Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-07-14

has been held that the Commissioner was
afraid to face the eccentric Mary, and took
| advantage # her absence TO send her the
usual yellow envelope. Mr.. Dudley says
neither her absence nor her peculiar mode of
| dressing had anything to 90 with her dis-
missal Twenty-Five clerks of one clsss have
to be dismissed at the beginning of the fiscal
year. DIR. Mary belongs to that Gloss, and
| was selected as one of the victims, because Of
her general inefficiency. The fact of the
matter is, Mary made herself q nuisance in
the Office. She wss discontsnted with her
own tasks, and would repeatedly swap her
work for the desks Of other clerks. greatly to
their annoyance. She only stopped this dis.
| agreeable habit when an old gentlemen said
| he would kick any one who wore pants and
pointed by Secretary Teller. There will be
music when she returns to the city.
Dorsey Writes letter.
LITTLE Rock (Ark.). July 13;h.-Hon. w.
Jasper Blackburn, ex-CongressmaR and editor
of the Free South, has received the following
letter from ex-senator Dorsey, which he
makes public to-day:
WASHINGTON, June 20, 1883.
Hon. W. Jasper Blackburn, Little Rock, Ark
Ny Dear Mr.. Blackburn am deeply gratifed, not
only for your letter of congratuaton, but for the
ana manly way III WnlCn you nave ELOOu
for truth and justice against insane mob OF in-
| famous libeers. Communications come to me from
all over the country, and from almost every country
in Europe. would like to tell you all the details that
brought out that which was first called "a noun
tain If wrong," but which has turned out to be a
mole-hill Of nothing. know it would be interest
| ing, not only to you, but 70 every decent man
| in every honest Government in the world. II is
Just possible that may shove the branding-iron of
justice across the sleek-vaTnshed table of infaIny
some Of these days. II l ever do the hot iron Of
| truth will leave mark seor;hed with infamy
would write you more fully but after three years
| detention from my private business find it neces-
sary to chink the logs OF my house in New Mexico
and arrange for my family for the winter. Every
| thing there is dowE. and | scarcely know
whether will have to rebuild the house or do as |
| have done before-live in tent. | start tonight
for that distant and lonely place. with the hope that
| myself and family may be permitted to reside in
this remote canyon of the Rocky Mountains with
s. W. DORSEY.
The Telegraph Operators.
New YORK, July 13sh.-As far as can be
| learned from telegraph operators in the em.
| ploy of the Western Union Telegraph Com
pauy, the new regulation of that company
| announced Wednesday light, providing for
the payment for Sunday work, does not meet
with unanimous approval. It is considered
good es far as it goes, but some operators say
they not only want pay Tor Sunday work,
but also more or less general advances in
their salaries. No operator will admit that
! he belongs TO the Brotherhood of Tele-
graphers, though some profess to know the
feelings OF the organization. They predic.
| that all of their grievances and demands will
be laid before the company in day or two,
| and that if favorable negotiations are not
begun, the Brotherhood will be heard from
on Monday next
Are operators satisfied with the conces-
sions made z" the Superintendent Of the
Western Union was asked.
"They have demanded nothing and no
concessions have bsen made. The company
has made new rules simply to increase the
efficiency of the service. The only disaffec.
ton we know of among tbs operators we
have, is learned from the newspapers. No
demand has been made upon the company
for higher pay or shorter hours"
NEw YoRK, July 13.h.-Tt is alleged thst
The existiog unaettled grievance for which the
Western Union operators threaten to strike
next Monday is the hiring of lnen at SIS per
month TO take the place of 800 men also
the rules of the company, requiring operators
to work every sixth Sunday without pay.
Newspaper Editors Pummeiing Each
other.
CHICAGO, July 13.h.-At Fort WAYNE.
Ind, Yesterday, w. h. Jones, editor of the
Morning Journal, had personal encounter
with h. A. X. Ssckett, editor of the Etvnino
Sentinel, in which the latter was bruised
about the face. Jones took exception to an
article written by the city editor of the Sen
tinet, which styled him feeble, qusrrelsome
old man. whose sands of life had quite run
out. Jones, with great deal of gore in his
eye, and backed by dozsn or more friends,
visited Ssckett in his office, where the fight
occurred.
A Prize Fight.
CHICAGO, July 135h.-James McCann. of
Colorado, and Wiliism Murphy, of st. Louis.
fought in the prize ring yesterday morning in
grove on the railrosd, ten miles northeast of
Lawrence, Ks, for $500 The parties went
from Leavenworth or chartered locomotive
early this morning, and returned after the
mill. Eighteen ROUNDS were fought, in one
hour and thirty-five minutes. Murphy led
in the first five rounds then, on to the end,
McCann had it his own way. Murphy finally
dropped from exhaustion, after having been
badly punished.
The Trial of she Hungarian Jews.
BosToN, July 12sh.-The Herald says ::
| Tie prominence given in the European news
to the trial of the Hungarian Jews On the
charge OF numbering tie Christian girl is due
to the fact that the most Influential English
journals, as well as the telegraphic and news.
gathering business in western Europe, are
largely controlled by Jews, who are using
this trial to demonstrate to the world the
| sbsurGitY Of the charges made against mem
bers Cf their religion, and also the abuses to
which they are subjected. -
China and Japan
Boston, July 12th.-rhe Herald says A
gentleman who. during long stay in China,
has closely studied the Imperial policy, Gays |:
The Chinese authorities won't hesitate to
| run the risk of great foreign war rather
than ALLOW the French to establish them.
selves in Tonquin, and open up trade there
with The provinces of Southern China. It is
tradition at Pekia that if once the foreign
devils get entrance TO the inland provinces
the prospects cf China will be ct an end, and
the Government hes spared no pains TO en-.
cnErage this belief n the minds of the PEG.
ple."
Free Fight at an Grange Celebration.
NEW YORK, July 13th.-The Orange pa
rades yesterday appear to have been unmo-
lested everywhere except at Paterson, n j.,
where almost a riot occurred, owiag to the
attempt OF a baekman to drive through the
line. The Marshal beat the hackman's
horses back with the fat side of his sword,
large crowd gathered, and the Orangemen ct
the other end Of the procession, thinking the
procession mad been attacked, broke ranks
and rushed to the scene. The crowd on the
sidewalk intetfersd, and in tie meantime
general fight ensued. Just then the night
force of police, leaving the police headquar-
ters block from the scene of disturbance,
rushed into the fight. using their clubs and
making arrests. The widest excitement pre-.
vailed for few minutes, but the police soon
succeeded in quellirs the disturbance and re-
storing order.
Shocking pesth OF Teamsfer
OMAHA, July 13th.-Johu McFadden,
teaInster, was killed by lightning this morn.
ing while hauling load of lumber to the
north part of the city. The lightning struck
his head, burning his hair, eyebrows, lashes