Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-27
rha Maxwell Land Grant Once More.

DOMESTIC.
The Maxwell Land Grant Once More.
WASHINGTON, July 26th.-It is reported
that Secretary Bayard has not high opin
ION If the sagacity of Mr. Sparks, the new
commissioner of the Land Office When
Mr.. Sparks received his appointment, and
before he had become familiar with the
duties of his Office, he bestirred himself to
ferret out some great fraud of which his
Republican predecessors had been guilty,
which would convince the people of the
wisdom of 4 political change Among
other iniquities OF which the retiring party
had been guilty, in connection with
the public land system, Mr.. Sparks
ran foul of the famous Maxwell pri-
vate land grant, which, after a cursory
examination, he declared had been given
its present owners in violation of sound
law, to the prejudice of private settlers,
ana in pursuance Of the Vaccinations of
corrupt Republican ring, of which Stephen
B. ElkinS was The prime leader. The his
tory OF the Maxwell grant is an ancient
and oft-told story. The grant comprised
1.600 600 acres of land in New Mexico, the
eastern boundary of which extended into
Collax county, Colorado. The grant was
sold By The American owners to a syndicate
OfGerman capitalists, who are its present
owners While negotiations were in
progress for the sale of the
grant an opinion was desired
from some competent authority as TO the
validity of the title Allen G. Thurman
was then Chairman OF the Private Land
Claims Committee of the Senate and
Thomas T. Bayard, now Secretary of State.
was one of its members. Representatives
of the owners of the grant offered Senator
Thurman a fee of So 900 10 write an 0pin
jon sustaining the validity CT the grant.
Herefused to do so. not because he ques-
toned the soundneSs OF the title,
but for the reason that he
thought it a violation of propriety
to sign an opinion in case of such char
acter. Senator Bayard was next ap-
preached, and upon the best authority it is
said that for $4,000 he wrote an opinion
sustaining the validity of the title 10 the
grant, which Commissioner Sparks has so
recently attacked Ex-senator Chat1ee OF
Colorado put up the money for the opin- !
ion, and it was paid to Secretary Bayard |
by 5. /. n Barlow, Of New York.
FriGhtful and Fatal Floods in Colorado. |
DENVER, July 26th-The heaviest flood |
ever known in Cherry Creek came down at |
8 o'clock this evening. The Denyer-NeW !
Orleans bridge. at Wewatta street, which !
had been weighted with Il train of loaded |
coal ears, was carried array. The Broad |
way, Curtis and Holliday-street bridges !
We're Slightly damaged. No loss of life re- |
suited, and the damage will not exceed a |
few thousand dollars.
The Tribune RepaJtaa'S Colorado Springs |
special says: One OF the most disastrous |
cloud bursts ever known III this section of (!
the State struck a few miles north of this !
city last night at midnight. But for the |
tact that the stream struck the crest of the |
hill, where the water flowed in opposite
directions, the loss of life mast have been
appalling. Several railroad and wagon
bridges IL the vicinity We're carried away,
and large amount Of track was swept out
The house of 3. y. p. Eaton, Su-
perintendeut of Schools in the north |
erH part OF the city, was lifted |
from its foundation ana carried. down |
stream with great velocity. In the house |
at the same time were Mr. and Mrs Eaton. |
who had just retired for the night. As
soon rs the former realized the situation he
jumped from the door of the floating
dwelling instructing his wife to do the
sane, aud after d hard struggle succeeded
in reaching place of safety. Instead old
jumping, his wife clung 10 the house, !
which struck the Denver and New OrleanSi
Railroad bridge, 100 yards below, and was
dashed to pieces. 4 diligent search failed
W ulSCONtI any tidCt VI MS fSdlOu = DDuS.
Several families, living further up the
creek, barely escaped with their lives.
Later reports from LucklesS valley, north
of town, indicate that the devastation and
loss of life was greater than at first sup
posed. On the slopes of Shocks Run were
4 number of summer campers. Many OH
their tents have been seen floating in thel
stream, and as the flood came down
in the dead of night it is feared that many
have persisted. One body, that otl
a Swede woman, is reported found several
miles below town. News from Shocks
Run is awaited with intense anxiety.
Attempt TO ASsassinate Policeman by
Cowboy.
CHICAGO, Judy 26th.-Policeman PetelA
Soorgel, walking down State street in thee
neighborhoed Of the leyee, to-day, heardi
the report Of pistol, and instantly felt q
singing sensation in his back Turning /
he saw small man. in a white SLOUGH hat /
standing at a little distance, with a levele, /
revolver IN his band. The policeman drew /
his own weapon and rs he advanced
returned the shots rapidly fired at hiIa5
by the small man.. who retTeated aS 4
he fired. " ben the ammunition of LOth1
had been exhausted without any apparent8
result, ;he men clinched, and with the aiGE
of several bystanders the assaiiant waS
brought 10 the ground. He was then recogH
nized as a cowboy from Kansas, who ha(S
been recently arrested for firing his weapon
i'll the streets and was ihirsting for re-
venge Three of his shots inflicted flesh
wounds in Soorgei's body.
Saturdays Races at Monmouth Park.
NEW ToRE. Lulv 26th.-The perform
auces OF Nelly Peyton Preeiosa and For
tuna in the first and second races At Mon
mouth Park yesterday do not call for special
mention. The first two named were no.
where. In the race for the Seabright stakes, |
Fortuna tired early iii the game. In the
Billow stakes race, there was more excite
ment. Before starting Hattie L. acted very
rank, aud ran away with Duffy, who had
~ pull her hard ElmcndOrf reared and
fell, but Mclaughlin escaped uniniured.
"incos dropped the flag to a good start, bat
as soon as they got under way
Duffy could not control Hattie B. She
rushed forward, taking a commanding
lead of five lengths AZ the quarter pole,
while Llmendorf was second, Il neck before
Bella Down the back-stretch Hattie i.
kept her great lead, deiying the efforts OF
Duffy to hold her. But she soon ran her
self out, and 81 The halt-mile pole She was
but a length in front OF ElmcndorG who
was 4 neck before Bella. and She length
the best OF Rica. As they came round the
lower tGfI liIttt .. began 10 quit, anu
Bella took the lead from her Then Hay
ward made play with Idca who closed
with yjgor and assumed the lead at the
head of the homestretch which she easily
kept 10 the end.
Picnic of Socialists and Anarchists.
Chicago, July 26th.-The socialists and
anarchists of this city held their annual
picnic to-day At Ogden's Grove. The affair
was conducted under the auspices of the
international Working Peoples Association
and lis most notable feature was q parade
10 the picnic grounds, in which some 1900
persons representing half dozen societies
look part. Numerous banners and trans
parauceS were carried, one OF the for
ner OF large and flaming red.
was borne by the wives Of four OF the prin-
opal local socialistic agitators. On one
was the inscription " We
mourn, not SO much General Grant, as n
little child who was starved to death yes
Jerday' Several fiery dynamiters. esSayed
10 speak at the grounds, but the influence
Of green grass and trees robbed them of an