Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-06-07
The Case OF Guiteau.


WASHINGTON. June 6th.-This morning,
as Reed, counsel for Guiteau. appeared be-
fore Judge Wylie. of the Criminal Court, and
asked to have the record corrected as to the
counts in the indictment alleging that the
late President died in the District Of Column
bia, he stated that be has other motions in
view, which necessitated clean record.
Judge Wylie denied the motion. He did not
question the power of the Court to correct its
records, but it was rot for him, sitting in
another term and having no personal knowl-
edge Of the record, to undertake to amend it.
The general verdict was based upon good
counts in the indictment, the Court, in pass
ing sentence, shutting its eyes to the vicious
counts.
WASHINGTON, June 6.h.-Guiteau received
with outward composure the announce
ment of the failure If the last effort OF hia
counsel to secure rehearing OF his case. de
proceeded to denounce the Court In bank as
towards and cranks, and said God has ie-
vealed to him that he was to be taken care Of.
God, he said, works through human agencies,
and President Arthur is to be the agent to
save him If necessary. Reed has not yet
given up the case. He contemplates further
action. but declines TO announcs its nature
beforehand
The First Member Elect TO the Forty.
Eighth Congress.
WASHINGTON, Juns 6.h.-Repre sentative
George, of Oregon, was warmly congratu-
l,ted to-day by his Republican associates
upon his reelection. Mr.. George is the first
member elect to the Forty. Eighth Congress,
and he is the only representative from that
State elected for two terms since Oregon Was
admitted into the Union.
Arrest of Counterfeiters.
A 4or =
ing case has been unearthsd in Kirwin,
Kansas. George +. Best was arrested for
passing counterfeit coin. Hs was just from
Boston, and lived in dugout, on an eighty
acre homestead, twenty miles north of there.
The Sheriff searched his house and found
pal named Hudson, a complete set OF dies,
and quantity of unfinished counterfeit coin
in different parts of the house. The prisoner
proposes to inform, intimating that he has
accomplices in the East who are interested
with him in the business. He has been sue
cessfully " showing the queer" in the country
| towns for two weeks. Both he and Hudson
hint strongly of their connection with the
gangs operating from ST. Louis, Chicago and
| New York. Many Kansas towns have been
systematically worked for the past SIX
months. Kansas City is among the number.
| Thousands of small counterfeit coins are in
circulation. The case excites much atten-
ton, as it is believed that its head was struck
| in the arrest of the parties named.
A Million Dollars Found by a Boy.
New York, June 6.b.-The World says
| A package containing checks and commercial
! paper of the value Of 81 GOO, GOO was found
on May 2Ssh by John Bran, on the shore OF
| Ravenswood, L. /. John. who is 10 years OF
age, was walking in his fathers garden, when
| he caught sight of q small brown package
| .sL. hal n ff,F ha
| DAYS after Mr.. Bran was visited by United
States Deputy Marshal Bernhardt, to whom
| he showed the package. Upon opening it,
Mr.. Bsrnhardt discovered checks, coupons
and other papers of the apparent value oil
nearly 81, 900, 600.
| The checks were mostly made out to the
order of Messrs. MacIlvaine & Bros of %
| Broadway. Mr.. Bernhard concluded that
the package was the proceeds of a robbery.
and decided to investigate the matter. He
| discovered that the original firm of Mac
| Ilvaine & Bros. was no longer in existence,
| but that one of its members, Beede Mac
Ilvaine, was still doing business. When
visited by the Deputy Marshal and shown
the package, Mr.. McIlvaine expressed IN
bounded establishment. He acknowledged
| the contents of the package to be of great
value, and said he thought the papers had
been securely locked up in his safe. IL.
| spector Byrnes will investigate this matter
! more fully.
