Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-23

pohtlcai standard which he set up on the shores OF
the Delaware Looking over some old papers re
| Gently. found some verses written by me when a
boy OF 10, nearly sixty years ago. OF course the
circumstances under which they were penned alone
entIte them to notice, but l venture to send them
as the only response to thy request can make. l
| am truly thy friend, JOHN G. WHITTIER.
| The poem referred to is rather boyish
| effort in eulogy Of William Penn, and con-
trasts his method Of dealing with the Indians
| with that pursued by Others 1t was written
in 1924. Poems were read by Mrs Sarah l.
| Obsrholtzar and Mary P. Fawkes, of Chester
county, and Henry S. Kent, of Philadelphia.
| Addresses were also made by Alfred H.
Lane, President Of the Pennsylvania Peace
Society, Samuel j. Leurck, Of Philadelphia.
| and Others. The services in all the churches
of this city to-day were in keeping with the
occasion. Tomorrow will be the centennial
Of the landing of Penn, and will be fttingly
celebrated.
| PHILADELPHIA, October 22l.-To.morrou
| night 600 Germans will assemble in front sf
Independence Hall and sing appropriate
songs. At midnight the State House bell
will announce the landing day. The prepa,
| ratioDs for the occasion are made on an
elaborate scale. Wednesday Grades day)
| will be given over to a parade Of the in-
dustries OF the city and State, and in the
! evening there will be street parade, repre-.
ssnting scene, in the life and career of Penn.
|
the ceremonies of that day. Tnursday ia
KNIGHTS Ten plar day" and Friday mill
tsry day." Seven thousand Templars and
| 1000 troops are expected to parade. Re.
gattss, chorus singing. meeting of bicyclists,
| the unveiliug OF statues, etc, make up the
! other exercises.
The Star Roufe Disclosures.
CHICAGO. October 22j.-The Times Wash.
ing;on special says: When Colonel Inger.
soils treatise On star routes and bribery came
out last Monday, all the Government counsel
took lofty moral and professional ground
adverse to a trial of the case in the newsps.
pers. The laws had been violated, and they
must ba avenged by legal methods. The in
formation which Ii. II. Wells had collected
is to be presented to the Grand Jury, and no
one else; but singular change of mind has
occurred in the Department of Justics, an
the jury-fxiug scandal is to be tried in the
forum of the press. the Government waving
its dignity, and entering its plea of not guilty.
In reply TO the charge OF the star reuters,
apparently tie Government seeks to over
whelm its antagonists by avoirdupois for is
statement is represented to be at least twice
as long as the one issued by Colonel Inger-
soil last Monday. The present arrangement
is that Attorney General Brewster will spend
SO much of the Lords day as he does not pass
in church in studying and revising Wells
document, aud will give it out TO the press
Monday. A report is in circulation that on
Monday the Government will arrest Dick
SOD, Fall and Taylor. It is not intended to
ask this Grand Jury to indict them, as the
present Grand Jury ia the one that declined
to indict Senator Kellogg on John A.
Walsh's testimony. This fact renders it un.
likely that any arrests will be made Monday,
as nothing would Re lost by delaying matters
| until the next Grand Jury meets
The Fenian skirmishIng Fund squabbIe.
New YORK, October 22d.-The subscrib.
ers to the Skirmishing Fund met again to day.
The proceedings Were begun with the reading
of an article in the Irish Nation in reference
to the Belmont Fun. Joseph Cromier
suggested that if the word "Bslmont" were
taken ont. and Ski-mishing" substituted,
the same article would apply to the Skirmish.
ing Fund. Reference was made to telegram
sent to Sir Evelyn Harcourt, and fer which
S1l7 was charged. 1t was stated that only
So had been plid for the dispatch. Many
letters had been received from residents of
Wilkesbarre and Scranton, and other cities of
| Pennsylvania, stating that the accusations
made by Luke Clark at previous me citing
were in the main correct. The question of
the Trustees report was considered, and it
was suggested that, as these Trustees were re-
ceivers Of other funds, it was likely
that they would bring forward the amounts
collected for these other funds to show good
| uuaiCidi sbduuiLlR lOr the one IN question.
| Captain Spearmsn suggested that only tive
classes CT people subscribed to the Skirmish-
ing Fund-the fools who had given their
money, and the cranks who wished to know
what had been done with it. It was resolved
that at the next meeting they would cleo. psr-
manent officars. Reynolds, of New Haven,
referred to as gentleman of good financial
tion to lose," is TO be asked to bs President
at the next meeting, aud to give n detailed
account Of his trustesship of the Skirmishing
Fund.
