Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-11
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
CONTINUATION or THE SEVERE
WEATHER.
Matters in Washington-Priz Fight
Delayed-Remarkable Occur
renee in Cleveland.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RrcoED-US1os.i
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nrooao-vslos.l
DOMESTIC.
Congress This Week.

DOMESTIC.
Congress This Week.
WASHINGTON, January I0th.-In the
House Of Representatives, tomorrow, the
first business will be the regular cail of
States for the introduction OF bills. As The
past week has been principally devoted to
ihis business. and the members have for
the most part relieved jheiT desks from bills
which had accumulated, it is not likely
that to-morrow's call will consume much
time. The next business for the week is
the call on committees for reports. but in
view of their very recent appointment,
there is very little expected from them
during the next few days. The Senate
succession bill may, however,
be reported to the House from the commit
mittee on that subject by Tuesday or We'd
nesday. In this event, the discussion will
probably consume the remainder of the
week, as many members have already ex-
pressed a desire to speak upon the subject
The Committee on Coinage, Weights and
Measures will not organize until the mid
die of the week, and as this committee is
to be about evenly divided on
the silver question, 1T is Knot thought
that any measure relating to the coinage of
silver, either in the line of suspension or
free coinage, or of 4 compromise between
opposite views, will be brought
before the House until the committee shall
have carefully considered all the various
The judicial salary bill remains uufin-
ished business in the Senate The electoral
count bill ana the bankruptcy bill are to
be brought up for consideration if an op-
portunity is found, and the Dakota bill
may be pressed toward the end of the week,
if printing of the accompanying report is
then completed. Under ordinary circum-
any one of these measures would
furnish material for weeks debate but as
the subjects were all fully discussed dur
ing the last Congress, the COM
ing debates may be somewhat short
ened. Several speeches on the silver
question await an opportunity for delivery,
and Mr.. Manderson has given notice that
he will address the Senate tomorrow on
the bill to promote the efficiency of the in
fantry branch of the army. The executive
calendar is understood TO have only about
fifty nominations upon it, and these COM
prise not more than one or two over which
a contest is deemed probable; but it is un-
derstood that a considerable number of
have been acted upon favor
ably by the committees, and are ready to
offered. The Senators express a wish to
begin active work upon the nominations
as soon as possible, and it is probable that
much of the week will be devoted to this
duty.
The Suspended Government Officials.
WASHINGTON, January 10th-TLere is a
good deal of gossip as to the methods EN-
ployed by the Senate to obtain information
in regard to suspended officials 1t is
learned that in some instances letters of in
quiry have been sent to the heads of De-
partments, signed simply by committee
clerks, and that the officials to whom these
communications have been addressed do
not propose paying any attention to them.
OF course the object of these inquiries is to
enable the Republicans to obtain material
for campaign use, and it is natural that the
Department officers should not want to
furnish any more information than they
are compelled to. 1t has always been Gus
tomary for Cabinet officers to respond 10
the requests of the Senate Chairman, but
as the Republicans desire to get this matter
before the country, they will probably have
to obtain the passage Of a formal resolu-
ton, and then it will go into the record, as
i'll the case of the Maine Postmasters.
The Tariff Question.
WASHINGTON, January 10th.-The Demo
cratic members OF the Ways and>Means
Committee have not yet had conference
in respect TO the tariff legislation to be
brought forward during the present session.
but it is believed that Mr.. Morrison will
before long introduce bill in the House,
which will be referred to the committee for
its examination. Republican members do
not think there will be any attempt for a
general revision of the tariff, but that bill
will be put through the committee provid-
ing for a selected list of articles, among
which will be woolen and cotton goods,
steel, iron and pottery in particular. OF
course the minority will oppose any
attempt to change the existing rates,
but if short bill of the
character indicated is introduced by the
committee, it will probably pass the House,
after the usual fight, and be defeated in
the Senate. Mr.. Morrison, il is under
stood, feels inclined to introduce more
sweeping measure of tariff reform than the
members of the House antici-
pate. If he decides to make the fight along
the whole line, he will undoubtedly meet
the opposition of quite number of mem
bers of his own party, as well as that of
the Republicans, and the bill NAV be de-
feated in the House, as was his horizontal
which met its death in the last
Congress.
a Strange Occurrence.
CLEVELAND, January 10TH About 3
o'clock last Friday morning Mrs. Emily
Frayne, widow, of Hamilton, Ont, who
had come to Cleveland to visit her sister,
who resided in block on Prospect street,
died very suddenly. Frank Lamb fresco
painter, aged 80, who occupies apartments
those in which Mrs Frayne died,
relates a remarkable story. He says that
between and o'clock on the morning in
question he was awakened by something.
and looking across the room he saw lady
sitting on lounge about four feet from the
bed. What do you want p he asked. and
raising her right hand the lady said, Hush.
hush," and then disappeared. Lamb
IS disbeIiever in ghosts. and he at
once made search of the room, and
examined the lock on the door. He
found that the door was securely fastened,
and getting into bed he lay for ten minutes
thinking about the strange occurrence.
Suddenly the clothing on his bed and the
tick were tumbled Off on the floor by some
unseen power, and he found himself on the
hoor. Being angry by this time, Lamb
made another search of the room without
finding anybody. He then opened the
door, and as he did so Mrs. Hadden. the
sister of Mrs. Frayne, came from her room
into the hail. saying, My sister is dead"
Lamb declares that he was not excited and
that he was perfectly sober He cannot
account for the strange occurrence. Other
people in the block who heard Lamb fall
also left their rooms, and they corroborate
his story as to the coincidence with Mrs.
Frayne's death. The Coroner has decided
that the woman's death was caused by
heart disease.
In Financial Straits Again.
New ORLEANS, January 10th.-The Ex-
position management has at last admitted
it is in great financial straits, and has ap-
pealed to the City Council for an appropria-
lion to enable it to carry the enterprise
throughout the time fixed for its continu-
ance. The proposed appropriation meets
with public approval, and will probably
be made.
Grand Religious Success.
NEW ORLEANS, January 1oth.-T'he mis-
sion services of the Episcopal Church,
which began on the 22d instant, and are
conducted by Rev. w. II. Aiken. Rev.
James Stephens, Mrs. Crouch and Miss
Parker, of the Church of England Eyangel-
ical Mission, have been grand success
thus far. The MONDAY services for bust
ness men have been remarkable. both for
the size OF the congregations and the char
acter OF the men composing them.
Extensive Mil Buildings Burned.
PHILADELPHIA, January IOth.-The ex