davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1880-10-16

SAN Francisco, Oct. IA
The registration of voters show . prob
able increase In vote of 5000.
, 1880-10-16

CINcISNArI, Oct. a
Thousands Of Kentucky negro repestsrs
voted at the polls and sold their votes
Republican maishals prevented sherifs
arresting them.
Throughout Indiana the Chicago and
ST. Louis repea'ers, Philadelphia thieves,
and New York murderers held the polls
with pistols, aided by immense forces Of
Federal marsha.s.
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THE INCREASE OF IMMIcRAr1oN

Evidently the tide of immigration is
setting strongly to this country from Eu-
rope, but it will not be welcomed as en-.
Enthusiastically as of old. For experience
has shown that there is danger in this wave
OF new material, which brings to these
shores no familiarity with democratic in.
situations, which is only too easily con.
trolled by crafty demagogues against the
best interests of the Republic, and which
has already Invested several great cities in
the Union of their American characters
tics, and has made them practically for
eign. There Is room enough and use enough
for every immigrant, and their value as
men and women is fully recognized. But
1t is being more seriously questioned every
year whether it is compatible with the
safety of the Republic to admit SO large an
alien element to full political equality, and
whether it is not desirable, and NAV not
be found necessary, to interpose some
longer period of trial between the landing
and the voting.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-13

THE DEBRIS QUESTION AT WASHINGTON

Congressman Berry is said to have ex-
pressed great surprise sat the argument
"made by certain journals in California,
I" that the passage of the debris bill by the
" California Legislature would have a
tendency to prevent favorable action by
Congress upon the debris measure now
pending in the House of Representa-
''tives." He is firmly of opinion, on the
contrary, that "the prompt enactment by
" the (Statel Legislature of bill making
provision for some local relief would be
"ope of the greatest possible auxiliaries to
"success in obtaining Congressional aid. {"
The RECORD UNION pointed this out long
ago, and indeed it is so obvious a consider
alton that the use OF the irrational argu-
ment which has SO amazed Mr.. Berry can
only be explained on the theory of "pure
"cussedness. The only way to convince
Congress that California regards this eues-
ton as of the highest Importance is for the
State to take action upon it. This, too, is
the only way by which our representatives
at Washington can obtain vantage ground
for their movement upon Congress. The
debris bill once passed at Sacramento, Con-
gressmen Berry and Page can with conf
dence urge the justice of national appro-
priation, and there is no reason to appre-
bend the failure of their appeal under
such circumstances. But the State must
first put forth her own hand. and this
necessity scarcely requires to be stated.
There are those among us so deficient in
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-13
THE APPEAL TO sPIRITUAL1sm,

An appeal to Spiritualism has often been
made In the interests of justice and hu-
manlty, but we do not know of an instance
in which mediums have succeeded in dis.
covering secrets of this kind. Recently in
this city they have signally failed in con-
nection with the disappearance of we'll
known citizen, and now in San Francisco
one OF them has volunteered some informa.
ton regarding the Severance case. This
San Francisco medium professed to have
witnessed the murder while in clairvov.
ant condition, and stated that it had been
committed by Portuguese, who, accord
ing to her story, had previously drugged
his victim. She described the place where
the body was hid, but unfortunately for
the interests of science, she subsequently
declared that the corpse had drifted away
from this place, and that it would prob
ably not be found for some time. It will
be seen that in this case there is no nossi.
bllity of testing the correctness of the al.
legged vision, and this kind of obstacle is
slngularly apt to occur in similar instances.
But Spiritualism has made so many fail.
ures IN attempting to trace crimes and mys-
ferrous occurrences of all kinds that the
world no longer expects much from its
votaries, and even when they come forward
with positive assertions as to their occnlt
knowledge they do not find many believers.
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the capacity for lucid reasoning, that while
they deprecate any proposition to tax the
people of the State for the abatement of
the debris evil, they are emphatically in
favor of taxing the people of the entire
United States for the same purpose. If it
is not right that the people of the State
should be made to contribute to such an
end, it must be much more unjust to tax
the whole nation for the purpose. The
line of argument which denies the Justice
of State taxation necessarily involves a
denial Of the justice of national taxation,
and therefore, according to the view of
these people, there exists nowhere right
to levy taxes for the debris matter, save
upon those who are VIGOROUSLY too poor to
bear the burden alone. Those, on the con-
trary, who maintain the equity of State
taxation for this purpose, are completely
consistent in claiming national aid also,
and their point of view embraces SO broad
an aspect of mutual obligations and inter
ests as must suffice for the easy solution
of even more difficult and extensive
problems than the present one
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-13

