Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-25

th4s Guy, 10 a: Il. louZal, formerly Vice
President OF the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad.
The admission of Dakota as {. state.
WASHINGTON May 24th.-The House
Committee on Territories to-day voted as
foreshadowed by It's informal understand
ing reached st the last meeting. 10 ranort
adversely upon all bills relating to the adj,
mission of Dakota as a State except that
introduced by Springer, providing for an
Enabling Act Tor the admission of the whole
| Territory. The bill will be reported favor
ably.
AttoTney-General Garland's Consistency.
WASHINGTON, May 24th-Several weeks
ago Accomplishment Garland rendered AN
elaborate opinion, upon the request of the
| Postmaster-General,t that an Indian could
not be appointed aS a postmaster on the
| ground that person not a citizen of the
United States is ineligible to any Office of
honor. trust or emOlument under this Gov
ernfnent It may strike some persons as
queer that this same Attorney General has
appointed c. E. Boudinot, Cherokee In
dian, and who voted with the Cherokees at
their last election, as Assistant United
States District Attorney for the prosecution
of claims of the Government.
The Bogus Butter Hin.
WASHINGTON, May 24th.-There was a
! struggle in the House for precedence tc-dav
between Mr.. Cox, to get in his report on
| the land grant forfeiture bill and the oleo-
margarine bill of Mr.. Hatch. The last was
successful, the Republicans voting for it in
/ the interest of the farmers. The debate to-
| day was chiefly noticeable for the argl-
| ments of MessrS. Reagan and Hammond
| both of whom held that the bill was nm
constitutional, and the latter characterized
1t as protection run mad. 1t is quite prob
able that the House will conclude to Strike
| out that clause which imposes so heavy a
tax that it will practically force oleomar-
/ garlne and other limitations of genuine
| butter out of existence, but will leave in
| that section which provides that it should
/ be put into specific packages and properly
marked, so as to indicate its true character.
and imposes Il penalty for a violation of
| this provision. When the bill was taken
| up to-day it was with the understanding
/ that il should only occupy the attention of
! the House for two hours, but it lasted until
| the adjournment, and there are others yet
TO speak on it. A vote will probably be
! reached tomorrow.
miscellaneous Washington Notes.
| WASHINGTON, May 24th.-Rev. DR.. T. 3.
Anderson, Of Colusa county, California.
| called on the President to-day.
The President has vetoed four private
! pension bills, granting pensions to Dudley
Is. Branch, Louis Melcher, Edward Avres
and James C. Chandler The President
/ gives his reasons at length in respect to
each case.
The President to-day nominated Henry
Gilman, of Michigan, to be Consul of the
| United States at Jerusalem, vice n. J. Ar
! Decly, OF Tennessee, withdrawn
Representative Markham is confined to
| his room by indispostion, which prevented
him from appearing before the Senate Com
/ mlttee on Commerce to-day in behalf of
| the California river and harbor appropria-
| tons.
The Maxwell Murder Case-Damagfng
Evidence.
ST LOUIS, May 24th.-Nothing new or
| sensational has developed in the trial of
Maxwell, for the murder of Preller, during
! the forenoon session. The sensational
testimony of the afternoon was that given
/ by j. +. Mccullough, detective, who, un-
der the direction of detective Furlong and
District Attorney Clover and his assistant.
Mcdonald, forged check on an Eastern
house and presented it at one of the city
| banks. He was arrested and placed in iail
and assigned to the cell adjoining that of
Maxwell. He testified that immediately
| alter his incarceration he introduced him
! self INTO his confidence, and about ten days
afterwards he became engaged in conversa-
| tlon with Maxwell about the latter's case
During this conversation the defendant told
witness that the only point in his case
about which he felt uncertain and uneasy
was concerning money. He said that if he
| could only prove that he had plenty of
money when Preller came to ST. Louis he
would have no anxiety about his speedy
acqultta!. The witness offered to fix this
all right, but told defendant that he must
know all about the case or he could do
nothing. Maxwell then made full con-
feSsion of all the particulars of the
case, beginning with his first acouaint-
ance with Preller; how on shipboard he
noticed that Preller had in his possession
a large amount of money; how they sepa-
rated IN Boston, Prcller going to Philadel-
phla, and Maxwell coming to ST. Louis.
Defendant, in his confession, said that Fri
day night, after Preller joined him in this
, city, he told him (Maxwell) that it would
be impossible for him to pay defendants
way to Auckland, whittier they had ar
ranged to go together. This, said defend
| ant to witness, angered him greatly, and he
determined then to fix" him for his
meanness. On the following night he and
Preller were sitting in the formers room.
when the latter complained of some severe
peillio III HIS SiUt. MdNWeiI sad. On, /
can tiX that all right; | have treated such
| cases before" He then injected hvpoder
mically into his friends arm a sufficient
amount of morphine TO render him uncon-
scious. After he had been in that condi-
ton Tor some time, he bound cloth COM
ple;ely saturated with chloroform about his
victims head, and thus, he confessed TO the
witness, ended the business" He then
secured ali Of Preller's money about $500,
besides most of his valuable personal ef-
fects, and planned his escape, the details of
which are well known.
THE sT0oL-PIGEoN DETECTIVE.
Sr. LOUIS, May 24th.-John F. McCul-
Tough, the witness who created a sensation
in the Maxwell trial to-day, was arrested
at the Mechanics Bank, on February 26th.
while trying to pass a check for 81, 100 u,
which was drawn in favor of John f. Nor
ris, and had the name of Dr. Smith Treas
urer of the Gould railway system signed to
it. While he was in the bank detective
Furlong came along with a check he de
sired to pass. His presence at the time was
supposed TO have been purely accidental.
The check presented by Mccullough was
for 81 ,130 y, and as the signature
was totally unlike Mr.. Smiths, Mr.
hutchinson, the cashier of the Bank,
Immediately detected the forgery. Shak-
ing with excitement ne tOlu furlOng OF his
discovery. The latter attempted to arrest
Mccullough when a scuffie ensued, but
Furlong bagged his man and brought him
to his office. He then sent w. +. Phillips
one of his operatives, to swear to an infor-
nation for warrant against him. This
he did, and returned with a Deputy Sheriff
who placed Mccullough under arrest and
lodged him in jail. He waived a prelimi-
nary examination. in the Court of Criminal
Correction, and remained locked up in iail
Al days, when he gave a bond in the sum
$1,000. with ex-Judge Laughlin as security.
Then he jumped his bond and went to New
York. An indictment was returned against
him by the Grand Jury, Cashier Hutchin-
son, of the Mechanics Bank and two clerks
in the employ of DR.. Smith, being wit
nesses against him. The State officers saw
that neither Phillips nor any of the other
witnesses who appeared before the Grand
Jury knew who Mccullough really was,
all supposing that he was forger. Even DR..
Smith himself was not let into the scheme,
and believed Mccullough, or Frank Ding
fielder, as he was known to them.
to have committed forgery. The case
against Dingfelder is still pending in the
Criminal Court. He says that from New
Nork he Urofe Navwali ,,nda. H. -.