Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-11-22


Ds. Collins Eeiterates His Charges Against
belong and Melville.
WASHINGTON, November 21st.--Dr. Col.
Inns, of Minneapolis, brother of Jerome Col
lins, of the Jeanette expedition, is here.
In an interview, he reiterates the charges
against DeLong and Melville in regard to
their treatment of his brother. Among other
things, he furnishes extracts from his BROTH
er's diary after the sinking of the Jeanette.
Ore says: I'VE are preparing to go
South. Nothing is ready. We started
with a rush and broke three sleds. There
is no experience governing our movements,
resulting in mesa of the worst kind. The
men are growing among themselves at the
mismanagement." Notes show that Collins
killed most Of the game on the retreat.
After vivid description of the terrible night
IN the open boat, he says: II never expert
with cold, and hopeless excepting
the mercy of Almighty God, we sat jammed
together for nearly seventy-two hours.
Then we sighted the coast of the Lena delta.
Five days and nights were we in the open
boat, and then had to haul the boat mile
and half and pack in q Storm" The
second day after reaching the Lena delta he
writes The general plan CT running the
which has been our bane 60 long,
still holds like leecb, and sucks our chances
Of escape. Our allowances is half pound of
meat per day" The suffering OF hunger is
then described in pitiful language. The last
entry was made September 30th. The doctor
says he can establish the utmost cruelty ia
the treatment of his brother all through the
trip. Even at the time Melville inscribed
the names of belongs party on the cross
erected over their graves, he placed his
name, although tie scientist Of the party,
under the hsad OF sailors as simply -. j, Col
lins."
The IrOu and Steel Outlook.
PITTsBURG. November 2lst.-An old and
extensive manufacturer was interviewed to-
day on the iron and steel outlook, and said
the decrease in the price of steel was per-
iectly legitimate, and was caused not by one
man or set of men, but by the natural
sequences of events and the law of supply
and demand. Ia seventeen years experience
he never knew the steel business as dull as at
present. j. D. Weeks, Secretary of the Iron
took . more hopeful view, and
gave as an explanation Of the causes which
led to the recent reduction in the price of
Besse ner steel rails, that when the country
from the long depression of husi.
ness, the great activity in railroad building
created heavy demand for rails, and for q
while large amount was imported, but soon
the Besselaer mills reached Gus for trade, and
&C once al began so enlarge their facilities,
and the work Of extension has been going on
ever since. Production has steadily in.
creased. until this year the consumption Of
pig iron Is greater than the Ell tire output in
1875. The probable danger may be over
rated. and a ready adjustment of the price of
labor and material may prevent any further
scare.
CHICAGO, November 21st.-The threat of
the steel mills III this district to shut down,
in view of the Improbable outlook, is the
theme OF general Conversation to-day. Said
II , gentleman, well versed in the finances
and business CT the country, when talking on
the subject: " 1t appears to me that the re-
lsicns existing between the railroads and the
iron mills 10 this section are somewhat cor
dial and favorable for a joint hear movement
on She stock, Perhaps after a few weeks,
when these get low enough, when the small
Try are frozen out and the large fish fed to
the roads will stop cutting rates
and the mills win conclude not to Close"
Strike OF C0al Miaers Spreading.
PITTsBUBG pa, November 21st.-.T The
strike Of coal miners is gradually spreading,
and the miners officials continually ASSERT
Inst before week elapses al Of the pits not
paying four cents will be idle. II the miners
On the Pan Handle quit work, it is claimed
that those on other roads will follow. The
operators are very firm against granting an
advance.
Ship Canal Across Cape Cod.
BosToS, November 21st.-Captain Nathan
Appleton states that DE Lesseps and Gen.
sral Turs, the Hungarian canaLbuilder, will
De interested with him IN building a ship ca.
aal across Cape Cod. Their application is
IN file in the Stste-house. Three years is
she time in which TO complete the j1o, with
81 COG, eco or s., 000. GOO as the cost.
The Election in Illinois.
SPRINGFIELD (nl), November 21st.-The
complete official returns, just completed,
show that Smith (Rep.) for State Treasurer.
1aR plurality of ). AS over Ocendorff Dem J,
md Rub (Dsm. has plurality of 1859 for
of Public instruction over
Straston (Rsp).
A Rebuke 60 the Administration.
New YORK, November 2lst.-The Kings
county (Brookly,) Republican General Com.
nittee tonight accepted . resolution declaring
that the result of the late election was q re-
buke to the Administration for Its interior.
ances in The politics of this State, and con-
dem7ation of the fraud at the Saratoga Con-
yention.
Stolen Property Recovered.
TRoY IN. Y, November 21st.-The prop
erty stolen by five masked men, August Ii h,
FROM the residence of Alexander J. aud
Thomas NJ Glchr;s', In Charlton, Saratoga
county, has been recovered at New York
through negotiation. The property included
Sl25 COO in bonds and mortgages, certificates
Of deposit sggregatinC $50 600, and $500 in
CASH. A rahsom of $3.50 was paid. At the
time of the burglary the family were bound
end gagged, and the safe opened with a key.
Two Men Boiled Alive.
ELKHART Uad.), November This
afternoon S. Baker and ". Ransom, while
repairing leach tub 10 The paper mill, were
into the boiling liquid by the
hresking Of q board, and so BADLY scaldsd
that the flesh dropped of in places. Neither
can live.
Gangrene Causes Che Amputafion of e
Toe,
PRINCETON [Ill.), November 214s.-Arthur
Bryant, brother of the late William Cullen
Bryant, resident of this city, has lust SUI.
fered the anputation of o toe attack ed by
gangrene. He is over so years old, and the
case is very similar to that of Governor Hen.
bricks. of Indiana.
An Old Journalist Dead.
RICHMOND Wal November 2lst.-James
Cowardin, the founder and senior editor of the
Dispatch, DIED this afternoon, aged ~ years.
Explosion or a Powder Mill.
PoTTsTowN (Ps.), November 2lst-The
acoby powder mill, in Montgomery county,
exploded to-day. John Schmager was Grip.
pied for life. The mill was frs: started in
1850.
Public Funerals Forbidden.
BesToN, November 21st.-Owing to the
prevalence Of diphtberia aud other ccntarious
diseases, public funerals have been forbidden
by the Board of Health.
P0stoftice Bursiarfzed.
GAINESVILLE (Wis.l November 21s..-Burg.
lars blew opsn the safe of the Milton POST
Off last night, and secured 81 Geo in money
and quantity OF jeweiiy and other vain
aoles. There is 10 cue 10 the perpetrators.
COrner-stone Laid.
BALTIMORE, November 2lst.-The corner.
stone of the Baltimore Postcffice, which is to
cost nearly S. 000,000 was laid day by
Grand Master Tyson with golden trowel
Thermometrscal.
REV York, November 21st-Midnight.-
Highest temperature to-day, $50; lowest, 20'.
CHICAGO, November Dist Highest TEN.
peraturs to-day, Az; lowest, 32'.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Arrears of Rent Act.
LONDON, November 2lst.-Towards the
close of last evenings session Of the House Of
Commons, Gladstone moved an adjournment