Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-08-11
and privation. He was taken to the Receiv-
ing Hospital for treatment.


ing Hospital for treatment.
The following named were on Tuesday
elected Directors of the Central Pacific Rail-
road Company for the ensuing year Leland
Stanford c. P. Huntington, Charles Crocker,
c. f. Crocker, e. H. Miller, Jr., w. v.
Huntington. E. w. Hopkins. Subsequently
a meeting of the Directors was held and Le-
land Stanford was elected President; G. p.
Huntington, First Vice President; Charles
Crocker, Second Vice President; f. H. Mil
ler. Jr., Secretary E. w. Hopkins, Treas
urer.
The widow and youngest son of the late
Bishop Z. D. Haven arrived on the steamer
from Oregon on Monday. Memorial services
will be held in the Central NJ. Z. Church, of
which Mrs. Haven is a member on Friday
evening. Short addresses will be delivered
by Rev. II. B. Heacock and Drs. NJ. G. Briggs
and B. F. Carey. The various Methodist
pastors of the city, with their congregations,
will participate in these services, to express
their deep sorrow at the great loss the Meth
odist Church on this coast has sustained in
the death of the Bishop.
Daniel Murphy has been examined be-
fore United States Commissioner O'BeiIne
on a charge of manslaughter, committed on
the American ship Jabez Howes, which ar.
rived in San Francisco July 24h. It ap-
peared that one of the crew, William Norton,
was drunk and was put in the forecastle.
Being subsequently taken out, Murphy
struck at Norton, and the latter fell over.
board. A fender was thrown to the man and
boat lowered from a passing steamer. The
ship could not be hove to, because the crew
was drunk and unruly. and SO it proceeded
on its way. Nothing was shown to establish
Norton's death. The Commissioner bound
Murphy over in 81 900 bail.
Authority having been received from the
Supreme officers of the American Legion of
Honor for the formation of Grand Council
for Californis, 6fty-nine delegates from State
Councils met for that purpose in Shiel's
building on Monday. The election on MOI.
day for Grand Council officers resulted as fol-,
lows Grand Commander, George G. Wheel
er. of Oakland; G. v. c.. George w. AL
berti, of Yuba City Orator. G.. w. Knox,
of Dixon Secretary, Mrs. Abbie e. Wood,
of San Francisco r. G. c., C. G. Bokius, of
San Francisco Treasurer. J. n. Besse OF
Watsonyille Chaplain, Barton Dozier, of
Ukiah; Guide, Alexander P. Murgottan, of
San Jose; Sentry, Louis Ehrlicb, of San
Francisco.
The Yosemite Convention has nominated
for Supervisors Mathew Kerr, J. II. Wise,
Peter Hopkins, J. J. Sullivan, J. w. Farren,
William Ford, John Dougherty, James PEN
dergast, William j. Bryan. School Direc.
tors-William Hinton, A. B. Byrne, J. S.
CoproY, J. w. Hayes, DR.. B. H. Flood, John
McChesney, William Sullivan, f. Logan, C.
W; Hewitts, S. A. Hussey, Hugh J. Mohan,
John Mullen. c. w. Nevin, DR.. Gregory
Phelan, Joseph Clement, j. Med. Forde,
George Williams, Robert Bragg. A. J. Quill.
L. NJ; Davis, l.. d. Allen, DR.. T. H. Fergu-
son, W. J. Hassett, c. Raisch, J. Harris, J.
]. Collins, B. Rawle. j. c. Casey, John
Hollins, A. II. Loughborough, T. NJ. Ed
wards, L. D. Allen, J. J. Wickman, and DIR.
Joseph Pescia.
In the Mint investigation Tuesday the
correspondence between MIR. Dodge, the
President, and the First Chief Deputy
of the Director of the United States
Mint. First Assistant, Mr. Preston, and
MIR. Dodge and between Mr.. Dodge
and Mr.. Page was again read. Mr..
Dodge was placed on the witness stand, and
it was evolved how many positions were
charged to Frank Pixley, Governor Low. C.
n. FELTON,. Horace Davis, Senator Miller,
and other friends of the Superintendent
MIR. Blanchard made Mr.. Dodge testify once
more that he had to discharge Mr.. Pages
friends, or else surrender the whole Mint to
him or them.
Page-Did 1 ever make one complaint
about this Mint before l spoke on the floor of
supplies? A-Yes.
Q.-What did I say? A.-You said that
you would have every scalp in the Mint,
from the Superintendent's down. 1t was not
only your own personal friends, but those of
your political partners who gave me annoy.
ance, and opposed my efforts to administer
the affairs of the Mint.
Page-Whom do you mean by my "politi-
cal partners:' A.-Gorham, Sargent and
Carr. You and they about run this Mint
before my time.
Q.-What justifies you in naming those
gentlemen as my political partners. A
Common report.
Q.-u common report says that Fred Low
is your political partner and runs this Mint,
would it be true?
Mr.. Dodge-It might be susceptible of
proof.
Director of Mints Burchard was then sworn
and testified: The quarterly account of ex-
penses for running this Mint for the quarter
ending June 80. 1850, and which contains the
item of S22, 900 loss in the Meter and Re-
finer's department, has not yet been audited
1t lies on the table of the First Anaitor of
the Treasury. In last May Mr.. Dodge and
myself visited the Auditor in Washington,
and asked why the account had been held up.
had requested the account to be held up until
this investigation.
Mr.. Page-I did not make that request
until May Dist 1t bad then been held up
for eleven months, go was not responsible
for it. The real reason was that the Auditor
did not know how to pay that S22, 900 item
of loss.
The prosecution announced that they rested
their case.