The PLANETS IN APRIL. Mercury was a
morning star rising on the 10th at 4 h. Is
m. on the Goth at h. 2 M, and on the
last day of the month at 3 h. 80 m He was
near the moon on the Sth, and near Jupiter
on the same day, stationary among the
stars on the 10th, will be near Venus on
the 18th, near Jupiter the second time this
month on the 18th, at his greatest dis
lance from the sun on the 10Th, and at his
greatest western elongation on the 25th.
Venus is morning star, rising on the Goth
at 4 h. IS m. on the Goth at h. , m.
and on the last day of the month at 4 h. 5
m. She was at her greatest distance from
the sun on the Sd, near the moon on the
9TH, and will be near Jupiter on the 10TH
Mars set on the 10th at h. % m. A. NJ.
on the Goth will set at h. Is m. A. NJ,
and on the last day at l h. 10 m. A. M. He
will be near the moon on the 18th. Jupiter
is morning star, rising on the 10th at h.
30 m. A. NJ. {; on the Goth at 3 h. 81 m.
A. NJ, and on the last day of the month at
) h. 10 m. A. NJ. He was near the moon
on the Sth. Saturn set on the 9th at sun
set, and from that day till October 18th he
sets at daylight. He rises at sunrise on
the 10th, and at h. A m. A. NJ. on the
last day of the month. He was near the
sun on the Sth, and near the moon on the
9th.
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PRINCE GoRrcHAKoFF.

The serious and perhaps fatal illness of
Prince Gortchakoff may have important
results for European politics. Though it
has been reported for some time past that
he was failing, and though he has not
during the interval since the war with
Turkey appeared to be on as good terms
with his imperial master as formerly, there
can be no doubt that his Judgment has
continued to be respected in Russian gov
ernmental circles, and that he would, if he
lived, exercise an important influence over
future events. Gortchakoff is a statesman
and diplomatist of the old school, and not
in harmony with the military clique that
strives to commit Russia to an aggressive
policy both in Europe and Asia. There
was time, not many years ago, when it
seemed that particularly cordial relations
existed between him and Bismarck, and
when it was thought in many quarters that
the two Chancellors had formed an alli-
ance looking to the reconstruction of the
map of Europe But with the cessation of
Germany's danger, Bismarck's cordiality
waned, and it has been evident for some
time that the once imposing demonstrations
of friendship between these two astute
men were at bottom nothing more than
political tricks, and that they were quite
as ready to quarrel as to embrace, if the
policy of their espective Governments re-
quired such a change of relations. The
conservatism of Prince Gortchakoff has
of late years several times brought him
into collision with the Cars radical advis.
ers, and more than once it has seemed that
his career was ended. But Russia could
not dispense with his services, and he
has been called to the helm after
q short retirement. 1t is believed that he
was opposed to the war with Turkey, but
1t is by no means so certain that he is dis
posed to prevent the threatened war with
Germany, for though conservative, he is
thoroughly imbued with national feeling,
and there can be no doubt that the i'll will
existing between the Russian and German
people is both real and deep. His death
would perhaps bring Ignatieff to the front
again, and this would be calamity for
Russia, and boon to Bismarck. Gortcha-
kof has done good service to CARBON
in the past. and its need of his cool and
clear judgment is not likely to be less in
the future.
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House..

