Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-06
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
BLAINE CALLED UPON BY A COL
LEGE CLASS.
Obsequies Of an or-Henlricks
Returns to Ohio-F'rench
Successes in China.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nroonD-us,os.j
DOMESTIC.
Blaine Crosses the Ohio River into West
Virginia.

Blame crosses the Ohio River into West
Virginia.
WHEELING W. Va, October 5th.-Blaine
remained quietly at Bellaire until the
afternoon, and then, accompanied by his son
and members ofthe local committee, drove
by n somewhat circuitous road, through 4
region long familiar to him, to Wheeling
1t was after dark when he reached the
hotel here. During his stay at Belairc
the senior class of Washington and Jetler-
son College, Blaine's alma mater came by
special train from Washington, Pa, To call
upon him. Blaine received them in his
-parlor. The meeting was very pleasant
one. Each member Of the class was per-
sonally introduced, and as most of them
were natives of western PENNSYLVANIA
Blame, i'll many instances, knew the
families to which they belonged. Several
OF them were sons OF his old COLLEGE
mates. Although the usual differences
in politics exist in the class, all members of
it seem to be strong Blaine men. Quite an
interesting incident was the meeting be
tween Blaine and his uncle, Hon. John
Ewing,e of -Wa-aington, Pa, who came TO
Bellaire expressly to see his nephew. Mr..
Ewing, venerable and remarkably we'll
preserved old gentleman OF SS, formerly
represented his district in the Pennsylvania
be the oldest living graduate of Washing.
ton and Jefferson College. On Monday
Blaine Will go 10 Grafton, w. Va. whence
he Will return to Wheeling and ParkerS-
burg, and again cross into Ohio to keep the
appointments already made in that State.
Blaine Puts a 0uietus on Another Demo-
cratic :. Argument
WHEELING, October 5th.-Blaine has
I,o f,1l Ii
Mckinley, of Ohio:
BELLAEE, October ], 1881
Hon. I'm. Mckinley, u. C., CaRton. Otio-MY
DEAR SIR have your favcr stating certain
charges against me which you wish to be able to
contradict authoritatively. | answer you
promptly and decSively.
Flrst-lt is utterly untrue that / ever adyo-
Gated residence of twenty-one years as re-
quirement of naturalization in the country. l
always opposed the party that suggested it. ]
think the only change in the naturalization
laws for which ever voted in Congress was to
admit those foreigners who had honorably
served in the Union army TO citizenship without
the delay required of others.
Second never voted to impose Il tax of ten
dollars per annum on miners by the internal
revenue laws framed TO raise money for the eX-
penseS of the war, The proprietors of mines
were taxed ten dollars per annum. Just as law
yers, physicians, builders and other callings
were, but the individual miner-the man who
actually worked in the Inine-was not III the
least affected by the tax. l voted for the tax on
the proprietors of mines, as did for every other
tax needed for the support of the Union armies
The tax was repealed fifteen years ago.
Third do not now, and never did own, an
acre of coal land or any other kind of land in
the Hooking valley, or in any other part of Ohio.
My letter to Hon. Hezekiah Bundy in July last
on this same subject was accurately true. Very
truly, yours, JAMES q. BLAINE.
Hendricks Attends Church.
WHEELING CIV. Va), October 5th-Hen-
bricks spent Sunday very quietly at his
hotel, receiving few callers. He attended
church this morning, and left at p. NJ on
the Baltimore and Ohio road for Columbus.
SECOND DISPATCEl
COLUMBUS, October 5th-Governor Hen
bricks, accompanied by j K. Fellows, Gen
eral Pillsbury and others, arrived from
Wheeling tonight.
Destruction by Fire.
PHILADELPHIA, October 5th-Early this
morning a fire swept through Peacock s
storage warehouse, 1917 and 1910 Brown
street. Nine adjacent dwelling-houses
were also destroyed by falling walls Total
loss, 100000; insurance, $l50,000. The
storehouse was siX-story building and
extended from Brown TO Atmore street.
Every floor in the big structure was filled
TO overflowing with household goods, COO
ulileIelit ldlllilleS udNllS tnelr eHectS stored
there, ranging from single trunk to twenty
wagon loads of furniture. The loss ON the
building is comparatively light The prin-
cipal loss is on the furniture stored there
Funeral of the Dead Actor.
LONG Branch. October 5:h-The funeral
services of the late Z. S. Chanfrau, the actor,
were held this afternoon at the Chanfrau
cottage, Cedar avenue. The attendance was
large. The floral tributes We're elaborate.
Rev. Elliot d. TompI,ins, Rector of st.
James protestant Episcopalj Church, on
Broadway, Long Branch, officiatcd He
spoke feelingly of Chanfrau as a man,
neighbor, husband and actor The remains
were inferred in the cemetery al Branch
burg.
Seven Hundred Persons Thrown Out of
Employment.
PETERSBURG (V y, October 9th. - The
closing of all he CO ton factories of this
city and yicinly, il consequence of a
scarcity of water, th'owS out OF employ
ment over 100 men, women and children,
nearly all of whom are actually suffering
for the want of the necessities of life.