Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-19

through the whole of 1t, and stood without
hinching the operation of pulling the rod
from his body. He lived long enough to give
directions about his funeral.
Proceedings in Congress.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, February 1Sth.-Wilson pre-.
sented the credentials of Allison, Senator.
elect from lows. Referred.
Tbs Chair laid before the Senate pre-.
amble and joint resolution of the Legislature
of Ohio, relating to the exclusion of Ameri-
can pork from Francs and Germany.
Mcmillan presented resolutions of the
Board of Trade of Minneapolis and the
Chamber of Commerce of st. Paul, opposing
the forfeiture of the land grants of the North.
ern Pacific. Referred.
Plumb, from the COMMITTEES op Public
Lands, reported adversely the bills for the
irrigation Of lands in the arid regions Of the
United States. Indefinitely postponed.
The Senate resumed consideration of the
bill providing for a National Bank circula-
tion.
At the close of the debate an executive
session was held, and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
Bedford introduced a resolution calling on
the Secretary of State to inform the House
whether he has in bis department any letter
from Prince Bismarck touching on the reso.
lutions recently passed by this House con-
cerning the death of Herr Lssker, and. if so.
to transmit q copy of the same, and inform
the House of any adyices be may have on the
subject.
On motion Of Steele, the rules were sus.
pended, and the bill passed to relieve certain
soldiers from the charge of deserti0n. 1t re-
r1ovaS no Hharcra Of Iasartirp from, euy col.
dier who served in the late war in the volun-
teer service, when it shall be made to appear
that such soldier served faithfully until the
expiration of his term of enlistment, or until
the 1st of May, 1865, or was prevented from
his term of service by reason of
absence from his command at the time it was
mustered out, and failed to receive an honor
able discharge
On motion of Bingham, the rules were sus-
pended aud the bill passed, fixing at one cent
for esch four ounce the rate Of postage on
second class msil matter, when sent by per-
sons other than a publisher or newspaper
agent. This is substantially the bill intro
duced by Townshend
A molten to adjourn was voted down, and
the Pension Committee was called.
Hewitt of Alabama moved to suspend the
rules and adopt the resoluti N making the
Mexican Pension bill the special order for
the 2lst instant.
On the motion many Republicans refrained
from voting, leaving the House without 8
quorum.
A call of the House was ordered, and the
Ssrgesnt-at-Arms ordered to take the absent
ees into custody and bring them before the
bar of the House.
At 1915 A. NJ. The House is still in session,
with little prospects OF an adjournment be-
fore daybreak,
The Danville Riot Investigation.
WASHINGTON, February 1Sth.-The Dan
vile investig WAS resumed this morning.
HIM Lawson, the col0red man whose fight
with Noel preceded the riot, and Davis Le-
wellyn, colored, told the story of the prelimi-
nary quarrel substantially as related by the
colored witnesses last week.
John T. Carl, Superintendent of the Ma
tional Cemetery at Danville, described the
riot He noticed a number of white men in
a crowd holding pistols at rest /; that is, they
held pistols in their right hands, the left hand
serving as a support. They fired about $50
shots saw no arms in the hands of the col.
ored men, and saw no returning shots.
Sophia Powell (colored) saw Mr.. Blunt
stand on the corner and shoot several times at
the retresting blecks.
Mrs. Violet Keeling (coloredl saw Mr..
Blunt fire.
J. C. Miller (white) testified that the
whites were in danger Of being mobbed by
the blacks, when they fired.
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, February 1S.h.-The Presi-
dent hiss received letter from General Sher-
man, thanking him in the warmest terms for
the special order promulgated by him on the
occasion of SAermsn's retirement from the
comm and of the army.
The conGrmafi91 Cf William II. Dickson
as United Statel Attorney for Utah is an
Nominations Zachary T. Barton, of Mon.
taua, Receiver of Public Money, at Helena
William Il. Wheaton, of California, Register
of the Land Office at San Francisco.
The Secretary of War reports the imme-
diate need Of appropriations for the improve
ment CT Il large number of rivers and harbors,
among them the following: Columbia and
Willamette rivers, Oregon, S103, ,500j Coos
Bay, Orsgon. $4,000; Washington Terri
tory Iivers, $4,000.
The Treasury has suspended the issue of
one and two dollar notes, pending the appro-
priatiop to enable the printing of more.
Eldridge pr. .sented in the House today
petition from A. G. Maxwell, Democratic
candidate for Congress in the Tenth Michigan
District, charging that Representative Hatch
secured his seat by fraud, corruption and
bribery, aud that $50, ,0G0 was raited through
the agency of Secretary HubDell by assessing
Government employees.
Owing TO the exertions Of Senator Jones, of
Nevada, the President some tins ago modi.
fed the order consolidating the internal reve-
nue. district of Nevada with that of Califor-
nis, Nevada being restored to its old position
as revenue district. This President has re-
nominated the former Collector, Mr.. Lord.
Mrs. Hunt, wife Of the Russian Minister,
cabled from ST. Petersburg to her son in this
city that the illness of Mr. Hunt is possibly
fatal. Huat left here Saturday, for ST. Pc
tersburg.
GOrham in n New Role.
WASHINGTON, February 1S:h.-George c.
Gorham. for several years sn editorial writer
on the National republican, has severed his
connection wiGh that paper, having formed
very advantageous business alliance with the
capitalists vino control the Drawbaugh tele.
phone inventions. He enters upon his new
Ia5ors at once, and leaves Washington to.
day for New York, where he will hereafter
reside.
The Lasker Resolution.
New YORK, February 1S5h.-The Posts
Washington special says: 1t is fact that the
Lssker resolution has been returned by Bis
marck. The German Minister will commu-
nicate with Frelinghuysen this afternoon.
LATER.-1hs Secretary of the German Le-
cation informed your correspondent to day
that the Lasker resolution has been returned,
but of course the Minister has not yet re-
ceived it.
The Mississippi Election Outrages.
New ORLEANS, February 1Sth.-The sub.
committee of the Senate investigating the
Copiah county Miss outrages resumed the
herring Of testimony to-day.
David Bell tcoloredl testified that be was
Chsirmsn of the Republican Executive Com
mitttee of Copiah county; saw armed men
riding about the night before the election
his house was visited by party of shout
twenty-five men; they took the election
tickets he had for distribution away from
him, and destroyed them; they were mixed
and 1ndependent-snd
the name of Miller, Democratic candidate,
was on them. Witness was now Assistant
Sergeant alarms of the Mississippi Senate.
He was given the position, he
thought, through the influence of r