Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-02-27
United States Senate.

W ASHINGToN, February 26th.-Ine Chalr
laid before the Senate the credentials of the
reelection of Senator Jones, of Nevada.
Hale, from the Committee on Appropria-
tons, reported, with amendments, the
regular annual naval appropriation bill.
Placed on the calendar and ordered printed.
The bill was accompanied by a report,
which also was ordered to be printed. Hale
said he would endeayor TO call up the bill
tomorrow.
Sewell, from the Committee on Railroads,
reported faverably the bill, already passed
in the House, extending the provisions OF
the Pacific Railroad Construction Act to
such roads as may be constructed through
the Niobrara Valley. Calendar
Ingalls, said short executive session was
desirable, and moved the Senate proceed to
the consideration of executive business.
The Democrats opposed the motion, and
called for the ayes and noes. The call re-
sulted-ayes 81, noes % and the Senate
went into executive session.
When the doors were reopened, the Sen
ate resumed the consideration of the legis-
lative bill
All the amendments yesterday proposed
by Senators to increase the number of an
nual clerks to the Senate committees were
voted down by vote of 30 ayes to 10 noes.
The Senate agreed to the committee
amendment striking cut the House section
providing for new apportionment and
election in the Territory of Wyoming.
The bill was then read a third time and
passed, substantially as reported from the
Senate Committee on Appropriations.
The silver bill was then taken up, and a
long debate ensued.
At the conclusion of the debate for the
day, without action, the matter went over.
Considerable confusion then occurred,
and several Senators sought recognition.
Aldrich, however succeeded. and called
up the bill relating to titles to real estate in
the District of Columbia
1t had hardly been placed before the Sem
ate when motions TO adjourn, to go into
executive session and TO call up other bills
were made in confusing rapidity.
The Senate finally went into executive
session, and soon after adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON, February 26th - Cobb
moved to suspend the rules and take from
the Speakers table for reference the bill of
the Committee on Public Lands of the
House, repeating the presumption, timber
culture and desert land laws, with Senate
amendments thereto Lost.
\ motion to suspend the rules and take
up the pre-emption land bill was lost by
yeas 1876. nays 93-not the necessary two
thirds in the affirmative.
The Postoffice appropriation bill, with
the Senate amendments, was taken from
the Speakers table, and referred to the
Committee on Appropriations.
Randall moved TO suspend the rules, so
that the sundry civil appropriation bill may
be considered for four hours, which time
shall be occupied in debate on the clauses
relating to the suspension of silver coinage
and the Worlds Industrial and Cotton
Exposition, three hours to be devoted to a
debate on the tirst-named item and one
hour on the latter.
The motion was lost by yeas us, noes
l49. and the result was received with APP
plause.
Randall then modified his motion so as
to move to suspend the rules and pass the
sundry civil bill with the silver clause
stricken out
A discussion took place, at the close of
which the bill went over until tomorrow
and the House adjourned.
The Latest Cabinet Slate.
NEW YORK, February 26th-A Wash
ington double-leaded special to the Post
says a careful collation. of all reports re-
ceived from Albany leads to the belief that
the following selection Of Cabinet officers
have been made: Secretary Of State Bay
ard; Treasury, Manning; Navy. William
=. Endicott Interior, Lamar Postmaster
General, Villas AttOrney-General,G Garland.
The Secretary of War has not been chosen.
but it is certain that he will be a civilian
Sailor Murdered by Ships Officers.
New YORK, February 2Gth-The seamen
suited in the death of sailor Jansen on
board the ship J. L. Chapman. from San
Francisco to Liverpool, told their stories to
United States Commissioner Shields yes
terday The accused men-second mate
Rauscher and boatswain Ferdinand Koel-
pin-wcre present and listened with unre-
Taxed countenances TO the tales of cruelty.
The evidence given tended to eliminate
Rauscher, but was not strong against Koel-
pin, who seemed to have acted under direct
orders of the second mate. Peter Ncvins,
the Russian boatswain, told how Jansen
was hung up in the topsail sheets, showing
the exact place and how it was done, by
means of model of the ship which the
District Attorney had brought in. On one
occasion, short time after leaving San
Francisco. Jansen was dragged out from
his quarters and showed along the deck
The mate knocked him down and kicked
him, and second mate Rauscher came run
ming up, knocked him down again and
kicked him several times. Jansen tried 10
get UP again, when Rauscher struck him
in the mouth. Another time Rauscher
called Jansen down from alofJ for some
reason, and grabbed him by the shoulders,
butted him in the face with his head. then
kicked him, drawing blood, which ran
tLa Iorl- Tho sanpn1
orders to have it cleaned up before the
Captain came that way. At other times,
after beating Jansen, Pauscher had ordered
him to clean up his own blood.
A Supposed Case of Murder.
New YORK. February 26th.-A special
from Leavenworth. Kansas, says Six years
ago some fishermen opposite Leavenworth
drew out of the river the body of u man,
with knife wound in the breast. For
years prior to that time and up to four
wears ago, a small house i'll the vicinity was
occupied by middle-aged man who lived
alone, farmed little and cobbled for the
neighhorS. He left some time ago for Cali
fornia. Yesterday, Workmen began tearing
down his cabin, when they discovered in
the walls large bundle Of letters. Several
of the letters were from 4 man in New
York, and some were from the shoemaker,
i'll which he urged the New Yorker to sell
out and join him and go to California. 1t
is the opinion that the New Yorker came
here, was murdered and the body thrown
into the river. Detectives are at work.
4 Missing Claimant to a Large sum of
Money.
NEW YORK, February 26th.-S. NJ. Smith
q lawyer, was recently called upon by Geo.
w. sullivan, who wished to retain his ser
vices. Sullivan showed a letter, dated
Manchester, England, February, 1885, from
his mother, announcing that by the death
of an uncle, John Sullivan, he George w }
had become heir to ESQ 900, made by his
uncle John in California. sullivan, who, it is
said, was a deSerter from the british army
has disappeared. Neither Smith nor any
body else knows his whereabouts
Schwab, the Socialist.
New York, February 26th.-Judge Wilde
to-day gave his decision IN the case OF
Juslus Schwab, the notorious Socialist
There were two charges against the pris-
oner, the first for incitinga riot at Socialist
meeting about month ago, the other for
resisting the police, who tried to arrest him.
Schwab was held for trial on both charges