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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-01-13

THE SUPREME CoURr.-The following
is from the San Francisco Bulletin of Janu.
airy 10th
The Supreme Court has been organized
into two departments, in accordance with
Section 2, Article VI, of the Constitution.
One or both of the departments will always
be open for the transaction of business,
and three Justices viii be assigned TO each
department by sthe Chief Justice. The
Justices are eomDetent TO transact busl-
ness in either department, or TO inter.
change business by agreement but in
all matters except such business as could
be transacted IN Chambers, the pres
ence OF three Justices Is necessary. and
no judgment can be rendered without the
concurrence of three Justices The Chief
Justice will apportion the business to the
departments, but he may order any cause
to be transferred from either department,
and be argued and decided by the Court in
banc. A second courtroom has not yet
been procured. and until one is obtained,
one department will be held in the
chambers of one of the Justices. There
will practically be two Supreme Courts
for the transaction of business, as
the departments can hold Court in this
city, in Sacramento or Los Angeles, or in
any two of those places at once. Chief
Justice Morrison has designated Justices
McKinstry, Mckee and Ross to constitute
Department No l, sof the Supreme Court,
and Justices Thornton, Myrick and Sharp
stein of Department No. 2. Justices Nc
Kinstry and Thornton were elected Pre-
siding Justices of their respective depart
ments.
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TRIUMPH FOR THE A1R-BEAKE.

Our dispatches this morning record one
OF the most signal triumphs ever won by
The air-brake, without the aid of which
hdeous catastrophe must have occurred.
A large steamer was approaching railroad
bridge near Boston, when the pilot rang to
stop her, but the bell.wire breaking the
en- .ineer failed to receive the signal, and
so sent the vessel with great momentum
full on to the bridge. The blow shook the
structure very much, throwing the rails
eighteen inches out of place. At that mo-
ment a train was within It's own length of
the bridge. The engineer saw what had
happened; instantly applied the air-brakes,
reversing his engine at the same time, and
brought the train to standstill some tif-
teen feet from the wreck. 1t is perfectly
apparent that nothing but the air-brakes
could have averted the accident in this
case. With the old hand-br the train
could not have been stopped in less than
six hundred yards, and it would therefore
have plunged on to and through the
broken bridge, and great loss Oh
human life would have followed. The
efficiency of the air-brake was perhaps
never demonstrated in so striking and con-
elusive a manner. 1t literally saved the
train under circumstances when nothing
else could have done so. 1t is possible
that the account of this case may have
some effect in determining the contest
which has been going on among the English
railroad men for a long time, as to the
relative merits of different kinds of brakes.
In that highly conservative country there
are still, according to Mr.. Charles Francis
Adams, railroad superintendent who main
tain the superiority of the ancient hand
brake. 1t is certainly time that they
were enlightened on so important ques-
lion. and an occurrence like that in Boston
is peculiarly well calculated to open their
eyes,
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DRIFTING IN MAINE.

They appear to be drifting in Maine
toward more and more serious difficulties.
The Fusionists, reluctant to abandon the
vantage ground won for them by Garcelon,
but unable to effect any gitimate organi-
cation by themselves, are said to be con-
tenplating further usurpations. They
think of securing a quorum by the very
practlea method of causing enough Re-
publican members to be arrested and
dragged into the House and they also
talk of comforting upon the President of
the Senate the functions and powers of the
. Executive Office. As they have no author
ity for either OF these steps as they are
not in any proper sense an organ
lied legislative body it is inevitable
that their opponents should be
strongly exasperated by the report of
what is intended. 1t is consequently init
mated that an attempt to GUST the Repub
lean members would almost certainly be
met with forcible resistance, while Cen
tIdl OiduIbttidlh 10 Sdlu W nave uCCIiISu
his intention Of refusing recognition to the
proposed sham Acting Governor. The
significance of these proceedings lies in the
evidence they afford of the extent to which
the people of Maine are drifting away
from constitutional and legal government
Every new step taken by either side is
bringing them nearer to the danger Of
anarchy. Probably the best thing that
could happen at this juncture would be
tn occurrence of some event which would
justify the intervention of the Federal
G -ernment. For if the Fusionists do not
quickly abandon their illegal attitude, and
allow the peoples lawfully elected repre-
sentatives to take their seats and proceed
constitutionally to the election of Governor,
it is plain that they must in their very
embarrassment be tempted to take further
unwarrantable steps, and that in so doing
they must sooner or later reach the limits
of Republican patience and forbearance,
and thus bring about a collision. If the
leaders of the national Democracy have any
influence with their friends in Maine, now
is the time for them to counsel submission
to the law, and abandonment of a course
which all the country sees to he untenable
save from the standpoint of sedition.
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SENATOR MoRELAND's PRISON BILL.

