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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
THE SAN FRANCISCO DEMOCRATS
BLIND BOSS.
A Duel to the Death-Russia and
England-The Colorado Disas.
ter-Affairs at Panama.
DOMESTIC.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RrconD-uN1os.l
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

G. A. R.-The wiver, daughters and
lady friends of the comrades of Summer Post
are cordially invited to meet with the ladies of
Sumner Relief Corps No. II, at Changers Hall.
THIS (Monday) AFTERNOON, April 9th, at
> o'clock, TO make the necessary arrangements
for floral piece for Sumner Post at the Floral
Festival to be held May 9th. Respectfully
J. l.. SKINNER
ap27-It Commander Sumner Post, No. 5.
Officers Meeting Commissioned
Officers of the First Artillery Regiment are re-
quested TO meet at Headquarters THIS Mon
day. EVENING, April 9th. BY order of the
ap27-lt* b. c. lREGIMENTAL COMMANDER.
Special Assembly of Sacramento a
Council No. !, R. and s. Masters, at the IN
Hall THIS tMonday) EVENING, at 7:S0 Xxx
O'Clock. SOourning companions corr "
daily invited. BY order of
". f. OUGHTON, T. l. NJ.
W. B. DAVIS, Recorder. aP27-1tZ
a O. F-There will be called meet
ing of Court Capital THIS Monday EVENING,
April 9th mt o'clock, to elect Delegates to the
S. H. G. All members are expected TO be pres
emit limitations TO night. Visiting ForesterS
are cordially invited. GEO. L. sHAFER. C. X.
o. N. CRoNKlTE Il. S. B. CT aP27-lte
XNANTEp-AT ONCE, A GIRL FOR GEN
w eral houseworS in small family. APP
ply at CTS. LAVENSoN, % NJ street. ap27-lts
WANTED-A YOUNG MAN, FROM IS TO Fl
w Years of age, to assist at Books and Office
ork; must be accurate at igUres-no others
need apply. Address p. o. Box us. ap27-lt&
VNo.j LET-A NICELY FURNISHED ROOM
! suitable for one or two gentlemen. Inquire
ut 905 street, between Ninth and Tenth.
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POSTPONED 9

TIME EXCURSION AND PICNIC OF SACRA-
| mento Stamm, No 1914, U. 0. K. NJ, has been
POSTPONED. on account of the inclemcncy of
the weather, until
SUNDAY, MAY IL, 1885.
BE- Tickets already sold will hold good.
ap27-lt THE COMMITTEE.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27

IT is not probable that the Khedive of
Egypt will permit the breach between his
Government and France to greatly widen,
Egypt has everything to lose by any posi-
bic contest, France unquestionably would
be glad to make the rupture of diplomatic
relations a broad and serious one, and that
she has the sympathy Of Russia in any act
or excuse whatever to intensity the pres
ent bad feeling is undeniable. All
the conclusions 10 he legitimately
drawn from the present aspect of
affairs favor a speedy adjustment of the
relations of France and Egypt upon the
basis of peace.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27

ACCORDING to ex-Representative Budd,
the California Democracy is not alone torn
by wrangles within the party over the
spoils In nearly all the States the action
of President Cleveland in refusing to make
political plumber the end and aim of his
Administration has enraged the illiberal
clements Of his party. 1t is not to be re-
GREETED, for it will, more than anything
else, test the sincerity Of Democratic pro-
fcssions of regard for the civil service re-
form. If that reform is to fail, it is
especially desirable that it receive its death
blow at the hands Of the Democracy, tie
mass Of which party hates the very men
ton of reform of the civil service.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
rhe Colorado snowslide Catastrophe.

DENVER, April 26th.-A large rescuing
party left Leadvlle early this morning for
mountain, and are now working with desper-
ate earnestness to reach the victims. Up to
dark this evening two bodies had been re
covered. The fate OF the other buried mi
ners will probably not be known before
some time tomorrow, as q great mountain
OF snow must first be removed. There
seems no possible doubt that all have per-
ished. Home Stake mountain is one of the
highest in that part of the State. The side
of the mountain on which the mine is To-
Gated is very precipitous and the great av-
alanche must have literally fallen upon the
cabin of the unsuspecting miners, crushing
il almost instantly
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
SECOND DISPATCH1

LEADvILLE, April 26th.-Thc searching
party has just returned from the Home
Stake mountain, having found ten bodies
in the cabin possibly killed by snow
slide two weeks ago. The bodies will be
brought here Tomorrow
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
New Orleans Exposition.


