Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-07
NEWS By TELEGRAPH.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To THE REcoRD-uMos.l
DOMESTIC.
CAPITAL Notes.

| WASHINGTON, May 6th.-The President
| has appointed S. Corning Judd Postmaster
at Chicago, Illinois, vice Frank w Palmer.
suspended.
The President has appointed the follow
ing POstmasters Chas. \. Foster, at Belle
vue, Idaho, vice Z. W johnson, resigned ;
| Chas. ]. KreSs, at Lewiston, Idaho, vice
Isaac II. Hibbs, resigned.
| Secretary Whitney and John Roach have
agreed that the Dolphin shall have another
| trial trip before her final acceptance by the
| Government. The trial will take place in
the sound, and will be six-hour run
The Presidents Postoffice appointments
are now said to have been all made in strict
accordance with party usage, the Democrat
ic Representatives having been allowed to
name the Postmasters for the Offices in their
districts wherever there are Democratic
Congressmen.
| The Brooklyn Catastrophe.
Brooklyn, May 6th.-The work of dig
ging out the bodies of the victims of yes
! terday's fire commenced this morning
The extreme heat yesterday prevented any
| systematic search. The ruins are sur
rounded by thousands of people. some
merely curious, while others had a sad
| interest in watching the work in the ruins
| Alter wv EOuiS NOIh lIlp remains OF
another body were found, and have been
identified as that of Edward Butler. Tn
| to II O'Clock to-day nine of the bodies re-
covered have been fully identified. One of
| three bodies found is believed to be that OF
| Daniel Lowry, engineer of the burned
| building. The other two bodies will prob
ably never be identihed. Up to noon to-
day nine persons have been reported as
| missing.
A Belief That the President Was Shot At.
| New YORK, May 6th.-The H'0rld's Wash
ington special publishes statements from
persons going to show that there was real
,, attempt TO asSaSSinate the President yester-
; day near Gettysburg. According 10 the
| narrative the culprit is a negro. and it is
| thought he can be identified There was
| an effort to suppress all the facts for fear
| the fact OF one attempt at assassination
might prompt some other crazy person to
another effort. But So general is the dis
| cussion here tonight and so uneasy the
public feeling, that the more judicious be-
lieve it will be best to tell the exact truth
The Pheian-Short Case.
New YORK. May 6th.-The trial of Rich
ard Short for the attempted assassination
of Captain Phelan III O'Donovan Rossa's
office, is continued to-day Phelan was
recalled and asked some unimportant queS-
tons, and the prosecution rested. The de-
Tense then opened with an address by their
counsel. The latter declared that Phelan
came to the city 10 wreak vengeance on
Rosa, because Rosa had published some
thing in the United hishmen concerning
Phelan.
Counsel for Short declared that Phelan
went to Rossa's office to attack him, and
while there acted boisterously and threat
ened Rosa. Short spoke to Phelan but the
latter attacked him. and Short stabbed him
with dagger in protecting himself The
dagger. counsel mentioned, was one of the
ornaments in Rosa office.
Walker j. Elliott testified TO hearing
Phelan threaten TO lay out both Rosa and
Professor Mezzerof, dynamiters
John +. Halney, liquor-store keeper, de-
MED that he had written to Phelan to come
to this city.
Grants Condition.
new YORK, May 6th.-When Dr.. Barker
left General Grants house this afternoon.
where he had been on visit. he said the
cancer lump on the tongue was not pro-
crossing SO fast, because the Generals svs-
tenn had become stronger. He thought
that the cancer might run along for several
moths, but there could be but one con-
clusion
The Denver and Rio Grande Strike.
DENNER. May Gth.-Nothing of impor-
lance has developed in the strike of the
Denver and Rio Grande shop employees to-
day, except that new men are being hired
as rapidly as possible to take the place of
the strikers, and that freight trains are be-
ginning to move. Passenger trains have
not been interfered with Other than this
the situation is unchanged.