Senator Moreland has introduced a bill
defining the duties of the State Prison
Directors, and providing for the manage.
nlent Of the State Prison. We shall not
at this time examine it at any length, but
We desire to point out that in the very first
section itcontravenes the Constitution. Sec
ton l, Article X, of that instrument, pro-
vides that There shall be a State Board
''Of Prison Directors, to consist of five
persons, to be appointed by the Gov
eFnor, with the advice and consent of the
" Senate, ,eho shall hold Office for ten gears,
except that the first appointed shall,
g in such manner as the Legislature may
direct, be so classified that the term of
lone person so appointed shall expire at
g the end of each two years during the
81 first ten years, and vacancies occurring
shall be filed in like manner" Senator
Moreland's bill provides for the appoint
ment of five Directors, Zone of whom shall
Il be appointed for term of one year, one
81 for term of three years, one for term
50 of five years, one for term of seven
years, and one for term of nine years.
It will puzzle Senator Moreland to show
how this arrangement can be made
to consist with the language of the
Constitution. We notice also that he
provides for the letting of contracts
FOR employing convict labor, for two
years. Governor Irwin in his late mes
sage pointed out that contractors would
not undertake to invest capital in. ma
chinery for such purposes for so short
time, and we have no doubt that this will
be found to be the case. Practically the
contract system is dead already, and there
fore it would be useless to calculate upon
the employment of the conviets in such
manner The State will have to employ
them henceforth itself, beyond a reasona-
bic doubt,
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VERTEBRE OF A WHALE-Many thou
sand years ago, before the Coast Range of
mountains was elevated, and when the Pa
cifc Ocean laved the base of the Sierra Ne
vada, a large whale met his death in the re
gion now known as TUFTS Bar, on the
American river He left his carcass where
he met his death, or at least that is the
view of scientists. This theory finds con-
firmation in the fact that the vertebr;e
OF whale was found few days ago,
short distance below the surface, on
mining claim at TUFTS Bar, and was
sent to the Academy of Sciences by
B. n Bugbey. 1t is down in 3. B. Red
ding's Office now, but Will soon be placed
IN the Academy collection. This vertebre
may not be that of whale, but if 1t is, it
may have been taken up there in prehistoric
times to be added to the collection of the
Academy of Sciences, at TUFTS Bar. Still,
the scientists will prove some way that the
whale went up there with the tide of the
Pacific Ocean and got stranded, and if one
dares dissent from that view of the ques-
ton they will convince one that he knows
very little about the Pacific Ocean, and less
about the habits of the frolicsome whale.
| [San Francisco Bulletin, January 10th.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

In the Catholic churches in the diocese of
Southwark, Eng, Sunday, a letter from the
Bishop on the subject of the distress in Ire
land was read, and collection taken up
The amount received was about 81 900.
Steps are to be taken for erecting three new
elevators in Chicago, with capacity CT 2,000,-
600 bushels each.
The weather continues mild and delightful
in New York, resembling more that of Sep
TENDER than January. From all quarters
come apprehension of the ice crop. Sundays
trains to Coney Island were so crowded that
many passengers were obliged to stand-a
fact unprecedented in winter.
\ stay of proceedings has been granted at
New York in the case of Pietro Balbo, SEN
fenced to be hanged on Friday next
Two of the leasing hotels at Denver Col,
have DISCHARGED the members of the Walters
Protective Union and substituted colored
waters and females.
The County Commissioners of Arapahoe
county, Col, have decided to build Court
house in the spring. Estimated cost. 1926, 900.
st. Louis yesterday sold S475, 600 in ) per
cent, bonds at from 81 % to 81 80 per
thousand premium.
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NEWS OF TIE MORNING.

