Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-04-09

Senate are still in state of siege in room
in the Maxwell House, the doors of which
are guarded by officers of the Senate, wait
ing to arrest any of the party who venture
out, and prevent others from commune
eating with them. This morning, in the
Circuit Court, Judge Reed imposed nom
inal fine upon Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms
Kline who disobeyed the writ of habeas
corpus to produce the body of Senator
Ramsey, on the ground that his disobedience
of the writ upon the authority of less than
quorum of the Senate furnished no
shield to the Sergeant This
morning Stanley H. Bell, prominent To-
cal Republican, was arrested, by order of
the Senate, for attempting to communicate
the decision of Judge Reed to the absentees
from the Senate.
Capital Notes.
WASHINGTON, April 6th.-A committee
representing the Grand Army of the Re
public called on the President to-day and
presented an appeal for the retention in the
Government service of old soldiers. Pres
ident Cleveland expressed himself very
strongly in favor OF the object OF their
visit
The acting Secretary of the Treasury has
requested all persons having preferred
PAYABLE from the appropriation made by
the sundry civil service Act of March ),
1885, to transmit the same to the Secretary
of the Treasury at the earliest practicable
date The Director General of the EXPOSE
ton has also been requested to furnish a
detailed statement of the Indebtedness OF
the Exposition outstanding at the date OF
the passage of the Act.
The New Minister to Portugal.
NEW MARTINsvILLE (Va.), April Sth.-
During the rebellion, Captain Bowers, of
this place captured Edwin Lewis, now the
new United States Minister to Portugal
| but then a conscript officer in the Conied-
crate army Captain Bowers took him
about one mile from his home and pa
rolled his prisoner Since then the two
have been good friends, and have
kept up a correspondence. Some time
after being paroled, Lewis went to
Winchester, took the oath OF
allegiance 10 the United States, and saw no
more of the COnfederacy. His wife, the
daughter Of Colonel Ware, of Clark county,
Virginia, died after The close of the war.
Lewis then went North. where he married
wealthy lady.
Two Days in Killing Himself.
NEW YORK, April SHIT has been dis
covered that Nelson Edwards, an East
street dentist, suicided by cutting his throat
and body with a razor, The physicians
opinion is that the man was two days in
killing himself.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
New YORK. April Sth-Following is one
of the notes left by Edwards, the suicide,
for Heber Newton May |, through you,
as standing for the race, say good-by to
md I
not return For many years, with light
and knowledge, sacrificed to my immOr-
tai part all things, that it might become
so natural and perfected as to main
tain itself in spirit state, and not
be attracted back to endure again
existence in the feshy form. | have
overcome the world, broken all its bonds
and am free to 90. | am exempt, and will
return no more. Let my poor, patient
| body. that has served me so well and suf-
! fered so much for my dcliverance, be laid
at rest in the potter'S field, that it may not
| be parted from the friendleSs poor, and the
church, thou lily of the valley, lOvelieSt of
! flowers. will bear thee TO the branch, far
in the spirits home, purity and strength
are one The others We're unintelligible.
Fifty Years in Active Business.
New York, April Sth.-Cyrus W. Field
| has resigned as one OF tne Executive COln-
mittee of the Manhattan Railroad Com
pany. and of the EXecu i've Committee of
| The Western Union Telegraph Company.
| This he does to carry out purpose long
since known to his friends-of retiring
when he had completed fifty years of active
| business in New York. He came to this
| city April, 1850, a boy of fifteen. After
| half century he can claim release, and
| though lie retains his interest and remains
| Director in both companies, he wishes to
| throw the active management on younger
men. His Oldest son takes his place as
member of the Executive Committee OF the
Manhattan Company Mr. Field sails next
month 10 spend the summer abroad,
| Glove Contest Arranged Between sulli-
van and Ryan.
New YORK, April Sth.-John /. Sullivan
and Paddy Ryan to-day arranged for q
contest with small gloves at Butte City,
Montana, June 10th, for the champion belt,
s., 500 and two-thirds of the excursion
moneys.
The Administration Indorsed
| New YORK, April Sth.-The Tammany
adopted a resolution indorsing the prompt
| tect the interests and rights Of American
| citizens on the Isthmus OF Panama.
Two Men Killed by an Infuriaied Lu-
matte.
NASHVILLE (Tenn.( April 8th.-This
morning l.. X. EIdridge, 4 patient in the
insane asylum. suddenly seized a floor
mop and struck Everett g. Buchanan, an
attendant, crushing in his skull and fatally