Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-21
The Star Route Trial.

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The Star Route Trial.
WASHINGTON. February 20th.-Iu the star
route trial to day, Rerdell continued his
Identification Of the handwriting and sigma
| lures connected with The Kesrney route.
When he testified that Miner signed for the
other defendant, Kenkel, Miners counsel,
gave notice that he intended to move to ex-
clude all Of Rerdelfs testimony touching his
client.
TIE Court replied that it would be rather
late 10 make such motion, after hearing the
testimony and aseertsining whether it was
FOR or against them.
The Court overruled the motion, saying it
could not be entertained Cor a moment. IL
! was not likely that iswould go to the ex.rem-
ity of saying what evidence should be given
and what should be excluded, or of de-
Gliding whether the evidence was needed
or not
The examination of the papers was then
resumed.
1t is now understood that both Dorsey and
Brady will go upon the stand IS witnesses for
their own defense, 10 ord3r to contradict Rer-
dells story.
General Sherman will be witness for the
defense, as will also General Miles and other
prominent army officer.
After ons-haf the papers had been exam
| iued the witness complained of feeling un-
WELL and asked to be excused for the re-
mainder of the day. At the request Of Bliss,
! however, he consented to go on for a time,
and the examination proceeded. The testi-
mony concerned Miner and s. w. Dorsey
more than the other defendants, ss it showed
that they signed the names of Peck and j.
W. Dorsey to many Of the papers.
Witness was excused, and Thomas 7. Re
kert, Of New York. General Manager of the
Western Union Telegraph Company, was
called. He did not respond, and Bliss ex-
planned that he would probably be here in
the afternoon. He is expected to prove the
kilograms sent by Dorsey to Rerdeli.
Bliss offered in evidence the muster roll of
all the soldiers stationed in Oregon, TO prove
that the signatures fixed to the petition on
TIE Dalles and Baker City route we're those
Of soldiers stationed on the lire Of the route
at the time the petition had been signed.
OBJECTION was made to the reception of the
muster roll in evidence. and long argument
followed. Without deciding the question, the
Court adjourned.
Congressional
WASHINGTON, Fe bruary 2Cth In the Ser
ate this morning the House bill for extending
the time for filing Alabama claims was passed
with the amendment. Tabor introduced a
bill for military post in western Colorado.
The Serats resumed consideration Of the
tariff bill, the pending question being the
motion to reconsider the vote By which the
duty on green and colored glass bottles, visls,
demijohns, ETC., not cut. engraved or packed,
and not specially prepared, was changed from
80 per cent ad valOrem to II CENTS per pound
The motion was agreed to. The tariff per.
ton of the bill, which was technically an
amendment to the original bill to reduce in.
ternal revenue taxation, was agreed to-ayee
81, noes %.
In the House the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill came up in Committee Of the Whole,
and general debate wss dispensed with The
bill was read by paragraphs for amendment
Pending action the committee rose, and
Townsend of Ohio, from the Committee OF
Commerce, reported the river and harbcI
bill, which was referred to the Committee o!
the Whole. a recess was taken.
At the evening session the House, imme.
diateIy on reassenbliug, proceeded in Com.
mistee of the Whole to the consideration q
the sGndry civil appropriation bill.
The Tariff ELI.
WASHINGTON, February 20.h-The tariff
bill passed the Senate tonight by ~ to 10
Mitchell of Pennsylvania being the only Re.
publican voting in the negative. At the Re
! publican Senatorial caucus this morning the
decision to pass the bill was reached, and
only four of the tWentY-thTee Senators pres
ens voted to defeat it. Ths bill was pass q
without any furry or excitement. Tue sen.
timent of the Republican Senators seems to
be evenly divided as to whether the House
Will pass the bill under q suspension of the
rules or send it to the conference committee.
The high prOtectionists want conference,
but the party is split in two factions. and the
outcome Of the controversy is doubtful.
Patents 10 Pacific Coast Inventors.
WASHINGTON, February 20h. - Patents
were to-day awarded TO the following named
inventors John N. Adams and w. +. Car.
Ter, San Francisco, ore concentration; Stephen
| II, Chase, San Jose. device for dressing saw
| teeth Henry D. Cogswell, San Francisco,
device for cooling apartments and distributing
refrigerated sir on water; George Kemble,
San Francisco, two-wheeled vehicle David
Lubin, Sacramento city, envelope; David
NJ ProvoncA, Vallejo, gas-pu-ifying screen
Charles Smith. Amador City, miners wheel
bucket; KeI osh Whittmore, San Francisco,
two wheeled vehicle.
Enriched by Bachelor Uncle.
PITrsBURG, February 2Oth-A few days
ago the members of family named Gillespie
received news from California of large for.
tune left them. The details are somewhat
romantic. The story is as follows In 1858
James McKee, a brother of Mrs. Gillespie,
came TO America from Ireland. Instead of
having bout with fate in the East he i'm
mediately went to the Far West, snd finally
settled down at Stockton, Cal. How he OBJ.
tanned the nucleus Of his fortune is not stated,
but he eventually stocked sheep rancho and
engaged ia the sheep breeding business till
the time Of his death. Years rolled by and
the country became more thiekly populated,
and the city Of Stockton grew about bin.
His wealth Increased year by year, and from
independence he merged into sffiuence, to be
worth in the neighbcrhood Of $500 coo. He
remained bachelor all his life, and died
about two weeks ago. leaving his entire for
tune to Charles and Emma Gillespie, his sis
! ters children.
The High Water.
CAIRO 1T.). February 20th.-TLe river at
noon marked 81 feet 6 inches, and rising
nesrly half an inch an hour. It still lacks
Eve inches of being as high as last year. 1t
is hoped that it will be at stand tonight.
WILKEsBARRE pa February Doth The
river has fallen two feet, and no danger is
now appTehended.
KEoKUK (Ia.), February 20th.-The Mis-.
sissippi rose seven and a half feet since last
| Thursday. Il is now falling. The ice on
the Des Moines rapids moved to-day short
distance, and gorged. Grave fears are enter
tanned that it viii move out tonight or to-
morrow and carry with it the wooden spans
of the bridge put in after the War Eagle dis
aster, and greatly damage the lumber and
other interests ia the lover part of the city.
The Des Moines river is gorged fer thirty
miles, and should it break now would doubt
| less take out the remaining spans Of the
Keokuk and St. Louis Railway bridge. The
railroads are beginning to run trains, but
several lines are forced to transfer ever the
streams where bridges are washed out. The
bottom lands on the Mississippi and Dss
Moines are all under water.
CAIRO (Il) February 20sh.-The levee