Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-03-12
Senate Proceedings.

Senate Proceedings.
| WASHINGTON, March 11th.-The Back
bone resolution offered by Van Wyck was
laid before the Senate as unfinished bust
ness.
Van Wyck said the Senator from Colo
RADIO TELLER had gone to New York TO be
absent day or two, and asked that action
upon the resolution be deferred until Fri
day.
Van Wyck offered resolution that the
Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney
General be directed to take the steps neces-
sary to prevent certain land in Florida and
Alabama from beingssold by the Atlantic
end Gulf West India Transit Company. He
requested that it lie on the table for the
| present.
After the lapse of twenty minutes Secre
tary Pruden appeared and delivered sun
dry messages III writing.
The Senate went into executive session,
and five minutes later adjourned
The Backbone" Patents Suspended.
WASHINGTON, March 11th-In accordance
with Secretary Teller's order dated March
Sd, the Commissioned General of the Land
| Office has issued three patents to the New
Orlcans-Pacific Railroad Company for
SO, 287 acres Of land (lnown as the Back
bone" grant,, and they were delivered 10
! VIM. f. Barnum by direction of John F.
Dillon, attorney for the railroad company
Although Secretary Tellar issued patents
for 679,2S7 acres of land, the company,
under its grant, claimed 100000 acres.
Yesterday Secretary Lamar issued the fol-
| lowing order to the Commissioner of the
| Land Office:
You are hereby directed TO suspend all pro
| ceedings relative to patenting lands to the New
| Orleans pacific Railroad COMPANY until further
| notice l.. q. c. LAMAR.
In addition to the lands already pat
ented, the New Oreans-Pacitic Railroad
! Company has Il list covering $50, JOG acres,
which, under this last order, cannot be
patented until the Secretary takes further
action.
The Hazen Court-Martial.
| WASHINGTON, March 1lth.-The general
| Court-martial convened for the trial of
General Hazen, Chief Signal Officer of the
| Army, met in this city this morning, Gen
cral Hancock presiding. Counsel for Cen
] eral Hazen challenged Brigader-General
McFeely as a member Of the Court, on the
ground that unfrierdly relations existed
! between them, growing out of his (llazen's)
| criticisms Of the Subsistence Department
of the army, of which General Merely is
the head, when he (Hazen) was endeavOr-
| ing to abolish the system of post trader
| ships in the army. The Court sustained
| the challenge, and the accused waived the
| right to further challenge. General HaZcn
was hen arraigned, and through his coun-
| sci demurred to the specifications and to
! the charges, alleging that he criticised and
impugned the propriety of the action of the
| Secretary of War in refusing to send Il
| whaling steamer to the relief OF the Greedy
| party after the failure of the Pr0tcuS eXpc-
| dillon in the fall OF 1883. The Court over
| ruled the demurrer and the accused pleaded
| " Not Guilty to the charge and the several
| specifications.
The Rush of Visitors to the White Honse.
WASHINGTON, March llth.-Therc was
| about the usual rush of visitors To the
! White House to-day. The President arose
early, and at once bet0ok himself to open
| ing the mail, which was unusually large.
| As one of the clerks of the White House
| put it, President Cleveland received as
many letters in a day as eX-Prcsident
| Arthur received in week 1t is 4 fair in
| ference that many letters relate 10 appoint
ments to Office. The President ram hur-
riedy through the mail, and then began a
reception of visitors, many Of whom had
! been in waiting for some time. Among
| the callers were Congressional delegations
! from Kentucky Illinois, Iowa, North Caro-
lima and Florida. The Secretary of War
called about noon, and had q long confer
encc with The President. At o'clock thc
| doors of The White House were thrown
| open to the public and the President was
kept busy receiving callers for over an
! hour.
| The Reduced Clerical Force.
WASHINGTON, March 11th.-Colonel La
| mont said to-day that the reduction in the
! clerical force in the White House was made
merely III the interest of economy: there
| fore no appointments to fill the vacancies
would be made. He said there might pos
| sibly be one OF two more changes in the
| personnel of The force, but that would be
all Since President Clevelands Inaugural
! ton, the entire clerical force, including his
| Private Secretary, has been busily engaged
| from o clock III the morning until mid
night, and it is expected that the rush OF
! business will compel continuance of these
working hours for some time to come. one
Of the regulations of the house prohibits
employees smoking in the offices.
The New Assistant Secretary of the Int
rior.
| WASHINGTON, March l1th-Edward j.
Clark, of EickSburg. Miss, to-day nomi-
mated for Assistant Secretary Of the Int
rior, is member in very high standing of
| the bar Of Mississippi and has practiccd
before the Supreme Court of the United
States He is said to be a man of great
| legal learning and force of character, who
| has been SO welded to his profession that
he has steadfastlv declined 10 have any
| connection with politics, although holding
strong Democratic opinions.
4 Former Californian Reaches II Low
Round of the Social Ladder.
CHICAGO, March l1th-Theodore Won
| Sprecklcson was arraigncd in the Justice
| Court this morning. charged with improper
conduct. Ten years ago he was known in
/ good society, having the usual prestige of q
wealthy German. He went to California,
engaged in growing large vineyard, and
| then returned to Chicago and opened a large
wine house; bat it did not pay, and he
then obtained a position in n large mcr-
! camille house, but he betrayed the trust
cnnfidcd in him and became a dcfaulter
| Friends paid up the amount of money
| taken. About two years ago Won Spreckie-
! son obtained some means, and soon after
ward married wealthy widow, but they
did not live happily together, and the dis
| appointed man appeared to lose his pride
and manhood, and rapidly sank 10 the
! level Of common tramp. He is 4 man of
brilliant education and ability, but now
seems half dcmcuted The Justice imposed
| 4 fine OF SO and Won Spreckleson will for
| j time associate with the cosmopolitan So
ciety at the work-house.
The Oklahoma boomers" Again.
ARKANSAS CRY Kan March lIth.-At
Il council this afternoon the oklahoma
| boomers" decided to await further adj
vice from their representatives in Washing
| ton, who are cndeavoring 20 intercede with
! the nitcd States authorities. The Mar
shall has received warrants for the arrest of
the boomers who were in the Territory
| last winter, and has arrested twenty men.
| They start for Wichita this evening for eX-
animation. There are 200 boomers
| here. There are six companies of colored
cavalry Al Chilocco, six miles south of
here. awaiting achievements General
Hatch says he can get eight more compa-
mics if needed.
TEXts AND ARKANSAS BOOMERS
Arkansas CRY KS, March llth.-Gen-
eral Hatch has received an official dispatch
from Camp Russell Indian Territory, stat
ing that 500 boomers from Texas and Ar
kansas are moving westward across the
sac and Fox reservation. The General
thereupon issued orders that they be turned
back, and conducted of the Government
| lands
The Foreign Missions.
WASHINGTON. March l1th.-The resigna-
ton of all the foreign missions of the first
! J 1. L Il