New ORLEANS, April 26th.-The time for
making entries expired on January 10Th.
The jury on flour has finished its work. A
movement is on foot to close the ExpoSi-
ton before the 30th of June and open it
again next October, and a number of cx-
hibitors are calculated upon to see to it
that other exhibitors fall into the trap A
majority of the exhibitors, however, want
TO move their exhibits to Louisville, which
opens its fair on August 18TH II is under
stood that the Southern Pacific Company,
which makes the California exhibit, will
remove its entire display to Louisville.
The Old Fcud EGectuauy Settled.
ST. Louis. April 26th.-Advices from
Mount Vernon, Lawrence county, Mo, are
to the effect that John A. Tennis and
George H. Moore, old and we'll known citi-
zens, between whom bitter feud of sew
eral years standing had existed, met on
the street yesterday evening, and imme-
diately drew revolvers and commenced
firing Tennis was shot through the head
and Moore through the heart, and both
died in five minutes.
The Yicksburg Fire and It's Victims.
YIcKsBURG, April 26th.-The bodies of
the FIVE firemen who persisted in the recent
fire here, their remains being found in the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27

TORONTO, April 27th.-Special prayers
were offered here in all the churches for
the success of the troops in the Northwest,
and for comfort and support in their Attic
ton to friends of those killed. The excite
ment here continues undated. Two of
the newspapers issued special editions all
day, while the other two issued free slips,
containing the latest news. Intelligence of
the result of the battle expected to take
place to-day is awaited with feverish
anxiety, as the Grenadiers are likely to be
engaged.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
Precautions Against Cholera.

CRY OF MEXICO, April 26th.-The Fed
eral Government has taken vigorous meas
ures TO guard against the introduction of
cholera at the various seaports. Vessels
from countries where cholera is reported
will be subjected to vigorous quarantine.
Destructive Confiagration.
STRArHRAY (Ont.), April 26th.-Five Of
the largest business houses livery stable
and number of other buildings were
burned last night. Assistance from Petrolia
saved the town from destruction. The loss
is not aScertained.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
Daggett's Mission to Washington.

WAsmNGToN, April 26th.-Daggett and
Cross will call on the President tomorrow.
Daggett said to your correspondent tonight
that the object of his visit here was simply
to inform the President of the condition of
affairs in California, and 10 request him. in
the distribution of patronage, to give the
offices to the men who We're best entitled to
recognition by Yeason of service to the
party. He said he was not after any office
for himself or any OF his friends, but
wanted merely to call the Presidents at
tention to the true state Of affairs, and to
refute certain statements made regarding
himself. He will only remain here two or
three days
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-27
A Man by the Name of Mccoppin."

WASHINGTON, April 26th.-A Sunday pa
per says: "A man by the name of McCoppin
is here from California, who has papers in
for the Chinese Mission and the Naval
Office at San Francisco. Nothing mean
about that man. Can such a man get any
thing"
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TIE POLES ~ ASIA AND THE POLES /,
EUROPE.

LoNDoN, April 26th.-Two- thirds of the
Asiatic army Of Russia are Poles. The
Russian Government sent Polish regiments
to Asia, in order to weaken the hostile ela-
ment i'll Poland. 1t may easily come to
pass that while the Poles in Asia are she'd
ding their blood for Russia, the Poles in
Europe will be found fighting for England
in war of Instruction
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The National tribune., 1885-06-11
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE WASHINGTON THURSDAY H.

GEN. ROSECRANs AS REGISTER OF THE
TREASURY.
The President has commended his Admin
istration to the old soldiers and loyal people
of the country by the appointment of that
grand old soldier-Gen. Rosecrans-as Reg
lister of the Treasury. The old General has
enemies in plenty,-as any man of his aggres-
siye honesty and vigorous manner of speak
ing his mind without reference to conse-
quences must have,-but his bitterest adver-
saries concede his incorporating integrity,
great abilities and distinguished services.
He is emphatically the friend Of the people
againstahe monopolists, and the loyal, enthu-
siastic comrade of the men who fought for
the Union.
The office to which he has been appointed
is quite an important one, and the pay,
which is $4,000 year, will enable the Cen
eral to live in comfort at the Capital. He
has the following staff to assist in the per-
Torrance Of the duties of his Office:
The National tribune., 1885-06-11
MEMORIAL DAY.

