Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-12
home AND ABROAD.
MATTERS AND THINGS AT THE
NATIONAL CAPITAL.
The Railroad Strike-Turf Notes
Actress Injured-The Tug Ex-
plosion-Foreign Items.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooHDUsro
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Congressional Proceedings.


silver question.
Hawley, from the Committee on Civil
Service. reported adversely Vance's bill for
the repeal of the civil service law. The
bill was placed on the calendar
Logan from the minority of the Com
mittee on Military Affairs, submitted its
views on the Fitz John Porter bill, which is
the same as presented by the minority in
the last Congress, with the addition of
Logan's letter in reply to Grants article in
the North american Recie,c, justifying the
conduct of Porter
&fWilson addressed the Senate on the reso-
lutions reported from the Judiciary Com
mittee as to the right of the Senate to
papers on file in the Departments and
when he had closed the Senate went into
executive session, and soon after adjourned
In the House, the Committee on Judi
clary reported back adversely the resolu-
| ton directing the committee to inquire
into the right of the United States to cancel
patents for inventions and discoveries
| Laid on the table. Parker of New York
obtained leave to file minority report
| On motion of Morrow of California,
resolution was adopted authorizing the APP
| pointment of committee of seven men,
bers, to join similar committee on the
part of the Senate, to accompany the re-
mains OF Senator Miller from Washington
to California
| The House then adjourned
{ Washington Notes.
| WASHINGTON, March 11th.-During the
Executive session to-day, the Senate adopt
ed resolutions inviting the House of Rep
resentatives, President, Cabinet, Supreme
Court, and Foreign Legations, TO be present
on Saturday al the funeral of Senator Miller.
Senators Jones (of Nevada), Foye, Cullom,
Butter and Gray were appointed a COM
| mittee to accompany the remains to the
place of interment.
Secretaries Bayard and Lamar were alb
sent from the Cabinet meeting to-day. The
session was mainly devoted to discussion
of the names presented for appointment as
Comptroller of Currency, and as Civil Ser
! vice Commissioner but no conclusion was
| reached.
The House Foreign Affairs Committee
this morning resumed the discussion of the
anti-Chinese legislation. Rice of Massa-
chusetts submitted a minority report, adj
verse to the passage of the Morrow bill,
| which had been favorably recommended
by majority of the subcommittee. The
time of the session to-day was principally
occupied IN re ding the minority report.
Rev. DIR. Newman.
| WASHINGTON, March 11th.-The rumor
that Rev. DR.. Newman is to again be pastor
city is again revived, and the action of
Bishop Ninde seems TO give it strong col
oring of truth. In making the appoint
ments for the year at the closing of the ses-
sion of the Baltimore NJ. E. Conference.
| yesterday, the Bishop left The pulpit at the
Metropolitan Church vacant. This, it is
said, was in accordance with the previous
understanding of the members of the Met
ropoiitan Church, and in accordance with
| " 10 hoy pcxr Tr
serve them as pastor. DIR. Newman is a
member OF the New York Conference,
which meets next Monday, and he cannot
be appointed to the Metropolitan Church
until he has been formally transferred by
that Conference When that transfer is
made it is expected that Dr. Newman will
assume pastoral charge of the Metropolitan
Church. DIR. Newman is also a candidate
| for the Chaplaincy of the Senate, which is
made vacant by the resignation of Rev.
Mr.. Huntey, the present pastor of the
Metropolitan Church.
The Strike of Railroad EMPLOYEES.
ST. LOUIS, March 11th-11:3O A. Mp
to this hour no attempt has been made by
the railroad company to move any of their
freight. The firemen and engineers are
| holding secret meeting this morning, but
| Ii is not known what action, if any, is con.
templated by them.
FREIGHT TRAIN siDE-TRACKED.
| ST.. LOUIS, March 11th.-A freight train
! quietly made up in this city this morning
started in the direction of Carondelet. on
the Iron Mountain road, with an engine
under a full head of steam, and passed
through that city at express. train speed.
This action on the part of the railway COM
pany seemed to take the strikers unawares.
for no opposition was attempted at any
| rInn +,-,s
where delegation of Knights boarded the
| train, side-tracked it. and afterwards
killed the engine. No opposition was
offered by the crew to the Knights, and no
conflict occurred. Everything is quiet. No
further attempt, SO far as known, will be
made to start the trains.
WILL TRY IT AGAIN
ST. LOUIS, 3 p. Mt is now stated by
officials of the road that train will be
| started from the Union depot in this city
for the West at 4:40 P. NJ. The firemen
and engineers have determined that they
will carry out all orders issued 10 them.
but whether the strikers will allow the
train to start and proceed remains to be
seen.
GOOD MEN SET TO WORK.
ST. LOUIS, March 1lth.-A special from
Atchison, Kansas, says: Railroad officials
they apply. A train went out on the CEN
trail branch last evening, and another will |
go out to-day. No resistance has been |
made. The men have left the shops and |
grounds in obedience to the company's or |
ders. Merchants are growing restless and |
impatient for the resumption of traffic
ANOTHER ENGINE KILLED"
LITTLE Rock, March 11th.-The fore |
man of the Iron Mountain Railroad Com |
pany succeeded this morning in sending |
out one freight train with perishable local |
freight bound south. A large crowd of |
strikers assembled, and on the first at
tempt took possession of the engine, ran it |
TO a sldetrack three miles south of this CITY |
and KILLED " it, but another engine was |
found which took the train out, protected |
by the Sheriff nd posse, and accompanied |
by Superintendent Whedon and Master |
Mechanic Richardson. No personal vio- |
lence was offered, and at / o'clock all is |
quiet.
The Rate War.
New YORK, March 11th.-Your CORE |
spondent saw Agent Knowland of the |
Union Pacific this afternoon, who had lust !
returned from an important meeting in |
Chicago and asked him what was the |
present status of the railroad war. II can |
tell you in few words" he said. 81 have |
just lett G. P. Huntington. He saw no |
signs of settlement. There is a rumor that |
President Strong, of the Atchison Topeka, |
is in town trying to fix matters The |
Atchison road is now in what call mel |
low condition. They begin to see they |
have gone too far. The Pacific Mail are |
playing gigantic bluff game. They claim |
they will take nothing less than $1,000 |
monthly as subsidy from the railroads |
Take my word for it, they will accept $50 |
900, and be glad to get it. They don't earn |
even that amount. No new cuts have been |
made that hear of, and the muddle is lust |
,, as thick as it was week ago."
Names of Those Killed by the Tug Ex-
plosion.
BosToN, March 11th.-In the tug ex-
plosion yesterday the following are sup
posed to have been killed. Captain CYRUS
Nickerson. aged SO years, married Charles
Hoskins, mate. unmarried: d. H. Croker.
engineer, aged As; Frank w. Croker. fire.
man, aged 35, married Che was a brother of
the engineer); and Albert Smith. cook. aged
80, unmarried. No cause can be assigned
for the explosion. The boilers were in
spected year ago and found safe. The
vessel was valued at $4,000.
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