Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-10


lures : Patents TO Pacific Coast In
venfors- Eaii.soom Tragedy weather
Beyond the Rockies -ShoekisG Affair
In Nebrssk Successor of Congressman
orth Chosen-4naIrs In Foreign Lands
Etc.
tsFEcIal DISPATCHES TO raK kEooRp-uKros.l
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Presidential succession Bill.
WASHINGTON, January 9sh.-The bill to
provide for the performance of the duties Of
the ofice of President in case f removal,
death, resjg: alton or inability both of the
President and Vics President, as passed the
Senate, enacts that in the Gaze of the re-
moval, death, resignation CT inability of both
the President and Vice. President of the
United States. the Secretary of State. or, il
there be none. or in the case of his removal,
death, resignation or inability, then another
member Of the Cabinet in this order
of precedence, Secretary Of the Treasury,
Secretary of War. Attorney. General, Pest.
maater-General. Secretary of tho Navy.
and Secretary of tie Interior, shall
act as Pr sident until tho disability
il removed, or until the vacancy is other wise
Lawfully uAiCis StCu OllScE USi1S CslSlUl6 10
the Office of President under tho Constitu.
ton, and not under articles of impeao hnent
by the House of Representatives at the time
the powers and duties of the office shall de-
voive upon him provided, that whenever the
powers and duties of the President of the
United States shall devolvs upon any of the
persons named, if Congress be not then in
aession, CT if it would not meet regularly
within twenty days, it shall be tie duty of
the person upon whom said powers and duties
shall dsvolve to issue q oclemstion coiven-
ing Congress Id extraordinary session, giving
twenty days notes Of the time Of meeting.
Sec'ien provides that TIE preceding s.csion
shall only be held TO describe and apply TO
those officers who shall be appointed, by the
advise and consent Of the Senate, to the Off
ces therein nsmed Section provides that
Section 1i6 of tre Revised Statutes lie hereby
repealed.
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, January 9sh.-In the Senate
to day Edmunds' motion to recomn.it the
Presidential succession bill was lost by so to
20. and the bill then passed by vote Of 40 to
49, An executive session YVES held and the
Senate adjourned.
Most of the time in the House to-day was
taken up by discussion. of the shipping bill,
which went over without final action.
State Legislatures.
KANSAS.
Topeka, January 9sh.-Ia tie Legislature
there are LA Republicans, 26 Democrats, Is
Independents Republicans and u Green
hackers. Senator Plumb is pretty sure of
reelection.
The House temporarily organized by elect
ing j. L. t. Dixon Chairman, w. w. Walton
Secretary, swore in the members and ad-
journed till P NJ when psrm lnent organ.
izstion will be effected.
NEW JERSEY.
TRENTON, January 9sh.-Ths Legislature
organized this afternoon with J. j. Gardner
President of the Senate, and Msjor Thomas
O'Connor Speaker of the House.
Patents to Pacific Coast Inventors.
WASHINGTON, January 9th.-Patents were
to-day issued TO the following named Pacific
slope inventors Benz. N. Bugbey, Sacfa.
mento, refrigerator car; James M Fraser,
Portland, fish trap; Bonham Galland, Gold
Hill, New, cabinet steam bath Perry f.
Goodrich, San Francisco, engine John
Jones, Oregon City, miners combination tool
and miners candlsstick; Francis I. Myers,
Healdsburg, Cal, vehicle brake; Alfred
Nobel San Francisco. explosive compound !;
John 0. Plnmmer, Jr., and L. Gsinford,
Newark, Csl., handwriting tool; Richard
Wheeler, Alameda, canning apparatus !;
Daniel w. Williams, Springfield, Cal, saw
ing and chsnnelipg machine; Samuel w.
Wilmer, Anderson, Cal. confined wrench
and piucsrs.
Explosion In Nine.
CoULTERvLLE (Ill.) January 9h.-Yes-
terday afternoon terrible explosion &C.
Cured 10 the coal mine of Jones & Nesbit,
near here. TIE causs is unknown. Twelve
persons vera in the mine at the time two
escarei--a man named Mason and boy.
Mason was at the mouth Of the shaft, and
was badly hurt; the boy was 1nipj ureo. At
s o'clock last night the relief parties had not
been able TO enter the mine, the foul air ris-
| ing in dense volumes from the shaft. TIE
| fate of the ten men is lot known, but it is
believed it is impossible that eny can escape.
| The scene about the niue is heartrending,
for eight or ten have families, who are calling
in tLeir agony on their loved ones, whom
they hope are yet alive. The names of the
imprisoned men are Nicholas Kohl. Frank
| Byron, Henry Turey, Thomas Hanson,
King, A. II. Combs, Frank Stanford and
Harry Starr, Jr.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
| ST. LOUIS, January 9.b.-The explosion in
the coal mine at Couiterville, ILL.,, yesterday,
CT fire damp by blasting coal. Three blasts
were fired when the explosion occurred Sew
eral attempts were made to descend the shaft.
but the smoke was so 6enfe that nothing
could be doIe until Ccloct, when q party
Of miners effected an entrance after two
hours hard aud dangerous work. The men
were all dead, and were Brought to the sur.
facs. Two of the victims wtrs badly turned,
but the remainder were simply suffccated.
A BaII.Room Tragedy.
LYNoHBURG (Vs.), January 9ta. AT a
| bali in Bedford county Saturday pignt. n
yourg lady. Adele Read, said to sc,tt Clay
ton, who was calling figures, that he was not
calling them correctly. Clayton made some
sharp response, which was resented by one
of Miss Reads admirers. Armistead Banks.
dale. The latter called Clayton out, hot
wor Is passed, aud Barksdale drew knife,
sprung on Clayton, and inflicted horrible
| cash from the right eye down to the eek,
severing the juaular aud causing immediate
death. The scene in thu ballroom YVES sick
| ening-women in fancy bali dresses fainting
| and falling into pools of blood. A regular
melee followed among the partisans of the
| two men. Barksdale escaped unobserved, end
| wandering to another part Of the county,
completed the tragedy by shooting himself
through the bowels.
Boston Wool Market.
BosToN, January 9th.-The wool market is
steady, with q fair demand from manufact-
urers. Sales of Ohio ard Pennsylvania heeces
are noted at 40c for X, HOBO for Xxx, 42l
| @i4c for Xxx and above and xxx. In
Michigan and Wisconsin X hseces there were
sales at 37@3So, with fair demsnd. Comb
| ing and dslsine fseces are steady, ard have
been in moderate demand at 42@iS, for fine
delsine and No. l comting. Unwashed
hseces are selling at 17@23c for low and
coarse, and 24@32c for fine and medium
grades. California wool is quiet, with sales
at 1900: for low fall and good spring
| Pulled woods have been in fair demand at 44@
49, for choice Eastern and Maine supers, and
| 25@49c for common and good. Foreign wool
| is quiet, and nothing has been done.
Drunken Miner Killed by a Merchant.
DENVER, January 9.h.-During the pro-
gress of dance at Mineral Creek, night or
| two since, a miner named Red Sullivan be-
came intoxicated and threatened to kill
merchant named Logan, and started out, pre-.
sumably for that purpose for upon arriving
e1,,,. hor-o bo folI H., l. l. II 49,, -