Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-15

to the Committee on Appropriations only
the legislative, executive and judicial, the
! general deficiency, Military Academy, for
| tiications and special deficiency bills.
| Whether this scheme will work remains to
! be seen. That it viii be tried, with view
| to killing off Randall as a possible Presi-
! dental candidate, and as an opponent to
| the tariff reform notions of the Free
/ Traders, is reasonably certain.
The President and Civil Service Reform.
/ New YORK, September 14th.-The Times
! Washington special says: John Pope Hold
mott interviewed TIE President recently.
Hodnott said: Mr.. President our Labor
| League has adopted a resolution in favor of
| testing the constitutionality of the civil
| service law Now we want you to help us -
| Here he stopped and smiled, till he noticed
| that the President looked as if he srls-
pected him of being crank, when ne grew
| red III the face and gave up smiling
! The President said: Well, what do Won
want me TO do?"
We want you" said Hodnott, to give
| directions that the salary of one of the
! Civil Service Commissioners be withheld
| until he has applied for mandamus, so
that the constitutionality of the law can
thus be tested"
No, sir, said Cleveland: mo, sir. You
don't get any help from me. | wish you
to know that l am in favor of the civil ser
| vice law l want to see it succeed. think
you had better give that scheme up"
| a Summary Dismissal.
| WASHINGTON, September 4th.-Secretary
| Manning to-day dismissed Jabez Fox, a
| fourth-class clerk in the Auditors office.
! Fox is pastor of the Swedenborgian
| Church on Capitol Hill, and the reason
| given by Register Rosecrans is that it was
the pleasure of the appointing officer.
! Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, September 14th. - The
Postmaster General to-day appointed about
800 fourth-class Postmasters. No appoint
ments were made for the Pacific coast.
The Comptroller of the Currency has de-
| clared the fifth dividend of 10 per cent. in
| favor of the creditors of the First National
Bank of Monmouth, H., making in all 90
| per cent. paid to the creditors.
| The Secretary of the Interior was occu-
| pied for several hours to-day in hearing the
! argument upon the case of the Tchattican
or Southwestern Mining Company vs.. the
| Gettysburg Mining Company. Of Nevada, q
| case that has been before the Department
| for years, and has now been reopened.
From list of 123 applicants for appoint
ment as messengers in the special delivery
service, the Postmaster has decided to Sc
ect thirty to commence with. This num-
Der, ii is thought, will give good fair
trial. Should the service prove popular
and more messengers be required, they will
| be appointed
Blaine Wants the Governorship of Maine.
WASHINGTON, September 14th.-Amons
| the political rumors in circulation here is
! one that Blaine desires to receive the Re
publican nomination for Governor of Maine
this fall, and that he has already put the
| political machine in that State in operation
TO attain his end. Blaines principal object
/ in being candidate is to keep in the polit-
ical field and to prove that he can carry his
own State.
The Silver Question.
New YORK, September 14th.-The POST.
| Washington special says The policy OF
! the Treasury has been to show the useless.
ness of the silver dollar. The experiments
are rapidly showing that it is an impracti.
! cable coin. Every effort is apparently di.
rected, so far as policy is concerned, to sus.
tain by clearest proof every argument
advanced in the Presidents silver letter
| The opposition to the silver dollar never
has been so strong, and the agitation never
has been so general. The officers of the
Government have done a great deal toward
bringing this about. The tendency of af
fairs is now to drive the silver men to more
and more favorable terms.
American Colony in Africa.
New YORK, September 14th.-Priyatt
alviceS from Bishop Taylor's colony OF
men and women missionaries. who LEFT
here for the interior OF Africa last spring
state that only one death has occurred The
remainder Of the forty are in good health
and are planting line of stations from the
Portuguese town Of Loanda to the far int.
rlor. Some have pushed ahead to prepare
the way, leaving their women and children
behind in comfortable quarters Land ha.
been secured for building mission house,
and opening school farms, where indus
| trial education is to be afforded the natives
| Bishop Taylor hopes next year to push OF
to the Tushilange and Casonage countries
700 to 500 miles from the West Coast, The
goal he originally had in view. TavloI
writes that the natives are giving his party
a very friendly reception and are eager t
have white people settle among them.
Moro Trouble Threatened Among Tho
Iron Workers.
PITTsBURG, September 14th.-The Execu
tive Committee of the Amalgamated Asso
citation of Iron and Steel Workers. at :
recent meeting, decided that when ole
rails are worked into finished iron thC
employees shall receive what is an cquiva
lent to days work on muck iron. Thi.
action, 1t Is said, is likely to cause another
dispute between the manufacturers and III,
Workmen, rs the masters are opposed t
paying the same wages for working owe
rails as they pay for muck iron. TIL,
change is to go into effect at once,
Railroad Accident
GUILFoRD, September I4th.-A freigh
train on the Cincinnati, indianapolis st
Louis and Chicago Railway separated on .
steep grade near here Saturday night til,
rear section afterwards telescoping that at
| tached to the engine. Nine tramps were
imprisoned in car of oats, and three o
them suffocated. Two have been identified
as James McGary and Willard f. Ewing.
Knocked Out With Poor Whisky.
DALLAS Texas, September 14th.-Th,
defeated California pugilist yesterday
whose real name is William Ross, saws h,
is confident that he could have whippe,
McGregor, "the Kid" out Of shape If hi
seconds had not dosed him with poo
whisky at the end of the second round
He expresses a willingness to meet "th
Kid in the ring within a month for an,
amount up to $1,000. Ross friends say H.
was poorly trained for the fight, ana pro
fess readiness to back him with the ne
cessary amount of money.
Mccartney DESTROYS of Meeting Both Sui
Ivan and Ryan.
New YORK, September 14th.-Dominicl
McCaffrey and Billy O'Brien, his hacker
called at the World Office tonight, and LET
$3.50 for match of six rounds, Queensberr
rules. with Paddy Ryan, and $500 for
bare knuckles fight with Sullivan for tn
championship. Mccartney wants to figh
Ryan with one-ounce gloves for 1000
side, and Sullivan $500 side. He want
to meet Ryan at Chester Park, Cincinnati
He Could Afford it.
CLEVELAND, September 14th.-This after
f noon at O'Clock John L. Sullivan, through
, his attorney, Jay L. Athey, pleaded guilt
, to having engaged in game OF baseball OF
Sunday at Brooklyn Park, and was fine
S11 and costs, amounting in all to S15 9C
Athey paid the amount Sullivan receives
5000 for his work on Sunday.
FOREIGN.
: Severe Fighting in Peru-FrightfuI Seen