IS New York yesterday Government bonds were
quoted at lO4l As OF 1907; 1885 for IS of 1881
Ia7k Tor AIS; sterling, 81 s3@4 s5k; silver bars,
liss silver coin, / discount buying, par selling
sisysK in London yesterday, 525; consols
97s per cent United States bonds, 1863 4s 1862
AS, lloI
trade collars, 05 buying, 96t selling Mexican dol.
Ia :, 90 buying, 9sI selling.
Ar Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at los
Sd 20 lis Oh for average California white and IlE
81 10 lis 10d for club.
TIE following bullion was shipped from Virginia,
New, last night Union, slOo,7lS % California,
s5o,473 a. !; Consolidated Virginia sis,45I Sc.
heSINe stocks were toleraby interesting in San
Francisco yesterday morning Union Consolidated
sold up s5S. gain If 81 so over the best price on
Saturday, but subsequently, iell 5aek to S4s. Alpha
rose 81 and Belcher 81 49, The variations in other
kinds were moderate.
FIRE at Orovilla
TERRIBLE disaster was a7erted yesterday on the
Now York and New England Railroad by the vlgi-
lance OF the engineer and the use of an brake.
AT Milwaukee, Wis, Sunday night, Captain w.
C. Wilkinson killed his wife and then committed
suicide.
NJ. L. II. JAooUEBN fell dead yesterday in San
Francisco.
a TERRIFIC hurricane at Portland, Or, did great
damage to property and caused the loss of several
hg-s.
TIE corner in grain at New York is producing
great excitement there.
iSDIAN affairs in New Mexico are still serious.
Is Fight at Grass Valley one of the participants
suffered a fracture of the skull
TIE annual election OF the san Francisco Stock
Board took place yesterday.
PETER H. BURNETT has retired from the Presi-
dency of the Pacific Bank at San Francisco, and is
succeeded by R. H. Mcdonald
IL joint Convention yesterday the Maine Legisla-
ture proclaimed John d. Lamson Acting Governor.
A CANDAHAR dispatch announces that the leader
of the Hera troops has been put to death by Ayoub
Khan.
JOSEPH HALpSER, charged with murder, commit
ted suicide in Jail at Doylestown, Pa, yesterday.
TIE distress in Ireland is incr asing
TIE Louisiana Legislature organized yesterday
TnE Kellogg Spoford inquiry resumed at
Washington yesterday.
CHARLES FOSTER was inaugurated Governor OF
Ohio yesterday at Columbus.
THE funeral of Sarah Smith Stafford was largely
attended yesterday at Trenton, N j.
THE Commissioners Of Arapahoe county, Col
hay, decided to build sl25OOO Courthouse
The Republicans executed flank movement at
Augusta, Me-. last evening, by taking possession of
the State House and organizing Legislature.
IN the State Senate yesterday large number Of
bills were introduced and most of the time was de-
voted to discussing the reference of the Act reIea
ing the Rogers Act 1t was referred to the San
Francisco delegation. In the Assembly yesterday
number OF bills were introduced, and business on
the general ale taken up and the bills acted on.
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THE CO URTs.
SUPREME COURT.

SAN FRANCISCO, January 5, 1880
Chief Justice r. f. Morrison, and Associate Jus
tees J. D. Thornton, s. b. Mckee, NJ II. Myrck
Z. ". McKinstry, j. r. Sharpstein aud E. NJ Ross,
respectively elected Justices OF the Supreme Court
OF California, under and by virtue of general cleo
ton held throughout the State the Sd day Sep
TENDER, A d. 1870, appeared and produced their
commissions.
Frank W. Gross Clerk-elect of the Supreme
Court, having duly quail fed appeared and assumed
the discharge of his duties as Clerk, and appointed
John b. Martin, Charles n. Post and John o.
Wheeler as Deputy Clerks.
This being the first meeting of the Justices they
proceeded, pursuant to the provisions of Section 6
Of Article Ill. OF the Constitution of the State of
California; to classify themselves by lot that two
Justices shall go out of office in three years. two in
lowing result: f. W. McKinstry drew term of
eleven years, j. d. Thornton drew term of eleven
years, NJ. H Myrick drew term of seven years. j.
X. Sharpstein drew term of three years. S. b. Me
hee drew term OF seven years, and Z. NJ. Ross
drew a term Of three years.
Ordered that a calendar of all cases be prepared
and called on Monday, the 10th instant.
10,46S-Ex parte Julia Francis Elvira Melvin on
habeas corpus-Upon reading and fling the verified
petition herein, it is ordered that writ of habeas
in and for the county of Lake forthwith, at the
Courtroom of said Court at Lakeport
TUESDAY, January 9Th
Il is ordered that the Clerk prepare calendar of
all criminal cases from the city and county of San
Francisco, and from the counties of Humboldt, Del
Norte, Calaveras, Mendocino, Lake, San joaquin,
Stanisaus, Mono, Sonoma, Napa, Marin, Santa
Clara, Solano, Mariposa, MERGED, Tulare, Fresno,
Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, San Luis Obispo
Alameda, san Mateo and Contra Costa
Ordered, that Thomas F. 0'Connor, Secretary and
Librarian Henry c. Finkler, BaIiff Charles A.
sumner, Photographic Reporter, and John J.
Crowley, Janitor, be and each of them is hereby,
continued in office until further order of this Court
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Fire at orovi,Ie-Losscs and Insurance.