To THE EDITOR: Must Memorial Day be OBJ
served on the 30th of May, or is Post allowed TO
honor this day on the 3lst? This year the Goth of
May was on Saturday. In our Post arc many to
whom it would bo very inconvenicnt to close BUSH
Saturday. 1t is legal holiday, but In
country places not strictly observed Can Post
take vote on it under such circumstances and
decorate on the 3lst of May June L?
SANTA BARBARA. CAL. COMRADE.
We print this letter in full, as doubtless
there are many places where the same con-
ditions exist. Tho law that May 80 shall be
observed as a Memorial Day is positive in
its terms, and no Department or National
officer has authority to waive its provisions
by substituting any other date.
The matter has been several times pre-
sented to the National Encampment for the
purpose Of modifying the Rules to permit
Sunday to be observed when May 80 occurs
ON that day, but in each instance it has been
the law as it exists.
So much for the law on the subject. But
the attention of Posts that may be consider
ing the propriety Of any change: That the
observance of May 80 all over the land
makes it peculiarly National Memorial
Day, and, if public sentiment is in any de-
gree Indifferent to its observance, then it
becomes more strongly the duty of the Post
to break through such indifference by MAX
ing such public demonstrations as will COM
pei attention and command respect.
The Posts should have the clergymen of
the place preach upon the subject, should
give the newspapers full reports of their
plans and purposes, and interest the school
children and nrembers of other organizations
in this good work as patriotic duty.
Memorial Day is not losing its hold on the
people. On the contrary, its observance is
| becoming more general each year.
The proper conduct of public observances
by the Posts of. the Grand Army has much
| to do with it, and just as they are lax in
their arrangements and do not measure up
fully to the occasion will there be indifler-
ence on the part of others. ~
This is the one day of the year above all
| others for teaching patriotism to the children
| of the land, through the gathering of the
survivors of the armies and navies of the
Union, that around the graves of departed
comrades they may recall the precious
memories of the past when strong arms and
patriot hearts were devoted to the saving Of
| the Nation. X
The National tribune., 1885-06-11
FALSTYING HISTORY.

Gen. Dabney FL. Maury is one of the South
ern writers who are trying so hard to per-
vert history, and exalt the rebel achieve
ments at the expense of the courage and pa
triotism of the Northern people. In arecent
lecture ut Galveston he said:
Two weeks later we stormed Corinth. q
Col Rodgers of the I'd Texas fell within the works
lie stormed Gen Rosecrans had him buried with
military honors where he fell and his grave marked
and inclosed.
1t is not true that Corinth was stormed
The rebel attack was temporarily successful
On one flank, but in the center it was re-
pulsed before our lines were reached Col.
Rodgers did not fall within our lines, but
some distance in front of them. lie was
gallant man, and did all that courage could
do to make the attack successful, but no one
knows better than Gen Maury that he did
not storm the works" nor fall inside them.
This is one of the minor errors of the lecture.
Still more fragrant ones are contained in the
following passages:
AtAntctam Mcclellan had five corps. about 100, :
OOOmen. Lee held the field the first day with IL 600
infantry On the second day Jackson came up with
IL 600 men from his victory at Harper's Ferry, and
that day three corps of McClcilan's army de-
stroyed and Lee still held the field and continued to
hold it. offering battle. yet dy longer. and buried
| his dead and retired unmoested across the Poto-
mac carrying with him the rich spoiis gathered in
J bis invasion of Pennsylvania.
The National tribune., 1885-06-11