WASHINGTON, April 12th-Among the bills intro
duced to-day was one by Berry, explanatory of the
| Act granting lieu lands to the State OF California
By Whitaker Of Oregon-To select q site for a
| navy yard on the northwest coast.
| By Goode of Observation-Disclosures the Secretary
of the Navy TO secure adequate coang stations for
| the use OF the Navy at proper points on the At.
antic and Pacific coasts Central America and the
| American lstbmus.
| The Senate bill approprating 5000 900 for the
erection OF posts on the Rio Grande frontier was
| passed.
Chalmers introduced joint resolution that the
purchases of United States bonds by the Secretary OF
| the Treasury recently have unsettled the stock
| market, and might cause a suspicion of stock
| Jobbery, and bring discredit on the Government
and making it unlawful to purchase for the Govern.
| ment any bonds except after weeks notice of the
amount.
Geddes introduced constitutional amendment
| against third term
The Speaker presented message of the Presi.
dent, Transmitting the report VI the Secretary OF
State respecting Chinese immigration. Referred.
The House went into Committee of the Whole for
| three hours debate the army bill
Price contended that the amendment had nothing
| in it.
Butterworth considered it important 1t was diff
| ferently construed by the President and by the
Democrats. If this amendment were adopted it was
proposed TO count in Democratic President in this
| chamber in 1881, whether ele ted or not If the
President v.toes 1t the Democrats would raise the
cry OF Bayonets at the polls, out the people would
not be alarmed or deceived. He gave notice of an
amendment which would clearly define the limits OF
this plan proposed by the Democrats providing for
the arrest and punishment of men approaching the
polls with guns, pistols or deadly weapons.
Bayne said the amendment was simply intended
| to keep the army from the polls.
Brown and Williams of Wisconsin denounced the
| amendment as illogical and unconstitutional, as
abating the power of the President under the Con-
stitution.
Cogwell and Dunnel closed the debate and sew
eral amendments were rejected
Sparks amendment was amended so as to allow
troops to be used, on application of Legislature
Governor, to rePel domestic violence.
The main question ordered
Adjourned
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Earthquaae SHOCKS.

San BUENAvENTuRA, April 12th.-About
4:3O this morning an earthquake shock.
short and sharp as the crack of whip, dis.
turbed the slumbers of the town, and was
succeeded by two gentle vibrations. No
harm was done.
Los ANGELES, April 12th.-A sharp shock
of earthquake took place at twenty minutes
to o'clock on Sunday morning In reality
there were two shocks, about fifteen seconds
apart. The first was the heaviest that has
been felt here for years, and was accompanied
by loud report. There was then success
sion OF slight tremors until the second heavy
shock arrived. The vibration seemed to be
from northeast to southwest. No damage
was done. but the usual sea-sickness that ac.
companies earthquakes was quite largely felt.
People who lived in three-story buildings
thought it good plan to " come down." and
did so.
RIVERSIDE, April 12th.-A sharp earth
quake occurred here at half-past four O'Clock
this morning. No damage was done, excer
the unpleasantness of being aroused so early.
SAN BERNARDINo, April 12th.-A slight
shock of earthquake was felt here this morn
ing about four o'clock
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NEWS OF TIE MORNING.

In New York yesterday Government bonds were
ooted at 1911 for As of 1907; 1oSI for IS of 1884,
100 for as; sterling, a 1904 50 silver bars,
Ilsl silver coin, discount buying, par selling.
SILVER in London yesterday, SD consols,
es 1Io; per cent. United States bonds, 1865 Is,
1901; 4ls, III.
In San Francisco half dollars are quoted at par
Mexican dollars sl buying, 81 selling.
ar Liverpool yesterday wheat was quoted at los
ld911s I'd for good to choice California.
MINING STOCKS were rather weak in San Francisco
Yesterday morning, and most kinds were lower than
at any time last week. Sierra Nevada fell to s14,
Union Consolidated to S25, Mexican to 60 S7s and
ophir to 50 81, with fair sales at the decline.
Az earthquake occurred at San Buenaventurs
Yesterday morning. It was felt also at Riverside
and San BerDardno.
CAPTAIN JOHN Moss, the veteran miner and pros.
pector, died in San Francisco Sunday.
THOMAS BOYD jumped from bridge 40 feet high
into Green river at Mulfordsville. Ky, Sunday,
without injury.
GRANT will be at Cairo, Ill., on the 18th or 18th
instant.
OTERo, who endeavored to kill the King of Spain,
will be executed at Madrid tomorrow
THIS execution of Christine Cox and Petro Balbo,
for MURDER viii take place at New York May 2Sth
THE Chileans are blockadng Callao, Peru
The son and heir Of the King Of Burmah has died
Of smallpox.
TIE 100 persons sacrificed at Mandelay Burmah,
we're buried alive, not burned. under the towers of
ahe city walls.
LoRLLARDs FLY Geraldine met with an accident
Saturday while exercising at Newmarket, Eng, and
was killed.
IT is said that oeomargarine has a sale in this
sountry of 9s, 900 pounds per annum.
WILLIAM H. VANDERBILT has S5l ,OOo, 600 invested
in United States four per cent. bonds
SENTENCE Of death was pronounced yesterday at
Ukah on George Gaunee, one of the Mendocino
outlaws.
An unknown man was struck by a locomotive and
killed Yesterday Niles Station
THE city election at Santa Cruz took place yester-
day.
TEE American Mining Exchange organized at New
York yesterday with 12s members
A PRISONER charged with murder was taken from
the Jail at Greensburg, La, Sunday, by mob, and
shot to death.
FIRE at New Haven, Conn.
UNUSUALLY cold weather prevailed in the Eastern
States yesterday.
TUE resignation OF Lord Lytton as viceroy of
India has been received at the India Office in London
A SHOCKING story Of Chilean excuses at Molindo,
Peru, comes by way of Panama.
THE Supreme Court convened at Los Angeles yes
terday.
SENATOR GROVER, of Oregon, is eriously ill at
Wilmington, Del, with paralysis
The speeches of Senator Grove L. Johnson in con-
nection with the Kane investigation will be found
this morning on the fourth page.
IL the Senate yesterday both the second and third
reading files were relieved of great many i'm
Portant bills. The Governor returned large num-
Der of important bills with his approval.
In the Assembly yesterday the San Francisco
charter was passed. Also the bills in relation TO
State and County Fairs and the bill on county
governments
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THE BURMESE BUrcHgRY.

