Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-14
IsFEcrAl DISPATCHES TO THE aEoORD.uslos.
Ru,h for Goverument..,s


Rush FOR Government land.
WAsHINGToN, November 18Th -Inspsctor
Holcomb, in his report to the General Land
Office, gives an interesting account of the es.
tablishment CT the Land Office st Huron.
Dakota, to the Secretary. October 9Th Mon.
dsy) was set for the offics to open. and AT 3
o'clock that morning over 500 ATTORNEYS as
! sembles in front of the office in readiness for
business. At O'Clock, when the doors
opened, there was such a rush that the doors
and windows were broken, and several f.hts
occurred in the eagerness to file applications
first. The Receiver was compelled to make
| the announcement that all apple atoms would
bs regarded as having been filed simultaneous
ly. Over 50. 200 worth of land wss sold for
cash the first day. One hundred thousand
acres were entered, and thai, with its pro.
tests and applications, it was the largest DAYS
work perhaps ever done at any Land Office
| in this country.
Meiville's Narrative Continued.
WASHINGTON, November 1Sth.-Melville's
testimony before the Jeannette Board this
morning was continuation of the account
Of the trip after leaving the vessel, and in
| cluded an account of the separation on the
last night they were together. His boat was
fsster ssiler than the others, but be had or
ders to keep astern of De Longs boat. Ga
this occasion, however, he had, in running
with the storm and sea, gotten ahead, He
saw De Long masking signals to them to stop.
| and no attempted to do SO, lowering the sails
OF the boat. 1his, however, caused the waves
to dash IN. DE Long made another gesture,
which he understood to mean go on, and not
iisk sWamping the boat by stopping. He
therefore hoisted the sails, and soon passed
out OF sight of the other boats, aud never
saw any OF the occupants sgain until he
found DE Longs party dead On the Lena
Delta. he remarked tn Danensower, who
sat beside him, that he thought they ought 20
heave to and wait for the Others to come up.
Danenhower replied, "Yes. Melville; she
ought to have been hove to before this. y
| They made drag, aud sitter much trouble
hove to and dIif6ed until the storm ended the
next day, wher they again made sail for the
| coast.
| This IS the first statement from any person
that D1nenhower thought they ought TO have
stopped the boat sooner after the separation
| occurred.
The Remains of the De Long Party.
WASHINGTON, November 13.h-A letter
from Minister Hunt, OF st. Petersburg, to
the Secretary Of the Navy, dated October
2ith. says the caskets for the remains of De
Longs party had arrived there, and were adj
nitted free at the Custom house. They
have been forwarded by express to Orenburg.
he said he had no news from HARDER aud his
associates. and begins to fear that adverse
weather may interfere with their mission to
bring back the remains of the party.
| Railroad Collision.
PoUGHKEEPsIE IN. Y }, November 18TH
This morning the engine of the Peekskill
train, crossing from the down to the up track,
came In collision with the fast train which
left New York at 1890 A. NJ. it being on the
fast trains time. Both engines were badly
damaged. The bagesge-car and the drawing.
room car Rob Roy" of the fast train, were
only slightly damaged, bat the next drawing,
room car, the Riverside had the west side
of it torn out. There were thirteen pass n
gers in it, three of whom were ladies'. One
OF the ladies, Miss Katie ChatteIton, OF New
York, had her hands cut by broken glass
but was able To return to the city. James D.
Maxwell, Of Amsterdam, n. Y, and War
rem h. Derby, of Brooklyn, sat on the east
side of the Car, aud when the collision oc
CURED were plunged through plate glss;
window to the. ground. Derby was badly
| cut about tie face, head and hands and both
eyes were BACKED, but no bones were broker.
Maxwell was cut about the face and head
and rib broken, and it is thought he wa:
injured internally and may die. No one alse
received any injury Of consequences. The
trains were delayed two or three hours
FolSer was on the train, but was not hurt
The collision was caused by careless signaling
Love or Lucre-WhIch
CHICAGO, November 13th.-The Times will
publish story in the morning. to the effect
that the Chinese dwarf Che Wab, 45 years
old and A inches high, is about to marry q
young woman aged 10, who gives the name Of
| Fannie Coleman, who is said to be of wei-to.
do Catholic parents in New York The story
as told is that the eirl saw CITE Wah on exhi.
biEion in New York, and fell violently in love
with him, the attachment being reciprocated.
Her parents objected, aud none of the Cath
Ole priests in New York would marry them.
The Buddhist dwarf has been here on exhibi-
ton three weeks, and tie girl is hero also.
| The priests have refused to marry them.
They go next to st. Louis, and the girl Gays
il the priests there will not marry them thev
will ask Protestant minister to perform the
ceremony. Failing in that, they will apply
to civil magistrate. The dwarf is said to be
| quito wealthy. and the question seems TO be
whether il is case of love or lucrs on the
part of the girl.
Benefits New Cable Scheme.
NEW York, November 13sh.-The Sun, in
| is weekly review of Wall street affairs. has
the following concerning james Gordon Bsr.
nett's new cable scheme The making and
| laying of the cable is to cost 1920 600, OF
| which Bennett subscribes 81 GOO 900. and
promises another 81, 000, 600 if a second cable
is necessary. The total capital is TO be raised
to 50, O00,OO The new cable will be worked
| in connection with the Baltimore and Ohio
telegraph system, and the Herald advises the
| Western newspapers not to make any con.
tracts with the Western Union until Bennett
10 ready to serve them on philanthropic prin.
ciples with his new toy. BUTT is hard TO see
how Bennett can offer anything like the "a.
| cilities which the Western Union now gives
to Its customers all over the Continent Apart
from that, there is some doubt in the rninds
| OF conservative business men whether he will
| persist in his new 'fad fad )" and whether his
! present passion for cabling may not evaporate
as his love for polo, soup kitchens, yachting
and Arctic exploration has disappeared.
Dynamite Plot In Iowa.
DEs MONIES Is.), November 13sh.-A Or,
found sensation was caused yesterday by find.
ing dynamite in haz ,rdous places at the In.
ternational Distillery. In the morning let
ter was received by w. N. Smith, one of ths
foremen, which read: There are fifty
pounds OF dynamite in the masher. It will
| explode at 150o Fahrenheit, or slight lar
will explode it. Notify the men, but don't
| show this etter to anyone. This is 10 bows
plot. We mean business. II you follow In.
| structions there will be TO danger to ANYBODY
when it is taken out" Babbitt Kidd. the
owner, was notified, and search party found
several cylinders of dynamite in the iugress
and egress pipes of the engine. To-day the
whole building was carefully gone over. and
nine more packages found, weighing eight
and a half ounces each. One arrest was made
to-day, and warrants were Issued for others.
The Situation at Pensacola.
PENSACOLA (Fls.). November 13.h.-OnIy
ole rev case of yellow fever was reporte to.
day. The weather, which was very warm
this morning, has changed to cool this even.
ing, with norther blowing. and giving re.
newed horeI for frost. TIL CHI inee was
accompanied with rain. An inspection of the
quarantine station was made to-day by resi-.
dent phJsiciaLs and several members of the
B oard of Health, with view to e riisc n.
tinua.i1n of the quarantine on the l5,h inst.
No patients are in the hospital.
FOrerunner OF Meteorological Disturb-
ances.
RED House OBSERVATORY, PHELPS IN. W
November IL h.-Professor Brooks reports
| the observation of magnificent aurora st
this place early this morning-the grandsst in
many years. A vast brilliant arch ilIuoli.
natad the iandgcaDa Fonal 70 tha H. IL