WE can take to ourselves some comfort
after all over our naval expenditures. The
Dolphin, which has been so roundly abused
by the opponents of Mr.. John Roach, turns
out upon further trial to be really swift,
seaworthy vessel, and her critics have been
put to confusion. On the other hand the
English, who stand at the head of the world
in naval architecture, are dismayed by the
most discouraging revelations concerning
the new ironclad Ajax, of which great things
were expected. She has cost already 81 ,500,-
600, and on her trial trips it is found that
she will not answer her helm, or at best
steers very badly. On one trial she ran
down and nearly destroyed q whole fishing
feet in the neighborhood of where she was
crossing, and she has done so badly that the
Admiralty has been forced to the humilia-
ton Of warning vessels cruising in her vicin-
ity to look out for her, as her helmsman's
control of her movements is at best very
uncertain. In all our mistakes in the Navy
Yard we have never done anything that ap-
proaches this
The National tribune., 1885-06-11

THE confirmation Of the discouraging re-
ports as to the condition of the wheat in
Kansas is the most important news of the
week. The State Board of Agriculture is
decidedly of the opinion that the Uessian
fly, the chinch bug, and the severe Winter
have combined to reduce the probable yield
from 3500O,OOO bushels, which it was last
year, to less than 100000 bushels. The
highest estimate made by any one does not
place the crop above 100000 bushels.
The National tribune., 1885-06-11
BOGUS VETERANS.

BROOKLYN. May 26-The Eagles Washington
special says: The investigation in progress blythe
Special Agents employed by Secretary Manning to
determine the status of the alleged Union
assumed sensational shape this forenoon. The
Agents have discovered that large numbers of So
called veterans, who most importunate in
their efforts to have themselves and friends
tanned in office, had never served day in the army.
Many of them based their claims for retention
bogus discharge papers. The Agents found hum
dreds of officers in possession of these fraudulent
documents. With these they became members of
the Grand Army Posts, and figuring as
battle-scarred veterans, and are bcsieging the De-
partment with petitions and delegations, when. in
fact, they never smecd gunpowder nor shouldered
a musket The discovery caused stampede i'll the
Treasury Department. and some summary dis
missals will follow.
This is fair specimen of the sensational
falsehOods sent out by some inscriptions
correspondents to the soldier-hating press.
This appears in the Albany Argus, paper
distinguished for the bitterness of its Copper
headism during the war;
1t is simply preposterous lying to say that
there are numbers Of socaled veterans
who never served a day in the army" and
when, farther along, it is asserted that
hundreds of clerks in the Treasury are
bolstering themselves up with "boeus dis
charge papers" it becomes an insult to the
intelligence. There is no place in the coun-
try where mans soldier record is scruti-
nized more closely than in the ante-rooms of
the GAR Posts in Washington. Here is
every facility for searching mans war rec
ord, and heIe-members of the POsts-are
the men whose daily business it is to inves-
tigate the records. The chances against an
imposter's success are much greater here
than anywhere else in the Nation. The cor
respondents who write such malicious
twaddle only proclaim themselves absurd
idiots and cranks.
The National tribune., 1885-06-11

GEN. FITZ-JOHN PORTER is out of favor
with some of the comrades in New York.
He is one of the Police Commissioners of the
city, and an order issued from Headquarters
refusing the policemen who are members of
the Grand Army permission to parade with
their comrades on Decoration Day has been,
it is said, traced directly to him. He is not
a member of the Grand Army, and said not
to be in sympathy with the Order. AS this
is the first time in 20 years that this per-
mission has been refused, the comrades ex-
press themselves pretty strongly in regard
90 -
The National tribune., 1885-06-11
NEW ORDER IN THE PENSION OFFICE.