ORovILLE, January 12th.-A fire broke out
at about 2 o'clock this morning in Kleins ci-
gar mandatory, on Montgomery street, be-
tween Myers and Downer, which burned the
row of frames extending from the Union Ho-
tel to the corner. The origin of the fire is
yet mystery. The losses and insurance are
about as follows .Friesleben, two frame
buildings and damage to brick hotel loss,
81, 600 insurance, $500. Martin, shoemaker
shop, tools and stock loss, $500; no insur-
ance. Cardy, harness shop; loss, $500; no
insurance. Klein, cigar factory loss, $500 !;
fully insured. Presley, matchmaker; loss,
$3.50; no insurance. Thomas Johnson loss,
$1,000; insurance, $4,000 When the water
works were established here, two years ago,
our town voted against paying anything to
establish fire plugs and hose. Friesleben put
one in at the Union Hotel himself, and to its
use alone last night is due the preservation of
the hotel, and also, in all probability. the
greater part of the business portion of the
town,
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ADMIRABLE IN ARRANGEMENT In con-
formity to long established custom, the
RECORD UNION printed {: holiday edition
the LIST of January. 1t contains sixteen
pages of reading matter and tables of
events of the past year, arranged IN admi-
rable and convenient style for reference.
The New Year editions of that journal
have long been noted for their superior ex-
cellence, and the present number is equal
to any of It's predecessors MERGED Elk
Dress
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We're killed. The Governor has petitioned
the General Assembly to send State militia to
the rescue.
Congressional Elect en-.
SEDALIA MOI January 12th.-John a.
Phillips fort 'ongress receives 3, 500 majority
The GreenbacN vote was not one-quarter that
of 1870
Arrived AT Washington.
WASHINGTON, January 18th = General
Adams, Of the Los Pinos Commission, arrived
General strike Ordered.
PITTsBURG, january 18th. "A general
strike was ordered this morning of all the
miners of Allegheny county, to secure uni
form rate OF 81 cents per bIishel for ell the
coal mined.
New Railroad.
BURLINGAME (Ks), January 18th. Grad
ing was commenced to-day on the Manhat-
tan, Alma and Burlingame Railroad. The
new road runs from BurliDgame, on the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, to
Manhattan, on the Kansas Pacific
Senator Lamar Paraiyzed.
JACKSON (Miss.) January 12th.-Senator
Lamar was stricken with paralysis last night.
His attending physicians pronounce his case
hopeful.
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Body Found Fell Dead-Terrific Hurri.
cane in Oregon.

SAN FRANcIsoo. January 12th-A body
was found in the bay to day, supposed to be
that Of one OF the boys recently drowned by
the upsetting of skif while duck-shooting
near the Potrero.
NJ. l.. H. Jacqueliue, native of Texas,
aged 80 years, formerly quite wealthy citi-
zen but lately in reduced circumstances, fell
dead in his room, Gil Mason street, this
morning.
a dispatch from Roseburg, Or, says ter,
rife hurricane has prevailed in Portland
Several houses are reported blown down and
some lives lost. The wires are down, and no
further particulars are obtainable at present
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CALIFORNIA.
Election of Officers Bonanza Ease
PACIFIC Hank Presidency.