Patents to Pacific Coast Inventors.
| WASHINGTON, June 6.h.-Tbe following
patents were to-day issued to inventors on
the Pacific coast : Cyrus N. Andrews, San
| Francisco, electo. magnetic action for musical
| in .truments Ambrose Blashly and G. Kus.
tel, San Francisco, ore concentration; Albert
| Boehard, San Francisco, valve for collspsable
floats; Thomas Heaton, Vancouver, w. t.,
mechanical devise for catching fish Freder.
ick Halweig, San Francisco, obtaining mag
| nesium sulphate from crude mineral; Will.
| lam M. Martin, Salem, Or, watch-oiler
| Mary A. McNlsshers, Antioch. Cal, com.
| bined bedstead, table, ETC.; William ii.
Parish, Salem, Or, combined header and
| thresher; James A. Robb. San Jose, Cal,
edger; James o. Stewart, Alameda, Cal
rotary pulvervizsr William +. Tootaker
| San Francisco, counter-balance for pump.
| A CaIIfornian's GIFT to the Government
! WASHINGTON, June CHA bill was re-
| ported in the Heuse to-day, accepting the
offsr of DR.. Cagswsll, of Californis, to do
| nate to the Government an ornamental
drinking fountain, to be erected in Washing
| ton.
steamer Explosion.
! EVANSVILLE Ind J, june 6.h.-The steamer
| Evansville blew up this morning, and mate
Owen Gilmore was fatally injured, and q
| fireman and ten others fatally scalded Nc
| passengers were injured. Engineer Baker,
| the mate and three negroes and two hogs.
heads of tobacco were blown from amidship
| into the river The boat drifted and caught
| fire, but the flames were easily exiting ished.
| International typographical Union.
| ST. LOUIS, June 6sh.-The President of the
| Typographical Union, in an address to-day,
said there were too many compositors outside
| the Union, and urged thst this be overcome.
Resolutions were offered and adopted indors-
| ing the action Of the iron and steel workers,
and declaring it the duty Of all Typographi;;
| cal Unions and wage-workers to lend moral
| and material support to the strike till its OBJ.
| jects are obtained.
Trouble In the Chicago Lnmbermen's
Exchange.
CHICAGO. June Chit is announced that
r. l.. and G. w. Henry and the South
Branch Lumber Company have Withdrawn
from the Lumbermen's Exchange here, and
intend to fix their own prices for lumber.
The result will probably be to run down
the prices of lumber, and may possibly break
up the Exchange.
Heartrending Accident -Four Children
Burned 10 Death.
ST. LOUIS, June 6th.-A heartrending ac-
cident occurred near Harris station, on the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, in this
State, on Sunday last. John jackson went
to church, leaving his four children, the eld-
est IA, the youngest years old, locked in the
house. From some unknown cause the house
caught fire, and when the parents returned
they found their dwelling in ruins and their
children dead and burned to q crisp.
A wife Shoots Her Husband Dead.
EAST SAGINAW mich. J, June 6sh.-Satur-
day night, in Billings township, Anna Ste
venson shot her husband William dead, fer
trying to gain access to his house after she
had barred him out. The parties, though
married long time, had quarreled often.
Serious Charge Against Fire Engineer.
CoLD WATER Mich.) June 6th.-Ex.
Chief Engineer Drake, of the Fire Depart
msnt, was cid yesterday for trial in the Cir
last summer, so as to prove the efficiency Of
the city Fire Department.
An Elk. e:overn0r Sent to Prison for Petit
Larceny.
New YORK, June CHI. J. Moses, ex.
Governor of South Carolina, pleaded guilty
to petit larceny, and was sentenced to the
Penitentiary for six months.
Accident ON an Elevated Railroad.
CoNEY ISLAND, June 6.h.-This morning q
runaway locomotive on the elevated railroad
fell eff the track at the switch at West
Brighton. Nine persons were injured, and
the track was torn up. All Of the injured
will recover.
FIGURING Mil Burned.
OGpEHsBuRG IN. W, June 6.h.-The -four
ing mill Of Henry Rood, the largest in North.
ern New York, was burned last night. The
losa IL gin 600 Insurance S43 600.