King Theebau's astrologers have, it is
said, prescribed the sacrifice OF seven hun
bred human beings, as the only means of
restoring his majesty to health. The
worst part of the story is that the sacrifice
has actually been made, and as it is said to
have included some " foreigners, no doubt
a serious inquiry will be set on foot by the
Powers whose subjects are supposed to
have been thus inundated. 1t must be
admitted that there is great difficulty in
recognizing the force of any reasoning
against the propriety of forcible inter-
ference in such case. The King of
Burmah is drunken beast, stained with a
hundred hideous crimes, whose wretehed
subjects are plundered and slain at will by
him, who insults foreign ENJOYS and
threatens foreign powers, and who is at
once danger to his peighbors and a curse
TO his country. Certainly England has
much better excuse for attacking and
extlnguishing him than she had in the case
of Cetawayo or the Afghans, and it is i'm
possible to imagine any international con-
siderations calculated to interfere with SO
righteous retribution. Undoubtedly the
Burmese would heartily thank any power
that would rid them of their ruffian mon
arch, and it is not probable that he has
any party left in the country by this time,
his last atrocity having hopelessly alienated
the priests. whose support the reigning
sovereign has hitherto been tolerably sure
of from motives of policy. Sooner
or later England will be compelled to take
Burmah in hand and give it civilized
government, and unless the usual fate of
Asiatic tyrants should speedily remove this
one, it is probable that Intervention will
soon become unavoidable.
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CONGRESSIONAL.
ESPECIAL By TELEGRAPH TO THE RrcoRD-usIos.l
Senate.

Senate.
WASHINGTON, April 12th-Vance introduced bill
limiting the Use OF the Pa patent and PRACTICAL,
annulliny the law under which il was issued.
By Covert-Reducing the duty on lead ore
Pendleton, from the conference committee on the
census BILL reported agreement that the public deb
statistics should be taken by special agent instead
81 enunerators; that copies of the returns shuult
not be sent to the State officers that Alaska be in
Guided IN the census. and that other changes b.
made in the bill. The report was laid aside
Tse Geneva Award bi | was taken up and Nc
Donald advocated his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. thu
various claims. He argued that the award was mo-
merely an award OF damages, but the satisfaction
4 natural claim.
At the Inclusion of McDonald's speech the Utt
bill taken up.
Teller moved to strike out the clause exempting
from taxation for - years the land held by the In
| dians in severalty. Adopted-40 to s.
An amendment was offered that if the Utes fai
to ratify the agreement within four months they
forfeit tn II rights in the reservation. Adopted.
Also, Teliers amendment that nothing the bill
sh all prevent settlement of the Southern or Tn
compabgre Utes on lands of the Unitah reservation
if the Indians desire to settle there
Plumb offered an amendment limiting the time
for which the United States shall support the In.
dams to five years. Rejected.
Ingalls, claimed that the Indians were MT paupers
and il left alone would be very rich
Thurman held that it was inconsistent to exemp.
the Indians who are made citizens by this bill from
taxation.
The bill then passed-S7 to 16
The conference report on the census bill was then
taken up and adopted.
Eaton said he would antagonize the General
Award bill with the Consular Appropriation bill
Adjourned.
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SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS.

