Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-26
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nrcoRD-uSlox.I
DOMESTIC.
The St. John-Clarkson Controversy.

llES MONIES, January 10Th j. ). Clark
son was asked last night if he had any
further answer to ST. Johns recent extended
statement, or any reply TO the fifty ques-
lions recently propounded by Chairman
Finch of the Prohibition National Commit
tee. Clarkson replied that the public must
be tired OF the controversy in newspaper
form In the course of a quite lengthy
interview that ensued, he said if the charges
against St. John are false there is not a
Court or jury i'll Christendom who will not
vindicate him and heavily and harshly pun
lsh those who brought the charges. Mr..
GARRISON also stated that st. John has pre-
sented no letter of vindication from Senator
Plumb and has failed to censure Legate
even in the mildest degree. " | have not
seen Mr.. Finch's questions, said Clarkson.
and have no controversy with Finch. "
subsequently GARRISON remarked that, in
the nature of things, Finch was the last
| man whom st. John would have told OF
| any attempt to sell to the Republicans add
ing: =" ST. John might as well have told
Barnum or GOrham of the Democratic Ma
uonal Committee and what is the use of
Mr.. Finch trying 10 be witness in a mat
| ter in which he could not and did not know
anything"
LEGATE MAKES ANOTHER STATEMENT.
TOPEKA ks, January 25th.-James T.
Legate publishes long letter in the CAPITOL
| this morning, in which he denies that he
was " huckster" Of st. John in the recent
political campaign, but admits that he and
ST. John had conferences about the matter
which Clarkson charges upon them
GARRISON AGAIN BoBs UP sERENELY."
DEs MONIES Iowa, January 25th.-
Legate's statement did not reach Des
Moines until an early hour after midnight.
but was shown Clarkson, who said This
is a contradiction of two statements that
Legate has made to the St Louis Repa,Jli-
can, and is nearer the truth. 1t denies his
| own and st. Johns statements that they
had had no conference on the matter. II
conteSses, virtually, a collision, and
amounts 10 the fact that st. John was will
ing to be hired to leave Ohio. and hired
not to go to New York Legates state
ments proves practically all that has been
charged In another week hope and be-
lieve that Mr.. Legatc will take another long
step forward and tell the rest of the facts.
and give to the public the letters of St.
John 10 confirm it all. He no longer con-
tends that his printed letters are forgeries,
but admits and tries to explain them"
A Clergyman Causes Indignation Among
the Woman Suffragists.
WASHINGTON, January 25th.-Rev. DR..
Patten, President ofthe Harvard University.
preached a sermon in the Congregational
Church in this city to-day on Woman
and Skepticism,' in the course of which
he spoke of the Woman Suffrage Conven-
ton held here recently, and expressed the
opinion that when women are given too
much liberty they branch OFF into skepti-
cism and immortality. He said. among
other things, that the lives of such women
as George Eliot, Madame Roland and Har-
| riet Martineau exemplified the truth of this
| assertion, and he referred to Victoria Wood
hull as representative of the woman
suffrage movement. Among his audi
enCe were Miss Susan &. Anthony
and Mrs. Elizabeth Cadv Stanton. and.
on the conclusion of the service, they
walked to the platform and upbraided DR..
Patten for his utterances. Miss Anthony
said to him that if his mother were living
she should take him across her knee and
spank him; but Mrs. Stanton interrupted
her and said: ON the contrary, let me
congratulate DR.. Patten. I've been irving
Tor years 10 make women understand that
the worst enemies they have are in the pull
| pit, and now he has illustrated it beyond
question" Without giving DR. Patten time
| TO reply, the women hastily left the church.
Tonight Rev. Olympia Brown replied to
DR.. Patten from the pulpit of the Uui-
versalist Church.
A Young Man Brave Enough to Confess
that He was Wrong.
WASHINGTON, January 25th-Two Young
| men of this city-Mr. Holman, son OF
the Representative from Indiana. and Mr..
De Castro who is attached to the VeneZue-
Ian Legation-had difficulty al a ball given
last week by Mrs Stewart, wife of the ex-
Senator from Nevada. Holman was drunk.
and slapped De Castro's face. a police
man hustled the offensive young man
from the room. The next day De Castro
sent couple of friends to Holman, and
the result appears in the following CORE
spondence:
WASHINGTON, January %, 1885.
M {. De Cdsfr0-DEAR SIR: We have the
honor of transmitting to you the accompanying
letter from Paul Holman, apologizing for his
conduct TO you. The letter was written under
our dictatiOn, ard we consider the apology n
sufficient one. Sincerely your friends,
J. b. MAROON,
4. j. J. GREGOR.
WASHINGTON. January "a. 1855.
-nr {. Dc Castro: Mr.. Holman regrets that
under the influence of liquor he should have
offered to Mr.. De Castro perfectly unwarranteti
insult, and hopes that considering the circum-
stances, Mr.. Castro will overlook Mr. Holman
ACTON PAUL HOLMAN.
The affair has created much amusement
here, and considerable sympathy is felt for
Mrs. Stewart by those who attended the
ball. The son of the Representative from
Indiana is very young man, who, it is
hoped, may improve with age.
Meeting of Socialists in Chicago The
London Explosion Discussed.
CHICAGO, January 25th. - The usual
weekly meeting of Socialists was held this
afternoon. The meeting was presided over
by a colored woman, the wife of A r.
Parsons. white man. Saturdays explo-
siOnS in London were the principal theme
of discussion and the speakers were unu-
sually fierce and blood-thirsty in their adj
yocacy of the use of dynamite. The Lon
don explosions We're characterized as
a great advertisement of the power
of the dynamiters. 1t was said
that it showed the ability of the
Socialists to go into large crowds in broad
daylight and explode their bombs with per-
feet safety One speaker, in reply to an
objection that the use of dynamite caused
the death of innocent persons, said the in
nocent must suffer for the good of the great
body. IN the case of the London explosion,
the machine was set off in the House of
Lords first in order that a large number of
persons in the House of Commons might
have time to escape. Another said that a
little hogs grease and little nitric acid
formed very powerful compound
Ten cents worth would blow
a building to atoms Another
remarked that the body of dead capitalist
would serve the purpose as well as that of
a hog. There We're 5000 men in Chicago
who knew how to manufacture dynamite
in their own kitchens for the price of good
dinner. 1t was well known that the whole
OF Chicago could be set abaze in moment
with electricity. 1t was suggested that the
Board OF Trade and newspaper offices be
attacked first. Still another speaker agreed
with General Sherman that an army of
10000 men stood no chance against few
men with dynamite.
Horrible Tragedy in Kentucky.
CINCINNATI, January 25th.-About noon
day terrible tragedy took place in
Newport KY. Mrs. Carrie L. Winslow
choked her son, years old, to death, beat
her 10-year-old daughter so badly with a
baseball club that it is believed her in
juries are fatal, and then cut her own
throat with razor, producing speedy
death. Mrs. WinSlow was 80 years old.
She was living with her brother and his
family at the corner of York and Taylor
streets, Newport. She and her husband,
George c. Wnslow, have been separated
fer several years, he living at present in
Lewiston, New York. 4 few months ago
Mrs. Winslow returned from soiourn in
q sanitarium for treatment for insanity