Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-31

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD .UsIos.l
The Polygamy Question.
WASHINGTON, January 30th.-SeyeraI bills
have been introduced in the House and Sen
ate at the present session, baving for their
| object the amendment and extension Of the
present law to suppress polygamy. One of
these bills proposes to abolish woman's suf-
| frage in Utah, and another is 10 allow the
first wife of an alleged polyganist to testify
regarding the number Of his wife, Judge
Jere. Black, OF Pennsylvanis, ex.Deleeate
Cannon and Delegate Caine are opposing be-
| fore the Judiciary Committee favorable action
| upon this, to them, hostile legislation. Judge
| Black will on Thursday next complete an ex.
hsustive argument begun by him several days
| ago, against the power of Congress to enact
the. proposed laws. Pennsylvania's great
| jurist maintains that Congress has no right to
regulate the internal affairs of a Territory
| where laws not IN contravention of the Con.
| stitution are enacted for local seif-govern.
ment. A member Of the committee is au.
thority for the statement that it will, ct an
early dsy. report an anti.polygamy bill as a
substitute for those pending before it.
Congress and the Tariff BIZ.
WASHINGTON, January 30sh.-But little
was glinsd by the discussion OF the tariff hiIl
in either the House Or Senate to-day. In the
Senate a sectional discussion occurred over
an amendment proposed by some Southern
Senators, without any hope of it's acceptance,
which lasted for several hours to the exclu.
sion of work altogether. In the House the
chemical schedule was taken up, and every
line seemed TO provoke an amendment and a
long discussion. The amendments were
almost without exception voted down,
| but the discussion used up the
| time, and when the House adjourned the
amount of progress to be placed to the credit
of the day was but small. The poor progress
is beginning again to alarm those most deeply
interested in. the passage of a tariff bill. and
they are now making calculations as to the
| possibility of the opposition wearing out the
friends of the bill by piliDg in amendments
| endlessly. Even with the debate limited in
the House. a great deal of time can be con-
sumed in this way, and the bill even may be
| defeated.
Patents TO Pacific Coast Inventors.
| WASHINGTON, January 30lh. = Patents
were to-day awarded to the following named
| Pacific slope inventors Wilmer T. Adel,
San Jose. two-wheeled vehicle Augustus O.
| Bowen, Michigan Bluffs, California, smsl.
gamator; John Grower, Woodland, Cal,
stove CRATE; Hamsu Cramar, Sonora, treadle
for sewing machines; Jarvis E. Davis,
Union, Oregon, fire escape; Thomas Doyle
| San Francisco, horseshoe Henry L. Howse,
| San Francisco, cooking apparatus; Benjamin
f. Davis, San Francisco, printers proof
| press; Eugene O'Neil. San Francisco, cut
off valve gear John Petersen, Oakland, in.
| cubstor joel Robinson, La Grande, Oregon,
foot warmer Albion J. Sanborn, San Fran
cisco, wood turning lathe; S. NJ Sprsgue,
| Stockton, vehicle wheel VIM. J. Maheney,
San Francisco, closet splash board.
Red Clouds Grievance.
WASHINGTON, January S0sh.-Rsd Cloud,
in an interview with the Secretary uf the In
| terror and Commissioner of Indian Affairs,
| demanded the restoration of his horses or
cash. The Commissioner of Indian Affairs
remarked that the whole number of horses
| taken from the Sioux up to date was z 200,
which were sold for Sl9. 400, and that the
| War Department could not satisfactorily ac-
count for the proceeds Of these sales. This
fact, he added, Ironically. was strong argu-
ment in favor OF transferring the Indians
! from the Interior Department to the War
| Department. Rsd Cloud then said, 81 want
o new agent. McGillicudy is bad man. He
| is quarrelsome, and calls us bad names. He
says we are cd women. He steals our sup
| plies. You take his word, and he steals from
u.s."
Bancroft Berated-H;s Methods Criticised.
New York, January 30sh.-Charles II.
| Phelps in this evenings Post notices the re.
cent lengthy review of Bancroft's History of
| Central America in the Pest, and adds ::
"Bnt il seems to NE that the time has come
when q word should be said as to the methods
employed by this author in the manufacture
| of books bearing bis name. The part which
Bancroft has played has been simply that Of
Nae ,enas now trying to pune himself in the
laurels OF Horace. There are two or three
! gentlemen and cne lady engaged in writing
| histories which bear Bancroft's name. 1t is
not denied that what they write is submitted
| to Bancroft, who is a sort Of managing editor
to the bureau which he has founded, but
am credibly Informed that p1ge after page
| goes into print without mark or interlineation
| Of Barcroft's. Four or i've different histories
| on different sections of the ceas>, such as
! Oregon, Utah, California, ETC., are IN course
| of simultaneous production, eAch section
being taken by q different writer. That thesa
| facts are deliberately suppressed, and that
really slurring acknowledgment, simply il.
tended TO quiet those who know the fscts, are
| sufficient reasons why these facts should be
published. Bancroft deserves grest credit for
the expenditure of large sums Of money in
| collecting valuable historical material" The
writer also charges Bancroft with soliciting
friendly newspaper criticisms by offering
remuneration. The only magazine on the
Pacific coast contained lo1g articles iauding
Bancroft, from the pen of lady employed in
his bureau. So little did Bancroft conceal
thess facts, that ne personally assured the
writer that he was willing to pay literally
for favorable reviews in any respectable
paper.
TaImage objects to Being Garicatured.
NEW YORK, January 30th.-Rev. Mr.. Tai
mage does net relish being caricatured. The
Brooklyn bill boards have been covered with
flaming bills representing John Howson in
the part of John Wellington Wells in " The
Sorcerer,n in which the actor "makes up " in
imitation of Talmage. These were put up
Saturday near the Brooklyn Tabernacle, and
many members OF the church on Sunday tore
them from the boards. To-day Tslmage sent
| to the District Attorneys tffice to ask il any
thing could be done to have the posters re-
moved, as they were very annoying. Backus
| thought they constituted a criminal libel, and
the matter will be brought before the Grand
| Jury Tuesday. District Attorney Catlin iE-
formed manager McCaull that if the persona.
tion Of Talmsge is allowed in the Academy
proceedings will be taken TO suppress it. He
| has also directed the directors of the Academy
to remove the posters from the bill boards.
Further Terrific snowslIdes in Colorado.
DENVER. January 30th-The Republicans
| Gunnison special says: Last night about
! o'clock snowslide started from the summit
of Ruby Peak, near Irwin, and travelled at a
| fearful velocity distance of a mile to the
bottom of the gulch. totally destroying all
phaft-houses and machinery connected with
the Ruby Chief, Howard Extension, Durango
! and Oakes mines. Eight mer, unable to es-
care, were carried to the bottom and buried
| in the snow. a rescuing party started in
search of the lost ones, and when found
Frank Roland was dead, and Tom Brown
and William Coleman fatally injured.
Last Saturday J. W. Goodspeed, brother of
the celebrated divine OF Chicago, and Super
! iptendent of the Pacific Mining Company,
| while crossing the mountsin near Gothic, was
| caught in q snowslids and hurled to the gulch
| below, and buried at least 100 feet under the
snow, where his body must remain until sum-
| mer He leaves widow and two children ia
| Gothic.
This morning on immense slide on Gothic
mountain, near Gothic, went down with such
fearful force as to shake the whole town like
an earthquake.
worst Storm Of the Season.
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