From San Francisco exchanges of April 12th.l
Six inmates of the Industrial School es-
capped last Saturday.
The steamer City of Peking will be due
from China and Japan on the 18th instant.
About a thousand persons visited the
British ironclad, Triumph, on Saturday af-
ternoon.
1t is proposed to convert the Lick House
dining-room, now closed, into hall for the
use of balls, parties and meetings.
The steamer Belgic, which sailed on
Saturday for China and Japan, took Is
cabin passengers, and l60 Chinese in the
steerage.
Collections of internal revenue in this
district during the past week amounted to
$50, lS7 81, making total since January
LIST of S7lS,2l5 50.
The amount realized from the sale of de-
linquent real estate is about $50, 900. The
collections on bills at the Tax Collectors
Office last week reached $l50,00O.
1t is reported that James B. Angel, the
new United States Minister to China, will
soon arrive in San Francisco, and will re.
main here some time studying the Chinese
question.
A Parnassian sheep at Woodward's Gar.
dens gave birth to four lambs on last Fri.
day. This is an extraordinary circumstance
from the fact that this species of animal
has never been known to bear more than
two lambs at one litter, and seldom more
than one.
Alfred E. Davis, President of the South
Pacific Coast Railroad, and his friends left
Wright's at l:30 P. NJ. yesterday with a
special car aud engine for the FELTON, Big
Trees, going through the large tunnels.
This is the first passenger train that has
gone through to FELTON,.
The revenue cutter Thomas Corwin came
down from Astoria on Friday last under
telegraphic orders from the Treasury De-
partment at Washington, and it is pre-
sumed that as she is the largest and strong
est vessel in the revenue service on this
coast she will be loaded with supplies for
the relief of the missing Arctic whalers.
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NEVADA.
Passengers Passing CarIin for California

CARLIN, April 12th.-The following pas
sengers passed Carlin to-day, to arrive in
Sacramento tomorrow Mrs. Rebecca Bly,
then, Elko; DIR. III. II. Mcintyre Boston /;
Colonel ii. Cleywood and wife, U. S. A.;
John A. Elliott, Des Moines; W. Van Nor
den, W. n. Cromwell, Charles Haight and
wife. New York; A. Farquhart, England !;
E. S. Monroe, New York j. G. Riley. Oak
land D. F. Hitler San Francisco; James
II. Toole and family, Tucson; George +.
Hooper and wife, Sonoma Frank McLaugh-
lin, L. Carman, Menlo Park, n j.; o. p.
Powers, California John Rodenhurst, Miss
Beatrice Rodenhurst. Miss A. B. Roden-
hurst, Mrs. Canaan, Miss J. E. Canaan, Miss
F. E. Canaan, Miss w. J. Canaan, Miss A.
E. Canaan, Thomas d. Canaan, Liverpool !;
Mrs. Hearn, Salt Lake; Simon Few, Phila-
delphia; Mrs. Anna Harley and niece,
Idaho; Mrs. Goodrich Maine Miss Ella
Hogan, Ohio; Miss Anna Wilkinson, Ala
bama l. j. Lewis, Austin, New; c. C. Gro
ME, Kentucky; W. Smith, Philadelphia II +.
b. Lewis Providence, X. l.; Z. NJ Randall,
New York; L. A. Lewis, Z. Sharp T. H.
Rush, Indianapolis; w. B. Wright, Column
bus, o.; 76 emigrants, including 81 males. to
arrive in Sacramento April 14th.
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SANTA CRUZ, April 12th.-A spirited cleo
ton took place to-day for city officers. There
were three tickets in the field-the Citizens
Peoples and Taxpayers. The Convention
that nominated the Citizens ticket was com.
posed of citizens irrespective of party. The
Peoples ticket was put up by the Working
men, and the Taxpayers ticket by the Re-
publicans. The Taxpayers ticket was the
last one nominated, and but little hope was
entertained of electing its nominees but the
result was contrary to anticipation. Follow
ing are the successful candidates Mayor,
J. d. Chace tTaxpayer) Clerk, j. Howard
Bailey (Taxpayer); Treasurer, P. r. Kinds
(Citizens' and People's) The Taxpayers
elected all the Councilmen.