Daily Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1876-1884, 1881-11-22
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M. Marble. Commissioner of
Patents, to-day rendered his resig-
nation to take effect December LIST,
so rs to accept the position OF Law
Commissioner for the Northern
Pacific Railroad.
a Mormon Aspfrent fer the House.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 2lst.-In
the Utah contested election case
Cannon has filed the following: In
the M atter of George @. Cannon's
contest of Allen G.. CampbelPs
right to seat In the House Of Rep.
resentatives of the Forty-seventh
Congress of the United States. as a
delegate from the territory of Utah,
George @. Cannon, contestant,
protesting that the matter in this
paper contained is not relevant to
the issue; do admit that I am
member of the Church of Jesus
Christ of the Latter Day Saints,
commonly called Mormons; that
In accordance with the tenets of
the said church, have taken plu-
raj wives, who now live with me
and have 80 lived with me for
number of years and have borne
me children. also admit that in
public addresses, as a teacher of my
religion in Utah Territory, ] have
defended said tenet Of said church
as being in my belief, a revelation
from on High.
the OampbeiI.Caunon Case.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2lst.-On be.
half of Allen J. Campbell, claim
| ing q seat as delegate from Utah in
| the next Congress, upon the certi.
| ficate of Gov. Murray, the follow
ing has been presented: Whereas,
George M. Adams, holding over as
Clerk of the last House of Repre-
| eentatives, has placed the name of
George @. Cannon, representative
of the Mormon chagch, upon the
roll formal, the attention of Clerk
cisiou of Chief Justice Hunter, in
the Third District Court, to the eff
feet that Cannon is not q citizen of
the United States, and that the
certificate held by him as certiti-
cate of naturalization was obtained
by fraud and has been fraudulently
used and is void on its face. In
view of this decision aud the fur
Their facts set forth at length in the
printed brief accompanying
this communication Clerk Adams
is asked, first, whether he
proposes to continue the name
Of George @. Cannon on the roll of
the House as delegate from Utah?
Second, If not, whether he will
recognize the certificate of the
Governor by placing the name of
A. E. Campbell on the roll.
Adams has not written a reply, but
orally has stated that he cared
nothing for the question of Citizen
ship, and would nave put Cannon's
name on the roll even If he had
been an unnaturalized English
man. 1t is learned that Cannon is
regularly drawing pay every
month as delegate from Utah.
though he holds DO certificate of
election. Judge Hunters decision
was not on the merits Of the case
brought against Cannon, but on
Cannon's demurrer, and while sus-
tanning the demurrer merely infer
entially, held that Cannon was not
q citizen.
Hleney md Stocks.
NEW YORK, Nov. 2lst.-Silver
bars, 1923. Money closed at Ct Gov
ernments firm. Stocks closed gen.
orally weak. Western Union. 84E;
quicksilver, 1871; Pacific, Az; Mari
posa, 2; Wells, Fargo & Co,
1888; New York Central, 1861; Erie.
46A; Panama certificates, 1876;
Union Pacific, 1184; bonds, III;
Central Pacific, Gag; bonds, 1l5S;
Sutro, ]; Tombstone, s; Mineral
Creek, 8.
sau Casualty.
CLAYTON, N. Y, Nov. Dist
Frank Csppernull, keeper Of the
! Hale House, and his wife and two
small children, and Charles Will
son, the keeper of the Cliff House
and his wife and two small chill
dren, were drowned in Eel Bay
Saturday morning while going to
/, Gananeque in small boat.
Getsean fusprvtswt0.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2lst.-The Times
Washington spe,ial says: Guiteau
had several callers to-day. Among
these was reporter who had an
. interview with the assassin. He
was asked If he was suffering pain
from his wound. He replied that
he was not. 1t will not prevent
his appearance in Court.
Killed by Town Marshal.
ST. LOUIS, Nov. 2lst.-A man
named Jesse Mann, living in the
vicinity of Kirksville, Mo-, was
shot and killed by the City Mar
shall of that place while drunk and
trying to run the town.
Musder .nd Suicide.
DOVER, N. H, Nov. 21st.-At
Strafford yesterday, Mrs. Waldrop,
who, for some time has been i'll
called her granddaughter to her
. bedside and cut her throat from
ear to ear with razor and then
killed herself.
served Him Hight.
ATHENS, Ohio, Nov. 21.--Chris
Davis, mulatto, VINO was In jail
for an outrageous assault upon an
elderly woman named Mrs. Locke,
living at Albany, Ohio, was hang
ed by mob last night. The Sher-
if was overpowered and held while
the mob broke into cell and took
Davis out. This morning bis dead
body was found hanging to u
bridge over the Hooking river, at
the south edge of town, The mob
were not masked aud will be ar
rested.
WrfckeG.
PORT CoLB0URNE, Ont, Nov.
2lst.-A wreck reported to be COM
ing ashore in this vicinity Is recog.
nized as a portion of the schooner
e. H. Dorr. 1t is believed the