after the meeting of the National Con-
vention. The organization of this club has
been hastened by the recent positive an
nouncement put forth by close personal and
political friends of General Grant, that
''should the Republican Convention nomi-
nate him in the same manner as any other
candidate would be nominated, he would
deem it his duty to the country and to the
party to accept" The meeting last
night was also intended to be the
initiative of general movement on the
part of Blaine's supporters throughout the
country, having for its object the develop
ment and manifestation of such an amount
of opposition to Grants nomination as to
deter the third term managers from present.
ing Grants name to the Convention. 1t is
proposed, in the event of Grants friends re-
ceiving control Ct the New York and Illinois
delegations, to call a Convention of all anti
Grant Republicans to meet in May, few
weeks in advance of the Chicago Convention
and then make such demonstration as will
compel the Grant managers to Withdraw
from the contest, or else risk certain defeat
by OBJECTIONS from the Republican ranks on
been strengthened by the knowledge of sew.
eral significant declarations made by Don
Cameron to some of his friends within
the past few days. He says that his
purpose is to support that candi-
date, whoever he may be, whose chances
of election seem best. AS to General Grant,
unless those now managing his case become
convinced before the Convention proceeds to
business that he can be nominated on the
first ballot, his name will not be brought be-
fore the Convention at all. Further than
this, unless his friends still feel sure when the
Convention meets that he can be elected if
nominated, his name will not be presented.
The Fire ut Chicago.
CHICAGO, February 15th.-The fire in the
Empire warehouse, discovered about mid
night last night, had gained considerable
Roadway before the first engine arrived on
the ground, and spread so rapidly among the
inflammable materials inside that the engines
were powerless to do more than to prevent it
breaking through the doors into the bonded
warehouse adjoining, which was pro-
tected by fre-wall. Even this last was rem
dered extremely difficult by the intensity of
the heat, and up to o'clock it was doubtful
whether the bonded section would be saved.
Shortly after that hour however, the firemen
prevailed, and at 3 o'clock had the fire prac-
tically under control. 1t continued to
burn, however, until daylight, and has
been smoldering all day. a revised
list of losses is given below, all of them oc-
was worth $4,000. Its machinery was
valued at $4,000 This building was owned
by Wadsworth 4 Dickinson, and occupied by
Wallace, Kingman & Co., seed merchants,
aud by the Empire Warehousing Company
Wallace. Kingman & Co. hold in storage
about Sl52, 600 worth of seed, mostly timothy.
OF this the firm owned So. 600 worth, but
were secured by warehouse receipts and in.
surance. The other owners were Colgate
& Coney, $1,000; MCGOWAN Bros, Steu-
benville, $4,000; Conklin x Reeler, Bing
hamton, n. Y, $4,000. Various Chicago
firms owned the rest. Chopin & Gore had
eco barrels. of different brands OF choice whis-
kies stored. They put their loss at Sl25, 900
$50 600; Foster Lee & Co., -four and seed.
$4,000; Sprague. Warner & Co., dried
fruits. $4,000; O.. +. Gibbs & Co., seed,
$1,000; Phenix Distillery Company. seed.
$4,000. The goods stored in the bonded
house were not injured in the least. The
origin of the fire is complete mystery.
CHICAGO, February 15th.-The total value
Of property at risk by the Empire Warehouse
fire is placed at SAP, GOO: insurance, STA, :
600; salvage, $50, 900 to $780, 900.
Pacific Mail steamship Company.
special to the RECORD USIoS.l
New YORK, February 15th.-The Times
says: Officers of the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company announced few days ago that
their new reduced schedule of freight rates
to San Francisco would be ready yesterday
Yesterday they said they did not propose to
issue any schedule, but would make private
terms with shippers, giving to large custom
ers and for long terms an advantage over
those whose contracts would prove less profit
able to the company. They declined to make
public any figures, alleging that shippers did
not desire it. They said they had entered
into no contracts for as long as year as yet,
being engaged for the present in getting as
favorable terms as possible for large amount
of freight offering. Thus far they had found
no difficulty in filling their vessels at COM
paratively small reduction. 1t is the opinion
AZ hot no hocl &c he
firm spirit of defiance thrown out to the Pa
ciic railroad companies means that there is
possibility Of concluding new working ar
rangement between the rival lines, and that
the public will not be SO greatly benefited as
was at first believed.
Pacific Coast Postal Changes.
WASHINGTON, February 15th.-The fol-
lowing postal changes for the Pacific coast
were made last week: Offices established
Buckeye, Shasta county, CAL, George w.
Burt, Postmaster Chester, MERGED county.
Cal, George w. Dickinson, Postmaster |;
Scales, Sierra county, Cal, P. Jalley, Post
master; Spruce Mount, Eiko county, New.
Mary Callaehan, Pos.mistress Steamboat,
Washoe county, New, John Rapp, Post
master; Roland, Coos county, Or, William
katat county, w. T., Charles N. Bickle,
Postmaster; Timpanogus, Wasatch county.
Utah, William Blanchard, Postmaster; vii.
low Ranch. Mohave county, Arizona, Edwin
Isney, Postmaster. Postmasters appointed
S. r. Wade, Caspar. Mendocino county,
Cal. Daniel Caldwell, Hamburger Bar, Sis
kiyou county, CAL. Jacob Crowninshield.
New Idiia, Fresno county, CAL Jules Z.
Qaesuel, Saticoy, Ventura county, Cal. !;
Henry NJ. Bryant, Ellensburgh, Yakima
county, w. T.; Chauncey Griffith, Tukhan-
non, Columbia county, w. l.. Frank East
man, Tumwater, Thurston county, w. I.
stabbed to the Heart.
BUFFALO, February 15th-Two young
men-Charles Stratton and Frank Morse
residing near Kennedy, Chautauqua county,
euarreled to-day, and Stratton stabbed Morse
in the heart, killing him instantly. The
quarrel was the result of jealousy about a
lady. Stratton has not yet bsen arrested.
A Prominent and Wealthy Citizen shoots
Himself.
MILWAUKEE, February 18th Cyrus .Haw-
lev, a prominent and very wealthy citizen of
this city. shot himself this afternoon, while
alone in his room at home. His wife, who
was down stairs at the time, heard the re-
port OF the shot, and rushed up to his room,
when she found her husband 8 tting in chair
with revolver in his hand and blood stream
ing down his face from wound in tie head.
Physicians were summoned at once, and the
wound pronounced fatal. although at a late