Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-01-17
House of REPRESENTATIVES,,

ADJOURNED.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, January l6sh.-Robeson. i'm
mediately after the reading of the journal,
called up, as a privileged question, the report
| from the Committee on Rules submitted by
him Thursday, increasing the membership OF
the various committees.
A point Of order was raised by Townsend
and Burrows. that the call of States fer bills
could not be interfered with.
The Speaker overruled the point Of orcs-,
holding that privileged question took pre-
cedence of the call of States.
Burrows raised the question of considers-
ton, and the House decided not to consider
the question of privilege at present.
Under the call of States the following bills
were introduced and referred:
By Wheeler OF Alabama-To prevent the
introduction of Infectious on contagious dis
eases; also TO aid in the establishment and
temporary support of common schools.
By Rosecrars-To extend the time for
making payment and proof on desert land en-
tries.
By Belford-Restoring to the public do
| main and opening to settlement the lands in
Colorado lately occupied by the Uncompahgre
tribe of White River Utes.
By Farwell of Illinois-To repeal the law
imposing tax on bank capital and deposits,
and also repeating the tax on bank stamps
and matches.
By Payson-To define the crime of bigamy
and to punish the offenders
The census deficiency bill passed.
Adjourned.
The Railroad H0rror-ln Engineers
Story.
New YORK, January 16.-Frank Burr,
engineer of the Tarrytogn train, which col
| lided with the Chicago express Friday even
l.. - H., H. ,Go&o
Merkle: 1--WE left Tarrytown at $40 P. M,
! five minutes behind the regular time, because
of waiting for the Chicago express to pass.
| 1t went by Tarrytown at 6:S5, and stopped
at Spuyten Duyvil at 7:14, about mile above
| Spuyten Duyvil station, and according to
the time-card we were thirteen minutes be-
hind the Chicago express. After leaving
| Spuyten Duyvil we entered a cut, going at
speed of eighteen to twenty miles an hour.
| There were no danger or warning signals
ahead of me, and l passed on to the curve.
| Looking ahead l saw fagman with red
and white light in either hand. He was
swinging the red light across and down the
track. At the same time / saw the red light
at the rear of train No. 6 before me. When
l first saw the red light and the hagman Civ
| ing signals, he was not more than two car
lengths ahead of me- and the train was not
more than thirty-Gve feet distant from him.
/ L
put on the air-brakes, reversed the engine
and pulled the throttle wide open, blew the
whistle and jumped. l did all 10 my power
to come to a stop, but failed to do so In time
to prevent the accident. l remained at my
pos until the train stopped, and assisted in
extricating the injured passengers. The
| engine SMASHED tarough the rear car"
Railroad Accident-One Man Killed and
Another Injured.
CHARLoTTEvILLE (Va.), January 16th.-A
passenger train on the Virginia Midland
| Railroad ran into a slide last night, near
| Fahre's Mills, killing the engineer, John
| Winton, of Alexandria, and badly hurting
| the fireman.
Cars Precipifated Through a Bridge.
| CHICAGO, January 16sh.-Saturday morn
| ing, according to mail advices from Lacrosse,
| Wis, night train on the Milwaukee and St.
Paul road, while on the bridge across the
Mississippi, was run into by wild freight
The second span of the bridge gave way, and
| five loaded cars fell into the river with lum-
Der. coal and iron. The freight al belonged
to the railroad company. Nobody was killed.
The damage to the train and bridge is about
| $40, 600.
Railroad Matters.
Sioux CITY (Is.) January 16th.-Inforul-
| alton is received from u semi official source
| that the Central Pacific will not build east to
the Missouri river, but only to the Wyoming
| coal fields. and send branch from the south
| to the Union Pacific line somewhere nesr
| Green river, and take through passengers and
| freights there
The same informant says the Southern Pa
cifc is making contracts for the transporta-
ton Of California wheat to England and New
| Orleans at the same rate as was paid for ell
sea route Wheat cars will be fitted up to
| carry emigrants west, and fare of $50 from
eastern points to California is promised.
BosToN, January 16th.-Agents of the fast
freight lines, instead of receiving orders to ad-
vance freights, as they expected, were ordered
to make quite a serious reduction. First
class from Boston to Chicago is reduced from
| S45 to $50; second class. S32 to S25 (; fourth
class, SIG to $40; fifth, Sl9 to SIS. Before the
war the rates were respectively S75. $50, $50
and $40. The Central Vermont and Grand
Trunk rates are $40, S17, Sl4 and S11, re.
spectively. 1t is believed that the new rates
will remain in force until the cut rates con-
tracts have expired, and then the trunk line
contracts will be in force.
The Fifteenth Amendment In Illinois.
SPRINeFIELD January 16th.-The State
Supreme Court to-day rendered an opinion in
a case from Adams county, begun in the
Circuit Court on information by quo war.
ranto by the Attorney General, assisted by
Ex-Governor John NJ. Palmer, in the relation
of ] ohm Longress against the Board of Educa-
ton of the city OF Quincy The Board had
divided the city into eight districts for school
purposes, and adopted a rule requiring col
ored children to attend one school specially
| designated, and excluding them from schools
in other districts. The Court holds that
the regulations of the School Board are
in violation of the statute of the State,
| which prohibits Directors and school
officers from making and enforcing any
regulation which shall directly or indi-
schools on account of color. The Court
saws: "The free schools Of the State are
public institutions, and in their management
| and control the law contemplates that they
shall bs so managed that all children within
the district, between the ages of 6 and q
years, regardless of race or color, shall have
equal and the same rights to be derived
therefrom," and concludes by saying that the
Quincy Board of Education had no right to
make or inforcs the rule complained of in the
information. Judgment reversed and case
| remanded.
The secretaryship of fhe Interior.
New York, January 16sh.-The Gyuphic's
| Washington special says Despite the fire.
quent predictions to the contrary, it is settled
| beyond question that Sargent will be made
Secretary of the Interior.
CHICAGO, January 16th.-A special from
Washington says Unless those who are near
est the President are mistaken General Ar
| thur has overcome any doubts he may have
entertained as to the wisdom of making ex-
Senator Sargent Secretary of the Interior,
aud the appointment of that gentleman may
be considered as definitely determined. The
President did hesitate for some time, but it
seems pretty certain that he no longer hesi-
tates and will risk the criticism in the party.
Mr.. Sargent spent many hours with the Presi-
dent last Thursday, and it is believed that at
| the interview MIR. Sargent was not only made
acquainted with the Presidents decision, but
that the policy OF the Administration as to
Interior Department matters was oatliped.
Clerks in the Postof;ice Department..
WASHINGTON, January I6sh.-By resolu-
| tion of the Senate, recently passed, the Post
master-General was directed to furnish the
Senate with q tabulated statement of the
number of clerks in his Department, and also
! to which State the number was credited. The
! list has been completed, and contains 442
names. Of these Q are from Colorado, 2 from
| Oregon and 3 from California. The District
| of Columbia has 85 Maryland 81, New York
As, Pennsylvania SO, Virginia 30
General Hinder Arrest.
WASHINGTON. January 16th.--A letter has
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