Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-29
Burchard,s Letter Declining to Re

Ginning to resign, when requested to do so
by Secretary Manning:
SIR: Respectfully acknowledging your request
for my resignation, communicated to me on the
10Th instant have the honor to state that after
careful consideration l am not satisfied that
duty or propriety require me at this time to re-
sign my office We're any malfeasance or
misconduct alleged, believed to exist,
/ am sure you would have done me
the justice to have had an impartial exam
| nation, and given me full opportunity OF de-
tense before demanding my resignation Nor
do understand from you that the request is
made for such reason but it is because you
deem the relations of my office to be so init
mately connected with your administration OF
| the Treasury Department that You should have
the privilege OF selecting the officer TO be in
charge of this bureau. Were this the case, and
the intention of the law, it might be proper and
becoming tor me to place the tenure of my
service at your immediate command, or perhaps
to have done so when you became the head
of the Department; but permit me TO
say that such has not been my under
standing of the purpose of the Coinage
Act, in providing that the Director of the Mint
shall hold his Office for term of five years, I'M
less sooner removed by the President upon rea-
sons to be communicated by him to the Senate"
The length of the term-five years-the condi-
tions upon which removal is authorized. and
| the discussions and explanations preceding the
passage of the Act indicate the intent that the
Office of Director of the MINIS should not be
changed on account of a change of administra-
ton, or in the head of the Department, or for
personal or political reasons. My predecessor,
appointed by President Grant, although of op-
posite politics, continued III Office under five
successive Secretaries of the Treasury until his
| death. As for myself, having served with &C
ceptance for full term and upon reappoint-
ment and confirmation part of another, am
| conscious OF no reason why an exception to the
| policy of the law should now be made, or why
ought not to continpe in the performance of my
| official duty until the expiration OF my commits
| sion. Very respectfully.
| HoRATIo C. BURCHARD.
| To Hon. Daniel Manning, Secretary of the
| Treasury.
The East as Market for California Fruit.
| CHICAGO. June 2Sth-" The wonderful in
crease in the quantity of California fruit
now being shipped to Chicago, and the
probable chances of the Golden State fur
nishing the country east of the Rocky
| Mountains with early fruits, etc, as we'll as
aiding in supplanting foreign oranges,
| lemons, pruneS, figs, raisinS, nuts, etc, is
attracting Il great deal of attention. re-
marked the senior member of one of the
oldest fruit houses on the Pacific coast
| Not many years ago he continued,
California and the Pacific States were
looked on a mining country only. A few
of those, however, who emigrated thither
and failed to discover the Ell Dorado they
were in search of, and were forced to re-
main, were prompted, mainly from the
nature of the climate, to plant some small
|
| that others were induced to embark
in similar enterprises, and the outcome
was that the supply of green fruits was
| soon too great for home consumption. To
absorb the surplus the canning business
was started, and is to-day one of the lead
ing industries Of the coast. The prices the
canneries were enabled TO pay yielded for
time such enormous profits Oh fruit ranches
that thousands of new orchards were
Lit t.1 IL y. ~. I
| increase of production soon overtaxed the
capacity of the canneries, and a market for
the excess became Il serious question.
/ Chicago was very naturally selected as the
most central point for distribution this side
of the Rocky mountains, and there is moth
| ing to prevent its being made the leading
fruit depot of the world. California can
certainly raise enough for all of US, and
when the Cncagoans can get peaches,
pears, plumS, apricOtS and cherries luscious
and ripe weeks before their own are fit to
gather, these early luXuries are sure TO
be appreciated. Besides, they are placed
on this market for sale at the same prices
as those grown at nearby points. Califor-
mia raisins have already established their
reputation By beating back the foreign pro-
duct as far as the Mississippi, and it will not
be long before the same thing is achieved
throughout the United States in regard to
oranges and lemons, by the joint efforts of
Florida and California"
Can these two fruits be shipped from
the latter State and sold as cheaply as
those from the South p
Certainly, and cheaper, for that mat
ter; and they do not conflict with each
| other. The Florida fruit begins to
| come to this market in November and
lasts until April, and the first shipments
from the Pacific coast reach here about the
end of March. and continue until June
The interim between June and November
is filled in with Mediterranean fruit. The
varieties Of California products now on sale
here are plums, apricots, peaches and pears
| Grapes will soon be coming in. All the
fruits are as cheap as like varieties from
any adjacent point, and so far as oranges
| and lemons are concerned, the California
| cultivators have for some time past been
propagating the best kinds known in coun-
tries adjacent to the Mediterranean sea,
and the homegrown fruit will equal, if it
| does not surpass the foreign"
Serious Riot in Polish Catholic Church.
TOLEDO (O.), June 2Sth.-For a long
time there has been serious trouble in the
Polish Catholic church here, between the
priest and his followers and the faction
who were opposed to him. Over year
ago, in a row growing out of this trouble,
man was killed. and the failure to convict
the parties guilty of the offense stimulated
the opposition, which has been increasing
in ferocity \ few days ago an attempt
was made to blow up the church with
| dynamite. This afternoon the trouble cul-
minated in a general riot in which fire
arms and all manner of weapons were
freely used Two men were killed and
several injured, while quite a number of
houses were partially or entirely destroyed,
| The police have made large number of
arrests, and an extra force is stationed on
the ground to prevent another outbreak.
More Bloodshed in kentucky.
| LOUISVILLE, June 28th.-A special to the
Comier-Journal from Morehead says: The
trouble in Rowan county is on again.
| Humphreys. the alleged Sheriff of the
county, to-day shot Craig Talliver, Marshal
of Morehead and the leader of the opposi-
ton faction who attempted to arrest him
on a charge of conspiring for his (Talliver's)
murder Talliver was shot with buckshot,
one shot penetrating his breast, his hand
| being shattered, and his chest grazed. He
returned the fire without effect. A posse is
forming for the arrest of Humphreys and
his confederates, who are barricaded in
! house. 1t is almost certainty that the
war will open in earnest again. Talliver is
not seriously hurt.
LATER-At o'clock this afternoon the
| Morchead posse attempted to arrest
Humphreys, when he and his confederate,
| Rayburn. rushed out of the house and ran,
firing. The posse returned the fire, killing
Rayburn and mortally wounding Hum
phreys.
Railroad Accident.
PARKDALE (Col.), June 2Sth-This after
noon, when the Denver and Rio Grande
| passenger train for Salt Lake reached
point midway between here and Carson
City, the middle coach left the track, derail-
ing another coach and sleeper. The sleeper
struck rock and is total wreck The
passengers We're all more or less bruised,
but none dangerously injured A German
tourist, named Schroeder, had his wrist
pierced by splinter Miss Daisy Wendell,
of Chicago, was cut in several places, but
not seriously. Senator John T. Elkins and
Judge William Harrison, of Leadville,
were among the passengers, and were con-
siderably bruised.
The Indian and Cowboy Outrages.
DURANGO Col, June 2Sth.-News is re-
ceiyej from Fort Lewis that Agent Stall
steiner has returned from Beaver creek
where he went to investigate the recent In
dian and cowboy outrages The result will
not be known until his report is made to
the Government.
From the Presidency of Bank to a Con-
victs Cell.
| AURURN June 2Sth-James ID Fish ex-