Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-21
HOME AND ABROAD.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE EEooRD-uNros.l
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Mrs. stanford's Noble Work.

DOMESTIC NEWS.
Mrs. stanford's Noble Work.
| WASHINGTON, May 20th.-Mrs. Stanford |
wife OF Senator Stanford. has purchased in |
Albany, N. Y, the old house which her |
family occupied priO. to her marriage and |
also large piece OF property, adjoining it,
On this ground it is her intention TO bnild !
a comfortable treproof building which /
viii afford home during the working !
! hours tf tie day to the children of widows !
and dependent females, who are compelled |
| TO LABOR Tor living. 1t may be that enough |
homeless women will be cared for in the {
institution to attend to the wants of the |
children. On visit to New York, not !
long ago, Mrs. Stanford was surprised with |
| the good results accomplished by an insti- |
tuition OF this kind, and being anxious to |
do some act of charity for the poor people |
| OF her early home, she determined 10 carry |
out this project in Albany The building |
and grounds will cost about $3.50, 600. and |
the charity will be maintained solely at |
Mrs. Stanford's expense.
Captain Mullan's Twenty Per Cent job.
| WASHINGTON, May 2Oth.-A meeting of |
| the California delegation was held to day |
| in the room of the Senate Committee on |
Public Buildings and Grounds to consider |
the bill providing for the payment to the |
State OF nve per cent of the sales of public /
| lands for educational purposes. CAPTAIN |
| Mullan, the State agent, who has a contract |
with the State for the payment of twenty |
per cent. to him of the amount of money |
| involved in the bill, which is estimated to |
| be SS00,000, was present. Senator Stanford |
stated that he had introduced the bill at |
| Mullans request and was anxious that il |
should pass for the benefit of the State |
When he introduced the bill, he was ignor-
| ant of the personal interest Mulan had in |
it, and he wantedit passed if the State could !
be guaranteed the benefits of the appropria- |
tions for educational purposes Mullan |
| explained the circumstances under |
! which he had made the contract |
with the State. He said he was willing, in |
the event of the passage of the bill, to |
leave his claim for compensation to the |
| iberality of the California LEGISLATURE |
Stanford agreed to call up the bill and ask
its passage, with an amendment providing
that no part of the money appropriated
should be diverted from the purpose for
which 1t was intended. Mullan said the
passage of the bill as amended would be
entirely satisfactory to him. The dele
CATION agreed upon this method of pro-
cedure, and as soon as the bill can be
reached in the Senate it will be passed aC-
cording to the amendment agreed upon.
Step in the Right Direction.
WAsHINGToN, May h.-Representative
| Payson, of Illinois, has prepared a report
on the bill TO prevent aliens from acuuir-
ing real estate in the Territories of the
United States. The report says the bill
has Tor Its basis proposition that Ameri-
can soil shall be owned by Americans. so
far as Congress can control it, The Com
mittee on Public lands in this Congress,
as in the last, is thoroughly committed to
the policy of so administering our public
land system, that the agricultural lands of
the nation shall be held in small tracts by
actual settlers only, for purposes of cult
vatlon by the owner, securing thereby the
thrift of the citizen and economy in his
management, which ownership always
stimulates. This policy, the report sub
mits should become national one. The
bill, which the report accompanies, pro-
poses that no alien or foreigner, who has
not declared his intention to become cit-
zen of the United States nor any corpora
ton, one-tenth of whose stock is owned or
controlled by aliens or foreigners, shall
have the right to acquire real estate in any
of the Territories of the United States
The bill has been agreed upon by the COM
mittee, and will probably be reported one
day this week.
The Interstate Commerce Bill.
WASHINGTON, ,May20th.- House Com
mittee on Commerce to-day instructed the
Chairman to report the enacting clause of
the Cullom interstate commerce bill with
the provisions of the Reagan bill, as an
amendment, in the place of the provisions
of the CullOm bill. This was done for the
purpose of bringing both bills fully before
the House.
| This measure provides that there shall be no
discrimination in rates by railroads no rebates
or drawbacks, no greater charge for short than
for .ong haul, gives jurisdiction to both Federal
AMI State Courts. and makes every agent OF the
offending corporation guilty of violating its pro-
visions responsiblc.I
California Patents.
WASHINGTON, May 2o;h.-The following
patents Laws been issued to California in
ventors: Lee W. Andrews San Francisco,
grinding machine Adolph Buchton San
Francisco, composition for removing ink
Antonio Cerruti, San Francisco, can-tilling
machine; Frank A. Hill, San Francisco,
quartz mill Daniel B. Kimball, San Fran
cisco fire escape; Justine f. Packard, Men
docino, vehicle brake Samuel d. Paxton
and A. Mahurin, Ukiah, animal shears :
George Spiigeon. San Diego, pile for
wharves Vim. W. Sherman, San Fran
cisco, self closing gas burner; Alphonso B.
Smith, San Francisco, reciprocating pro-
peller; Charles Watson, San Francisco,
piston-ro1 and valve for steam packing
James T. White, San Francisco, anatomical
chart Constant Wolf San Francisco, iron
ing machine.
United States Senate.
WASHINGTON, May 20th.-Manderson re-
ported favOrablv, from the Committee on
Military Affairs, a bin 10 authorize the
Cheyenne and Northern Railway Company
to build its road across Fort Russell and |
Fort Laramie Military Reservations.
On motion of Manderson the bill was !
taken up, and, on motion of Edmunds, it |
was so amended as to provide that if the |
| rights conferred upon the company were |
not exercised and the road not built within |
three years, the privilege of the grant by |
the bill shall cease and terminate.
The bill was then passed.
The Staten Island bridge bill was then |
laid before the Senate, ana Mcpherson re- |
sumed his speech against the bill as re- |
ported, and in support of his amendment |
providing for tunnel instead of bridge.
| McPherson's amendment was rejected |
After further debate, and the voting !
down of some amendments, the bill was |
passed by viva yoce vote as reported from |
the committee, with the sole addition of |
| Vests amendment.
The bankruptcy bill was then laid be-
fore the Senate, and the Senate adjourned. |
House of Representatives.
WAsHrSGToN, May 20th-The House |
went into Committee of the Whole on the |
Senate amendments to the Postoffice ap- |
preparation bill.
After a long and spicy debate the Senate |
subsidy amendments were rejected by ayes
17S, noes so.
The announcement of the vote was re-
| ceived with applause from the Democratic |
side.
The bill and amendments will now be |
sent to the Senate and then go to the con-
| ference committee.
The House then adjourned
| Ex-Presidept Artbur,s Cou.y;t;,,
| New YORK, May GOTH Ex-President |
Arthur did not go out driving again yester- !
day. The experience of the two hours |
ride of the day before was enough for him |
for time. He enjoyed the ride, but there |
came reaction from the excitement that |
was depressing, and it was feared that in |
his weak condition things had been over |
done.
Chance for Duel.
AUGUSTA (Ga.) Nav 20th-General Cor