NEW ORDER IN THE PENSION OFFICE.
Upon Gen Blacks entry into the Pension
Office TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE resolved to
withhold al comment until he should have
a chance TO show what he proposed to do,
and his ability to do it. 1t is hardly neces-
sary for us to reiterate that THE NATIONAL
TRIBUNE has never had but one standard by
which to judge Commissioners of Pensions
and that was the efficiency with which they
discharged the duties of their Office and dis
posed of the business brought before them
In spite of all the charges to the contrary,
there has never particle of personal feeling
entered into the discussion, and all the criti-
cism of previous Commissioners of Pensions
has been based solely on the ground that
their methods and rulings were not favora-
BILE to reasonably prompt transaction OF
business, and to granting the soldiers of the
Union that relief which justice demanded
and the laws contemplated.
Gen. Black has now been at the head of
the Pension Bureau two months and half.
Judged by the standard we have applied to
his predecessors he has been signally sue
cesslul. We are confident that he will make
the best showing for his Office at the end of
the fiscal year of any of the Bureau Chiefs of
the new Administration. He went about
his new dnties without any sounding of
trumpets as to what he meant TO do, and to
delegations of soldiers who called on him to
get some inkling az to his policy he said:
" want you TO judge me year hence by
what have DONE"
A man who goes to work in this spirit
can hardly help succeeding, and he has sue
cceded. He has, without bluster or harsh
ness, infused higher spirit of activity and
efficiency into the employees of the Bureau,
and by daily improvement in methods of
routine, has in this short time vastly
increased the volume of business transacted
in the Office. For the first time in the his
tory Of the Pension Bureau claims are being
disposed of faster than they come in, and the
work of reduction has begun upon the
mountain of the accumulatiOns of years
The following table shows the results
achieved since Commissioner Black entered
office, on the 18th of last March:
NUal6er of certificates issued and signed during The
acCek ending J,tae l, 1880.
The National tribune., 1885-06-11
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE FOR THE
SIMMER MONTHS.

We have determined to offer THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE to our friends who are not
yet regular subscribers for the period of three
months and the small sum of 80 cents is all
we ask in return therefor. This offer viii
extend only to the 1st of July, so those
wishing to avail themselves of it had better
send on at once We also offer free copy
for that length Of time to all sending US 10
names and s.; and, as the getting up Of
such club viii be an easy matter, we hope
onr friends viii respond heartily 10 this lib
eral offer. During these months THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE viii contain reports Of
Reunions in all parts of the United States,
and those perusing its columns will have an
opportunity Of renewing acquaintance with
many comrades they have not heard from
since the DAYS of '6l-5.
The National tribune., 1885-06-11

THE Bosom of reform and reorganization
among the pension officers in Pennsylvania,
it is believed, will shortly begin to work.
Ex-Gov. Curtin, Messrs Snowden and Ran
dali, and other members of Congress, have
been in the city for some time, aud it is chr
rently reported that at their instigation
there will be a general reorganization of all
the boards of examining surgeons, with
probably the appointment of entirely new
list. This will extend probably to the PEN
The National tribune., 1885-06-11
OBITUARY..



NEIDERwIEsER.-At Omaha Neb., May IL, J.
Nelderwieser, LIST Mo. l.. a, and member of Custer
Post No. :.
SIMoS.-At GeutryviIle. Ind May IL. A. G. 81
mon. late Sergeant, Co. G., 10th Ind Cav At the
time OF his death he was a member in good stand
ing of Post No. 100, of Gentryville.
BowNAS.-At Kansas City, Mo. June 5 Of paraI-
ysis of the brain, Samuel NJ. Bowman Colonel
sith Pa, Breyct Brigader-GeneraI, March H. 1866
NoTICE.-Wc desire for this column, brief state
ments of the deaths of comrades occurring III any
part of The country. Take special pains in writing
names and dates.
GROvEE.-At Atlantic City. n. J., June 6. Brevet
Maj.-Gen. Cuvicr Grover, Colonel list L. :. Cav.
Gen. Grover entered the Army from West Point,
July i, 1880 Brew ct Second Lieutenant. lst Art.
He was u Capt ,in nj the breaking out of the war,
promoted to Brigadier-General April H. 1852, and
Brcvet Major General Oct. 10 1864 At the close Of
the war he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the 3Sh
Inf, and became ColOnel of the lst Cav. Dec. 2,
1915. He received five breyets for gallant and mer
toriouS conduct in the Peninsula and Shenandoah
Valley.
VERSCEIL--At Washington June = Francis YER
nueil, Sergeant 2d Inf, and for 80 years soldier
of the United States.
CLARK.-At Key West, Fla, Sunday June a. %
pulmonary hemorrhage, Commander Lewis Clark.
of U. :. steamer Alliance. Commander Clark
born in Connecticut and entered the navy in lS61.
During the war he served on the Richmond. and
was present at all the fights around Mobile, where
he distinguished himself for g,lantry and eff
cheney.