Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-09
HOME AND ABROAD.
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN CINCIN.
Natl AND CLEVELAND.
BIOodshed in Kansas Wife-Mur.
derer Hanged Washington
News-FOrei9n Items.


SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-UNoN.l
The Next Presidency.
New YORK. April Sth-The Independent
Republican Conference Committee held an
other meeting to-day. General Francis c.
Barlow presided. Letters from prominent
Republicans of the country were read
showing a strong feeling in favor of Ed
munds and Lincoln for the Presidential
ticket. Although Blaine had many friends
they expressed grave doubts of his ability
to carry New York.
PETERSBURG Ql.), April Sth-The Re
publicans of the Thirteenth Congressional
District this afternoon chose DIR. William
Jayncs, of Sangamon county, and EXON
gresham c. u. Smith, of TaZewell county, as
delegates to the National Convention, and
instructed them for Logan for President.
WATERFOWL On. y, April Sth.-The re-
suit of the Republican city caucuses to-
| night make this Congressional District for
Blaine.
LITTLE Rock ark, April Sth.-At the
night session of the Republican State Con-
vention, :. w. Mallory was made permd-
nent Chairman, and delegates to the Ma
tional Convention were chosen. They are
all unpledged, but are understood to be
| favorable to Arthur, if possessing good
chances of success.
BALTIMORE. April Sth.-A Convention of
colored delegates-sixty in number-repre-
! senting all the counties of the State and
| several legislative districts of Baltimore,
met this afternoon to select delegates to the
/ National Convention lit Richmond (Na.),
| July It'll. A resolution declaring Logan
the choice of the colored voters of Mary
/ land was rejected. Otfice-holders We're not
! permitted any prominence III the proceed
/ ings.
! WASHINGTON. April 9th-A M-The Re
| publican District Convention, for the NOM
! nation of delegates To the Chicago Conven-
ton, has been been in session all day, and
! ut this hour 0:30 \. NJ has not succeeded
/ in agreeing upon anyone to represent the
/ District. Disputing, guarreling and speech
making has been the order of the day and
/ evening. Disgraceful scenes were enacted at
many of the primaries last night, and the
| disorder in the Convention to-day served to
1 give Il decided check to the suffrage move
mcnt in the district.
United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, April Sth.-The Chair laid
before the Senate bill 10 provide a uni
form system of bankruptcy throughout the
| United States.
Hale stated that Hoar. who introduced
the bill, did not wish to press it at this
time, and he (EIalc) would therefore move
to take up instead the naval appropriation
bill.
Plum and Miller of New York thought
the pleuro-pneumonia bill entitled to pre-
! Ccdence over the bankruptcy bill.
II IL IL Ill. III
the naval bill TO he taken up.
Hale then changed his motion, and asked
unanimous consent to take up the naval
I appropriation bill.
Beck objected. He preferred that vote
| be taken. The vote would bring the naval
| bill up of right, and would not leave the
bankruptcy bill pending as unfinished bus
mess.
Hoar characterized the objection as an
Outrageous and tyrannical pcversion of
/ the courteSics of the Senate
Beck rctorted that the language of the
Senator from Massachusetts was wholly
/ unworthy of any but him.
The Senate agreed to take up the bill
and many of the amendments proposed by
/ the Senate committee were agreed 10.
/ Before final action was reached, the Sen
ate went into executive session and soon
! after adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, April Sth. - The House
went into Committee of the Whole. Black
burn in the chair on bills relating to Terri
tories
The first bill taken up was one to author
/ ize the appointment of Il Commission by
the President to run and mark the bound
airy line between Indian Territory and the
State of Texas, in connection with similar
( Commission to be appointed by the State of
Texas. Passed
The next bill passed was one declaring
that the Supreme Court of every Territory
shall consist of Chief Justice and three
Associate Justices, and providing that every
Territory shall be divided into four Judicial
Districts, and that District Courts shall be
held in each by one Justice of the Supreme
Court
The bill requiring that the Governor of
amy Territory shall be a resident of the Ter
ritory to which he is appointed at least two
years preceding his appointment, after a
heated discussion, passed.
Adjourned.
Pacific Coast Inventors.
WASHINGTON. April Sth-Patents were
granted to Pacific coast inventors last week.
as follows II. b. Angel San Francisco.
drcdgcr f.. Ehlin, San Francisco, machine
for making mouth-picces for cigars H. G..
Hazard. Los Angeles. machine for printing
cartridge shells; Il. +. Jacobs, San Fran
cisco. hub for vehicle wheels F. B. Ken
dali, Tumwatcr, W. r. seat for chair w.
II. Parish, Salem, Or. thrashing machine
\. b. Smith. San Francisco. carpet sewing
machine
New Postoffices.
! WASHINGTON. April Sth-New poStutiiccS
| Angeles county. and Vcrdugo in the same
county. TO which William Baylcs and :. T.
Mayo were appointed PostmasterS reSpec-
lively.
Minister Hunts Funeral.
WASHINGTON. April Sth.-The funeral of
/ Hon. William II. Hunt formerly Secretary
[ of the Navy and late Minister to Russia,
/ took place this afternoon from st. John :
/ a. E. Church. There was a large attend
ance of prominent people, including the
President and Cabinet. The services were
conducted by Rev. DR.. Leonard.
Apartment Houses.
New YORK. April Sth.-Somcthing like
/ panic prevails among the tenants of lofty
! apartment houses in consequence of the
/ rapid destruction of the st. George and the
. hairbrcadth escape of the inmates. The
papers this morning are full of the subject
and demand the passage by the Assembly
of bill limiting dwellings To seventy and
eighty feet in hight The St George is the
first Of the tall, elegant structures claimed
rs tireproof in which fire has broken out
Had the fire occurred at night it would
have been impossible to save the occupants
on the upper floors The annual rents of
the St George were 81 300 to 81 500 per suite
of rooms Permits were granted last year
to erect over sixty similar houses above
| Fourteenth street. some of them to be over
40 feet high.
Capture of an Outlaw.
/ JACKSONVILLE (Fla.), April Sth.-A spe-
cial from kiSSimmce City to the ErcaiHg
Herad gives the graphic details of a thrill
ing adventure, resulting in the capture of
the most picturesque ruilian of the South
/ Ralph Willingham has been for many
wears the wcalthieSt and most desperate
/ cattle king in Southern Florida. Five
| bloody murders are on his hands and there
is standing reward of - 800 for his dcliv-