Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-03

services, and the other asked if they wer
going to employ any one. Neither claimet
that he could influence Congressman.
| Stagg, of St. Louis, testified that he knew
of no fund to be used to influence legislation
He declined to name the two attorneys whc
approached him regarding the case. Neither
of them Ioffered to secure the influence o
Copgressmen.
Colonel Wharton, of Louisville attorney
for the distillers, only knew of S75 spent by
the distillers, and that was for printing. He
refused to engage attorneys because he die
not think they were needed. He thought
there was plain sailing. No j urpalist .ol
correspondent ever approached him, except
to get news. He had never heard OF any
threats by any of them. He never presented
case in Court with cleaner hands than this
one.
Adjourned.
United STATES Senate.
WASHINGTON, june 2d.-The Senate to-day
adjourned until Monday, without touching
the army bill, because point was raised that
Davis, who was making visit of charity TO
a devoted old negro servant. had designated
ingalls, to act in his stead. 1t was held that
this was an illegal proceeding.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, June %. Immediately after
the reading of the journal the House opened
consideration of the Alabama contested cleo
tion case of Lowe vs.. Wheeler.
Thompson of Iowa favored the contestants 8
claim, and denied that Wheeler had not been
fairly treated by the Elections Committee.
Mills of Texas spoke in advocacy OF the
right of the sitting member to retain his seat,
and was followed by Jones of Texas in favor
of the contestant.
Atherton of Ohio used an hour in reading
the report Of the minority. only calliug atten-
tion to the fact that bus three Republicans
were paying the slightest attention, and
criticised such inattention on the part OF the
judges who were to decide the case. 1t had
been charged that there was an agreement
between certain gentlemen on the other side
[aluding to the Greenbackersl and the Re-
publican party.
Jones of Texas-I pronounce the charge to
be false.
Atherton-Very well. L will show you
that the Republican party itself charges it.
He then quoted from the Washington Re
publican to the effect that the Greenbacke.s
mad been steadfast and true to the Republi-
cans i'll the recent election cases, and the lat
ter were bound in honor to see justice done
Lowe.
Several Republicans-Thatis is it-justice.
Atherton replied that soon it would be
found what justice meant in the Republican
ranks. There were now 26 Republicans in
the chamber, but when the matter came TO
vote 80 would come without knowing any.
thing about the case, raise an ak and take
the head off the sitting member.
Horn of Michigan entered into an ironical
eulogY upon the great intellectual energy and
craftsmanship shown by the Democrats dur.
ing the recent filibusterirg movement. He
characterized Randall as the Napoleon OF the
contest, Blackburn as its Marshal Ney, and
Springer as Joan of Arc [laughterl and he
ridicuied the courageous manner in which
they came up to make motions to adjourn
over. The last-named gentleman had not
entered into the contest until after Waterloo,
and Napoleon was on his way to st. Helena.
Pending further discussion, Cannon of Illi-
nois reported from the Committee on Appro-
priations, the legislative, Judicial and execu-
tive appropriation bill (which has already
been published), and it was referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
Hiscock, from the same committee, reported
back the general deficiency bill, and it re-
ceived similar reference.
The election case then went over till to-
morrow, when the previous question will be
called early in the session.
Adjourned.
Return OF Prescott and Walker Blaine
from south America.
WAsHISGToN, June %. = Trescott and
Walker Blaine arrived here this morning.
and called at the State Department to report
their return to the Secretary of State. Both
had short conversation with Frelinghuysen.
Blaine would like to remain in the State
Department as Third Assistant Secretary,
but it is understood that Frelinghuysen does
not desire to have any member of the Blaine
family quite so near him.
Trescott, in an interview. said that until
he had fully reported to the Secretary of State
concerning his mission to Peru and Chile, he
could not say word for the public ear. He
could not even say whether his mission was
ended or when it would end but il it should
be ended at once he would be free man, and
could talk as freely as any one. AT present
he could not say anything at all.
The Death Penalty.
CARRoLToN (Ga), June 2i.-James E.
Harvey Was hanged here this afternoon for
murder. The galiows was erected in field.
aud the execution was witnessed by 1000
people.
William D. More, who was to have been
hanged at the same time and place, at
tempted suicide this forenoon by taking
morphine, and will die from its effects.
ST. LOUIS, June 2d.-The jury found
John David Shea, the young hoodlum,
guilty of murder in the first degree, for kill
ing policeman Doran.
MEMPHIS (Tenn.), June I'd. - Sandy
Mathews (cslored) was hanged here to-day
for the murder of Essick Polk (colored) near
Lucas station. He slept well last night, and
ate a hearty breakfast this morning. He
walked to the gallows bravely, and died with
q belief that he was saved. On the scaffold
he chatted with his friends and bsde them
good-by. The drop fell at hslt-past II. and
death was instantaneous. In November,
1881, Polk called on Mathews at his house,
and as he was about to leave Mathews struck
him with an AK, splitting his head in two and
body into small pieces with a spade, and
buried them in the road by the house. He
forced his wife and stepdaughter, about 16
years of age, who had witnessed the crime,
to as .ist him. She told her employer in Feb.
ruary last about the whole affair. Folks
mutilated remains were disinterred and
Mathews was arrested and confessed. and said
he knew he ought to hang. The cause of the
murder was jealousy,
The Fast Mail Question.
WASHINGTON, June 2d.-It looks as though
the railroads west of Chicago have killed the
goose that lays the golden egg by asking Post
master General Howe too much for the fast
train. He is now in doubt about putting it
on.
Faster Railroad Travel.
OMAHA, June 2d.-The recent opening up
of the Omaha and Denver short line by the
Union Pacific has caused the Atchison, To-
peka and Santa Fe to reduce its time from
Kansas City to Denver to twenty-six hours,
and now the Union Pacific proposes begin
ming on next Sunday to run trains over the
Kansas Pacific from Kansas City to Denver
in twenty-five hours and forty FIVE minutes,
and to Cheyenne, to connect with the Cali
fornia train from Omaha, in twenty seven
hours, thus making the same time to San
Francisco from Kansas City as from Omaha
fifteen bours ahead of the other routes.
The Missouri Pacific was completed be-
tween Omaha and Atchison yesterday, and
through freight trains began running to-day.
Passenger trains and mail service will be put
on July 1st between Omaha and st. Louis.
The Nations Indebtedness.
WARRINGTON, June 2d.-The public debt
reduction for eleven months is about sl40,-
900, 900, and will be for the year over $780,
600, 000 At this rate the debt will be paid
off in ten years.