Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-01-14

holder; Charles F. Nichols, guide for bor-
ing door for locks. Chico-Appious G.
Sweetland, gas retort. Los Angeles-Chas.
Halstrom, device for securing molding.
for thrashers. Quincy-Andrew J. Gould,
mail bag. Los Angeles-Charles NJ. Earl
and H. 7. Heyard, pipes and drain tile
mold.
The st. John Controversy.
LEAvENwoRrH (Ks.), January 1Sth.--
Fred. w Willard of the Times of this city,
and nephew of James F. Legate, pub
fishes a card this morning in which he says
that at Mr.. Legate's request, he wrote and
mailed a letter TO Chairman Elkins, of the
Republican National Committee before
election, saying in substance that ST. John
would leave the field if it were made an
object for him to do so, and that Mr.. Legate
was the only one who could manage him.
Legate received a reply, but Willard did
not know its contents. Soon after Willard,
at Legate's instance, sent a telegram 10 St.
John III New York State, the wording of
which he did not fully comprehend but it
was sufficient To convince him that Legate
had telegraphed 10 st. John for instruc-
tons. Afterwards, when he asked Legate
if he had heard from the dispatch, the
latter replied that everything was lovely.
LEGATE INTERVIEWED.
TOPEKA (Ks.), January 13th.-A reporter
of the Associated Press called on James f.
Legate at his hotel this afternoon to ask
what he had to say concerning the letter TO
J. S. GARRISON, published from st. Louis
this morning, purporting to have been
written by him to Clarkson during the
Presidential campaign. Mr.. Legate re-
piled, after several minutes cogitation, as
! follows: THE GARRISON letter l ne, er
| wrote-that is, l never wrote letter to
Clarkson of that date. l wrote Clarkson
| letter, part of which is in the letter pub
| lished this morning but he omits to state
what | said, and makes me say what /
never stated" Mr.. Legate here grew ex-
cited, and declared that Clarkson had sup
pressed the names of every other man TO
\ that transaction but his. He makes
talk" continued Legate, " of pledges made
St. John, when they were pledges
made to other parties. Every
| page of that letter to Clarkson
was marked confidential, and he has
| violated every principle of honor in pub
| fishing anything, and every principle of
honesty in distorting the letter | did send
him. | was acting rs the agent, and doing
| the wish of Mr.. Clarkson as a member of
the National Committee, and those with
whom he was associated in Ohio, in all
| that was done. With reference to kerers
note. it is so completely changed from what
| did say that it amounts to an open
| forgery. Within q short time | intend to
make full statement of the whole matter
as far as | know it. Then let those kick
who are huff most; but say now that so
| far as ST. John is concerned in all those
transactions the Virgin Mary is not purer
than he" The reporter asked Mr.. Legate
| to make q statement relative to what the
| Clarkson letter was as written. but he de-
c!ned and would say nothing more.
CLARKsoN TO THE FRONT AGAIN.
| Dies MONIES January 13th.-In reply to
the Legate interview at Topeka Tonight,
| Clarkson saws: 1.-The letter from Legate
to me was dated October 18th, and was
given by me in the Globe Democrat inter
| view exactly as he wrote it, with not a
word or letter of it changed or left out. The
original | still have, andany of Mr.. Legate's
| friends may see it. Every word Oft is in his
own writing A map of it will be printed
| if Legate desires it. | gave no other name
than Legate as an agent of st. John, be-
cause the Saint had no other huckster of
|
was the agent of the Republican Ma
tional Committee is pure nonsense and
fiction. He was never else than
st. Johns agent. Neither that letter of
October 29th nor any other of Legate's
communications to me have the least trace
| of being marked confidential, and if they
did, when ST. John demanded all the facts
to be made public, that gave me authority
to print the letters of his agent. Legate's
| letter to kerenS was also printed just as Lc-
| gate wrote it. Legates refusal to give to
the Associated Press reporter his own YER
| sion of his 10Th of October letter was q
virtual confession that the printed letter
| was right ] have no argument to hold
| with Legate as to his comparison of st.
| John to the Virgin Mary"
| Death of the Governor of Wyoming
| Territory.
CHEYENNE, January 18th. - Governor
| William Hale, of Wyoming Territory. died
this evening after lingering illness, from
| a kidney complication. He was appointed
| Governor by President Arthur, August 3,
| 1882 His former residence was Glenwood,
| Iowa He was As years old The funeral
| will be held here Friday afternoon The
remains will be buried in Cheyenne.
The Colorado Senatorship-Ina
| DENNER JduudIN IOtH.-JH inc COURSE
of a conversation this evening upon the
Senatorial question. General Hammil said
to representative Of the Associated Press ::
| An agreement has been entered into by
| Ex-Governor Routt, ex-senator Chatfce and
myself, by which our combined strength
will be given to Secretary Teller, thereby
| insuring his election. The Secretary now
| has twenty-eight votes absolutely pledged
one more than is necessary to elect
Governor elect Eaton was inaugurated to-
| day with appropriate ceremonies.
Tragedy at Wedding Party.
PHILADELPHIA, January 13th.-During
| the celebration of George Zant's wedding
| last night, at No. North Twelfth street,
Camden, the merry-makers were startled
| by pistol shot coming from the refresh
| ment room. On the floor, his head lying
near q keg of beer, was the man who gave
| the party-George Zant-weltering in his
| own blood, which was streaming from a
small wound in his neck, The wound had
been inflicted by Georges brother John,
who had charge of the beer for the evening,
| and who, it is alleged, was partly intoxi-
Gated at the time. He and his brother fell
| TO quarreling over the distribution of the
| beer, and Georges father-in-law, Mr.. Nc
| Clintock, was drawn into the dispute. He
and John were about to come to blows,
when the other brother interfered. This
Unlicensed John, who whipped out a revolver
| and fired, the ball striking George in the
neck.
| Disastrous Explosion.
BUFFALO, January 13th.-At 4 o'clock
this morning the tank of the Salvay
Process Works at Geddes, near Syracuse,
exploded, carrying portion of the roof,
100 by IS feet. away. Eight men were in
| the wrecked portion of the building at the
| time of the accident, and seven of them
| were more or less hurt, one being badly
scalded in the boiler-room. The tank was
| used for extracting ammonia from the sed-
idment taken from other tanks. The high
pressure in the tank caused the accident.
The damage is estimated at 100000.
Ca.ver and His Task.
New HAVEN Conn., January 13th-Dr
Carver stopped firing at 1880 A, NJ, with
q ,339 hits and 2,7S6 misses, out of "A lbs
shots fired His eyes and wrists trouble
him greatly. He will begin again early
Wednesday morning.
The Montana Legislature.
HELENA, January 13th.-The first meet
ing of the fourteenth session of the Legis-