Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-02
DOMESTIC.
The Albany Scandal.

canvass. They had no formal conference, but
there were informal discussions OF the subject
at their headquarters in the Delavan House,
in which almost all OF them participated.
Platt and his personal friends are positive
and peremptory in denounelng the whole
scandal as a baseless and wicked invention.
The Tribune says. editorially: A scandal
GUS story affecting the private character of a
prominent politician of this State was report
ed on the streets here and in Albany, and full
particulars were telegraphed to this paper,
which we decline to print. We think we
know news when we see it, but we have our
own ideas as to the propriety of using scandal
as a political weapon. Our disagreement
with this gentleman is exclusively on public
grounds, and if assaults are to be made upon
his private reputation, we prefer that they
should appear in some other paper than the
Tribune.
The Times and the World have no allusion
to the Platt scandal.
The Senatorial strugsle-PrOceedings' In
Joint Convention.
ALBANY, July 1st.-The Joint Convention
met at noon, Governor Hoskins presiding
Spinola raised point of order that it being
ten minutes past u o'clock, and the rule of
Congress requiring the Convention at u, it
was not in order to proceed.
The Chair decided that that was no point
would proceed to vote for United States SEN
ator to fill the short term, which was done
and resulted as follows Combined vote
Potter 49, Conkling %, Wheeler IS, Cornell
6, Lapham 13. Folger l, Rogers t. Crowley 2
no choice.
The Chair announced that the Convention
would now vote to fill the vacancy for the
long term.
= The Speaker said he had been voting for T.
G. Plat, at his request and in the interest of
the Republican party. He withdrew the
name of Platt as a candidate, and would,
when his name was called, vote for Richard
Crowley.
The Convention then proceeded to vote.
Senator Halbert, after speaking in high
terms of his qualifications, voted for Orlow
w. Chapman. Depew As, Herman As, Crow
ley 20, Cornell Is, Chapman 4, Platt 9.
Draper said he had voted for the resigning
Senators from principle. He knew no good
reason for the withdrawal of one of them, and
therefore voted for Plat. Tremble did the
same.
Various Albany Items.
ALBANY, July 1st.-The bribery investiga-
ton committee have held another meeting,
making the fourth, without reaching a vote.
The signing of call for caucus has come
to halt. Some claim sixty signatures
others say there are less than fifty. Sixty
five are required.
Quite number of members have gone
home, and the vote tomorrow will be light.
Conkling and Arthur left for New Y ork
tonight on the boat. They were much dis
pleased at Platts withdrawal, and tried to
d;ssuade him from the act. Ex-Marshal
Sharp until Platt told him he would go to the
Capitol himself.
There was report this evening that the
withdrawal was the work of Paine, without
Platt's consent, but good authority says Plat
insisted upon it. It has been reported for
weeks that Plat was determined to withdraw
as soon as he was convinced that there was
no hope of his election.
The YaIe-Harvard Race Yale the FIctors.
New LONDON (Conn.), July 1st.-Yale
beat Harvard to-day, after much delay from
lumpy water and trouble in getting a start.
Yale led half length at the mile flag, two
lengths at the two miles, but couldn't gain
another inch during the whole of the re-
mainder of the race, and Harvard, after
vainly trying to reduce that lead by squirt af-
ter squirt, crossed the line in 22:19. Yale's
time, 22:l3
The Famous Preacher Jasper Dying.
RICHMOND IVA, July 1st.-Great excite
ment has been created among the negroes
here by the announcement of the possible
fatal illness of Rev. John Jasper, the now
famous negro preacher, who came so promi-
nently before the country two years ago by
preaching sermon on "J'he Sun do Move"
in which he argued that the sun, and not the
earth, moves. A large number of the more
illiterate negroes have long looked upon John
Jasper as a sort of prophet and regarded him
with superstitious awe. He is pastor of
Mount Zion Church, situated on the ont.
skirts of the city, and has the largest congre-
CATION OF any preacher in the South, and one
of the largest in the United States, as it
numbers about 1000. Since the first deliv-
cry of his sermon upon the rotation of the
sun he has repeated it 100 times. He is
modest and quiet, and has great influence
with the members Of his congregation.
New Horse Disease.
ELGIS (Ill.) July 1st-The horses in this
vicinity are afflicted with peculiar epizootc
that is sweeping in its contsgion. One vet
Urinary surgeon calls it "infuenza fever of a
typhoid-pneumonia type and another says
it is scarlet fever" The animals afflicted
are taken first with swelled and running
eyes, the brain, kidneys and lungs being in
turn affected. If taken in season it can be
cured, but if neglected it becomes fatal 1t
is claimed by some of the farmers that the
disease is a sort of ship fsver, contracted of
the horses brought from Europe by an i'm
porter of live stock, and standing at various
places in the neighborhood.
The UnhealfhfulBcss of New York City.
NEW York, July 1st.-The people who
have been pooh-poohing the unhealthfulness
of New York during the last six months
would do well to consider the mortality sta
tistics for half a year which are published to-
day. For the frat half of 1850 the deaths
numbered -. 30 for the six months lust
ended they number is, 800 This represents
rate of about 80 per LOCO per annum, an
abnormally high average for any civilized
community. The increase Of deaths from
contagious diseases is more alarming even
than the aggregate mortality. Up to June
so, 1880, only two persons died from small
pox, while there were 259 deaths from the
same cause during the half year Just ended.
There can be little doubt that the gross neg
lect of sanitary conditions in this city has
sntailed a sacrifice between January and July
of at least 200 lives.
Immigration Matters.
NEW YoRK, July lst.-The total number
OF emigrants landed here during the six
months ending yesterday was 2i1, 49San in
crease of GA, 5l3 over the same period last
year. The arrivals last month were II, 3S9.
During the six months just ended employ
ment has been procured by the Castle Gar
den authorities for "a, 657 eInigrants, of whom
1862 were males and 1861 females. OF
these 26ll males and ia females were skilled
operatives in the various trades.
Important Government Business.
WASHINGTON, July 1st-Colonel Robert
J. Stevens, Clerk Of the House Committee
on Appropriations, leaves tomorrow for the
Pacific coast on important Government bust.
ness.
Collision of Trains.
CHICAGO, July 1st.-The south.bound
passenger train on the Chicago and Eastern
illinois Railroad collided with the Grand
Trunk north bound freight near Kensington,
eighteen miles south of here, last night. owing
to misplaced switch. The engine of the
passenger train was wrecked and the baggage
car telescoped into the smoking car, tanning
and bruising nineteen people. The engineer,
Frank Hazen, was caught in the frog, and