Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-08-01

sNS "PPiopfAasioA Dili, reported Cisagre7-
ment, and new conference was ordered.
Adjourned.
Bills PasScd-Evarfs' Retirement.
WASHINGTON, July 3lss.-The following
Senate bills were passed in the House to-day
The bill. authorizing the Secretary of the In.
terror to dispose of certain lands adjacent to
Ehe towD OF Pendleton, Or, belonging to the
omstllia Indian reservation, and for other
purposes; bill to provide for the disposition
OF the Fort Larned military reservation.
Senate bill for the retirement Of ULYSSES s.
Grant, ia.e General ard ex-President OF the
United states. having been reached, Mcken.
z'e moved that it be laid upon the table.
Lost-1yes IL noes SO. The bill was then
referred TO the COMMITTEES on Military AT.
fairs.
inquiry.
WASHINGTON, July 31st.-In The Senate
Buffers amendment was adopted recurring
the Secretary of the Navy to report to Con,
gress which of tie condemned vessels are IN
mt for use. and not sell them. Vance failed
to get in bis amendment ai.oging foreign
steel to be used in the construction OF the two
new cruisers. The vote was 90 to u, Morgan.
German and Brown voting no with the Re-
publicans.
La the House Harris reported back Joint
resolution instructing the Secretary OF the
Navy to convene Court of Iqqlisy on the
loss of the Jeanette.
rs designed:
New YORK, July 31st.-Ths Etraiag Er.
press correspondent says: 1.-The river and
President Arthur" Another dispatch de-
mics It.
Lumber Lands-An Important Decision
by the Secretary OF The lnierior.
| WASHINGTON, July 3ist.-The Secretary
OF the lnterior has decided question Of some
Importance to the Pacific slope and Western
Territories, in connection with the timber
lands Two wnodcutt,rs had been arrested
by special agent of TIN Department for
cutting wood upon public lands in Arizona.
Inc l0n cords remaining in their possession
was turned over to the United States, and.
they offered to compromise the csss by the
payment OF one dollar cord for the portion
disposed of. The Secretary holds that, ac-
! cording to Kings geological reports. mesquite
Is shrub, not timber tree. as woods. and
had little velae except FIR fuel, and it cannot
be applied to tie ordinary uses Ct timber. The
Secretary says that to charge woo,Icutters,
VINO are generally poor class OF people, one
dollar cord for mesquite, is great hard
ship. The timber laws ware not enacted to
put money in the treasury, but to protect
timber on public lands, and mesquite is not
timber within the meaning of the statutes
Ihe special agent is therefore directed to re-
! turn the seized wood tc its rightful owners.
Captain Hooper 10 be Investigated.
| WASHINGTON, July 31st.-Captaiu HOOPER.
OF the revenue cutter Gorwin, who covered
| himself with SO much glory about year since
by his search for the missing whaiers AID III.
fatad DE Long and others of the Jeanette
| expedition, Is just now in disgrace. Very
| serious charges are made against him by q
special agent of the Treasury Department.. 1t
Is alleged that be combined business with his
search to an extent that is objectionable
Among other things said of him is that he
PUT into number of ports in Alaska
aud other places where there were
Indian camps, and traded firearms,
sugar and otter goods for furs. ivory
and whalebone, using Government funds
to make the purchases. At st. Paurs
island he bought large quantity of ssalskin
and robes for SD 80 each, which he after.
wards sold at San Francisco for 500 each.
raking several thousand dollars by the op.
GRAFTON. Tnoush he covered up the transac-
tions IN rather tn, rough manner, they were
discovered. The Treasury Department has
placed Hooper under waiting orders, and he
is Tow here to fix the matter up.
The Case of Captain Hooper Again-A
DeHial.
