Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-09-01

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ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO TIER RECORD uSIoS.I
DOMESTIC.
Proposed Improvement OF Yellowstone
Park.
WASHINGTON. August 31st.-Acting Secre.
tary Joslyn will tomorrow sign covenant
Tor the leasing of such portions of the Vel.
iowstoae Park property as may be requisite
tor the erection of hotels aud other buildings
necessary for the accommodation of visitors
to the Park. The lease is made to private
individuals, who propose to establish com.
pany. secure articles of incorporation and
supply visitors to the pail with hotel accom-
modations, Geographic facilities, transporta.
tion and guides. The parties known in the
transaction are Messrs. Hobart and Douglass,
Of Dakota, and the term Of lease is ten years.
The rent to be paid has not yet been finally
determined upon, and will be fixed by the
Secretary at a further conference with the
iessees tomorrow. The contract will *.
pressly stipulate that persons entering upon
the Leased lands will subject themselves to
regulations governing other portions of tire
Park, and that the scale OF prices to be
charged for transportation throug Oh the Park,
for guides, etc, shall be subj act to the ap-
proval of the Secretary.
Specimen Brick of Our Indian Man
agement.
WASHINGTON, August 3lst-Inspector Pol
lcck sends from Pine Ridge Agency to the
Secretary of the Interior horseshoe, labeled
would 6t Jumbo. Preserve this speci-
men brick of our Indian management until 1
see you" It was furnished by contractors to
shoe Indian ponies with. It weighs three
pounds, and in 81 by 6a inches. 1t indicates
very loose way of Doing business on the
part oil Indian Agents, who should not ac-
cept such goods.
Excursion Steamboats, and their Passen-
gers.
WASHINGTON, August 3lst-The Solicitor
OF the Treasury has given an opinion of in.
terest to those Engaged in the business of
running excursion steamboats,. The Collector
at Philadelphia wrote him recsntly, asking
him if it was incumbent on Collectors and
Inspectors to prosecute masters OF steamships
vino carry passengers In excess OF their license
The Solicitor holds that these duties, under
the law, are, 30 to speak, auticipatory. That
is, they are to see that proper licenses are
taken out by these companies, but anybody
can bring action against tie companies for
violation OF the Law. The penalty is SO for
each passenger in excess, half TO go to the
informers.
Kidnapped Child Recovered.
New YORK, August 3lst.-Little Lille
Selden. daughter of William O. Selden, of
Brooklyn, kidnapped on Monday last by q
woman in black. was found this morning and
restored to her parents. Her sbductress was
arrested. She is young. rather good-looking,
named Maggie ksppel. She is % years Of
age, single. and resides ct 125 Hark avenue,
Brooklyn. She works 10 al envelope factory
in this city. She said she did not steal the
child, but found her. The scene of the little
girls reunion with her parents was very
affecting.
The Kansas Democracy.
EMPoRIA, August 31st.-The Democratic
State Convention reassembled this morning
A msj Jrity Of the Committee on Resolutions
declared that while the Democrats of Kansas
are Ia fsver of true temperance and Just and
vigorous laws impartially enforced to suppress
intempsrance, they favor a repeal of the pro.
hibitory law and the constitutional amend.
ment on which it is based, and favor well
regulated license Law, which may be en-.
| forced, and which does not infringe on per
soGsl rights, and does not contravene the
/ public judgment of mankind in its logic and
operation, as prohibition does. The other
resolutions chiefly concern State affairs. One
| opposes third term in Q State office.
The nominations are as follows George
| w. Lick, of Atchison, for Governor ; Frank
Boem, Lieutenant Governor Charles L. Gif.
ford, Treasurer = w. r. Brown, Auditor
General Hayden. Attofiey. General; d. Z
Loutz, State Superinten lent CT Public In.
struction. The following were nominated for
| Congressman at large: G. A. Leland, John
OFlanigan and Martin Van Buren, Bennett
| The nomination of the fourth man was re-
! ferred to the State Central Committee. Ad-
| journed.
| Politics In wisconsin.
| MILWAUKEE. August 31st.-Ths Knights
of Labor have concluded to enter the fall
campaign, and cast their individual support
| for the platform and nominees of the Trades
Assembly, thus giving the latter fully I, 900
votes. The Trades Assembly offcers an
uouncs that no candidate will 10 supported
by them unless he reneunces both the old
parties. TIE Democrats respondent,
having counted upon at least a partial sup.
! port of the labor organizations.
Captain Payne Arrested.
WASHINGTON. August 31ss.-The War De-
partment is informed By General Pope that
| Oklahoma Payne and six of his followers are
under arrest at Fort Rene.
AS Payne refused to 20 out Of the Terri
tory peacefully, he ssnd his party were dis.
armed and taken to Fort Reno as prisoners
| The Interior Department officials say that as
| ILLS - L AyHe s 5ScOuQ oElepEe. ne should De
tried by the civil authorities Under the law
he is liable to fine of $1,000.
Confederate Bonds IN Demand Again.
RICHMOND (Va}. August 31st.-Brokers of
Richmond are buying Confederate bonds
again. To-day IS much as 81 80 per 81, 900
was paid for them. 1t is certainly specu.
lative scheme, and viii soon explode.
Texas Greenback State Convention.
\ -
Greenback Convention met and organized
to-day. There w,s big contest over the
question of supporting the independent move.
ment for nominating a straight Green back
ticket. More than two-thirds favor the H.
dependent movement. which will nd5ubtedly
win in the Convention.
An Uncle and Nephew Shoot Each Other
20 Death.
DENIsoN Tex. J. August 3iIt-News from
Indian Territory says David Kemp and his
nephew, Henry Kemp, got into a dispute at
ball at the Bloomfield Academy Monday
night, and shot each other to death.
Destroyed by Fire.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH MAJ August 3lst.
The Hotel Brunswick, the Pleas mt House,
Central Hall and dwelling were burned this
morning. Loss, $4,000.
OLD ORCHARD BEACH, August 31,t.-The
tlre was the work of an incendiary. The
flames spre id very rapidly. The guests,
when aroused, found it impossible to escape
by the stairway. and jumped from second
and third-story windows. A lady from
Toronto was badly injured. The guests es-
capped in their night clothes, losing their
wardrobes snd other effects.
Two Boys Drowned.
PERU lind }, August 31st.-TVo boys
Lyman BEARS ana Lyman Reynolds-q1ar.
reling in boat, fell into the lake and were
drowaed.
The New York GOvernorship.
WASHINGTON, August 3lst. = Secretary
Folger has been forced to the admission that
he would accept the nomination for Governor
of New York, and enter heartily into the
canvass
Tine Texas Cattle Fever.
BUFFALO. August 3lst.-Seven cows died
Of Texas fever az Niagara Falls, and a rigid
quarantine viii be established by the Veter-
mary Inspector of the Dominion.
EARRINGS OF the Western Union Telegraph
Company.
CHICAGO. August 31st.-It is said on good
authority that the statement of Western
Union receipts for the twelve months Just
ended shows the gross earnings to have been
si7, 900 600. against $14, 000 600 for the twelve
months preceding. The net earnings, it is
alleged, show corresponding increase, max.
ing over per cent. for the year on the stock
The Tariff Commission