Lodge OF sorrow-Meeiing OF Sympathy
offer BecIined.
New York, October 22I-The Garabsldi
Lodge Of Mssons this afternoon held
Lodge of Sorrow, called in memory of their
late brother and compatriot, Garabaldi. The
services were conducted in Italian.
number of men, mainly Socialists. gath.
cred 10 Coccordia Hall to-day, to give ex.
pressions to their sympathy for the persecu
ted workmsn in Austria. Speeches were
made 10 English, German aud BJhemian.
1t Is stated that at mseting between Ben
sob, ps5piietor of Mott 'uk, and repre-
senta!ives of the Long Islard Railroad
Company and Others, interested in the estab-
lishmsnt of a fast line of steamers between
Europe and Montauk, Benson peremptorily
| declined the off ar of Sl0O, 600 for right Of
way to Fort Pond Bay, ard declared set.
tied aversion to any rail Communication with
Montauk. Greenpors is now spoken of as
the terminus of the new line.
"Go-as-You-PIcase."
NEW YORK, October 23i-A. M-The six
| days Ro-as- you please pedestrian contest be.
gan 10 Madison Square Garden at midnight
The word was given by Edward Hanlan, a
well. known man. The contes' ants are
Charles Rowell. George z,el, J. Fitzger-
aid, John Hughes. Robert Yint, George D.
| Noeruace, Frank Hart, Daniel J. Herty
and Peter j. Panchot. AT o'clock the rec.
ord was as follows: Hazsel, Hart and
Hughes, eight miles and i've laps r well,
eight miles and three laps; Herty, eight
miles and three laDs Noermace, eight miles
and two laps; Fitzgerald, eight miles and
three laps. The best record in the same time
was made By Littlswood, of nine miles and
359 yards
Deaths.
RocaEsTER(N.Y.) October 22i.-E. Peshine
Smith, at different times editcr of the Buffalo
| Commercial advertiser, Rochester Democrat
and Albany EUeaing Journal, and recently
| chief la ~ officer of the Japanese Government,
| died here last night
Joseph Medbery one OF the originstors and
first Directors of the Western Union Tele.
graph Company, died yesterday afternoon.
The Vacant Major-Gcneraiship.
| WASHINGTON. October 22i.-Army officers
here say, with regard to the vacant Msjor.
| Generslship, that General Pope will probably
be appointed to succeed Mcdowell, retired
As this appointment must be confirmed by
the Senate, some apprehension is felt By
General PIpe's friends that il nominated,
| his confirmation may be prevented. The
| Democratic Ser ators. it is said, will be op
posed 10 his c information, because Of his &C
lion in tn, Fuz John Porter case, and at least
| two Republican Senstors-Sewell of New
Jersey and Kellogg Of Louisiana-are said
t, be hostile to Pope for other reasons.
Railroad Accident.
| BRIDGEPORT Conn.,, October 22i.-Eight
cars of the Boston through freight bound
east, were badly wrecked near Southport sta
ton, on the New York and New Haven
Railroad, this morning. Thomas Martin,
| brakeman, was killed, and two other brake
men badly mi lred. The train was running
at high rate Of speed, when a piece Of
shattiog, which composed g portion of the
freight, fell between the cars and caused the
wreck.
Victims OF the Massachusetts- Railroad !,
Disaster.
NORTH ADAMS lMass.l. October 22i.-
Peter Barry snd Thomas Flavins, Injured in
Situ-iay's accident On the Troy and Green.
fi.li r ires J, died isst night in great agony.
c. L. Van Housen = Corneli2, Shay died
tais n9rniag. FiN nanwted
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