WASHINGTON, July 31st.-The Baltimore
Herdtd to-day printed story saying that
Captain Hooper, of the revenue cutter Cor.
win, is in disgrace owing to certain illegal
transactions while on his search for the jean
| nette, and that he has been relieved from the
command OF the Corwin and placed on wait.
ing orders, being here now to fix the matter
up at the Treasury Department. This story
is denied, and officers of the revenue marine
service say that Captain Hooper has not
been placed on waiting orders, and he is not
In Washington, but is in San Francisco in
command of his vessel, the Corwin. He was
IN Washington for some time, bus while here
was engaged 10 the preparation of his report
| OF the expedition. He has been constantly
J on duty since his return from the Arctic, and
has never been in disgrace.
w. w. Hoover TO be Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, July 31st.-The Senate Ju-
dietary Committee to-day decided to report
favorably the nomination of w. w. Hoover,
Of California, to be Associate Justice of Ari.
z3ne. Judge Stillwell was removed to make
place Tor Hoover, and Stilwells friends were
disposed to oppose the confirmation, CHARGES
had been preferred against StillwelI, and the
committee, after examining the record of the
Investigation in the Department of Justice.
promptly agreed to report Hoover favcrably.
A Heavy Fire In New York; Losses and
Accidents.
New YORK, July 31st-Decker & Co.'S
great -four mills were to-day burned, and 500
men employed there all escaped. IT is be-
lieyed there may, however, be some lives lost
1t is not known where the FIRE started or
how. Triema's buildings, adjoining, were
soon mass of flames, rising one hundred feet
above the roof. The heat drove ont the ten.
ants 10 the Tenement houses across the street,
and then the flames devoured the houses
with all their goods. In a brief period fif.
teen houses were in flames. The fire extended
from 1874 Cherry street up to several houses
beyond Pike street. The mill walls fell in,
killing two firemen, and it was then learned
that four factory hands had persisted in the
flames, and it was reported that g number of
those residing IN tenement houses across the
street had been burned to death. The loss
cannot be under 81 100000 The spice and
-four mills of Sawyer, Beers Il Fisher were
also burned. There is no confirmation of tie
report that six lives were lost. One fireman
was seriously heart. and two others overcome
by heat George V. Dscker says the stock
and machinery was worth s400, 600 and the
buildings $500 000 and that all is a total loss.
The Insurance will cover all lesses.
The later accounts are that the loss OF Saw
ger, Beers 81 Fisher is about 800, Co., on both
stock and building. and they are partly IL
sured. TIE loss on the other buildings, on
Cherry street, is not probably less than $780,
600; insured. The Seaman's Exchange was
damaged about So 600, and Seaman's Home.
81, 800.
An Overloaded steamer.
CHICAGO, July Slst-A special dated last
night from Boston says the steamer SIAM
ford, licensed TO carry 600 passengers left
that port for Plymouth this morning at 10
o'clock with nearly one Thousand on board.
She should have reached her destination at
l:30 o'clock. but did not arrive until P. NJ.
She was SO heavily loaded that one of her
guards was all the way down. The passen.
gsrs were SO frightened that two hundred end
fifty OF them chartered special train on the
Old Colony Railroad and came up that way,
refusing to return By the boat. The SIAM
ford was to leave Plymouth st S P, NJ, in
which case she would not arrive here before
1880 Great excitement was caused tonight
by the rumor that she had been lost. Pfoha-
bly,, however, the report aroee froE, an i'm
perfect knowledge of the facts just stated.
AID that it is untrue.
The Denver Exposition.
DENVER, July 3ist.-All the details of the
programme OF the ceremonies attending the
opening of the National Mining Exposition
tomorrow have been arranged They en-
brace parade of military and civic societies,
an Grafton by Hon. w. D. Kelly of Penusyl-
wanna, the formal starting of the machinery
ny observation-disclosures Fl. A. w. Tabor, !
PRESIDENT of the association. aud the throw.
II open of the gates. Mr.. Kelly arrived this
morning. and was met at the station by a
party ct representative citizens and escorted
to his hotei. The exhibits are pot all in place |
yet and there is some little confusion and
disorder, but all will De Strengthened ont aDd
working smoothly in few days.
Iron Workers In Council.
CHICAGO. July 3lss-President jarrett !
and about $50 delegates from the various iron
and steel works throughout the country are
here to attend the annual Convention of the
Amsiasmated Association OF Iron Workers,
beginning to morrow and lasting probably
week. The sessions are to be secret. There will
be an election Of officers, and 8. veral changes
IN tho constitution viii be made. All the