Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-12

LII W SSltTH OHlOI, u.s.
The Presidents Movements.
AUsABLE FORKS On. ", August 11th.-
President Cleveland, accompanied by DR..
Ward, of Albany, passed through here
this morning, en- route for the Adirondacks
They were met at the depot by Hon. H. D.
Graves, and taken to his residence, where
short reception was given, after which the
party was met by Paul Smith, who will
take them by stage TO Prospect House,
where the President will spend a few
weeks.
REACHED THEIR DESTINATION.
PLATTsBURG, August 18th. - President
Cleveland and Dr. Ward reached Prospect
House, on the upper Saranac Lake. their
destination, at o'clock this afternoon
| They had a pleasant, uneventful blackboard
| ride of forty-seven miles from the railway
terminus at Au Sable.
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, August 11th. - Protests
have been received here from Oregon
against the appointment of Edward J.
! Dawne, of that State, to be United States
| Judge for Alaska.
The Smith Court-martial has completed
its work, and TO day the Court was tempo
rarily adjourned. The findings will be
sent to the President for his approval or
disapproval. An unwritten law in Court
martial cases prevents the members of the
| Court from revealing the findings until the
| Presidents action.
| Secretary of State Bayard to-day received
| a Geographic communication from the
American Consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador
saying that he had positive information
| that Santos had been liberated. No details
We're given in the telegram.
| The quarantine officers at Baltimore and
1 NIL,
titled to look out for three vessels which
sailed from Genoa for those places without
a proper bill of health.
| Acting Secretary Fairchild has directed
| that a supplemental competitive examina-
| ton be held at the Treasury Department
on the 25th instant for the purpose of fill
! ing seven vacancies in the grade of cadets
| in the revenue marine service.
| The Treasury Department to-day pur-
chased $4,000 ounces of silver for deiiv-
cry at the Philadelphia Mint, for coinage
into standard dollars.
! The State Department is informed that
| the civil Governor has officially declared
| that not one case of cholera has thus far
| occurred in Malaga.
| Terrible Colliery Catastrophe.
| WILKEsBARRE (Pa.), August 11th-In-
| formation has just reached here that ter
|
| West End Coal Company's mines this
morning at Mocanaqua, fifteen miles from
| here As far rs can be learned ten miners
were instantly killed and several others
dangerously injured.
| PARTICULARS OF THE DISASTER.
| WILKEsBARRE, August 11th.-Just before
| the night shift went off duty the fan which
supplies the mine with fresh air broke. The
boss knew this, and SO did the men of the
| day shift before they entered the mine, but,
| Notwithstanding this, they went into the
| mine, taking a great risk. There were
about thirty men in all who were supplied
with safety lamps, as it was well known
| that gas would accumulate About seventy
| five men were in the mine at the time when
| the work began. The wOrkmen repairing
the fan We're the first who were overcome
| with gas, and about an hour later the same
! fate happened to many more in the mine.
| Before the men fairly realized their danger
more than twenty were unconscious. Those
who could then escape did so. Superin-
tendent John Teasdale and several of his
men became unconscious, and were with
| difficulty rescued. Others went down, and
in the face OF immense difficulties, and in
spite of being continually overpowered BY
the gas, got out all but ten men. Three
of those brought out were dead, and the
| other six are beyond doubt dead.
FURTHER PARTICULARS
| WILKEsBAREE, August 11th.-The boss
says that he notified the men before thew
entered the mine that the fan had stopped,
and that it was not safe for them to enter,
as The mine was filling with gas. This is
denied by the miners and la5orers, who,
| on the contrary. say that he told them to
90 to work; that the fan was broken. but
| would ba IN, H.,
| order in an hour. When they entered the
mine everything appeared to be all right
until they began to smell the fatal
air and sulphur fumes. Before they could
| get out many were overcome and suffO-
Gated. The disaster is considered unprece-
dented in the history of mining, 1t could
easily have been foreseen and prevented.
but being one of those singular oversights,
the cause of the disaster escaped notice.
The death roll is twelve
Disease and Hunger.
| PTTsBURG, August 11th.-A special to
| the Commercial Gazette from Mount Pleas
| ant, Pa, says: Great fears are entertained
| that dysentery will become epidemic in
| Bridgeport, a mining village one mile south
| of this place. To-day over thirty cases
were reported, and five deaths so far DR..
Howell, the town physician, is down with
| the disease, and, like many others, slight
| hopes are entertained of his recovery. In
| pure water and filth generally are the prime
causes of the ravageS of the disease. In
many places the atmosphere is filled with
stencil which at times is nearly unbear-
able. Dysentery alone does not cause all
the suffering. Owing to the slackness of
work at the surrounding coke works, and
| the large number who are altogether out of
employment, starvation stares many in the
&c al tF,h rl,il
| cry for bread. The head of one family
stated this afternoon that there has been
nothing in his house to eat for two weeks
| but bread and water.
The Chinese Young Kings Birthday.
New YORK, August 11th-The gloom
| that pervaded Chinatown Saturday disap-
| peared Sunday, changing into festivity
| Thursday the Emperor Gong attained his
majority, and this week is observed by the
| CeleStials the world over to celebrate the
event. To a reporter the Secretary of Con-
sui Yung Min said THE birthday of
| our monarch is always commemorate, but
this year it has a peculiar significance.
| Gong has been nominally ruler since he
was four years old. He is now twelve years
of age, but the Government has been man
aged by a regency. Itnow passes into his
| hands. Tomorrow night state dinners
will be given in San Francisco, Sacramento
and Denver, and our people, | understand,
are making the week half a holiday. What
| changes in our policy may occur l cannot
| say. | may have my ideas, but it would be
manifestiy improper in an imperial official
10 give utterance to his personal views"
In the early evening Mott, Park and Pells
| streets were thronged with groups of we'll
dressed Mongolians, congratulating one
another upon the beginning Of the new
| reign.
Transporting Gold Through the Mails.
WASHINGTON. August 11th.-An appro-
priation of 100000 was made at the last
session of Congress for the transportation
of about S40,000,0 900 in gold coin from the
Sub-Treasury at San Francisco to the Sub
| Treasury in New York, but owing to the
high rates asked by the express companies
the Secretary of the Treasury decided to
transfer the coin by registered mail so
| about s10,000,000 have been transported in
| this way. The money was mailed in $780,
900 packages. In view, however, of the
publicity which has been given to the
method of transportation, it has been
deemed best to suspend further shipments
of the precious metal for the present.
Steamship Mail Routes.
New YORK, August l1th.-The Times
WASHINGTON SDecial has the f1lIowiocr do