Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-02

DOMESTIC.
The " Resignation" of Assistant Secretary
of the Treasury Coon
WASHINGTON, November 1st-Charles Z.
| Coon, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
| III his letter of resignation while thanking
Secretary Manning for his assurance Of
| satisfaction with his official conduct, says,
| with reference to Manning's statement that
| the reasons are not necessary to explain
which required Coon's resignation:
l can only infer from this that those reasons
are political In other words, that am TO retire
from an Office to which | was appointed some
eighteen months ago. because am not in poiti-
cal accord with my superior. l beg to remind
| you that early in March last on the suppostion
that there might be feeling of this kind |
! frankly Informed the President and yourself
that while had been promoted to the Office of
Assistant Secretary, after a service of nearly
| twenty years in the Treasury, without the inter
| Yentlon or solicitation of a single politician, /
| mad always been, and still was, Republican;
| that while did not deem it consistent with
| either the circumstances of my appointment or
the spirit of the reform in the civil service to
| when the Administration was pledged, to
abandon my Office because OF political prefer
ences, yet was ready to do so at any moment
| II desired by you. To this you replied that
| you desired me to remain and assist
| you, for the present at least But while solely
| intent upon giving you Il loyal support in all
matters appertaining to the public business
have not failed to observe that my continuance
| IN Office has not been acceptable to a considera-
| Die portion OF the party press and very many
| politicians. The frequent criticisms showered
| upon you i'll this connection have made il plain
| to me that public sentiment, as concerns one
| party at least is not yet sufficiently advanced
to encourage or approve of the retention of sub
ordinate officers for reasons other than political
| infer that this is also the conclusion reached
| by you.
Following is Secretary Mannings letter
| communicating the Presidents acceptance
of Coon's resignation:
WASHINGTON. d. C., October S1st
| Hon. CbrS. T. Coon, assistant Sccrefa,y-SIR ::
| By direction of the President | have the honor
to inform you that your resignation of the Office
of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury is accept
| ed. to take effect upon the qualification of YOUR
successor. Very respectfully, yours,
DANIEL MANNING.
Salaries of United States Court Officers.
WASHINGTON, November 1st-There has
| been good deal of talk about the Officers
| of United States Courts in California, and
it has been generally supposed that in con-
! nection with the habeas corpus cases and
| the large number of Chinese arrivals they
have enjoyed large increase of revenue
| Inquiry at the Department of Justice, how
ever, shows that is not the fact. The fees
from these habeas corpus cases are not paid
| to the clerks and District Attorney direct
but are paid into the Court, and are de-
| posted by the Judge in some regularly
designated United States depository. The
Court officers are paid by draft from the
United States Treasury Depart
m In here every quarter, upon
and the maximum of salary they shall re-
cciye is fixed by law If their services ex-
coed that limit, they are obliged to give the
excess of labor in without remuneration
| The schedule of compensation is as follows:
! Each clerk of a United States Court IS not
| allowed to exceed $1,000 per annum; Dis
trict Attorneys, $4,000; and the United
States Marshals, $4,000. Even with these
| allowances, they have a very soft thing"
said prominent official of the Department
of Justice, " for the clerks salary is lust
twice rs much as is allowed to clerks of
| United States Courts in any other State or
Territory in the country; but they cannot,
without fraud, receive any more than the
maximum fixed by law"
Charges Against United States Consul
| WASHINGTON, November 1st.-A private
letter, received to-day from Minister
Lothrop at st. Petersburg, contains charges
affecting the integrity of e. G. Van Ripper,
United States Consul at Moscow, which
| will result in the suspension of that official
by telegraph to- morrow. Lothrop says the
expose came about through a suit recently
| brought in the Russian Courts by one c. G.
| Holman, resident of the United States
to recover his share of the profits which. he
alleges, had resulted from their Joint deal
lngs in medals obtained at the New Or
| leans Exposition. 1t seems that an agree
ment was made TO this effect Hoffman was
to go to New Orleans and obtain, by hook
, or by crook" medals in favor of Moscow
merchants, who had, through Van Ripper
| sent goods to New Orleans. These medals
were to be sent to Van Ripper, who was to
levy large sums for them on the merchants
and the proceeds were to be equally divided
between the two. 1.-The rogues," to quote
! Lothrop fell out, and hence the suit"
Van Ripper has been in the consular service
about three years. Hewas appointed from
| New York.
Capital Notes.
| WASHINGTON, November 1st-The Post
office Department has been informed that
the interchange Of money orders between
the United States and Japan began October
LIST and nine orders were drawn on Japan
on the first two days of the month
In view of the fact that artificial mineral
waters are bottled under the names of well
| known mineral springs abroad, and I'M
ported into this country, the Secretary of
the Treasury has ordered the customs
officers to refuse free entry to mineral waters
which do not bear certificate from the
owner of the spring from which they come.
showing them to be genuine natural min
eral water.
Senator Sherman returned from Rich
mond, Va, this morning, and left for Ohio
tonight.
Terrific Boiler Explosion.
DETROIT, November 1st.-The tug Frank
| Mntiot rnnnHar III aarl,r /
cause of thick weather at the wharf in
Sombra opposite Marine City. A line was
| taken ashore and was being made fast,
when the boiler OF the tug exploded without
q sign of warning, and with q terrific
report. The cause is unknown, but is
| supposed TO be a lack of water. The
explosion carried away the upper works
and large portion of the deck planking,
besides SCATTERING the hull from stem to
stern. At the time John Ward the first
engineer, William Miller, second engineer.
James Wylie and Walter Fisher, firemen
were at their posts, and all were killed.
Captain Thomas Currey lad leg broken,
andwas otherwise bruised Frank Furtab.
wheelman, and Andrew Reid, deck hand,
were badly scalded. Maud Bennett the
cook, who was in the after cabin at the
time of the explosion. was blown into the
river but was rescued uniniured. Robert
GOOuWln, the mate, Who was ashore hand
ling the line, was blown over wood-pile
and had his side injured The bodies of
the dead sank in the river, and have not
been recovered. The scalded men are at
Sombra, under the care of physicians
The Dead Soldier.
New YORK, November 1st.-Accompa-
MED by his family, General NJ T. McMa-
hon and William c. Prime, the body of the
late General George B. Mcclellan arrived
this evening at the Barclay-street depot in
this city. A hearse was in waiting, and the
party as named, entered carriage behind
it after the body had been removed. And
so, with no display, the remains were
driven to the house of Mr.. Prime. There
all callers are this evening denied, only the
nearest friends being with the remains,
which will be inferred tomorrow.
Clearing House Exchange.
BosToN, November LIST. The leading
clear ing houses of the United States report
that the gross bank exchanges of the week
ending October 31st were S26S, 979, 104-an
increase of 125per cent, compared with
! the corresponding week year ago.
| Fortune in Silver Coin.
ATHENS (Ga.), November 1st.-Wilkes
county is greatly excited over the discovery