Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-20

HARRISBURG, anuary 15tH.- nefo Is 10
change in to-day's ballot.
TRENTON IN. j., January 19th.-The Sem
atorial caucus to nominate United States
Senator was held tonight. General Sewall
was nominated on the twelfth ballot. Two
ballots were declared during the proceedings,
more than 4S notes.-the whole number-be-
ing cast. There was tremendous excitement
and confusion. Sewall's opponents were
Robson, Halsey, Harper, Dudley, Hobart.
Sc wall received q votes on the last ballot.
WHEELING wv. Va.), January 18th The
Democratic caucus nominated j. n. Camden
for United States Senator.
MADISON wis J, January 19th.-At the
caucus of Republican members of the Legis-
lature this evening the first ballot resulted:
Philetus Savage, So; E. W. Keys, %; G. c.
Washburn, 10; Jonathan Thoroman, 2; j.
T. Lewis, 1 j; Charles Il. Dyer, l; G. J.
Williams, !; Angus Cameron, l !; George
Clemenstone, l. This informal ballot was
made formal, and Hon. Philetus Sawyer was
declared unanimously elected.
Land Titles in California.
WASHINGTON, January 19th-The House
Committee on Public Lands to-day author
ICED Representative Berry to report, with
for passage, a highly i'm
portant bill-a substitute for the bill intro
duced by him December Goth, intended to
settle swamp land titles in California. The
substitute is in its full text as follows:
Be it enacted, etc, that all lands selected by the
State OF California as swamp and Overlooked lands
which have been reported to the Commissioner OF the
General Land Office, so far the same remains va
cant and unapprepriated, and not interfered with
by any pre- einp,ion, homestead or other claim, un
der any existing law OF the United States, and the
claim thereto has not heretofore been rejected by
the Commissioner OF the General Lind Office or
other competent authority be and are hereby con-
frmed to said State, and shall be approved and pat
ented to said State in conformity with the proyis-
ions OF the Act OF Congress granting such lands,
provided, that no selection made by Id state CON
tray to the existing laws shall be confirmed by this
Act for lands to which any adverse preemption
homestead or other right has at the date OF me
passage of this Act, been acquired by any setter
under the laws Of the United States, or TO
any lands which have been reserved for
naval, military or Indian purposes by the United
States or to any mineral lands, or any lands held
or claimed under any valid Mexican or Spanish
grant, to any lands which, at the time 81 the
passage of this Act, were included within the limits
Of Gny city town village, or within the county OF
San Francisco; and provided, further, tnat sld Sc
lectons hereby confirmed shall not include any
lands sold or disposed Of under any existing laws
prior to the confirmation of the title to be made
under the authorityo OF tins Act.
Berry says the purpose of this bill is to
effect what was designed by the curative
Swanp.lsnd Act of 1866, but which could
not be done because of the Department re-
qlirement for field notes, which the state
could not furnish, for the simple reason that
It's surveys were not made in the held, but
plotted from Federal surveys.
The Chinese Treaty.
NEw York, January 19th.-The Times
Washington special says The Governor OF
Nevada, in transmitting the vote of that
O.. Al 10
dent Wheeler, accompanied it with COM
munication which he desired laid before the
Senate, with view of securing more strin-
gent regulations in reference to Chinese lm-
migration than is provided in the treaty be-
tween the United States and China, recently
communicated to the Senate by the Presi-
dent.
The secretaryship of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, January 19th-An iowa
Republican, who has long been on intimate
terms with Senator Allison, was asked to-day
if the Senator is to be Garfeld's Secretary of
the Treasury, and replied: He expects to
be, and has had assurances, believe, that he
will get Cabinet position. Yes, the Treas
ury Department was the one mentioned, and
unless there is change of programme l sup
pose he viii get it."
Sherman and Foster.
