Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-05

4ena delta, ard came home with Lieuten-
mt DanneLbower. He afterwards served
With mu Oh credit ON board the Thetis and
Scar Ill the Greedy expedition Tong Sing
lrrived at the State Prison yesterday. He
viii re put to work in few days. His
sentence is for seven Years.
The Situation in China.
WASHINGTON, February 4th.-The Chair
laid before the Senate the Presidents mes
sage relating to Mrs. Grants offer to the
of the swords and other mill
tary and civil testimonials lately belonging
TO General Grant, and recommending that
Congress pass bill to enable the President
to place General Grant on the retired list.
Hoar, from the Committee on Privileges
and Elections, reported that the credentials
of Evarts, the newly-clected Senator from
New York, has been found defective, not
being signed by the Governor or counter
signed by the Secretary of State. Hoar said
the deficiency would doubtless be supplied
before Evarts term should begin
The Senate, on motion OF Cullom, re-
sumed consideration of the interstate COM
merce bill.
Van Wyck moved to modify the section
that provides for the payment of the neces-
sary expenses of the Commission, so as TO
cover only the necessary travelling expenses.
Adopted.
Salisbury, in some remarks on the bill,
said he had never seen any good come OF
the Commissioners. What had the Civil
Service Commission ever ACCOMPLISHED?
Plumb remarked that what it had accom-
plished would, to the Democratic appre-
hension, be much more apparent in about
forty days than it ever had been before
The bill having been perfected. it was re-
ported to the Senate from the Committee OF
the Whole, read third time and passed
ayes 40, noes u.
The Chair laid formally before the Sen
ate the Texas Pacific Railroad land forfeit
ure bill
Morrill, moved to lay it aside, in order
to take up the House bill for the retirement
and re-coinage of trade dollars.
BY a vote of 81 yeas to % noes it was de-
cided to take up the last named bill, and
Morrill, addressed the Senate in favor of the
measure
When Morrill, had concluded, short
speeches were made by Beck and McPher.
son, and the debate on the bill closed fol-
the day. 1t will be unfinished business to-
morrow.
Blair made two unsuccessful attempts
during the day TO secure consideration o.
the anti-foreign contract labor bill.
After an executive session the Senate ad
journed.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, February 4th-After ron.
tine business was disposed Of the House
ordered an evening session for tonight, anC
then went into Committee of the Whole
Hammond in the chaiT-on the river anC
harbor bill.
The session was chiefly devoted TO debate
on the bill.
Recess until S o'clock.
At s @ clock the House went into Com
mittce of the Whole to continue the con
sideration of the river and harbor bill Less
than eighty members were in attendance al
the beginning of the session, and later nc
quorum being secured the House adj
iou"ned
Strange Story About a Cleveland Incen-
diary.
New YORK, February 4th.-A Times
Cleveland special says The detectives
while looking for the incendarics who
attempted to burn the city some months
ago arrested one on suspicion, and some
trouble was had in getting him clear with
out confession as 10 who he was. The
similarity of all the fires suggested certain
things, and man who was discovered to
be in town, and who was known to be con
nected with the Chicago Socialists, was
Swallowed for a long time. He was at last
seen to go into drug store and write out
a prescription. which was filed. The de
tecrives secured it and had it again made
up, the result being colorless mixture
This was applied to a door panel and also
10 piece of paper. 1t left no stain but III
half an hour it began to blaze This sug
gested the methods OF the man, who could
easily sprinkle his liquid over heap OF
rubbish, or on pile of lumber, and be two
miles away before the fire would break out
The man was closely watched with the ex-
pectation Of seeing him III the act, but he
in some way, took alarm and left the CITY
Investigating spiritualism.
New YORK, February 4th.-A special dis
patch from Philadelphia to the Tribune
says: DR.. Henry Slade the well-known
slatewriter, has Just finished a series of re-
markable manifestations before the Sevbert
Commission for the investigation of spirit
ualism. The phenomena produced con-
siderably astounded the scientific members
of the body, who were unable to under
stand or explain them. The Commission
was appointed under the will OF Henry
Seybert, who left 100000 for the establish
ment of Il Chair of Mental and Moral Phi
lOSophy, one of the conditions being that
spiritualism should be searchingly looked
into. The Commission have been keeping
their doingS remarkably quiet They have
been visited by some Of the first mediums
Ill the country, all of whom were literally
paid for their services. Slade received $500.
The members of tie Commission say they
intend TO 90 as far as China for any one
who can throw light upon spiritualisn. 1t
may be several years before thew get
through. Keller. the magician and anti
spiritualist, now performing here, has con-
tracted with the Commission to duplicate
everything that Slade has shown them, to
convince them that there is nothing super
natural involved in the performance.
The Future of Our Wheat Growers.
TRENTON O.. j., February 4th.-At the
annual meeting of the New jersey State
Board Of Agriculture President Thomas
II. Dudley. late Consul at Liverpool, deliv-
cred an able address on midas competition
in wheat-growing. He showed from sta
tistics that India-through increased acre
age, the extension of railroad facilities and
abundant labor at ten cents per dav-must
inevitably keep down the price of wheat in
the British and Eur0pcrn markets. The
create a home market sufficient to consume
the surplus product. We now export, out
side Of cotton and tobacco. 8 per cent OF
what we produce. The manufactured com
modities consumed in this country last
year were % per cent, manufactured here,
or less than Z per cent. imported. Now, if
we Will manufacture in this country this :
per cent. of commodities which we now
import, the people employed in manulact-
urng them VIII consume the whole of the
s per cent. OF the surplue of agricultural
products which we ROW export. Our Gov
eminent should pass such laws as would
induce our own people 20 manufacture
what we now buy Of foreign countries.
Serious Railroad Accident
GEORGETOWN (Col.l, February 4th.-Du. ,
ing a severe wind-storm this afternoon Il e
Colorado Central train for Denver W. s
thrown from the track about a mile below
this place and the entire train is now lying
upon its side in the ditch. OF the twenty
passengers on board, eighteen were
more or less injured. Following is
a list of those most seriously hurt :
c. l.. Furcy, Denver, back injured :. II.
Eldred, Denver. nose split and internal
injuries; J. L. Brown, Denver, scalp
wound and badly bruised; Mrs Marion
Doolcy, Denver, internal injuries, probably
fatal Mrs Patrick Holland, Red Elephant.
injuries; Miss Mamie Holland
Red Elephant serious wound on forehead
\. 4. Spruance, State Auditor. Denver. in
ternal injuries. and two ribs broken; Miss
Spruance, daughter Of the former, severely