Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-16

chin. poppsd up from behind one of the
green screens, and trotted down the aisle.
| Curtin took him by the hand, and leading
him before the Speakers desk, shoused,
Now, Mr.. Spsaker. in the name OF the
people of great and loysl State, l demand
that General Manning be sworn in" Speaker
| Carlisle and the House were taken completely
by surprise. The Republicans sprang up as
one man, and members of both parties
tumbled over each other in getting TO tha
oloak.room. General Manning folded his
arms and looked comically defiant. Speaker
Carlisle. having recovered his equanimity,
| declined to administer the oath, saying the
| House was now considering Manping's right
10 a seat, and be could not interfere. Loud
outlaws from the Republican side greeted
this ruling and loud cries Of . Ring down
the curtain" and Turn on the birthstone"
! Mr.. Curtin and Manning retired, both being
considerably confused. The Pennsylvania,
however, directed universal attention 90 the
constitutional point he was making, and the
effect of the dramatic scene did not wear off
for some time afterwarG.
The New Chinese BIZ.
| WASHINGTON, February 15,h.-The Pacific
coast members of the House appeared before
the House Committee on Foreign Affairs
| this morning to present arguments in behalf
of the new Chinese bill. Henley, fully and
| bulu W6Eb SdCu uSatOs 1lSAASJ L4aeaO ZIG
principal argument, in which he referred
fully to the causes which had Induced the
| delegation to frame the bill proposed and
press it upon Congress- Budd and Tully
also made short speeches Nothing was said
| in opposition, snd the committee agreed to
continue the hearing till Thursday next.
Opposition 10 the Administration.
PHILADELPHIA, February 15tb.-The Times
| Washington special says: The sdministra-
ton is 40 longer the commanding majority IN
the Senate. Senators Sherman and Logan
object very freely, especially concerning
| Southern appointments coming up for con-
frmation. 1t has never been so before, and
persons familiar with the inside hist,Iy of
failing appointments, know how hard Arthur
has been struck The administration strength
in the Senate does not exceed twelve.
Miscellaneous Washington Items,
WASHINGTON, February 15th.-Nomina-
tions John Coburn, of Indiana, to be Asso-
ciate Justice of the Supreme Court of Mon
tana Frederick c. Lord, to bs Collector OF
Internal Revenue for the District of Nevada
Confirmation Peter French, Of New York,
Collector Of Customs for the District of
Alaska.
The President has accepted the resignation
of John c.. New, Assistant Secretary Of the
Treasury, to take effect from to-day,
| SecrGbaIY I1llCOiu was DclUEe tliS IlDu5e
Committee on Appropriations this morning,
while that committee was preparing the joint
resolution, which subsequently passed both
houses making an additional appropriation
of $780, coo for the relief of the sufferers from
the foods.
The House Committee on Commerce has
agreed to report favOrahly the bill for the
creation of National Railroad Commission.
Mrs. UhIer's Death-Further Details.
New YORK, February 15th.-Last March
Wilbur Have1stack was killed by George w.
Conkling. a brother of Mrs. Emma Uhler.
Haverstick was living with Mrs Uhler, and
was killed during quarrel with Conkliag in
the formers rooms Mrs. Uhler died here
yesterday, and the following details of her
death are given:
The Sun says: About four months ago a
well-dressed man and woman applied to Fred
erick Porter, of No. 9 Forty first street, for
apartments in Livingstone, at Thirty-frst
and Broadway. The woman said she was
Mrs. Emma Haighs, and that q gentleman
with her was her brother. She gave as ref.
erence Mrs. frances E. Cot She moved
into the apartments on the top floor, and re-
mained there until about one month ago,
when Porter asked her to leave the house.
|, Mr. Porter said yesterday: g had learned
from my housekeeper, who L believed die
covered the fact from something in Mrs.
Haght's room, that her name was not
Haight, but that she was Mira. Uhler, of the
Vienna fats tragedy. L had to consider my
other tenants, and requested her to leave. She
had besn toward the last very. much dis
tressed for means, and irregular in the pay
|, ment Of her rent. Her brother went away
after getting her settled in her apartments.
think she told me he went to Texas. As she
became short of money she told me apologet-
ically that she was dependent on her brother,
and that he had become very Irregular in his
remittances, and finally had failed altogether
to remit to her."
On the day Mrs. UhIer left Livingstone
she secured room in the house of Nine.
Adele Hoo.ix, No. SO West Twenty.eighth
street. She paid a small sum of money, but
soon fell in arrears, and Friday she went
away, beiog told by her iandlady that she
must pay s. or her trunk would be sheld
for the bill. She went away. leaving her
trunk, and did not return or leave any ad.
dress. J
THE STORY OF HER DEATH
| On the day Mrs Uhler left Mme. Ho0rix' E
she applied at Mrs. Adams house Most of
Mrs. Adams boarders are thestric4 il people.
"She came to me" Mrs Adams said yestsr-
day, land said she remembered NE when
was giving exhibitions ss The WateE Qleen'
in San Francisco. She told me that she was
the lady whose brother shot gentleman on
her account 10 the Vienna its last March
NY brother probably did it for my own
good. she said, but Of course hste him for
it. He took me away with him, but [ could
not stand it,. She said she had hsen living
at SO West Twenty street; that her
trunk was there. She afterwards sent q mes
senger bog to that address two or three times.
She said she wanted a room, bus wanted it
very secret, as she was interested in O divorce
suit and wished to keep retired. Shewes very
pleasant in her manner, but | was afraid of
her, because just such smooth.spoken
lady had recently swindled me. She
said she wanted a room with fire. l told
her it would cos. 50 per week. She said abe
couldn't pay 80 much and went away, andre
turned the same evening and ked how much
l would charge for room without fire.
told ber eight dollars, and she took the room,
saying she thought she coald get slong with
out fire. On Wednesday evening Maggie
noticed that her gas was not igated, and
went and offered to light it for her. oh.
no. she said, must not go to dinner and
looked SO strange that Maggie was frightened
Have you no friends, no one to send for :"
Maggie asked. Please leave the room, she
answered. When l want you I will sesd
foc you Ring the bail for dinner and CO.
Maggie came and told me she thought the
woman was dying. vent in at $3.50 o'clock
and / would not have known that it was the
same woman that came to my house. She
appeared like living skeleton My graci-
ous = l said, didn't think you were SO ILL.,
She answered me rationslly, sent out for
d.. Z d. Page and tod him the ciIcum-
stances. He said she had taken poison. All
the time she was here she never once sent
out for food. She seemed to have pawned or
sold all her underclothing. She had only
what she was carried out of the house in"
Mormon PsoseIyses.
ATLANTA (Ga,), February 15th.-A party
of ten Mormons, five of whom were girls,
under the charge of Elder Davidson, passed
through here from Cleveland county, n. c.,
for Utah yesterday.
CHATTANOOGA Tenn, February 15th.-A
special carload of Mormon emigrants in
charge of Elder Roberts, left here to-day for
Utah and Colorado. TIE converts began to
arrive on the early mOining train, and con.
tinued coming in small parties all day.
Many Tennessee families are among them.
NEw YORK, February 15th.-The Times
Charlotte, n. c., special noticing the exodus
of go called Mormons from that section. ex-
plains the situation tbas: In many counties
in Norsh and South Carolina and Georgia
there has been, ever si5oe the wsr, strong
desire to emigrste; IA fact, before the war,
these people were constantly pushing west
ward into Alabama, Arkansas and Texas,
forever dreaming of sae fertility of the Far
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