COLUMBUS, January 19th.-Every Repub-
lican member of the General Assembly signed
a memorial asking Garfield to make Governor
Foster Cabinet minister. Secretary Sher-
man made q speech to a large gathering of
friends to-day. Governor Foster, in intro
ducing him, took occasion TO make an elo-
quent allusion to his services, talents and
prominence. The Secretary made feeling
response, expressing gratitude to the people
who had elected him Senator after he had for
four years performed the arduous and Gift
cult duties of Secretary of the Treasury, He
had done the best he could to advance the IN
terests of the country He agreed with Eos
ter in his tribute Of respect to Senator Thur
man as an able and honorable man.
Disastrous Fires.
MICHIGAN CITY Qnd.) January 19th.-A
fire this morning ravaged the lumber district.
The losses aggregate $4,000; insurance,
S47, 000.
DEADwooD, January 19th.-A fire this
morning destroyed the bookstore and art
gallery of Hamilton & Rockfellow. Loss or
stock aud building, $4,000; insurance. ST.
GEO. Knowles & Marshman, drug store,
loss, IS, GOO; insurance, 81. coo. Nj. j. Vert
heimer & Co., dry goods, damaged by water,
small losses aggregate probably $1,000, GOV.
cred by insurance.
LYNN tMags.l January 19th.-A. 3. Mar
tins morocco mandatory was burned this
morning. Three hundred hands are thrown
out of employment. Loss, $4,000. Ian.
casters factory was partly burned. The
building belongs to A B. Martin, and is
worth $4,000. Both buildings are partly
insured. The old Revere Beach depot was
also burned and seven dwellings damaged.
Total loss, 100000.
clearinghouse Tronsac-iens.
NEW YORK, January 19th.-To. morrow's
Public will show the course Of business trans
actions for the week, as displayed in the
Clearing house returns at various cities, to-
gether with comparisons for the correspond
ing week of last year. 1t seems that New
York has gained 40. Sper cent; Boston, Is s !;
Philadelphia, A; Chicago, 40.4; Cincin-
natl, 80; New Orleans, 7.6; st. Louis, l /;
Baltimore, SIS; San Francisco. 10 1; Louis
vile, 20 81 Milwaukee, 1872; Pittsburg, s 2;
Providence, Al; Indianapolis, "a s; Kansas
City. 1913; Hartford. 26.5: Lowell, is l.
Only three small towns show losses, as fol-
lows: Cleveland, 67; New Haven, 3.S;
Syracuse, 65.
silver and Stocks.
New YORK, January 19th.-Silver bars,
Ill money, easy, S@6; Governments quiet
stocks closed strong; Western Union, 115J:
Quicksilver, 10y; Pacific, 574 Mariposa, !
Wells, Fargo & Co. ia; New York Cen
trail. 1889 Erie, sig Panama, go; Union
Pacific, 1928; bonds, 1135; Central Pacific,
953 bonds, 112a Sutro, II.
Wesfward.bound Passengers.
OMAHA, January 19th.-Through passen-
gers on to days train leaving at 1915 P NJ,
to arrive in Sacramento January 23d, are as
follows: Mrs. L. Wills, Delavap, Miss; Z.
E. Moore, Milwaukee Mrs. George E.
Black, Wisconsin G. F. Fargo, Miss May
Fargo, San Francisco George B. Clason,
Milwaukee; j. G. Logan, Oregon.
Thirty-nine through immigrants left on last
nights emigrant train, to arrive in Sacra-
mento January 26th.
Indignant Russian Jews.
New YoRK, January 19th.-The Telegram
this evening says: The Russian Jews in this
city reflect the sentiments of their class
throughout the United States by Indignantly
denouncing the action taken yesterday in
Chicago by the Grand Lodge of the North
west Independent Order of B'nai Birth,
which voted not to grant charter to Russian
Jews in Division No. 6 for the organization
of Lodge in this city. The Russian. Polish
Jews based their application for a special
charter on the ground that they were formed
into religious association distinctively for
Bavarian, Prussian, Polish or Austrian Polish
jews, and their claim has been carefully con-
sidered by leading officers of the Order
throughout the country.