Pacific Bank Presidency.
SAN Francisco, January 12th.-The cleo
ton of the San Francisco Stock Board to-
day resulted as follows: President, E. p.
Peckham; Vice President, Geo. T. Mayre
Caller B H. Colt; Treasurer, j. NJ. Shot
we'll; Secretary, Charles S Neal.
Judge Sawyer, of the United States Cir
cult Court. to-day rendered decision on the
motion to remand back to the State Court
the case of John H. Burke vs. Flood,
Mackey, Fair and the Pacific Wood, Lum.
Ger and Flume Company, which has been
taken to the Circuit Court on an application
Of all the defendants under the. recent deci-
sion by the United States Supreme Court.
Judge Sawyer decided that plaintiff and part
If the defendants, being residents of Cali
fornia, his Court could not acquire juiisdic-
ton, and the case must go back to the State
Court. Mackey and Fair having made a sep
arate motion for transfer as to them only.
the matter will be argued Wednesday,
Peter II. Burnett retires from the Presi-
dency of the Pacific Bank, which position he
has filed since the Bank was organized. and
r. H. Mcdonald, formerly Vice-P President,
becomes President.
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FaRElGN NEWS.


LONDON, January 12th.-A dispatch from
Candahar says: The leader of the Herati
troops has been decoyed into the city and put
to death by Ayoub Khan.
No reports have reached here confirming
the announcement that Abdul Rahman
Khan, pretender to the Afghan throne, had
arrived at Ballh.
The Russian press and continental CORE
spondents freely discuss the probabilities OF
British occupation of Herat.
The Distress ia Ireland
LONDON, January Correspondents
of. the Press Association report the distress
ia Ireland as increasing. Five hundred in
habitants of Skulebog District, County Lin.
erick, are on the brink of starvation. They
proceeded to-day in body to Groom and OBJ
representation of their extremities. The
streets of Cork are patrolled by mounted DO
lice, and the magistrates of that city have
passed resolutions urging greater activity in
suppressiDg demonstrations partaking of the
nature of bread riots, and asking for the APP
pointment of additional police. AT meet
i1g at Birkenhead yesterday, the Mayor pre-
siding, it was resolved to raise a subscription
for the Duchess of Marlborough fund. Da-
witt, DAILY, Killen and Brennan to-day re
ceived notices commanding them to appear
DefOre the court OF tne queens Bench at
Dublin on the 10Th instant.
Russia and England.
VIENNA, January 12th.-The PreSse is of
the opinion that collision between Russia
and England is inevitable. The Presse says
that General Skobelof recently declared at
banquet that Russia is on the eve of national
war.
Preparing TO March.
LAHORE, January 12th.-A Persian CORE
spondent writes that the Herat and Balkh
regiments of Afghans are preparing to march
to Ghuzni to join Mohammed Jan.
Summoned 10 Rome.
ROME, January 12th.-The Pope has sum-
moned all the German Bishops to Rome, to
confer on the affairs of their respective do
ceses.
Chinese Emigration TO Cuba.
HAVANA, January 12th.-Among the pas
sengers by the Spanish mail steamer is De
Espana, Spanish Minister and Plenipoten-
tiary to China. The object of the voyage of
the latter is apparently in relation to Chinese
emigration to Cuba
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Unknown Dead.

SAN RAFAEL, January 12th-On the 10th
inst. body was picked up in the bay near
.Saucelito. 1t was that of man aged about
30 years, five feet ten inches in hight. bald on
the top of the head, brown hair, slight gray
goatee, had on brown frock coat and over
alls, striped wooden shirt. blue undershirt,
low-cut shoes, gray striped vest and canton
flannel drawers
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We anticipate no substantial benefits
from the legislation proposed in this direc-.
ton, because we know that human nature
cannot be nodded by statutes. The only
infallible method for doing away with lob
bying is to see to it that none but honest
and intelligent and minded men are
elected to the Legislature. So long as this
cannot be done, or is not done, there will
be as much lobbying as there has ever
been, no matter what laws are enacted
against the practice. So long as the
majority of men are ruleI by self-interest
there will be Legislators who are amenable
to bribery of various kinds, and if they
are not sought ont they will themselves 90
in quest OF market. There is a certain
quality of clildishness in the idea that
what is called lobbying can be swept out
of existence by the wave of the legislative
wand but the Constitution has ordained
that the experiment should be made, and
so we must be prepared to contemplate
it patiently. One result is certain to
flow from the experiment, and that is the
enhancement of the value of the services of
lobbyists When stigma is placed upon
their business, and they are compelled lin
theory, at leastl to encounter the risk
of the Penitentiary while pursuing it,
it is obvious that they will have to be paid
much higher rates than heretofore. For
this reason among others they may not feel
disposed to offer any objections to the pro-
posed legislation. twill please the simple
minded folks who believe in the plenary
70 rer of statutes, and it will not appre-