Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-06
HOME HAPPENINGS.
NEAT BIT OF DETECTIVE WORK
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The Dead Statesman - Vermont
Election-A Weeks Busi-
ness Failures.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-uNroN. I

| ness Failures.
! ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE BECoRD-UNIoN.l
The Dead Secretary of the Treasury.
| WASHINGTON, September 5th. - At Il
meeting of the Chiefs of various bureaus
| of the Treasury Department today Con
| troller Lawrence, Commissioner Johnson,
| Treasurer Wyman. Commissioner Evans
and Solicitor Neale were appointed a COM
| mittee to draft resolutions of respect to the
memory of Secretary Folger. \ number
of the Treasury employees expressing de-
| sire to attend the ObSequies, arrangements
will be made, if possible TO run a special
| train for them from Washington to Geneva
the evening prior to the funeral, to return
| Immediately after the ceremonies. The
| Treasury Department closed to-day, the
| building being heavily draped with black
| and flags flying at halt-mast. Acting Sec
retary Coon Will issue an order to close the
| Sub-TreaSurieS and Custom Houses during
| the hours of the funeral ceremonies Act
| ing Secretary of State Davis received 4 tel
| egram from the President this morning
| directing an Executive order to be issued
| formally announcing the death of Secretary
| Folger
THE FUNERAL.
| GENEVA On. y, September 5th.-The
| funeral of the late Secretary Folger takes
place on Tuesday next.
VIEWS OF THE "sUN."
| New YORK, September 5th-The Si1,
| says of Folgcr He was a good Judge, and
| had he been elected Governor of this State
would have made a good Governor. His
| defeat, the conditions under which it oc-
! Cured and the consequences ii cntailed,
| were more than he could bear. He never
! recovered from the shock and the disap-
! pointment of that disaster. Ii was to him
| the completeSt of shipwrccks, and not
even the distinguished prcferment that
| the President bestowed on him when he
| called him to the National Treasury could
| Danish or alleviate his overwhelming sense
| of it. Like Horace Greeley he furnishes
| another sad instructive example of the dam
| gers that men run when they yield to the
| temptation which chance throws in their
| path, and grasp at high places they were
| never destined to fill.
The Secretaryship of the Treasury.
WASHINGTON, September 5th-Already a
| great deal of speculation is being INDUCED
| in regarding the successor of Folger SO
I far but one name-that of Richard Crow
| ley, of New Iork-has been mentioned in
| connection with the vacant Cabinet posi-
ton, though there is some. talk of Assist
| ant Secretary Coon being given the place
| by promotion.
Neat Bit of Detective Work.
! PHILADELPHIA, September 5th.-A dis
I patch from Salem, \. j., says: The muir
dcrer of the girl Ella Watson has at last
| been discovered through a chain of circum-
| stantial evidence. \ dozen persons have
! from time 10 time been arrested, but dis
| charged from lack of evidence. Howard
| Sullivan, negro, who has often been sus-
| pected was arrested to-day. He is un-
doubtedly the culprit.
SECOND DIsPATCH.I
PHILADELPHIA, September 5th.-The
| particulars OF the discovery Of the muir
| derer show an unusually neat bit of
| detective work on the part of Sheriff Coles.
| He noticed that the club with which the
| girl had been murdered had been cut from
| tree with a sharp-edged tool, having two
hicks in it, With this clue he commenced
search for the implement. After painstak-
ing labor, and search from house to
! house, he learned from Il farmer, George
| Barton that his son had purchased a
! pOcket-knite from one Howard Sullivan, a
| negro, shortly after the murder. The Sher-
| ifs first inquiry was, What kind of a
blade was it?" "Only common
one, with a couple of hicks in
it" was the answer. Within fif-
teen minutes, seated behind fleet
roadster, the Sheriff was on the way to the
discovery of an important clue. He paid
young Barton ten cents for the knife, and
| to-day Prosecutor Slape took bit of a
branch and cut it with the knife. Then
| under powerful magnifier the murderou>
club and branch were examined. The
lines of the jagged dents i'll both were
identical After the Sheriff had identified
the knife and told its story, Constable VIM
Carney added to it. He had carefully eX-
! amined the footprints near the body, and
| measured them. Sullivun's boots were OF
| the same measurement and a break caused
by half sole made the identification com
pete When the negro was arraigned foI
examination yesterday he showed no sign
of uneasiness, and took a comfortable posi-
ton III a chair. He even smiled while the
Sheriff was testifying until he came to the
story of the ragged cuts in the club. Sud
denly Prosecutor Slape held up the knife
and asked the Sheriff if he recognized it
Before Sheriff Coles could answer a wort
the prisoner jumped to his feet. He shook
with fear: " 1t amt my knife; fore God
never seen il, /" he shouted, and then sank
back trembling into his seat.
Extensive Mining Cave.
WnkEsBARRE pa, September 5th.-The
Enterprise mine, at Port Bowkley, owned
and operated by Andrew LangdOn, of But-
falO, was this morning the scene of the
most extensive cave which has occurred in
this region for years. Nearly 100 acres OF
! ground settled from four to six feet. The
Lchigh Valley Railroad tracks sunk five
feet, and traffic was stopped for several
hours. The ground is covered with seams
and cracks for several hundred feet, and
five houses belonging to miners were
wrecked. The mine is ruined, is now full
Of gas, and water from the river and aband-
oncd workings is pouring through thC
assures in the ground. The mules in the
mine were saved. Five hundred persons
are thrown ont Of employment. The owner
of tie mine refused $500 900 last week for
his interest.
SECOND DISPATCHl
WILKEsBARRE, September 5th.-A second
o.; fall took place at the Enterprise mine this
evening, which now embraces fully 300
acres, extending from theSusquehannar river
up the hill TO the farmhouse of the mine,
distance of half a mile. The fall of rocks
this evening was enormous, and before ali
the miners could be rescued six were
killed. Even if the mine is not flooded, il
Will Oc q year before IL can DC put Ill NOIh-
ing order again The loss viii reach fully
half million.
Oakland Postal Stations Re-instated.
WASHINGTON, September 5th.-The Post
master General has ordered the re-estab-
lishment OF the postal stations at Brooklyn
and West Oakland Cal. An allowance of
$3.50 per annum has been made for the
rent of each station, lights, fuel, etc, and
of $3.50 per annum for the salary of clerk
at each station. The stations will be under
control of the Postmaster at Oakland.
They were discontinued by the Postmaster
because the allowance for clerk hire was
insufficient, and increased allowances have
been made upon the strong representations
of the necessity for the service.
New York Stock Market.
New York, September 5th.-The stock
market opened irregular and weak, prices
declining from to &. Toward II o'clock
speculation became strong and active and
stocks advanced to the highest point of the
morning.
! New YORK, September 5th.-Burlington
1901 Central Pacific, AT; Northern Pacific
21t; Northern Pacific preferred, 4S2; New
York Central, 1921 Oregon Navigation
Company, 81; Oregon Transcontinental
153; Pacific Mail, 49t Panama, 9S; St
Louis and San Francisco, 224 Texas-Pa-