Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-15

pracLcaole snG unnecessary.
Postal Savings Banks.
WASHINGTON. March l4sh.-The House
Committee on Pestoffices and Postrosds or
dersd adverse reports on all bills providing
for the establishment of p stal savings banks
Several members of the committee favor the
system, bat they think il not expedient al
present.
An adverse report was also ordered on the
bill prohibi ing the transmission through the
mails of newspapers containing lottery ad.
vertisements.
Congressman Ellis ExOnerated.
| WASHINGTON, March 14.h.-The House
Goa miVSee on PJstoffices and Post Roads,
investigating certain charges against Repre-.
sentative Ellis, Of Louisiana has unsni-
mously adopted the following resolution:
Resolred, That after an examination of all wit
! nesses produced before the committee pro and con
IN the matter OF charges rejecting upon the Hon.
john Ellis, Representative from Louisiana, in con-
necton with the starroute frauds recently published,
! the committee OF the opinion that the charges
are utterly groundless and unsupported by evi-
| dence
The Chsirmsn was authorized to draft and
report TO the House resolution embodying
the substance of the foEt going.
Decision in Land Case Affirmed.
WAsHISGToN, March 14th-Iu the land
|
| bell, involving lands in the Oregon City land
| district, Oregon, the Secretary of the Interior
! has affirmed the decision Of the Land Office
in favor Of Campbell.
Official Corruption In New York City.
| ALBANY, March 14th-Ro5sevelt, Chair
man of the special Assembly committee in-
vestigating the department Of local govern
meut of New York city, presented to-day q
voluminous report. The committee found
many abuses, due to the non.execltion or
| violation Of good laws. The COMMITTEES
agreed to report nine bills, which, if sdopted,
| would ODyi.te the evils and save the city
! $500, 600. In all the departments they invee-
| tigated they found the incumbents generally
| either dishonest or inefficient. Iuoeed, the
! whole government seemed in a condition Ab-
| solu.ely appalling. The deals By which men
| have obtained position, IS developed by che
! investigation, casts curious side-.ight upon
| New York politics, and shows with startling
distinctness that under the present system
men who nominally hold Offices are not the
| ones who really exercise the power, and that
the latter csnnot be held responsible fox their
! deeds. County Clerk Keenan, aud ex County
| Clerks Butler ard Thomson kept books
| properly, but retained fees Illegally. Butler
to the amount of $50 coo, Keensn S14 900.
The County Clerks net income is $50. 600
year. Th7y propose TO make fixed salary
| Of SIS 600. Notwithstanding the Clerk's
enormous feeP, say the Committee, he
showed phenomenal ignorance abous office
affairs, admitting frankly that duties as local
politician oyerdo the duties as County Clerk.
The regular salary would amount 20 $40, coo
year under the fee system. They recon-.
mend that the Register be indicted for i'm
proper practices. The Surrogate's office is
run by subsidies, chi, fly for blackmailing
purposes. They recommend that the power
Of appointing clerks be taken from the
Aldermen and lodged in the Surrogate him
self
Another Def Icatioa.
ST. LOUIS, March 14sh.-It transpired
very late last night that Frederick j. Deit.
| rich, teller in the L.cle]e Bank, of this city.
is a defaulter to the smouut Of about $50.
000. 1t appears that DIETRICH lef. the city
two weeks ago on leave OF absence. Two
or three days later the defalcation was die
covered, but had been kept quiet. Dietrich
is 80 years old, and has wife and child. He
has been teller Of the hank twelve years and
is highly connected. His whereabouts are
not known, and neither tho bank nor Deit-
| rich's bonismen have yet taken any steps for
his arrest.
LATER. F. j. Dietrich, teller of the La
clede Bank, who embezzled $4,000, was ar.
rested this afternoon. His whereabouts was
discovered by Post Dispatch reporter.
The Captured Express Robber.
ST LOUIS, March 14th.-Prentiss Teller,
the PacihC Express ro5ber, arrived here this
morning in charge Of a detective. He wes
driven immediately to the L;ndell Hotel,
where General Manager Morseman, of the
Pacific Express, and Assistant General Mana
ger Shepherd, of the United States Express,
were waiting. All took breakfast together in
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questioning Teller, and comparing The com
pany's books. When this is flashed, Teller
will be given over to the police.
Governor stauford's AGIictiOn.
New York, March 14th.-D. 0. Mills, Jr.,
said to-day tnat the dispatch announcing the
death of Leland Stanford, Jr, received by
Mills yesterday, and printed in the Tribune
this morning, contained no further informa.
tion but friends here are deeply erievsd and
anxious over tbs Governors fl ,ction, He
will rsturn to America with the remain
forthwith.
California Trout in the south.
CHATTANOOGA, March 145h-The United
! States Fish Commissioners car, FROM the
| Wytheville (Virginis) hatchery, arrived to-
! day with 4.000 California trout, TO be dis
triouted in the Streams of + ,st Tennessee,
| Alabama and Georgia 1t is the most valu-
California Trout Eggs for Germany.
! New YORK, March l45h.-Fish Commits.
si)uer Blackford shipped to-day, by the
steamship Maine, 10000 California trout
! eggs, which have been presented to the
( Dsutsche Fischaei Verein at Gestemupde,
! Germany.
Canal.
( San Pablo, on her passage out, struck on
bar, bat proceeded uninjured. She will be
. the first American ship with cargo to pass
through the Susz Canal Few vessels built
OK late have attracted more attention among
| freight shippers, on account of her superior
carrying capacity, She has the largest and
most expensive cargo ever carried from Amer
lea to China, being valued at $500, 900. She
mas has full cargo of tea engaged from ia
pan to San Francisco.
MajOr.Generars Salute.
UTICA IN. ", March 145h.-A Major
Generals salute was fred here at noon to-
dsy, in honor of the action of Congress vim
dicating Porter. Ths following dispatch was
also forwarded to Porter: "The members
of the Fifth Corps, that loved you and you
loved so well, are firing salute in your
honor
The Foot and Mouth Disease.
CHICAGO, March IA h.-Advices received
here to-day are TO the eff =ct that the foot and
month disease has appeared near Wappella,
Louisa county, Iowa. Nothing additional
mas been learned regarding The situation near
bingham, H., but the State veterinary
surgeon aud experts have gone to the scene,
who are expected TO report tomorrow.
suit for Heavy sum.
NEW York, March II h.-A suit has been
brought by CLARK Robinson Griggs against
Commodore c.. K Garrison to recover the
amount of 81 S95, $50, which sum is alleged
to bs the proceeds of sale by Commodore
Garrison Of 2,407 bonds of the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad Company Griggs also
seeks to compel the defendant to account for
promissory notes made by the Wheeling snd
Lake Erie Railroad to the amount of 81 900,.
600 in his (Griggs) favor, and by him trans
fsrrsd to the defendant. The defense is in
the nature of general denial.
The Death Penalty.
ST. LOUIS, March 14th.-Matt. Lewis,
colored, wss banged here early this moruiLe
for the murder of his wife in October, 1876
Lewis quarrelsd with mis- wife, snd cut hei