Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-02

over twenty-three knots an hour, twenty
two knots being the required speed. The
Examining Board will probably be ap-
pointed Monday.
MONTANA SENATORS.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections took up the Montana Senatorial
controversy to-day. Several hours were
devoted to the discussing of the legal ques-
tons involved, but no conclusion was
reached. In fact the members of the
committee had just received printed copies
of arguments made by Paine and jerks
two weeks ago, and had neither time nor
opportunity to study them. AS to ques-
lions of fact in the case, the members of
the committee knew little or nothing, and
Chairmen Hoar and Gray were appointed
subcommittee to collect facts and report to
the committee next Saturday.
COLD SPRING.
A special weather bulletin issued at noon
from the Signal Service Office furnishes
the following information: The tempera-
ture reports this morning show for the
opening day of spring that the temperatures
are the lowest ever known from New Or
leans and Brownsville, Texas, where
freezing weather prevails. Northward to
Ksokuk and Des Moines, Iowa, where
temperatures of minus 80 are reported.
The temperatures over Louisiana, Arkansas
and Eastern Texas range from 40 to 13o
lower than ever before. Severe frosts have
occurred in Georgia.
SPEAKER REED.
Speaker Reed was recently rendered an
invitation to go to Louisville, KY, by
swell club there. Just after the shooting
of ex-Representative Taulbee, yesterday,
Reed wrote the following reply to Congress
man Caruth of Kentucky:
WASHINGTON, February rs, 1880
Ny Dear Cdruth. l shall not accept the invi-
| tation presented to me by the Blue Grass Club:
1 The reason is very simple. notice that Jay E.
Durham is the President Now, Durham as
sured me that during the late disturbance if
they had me in Kentucky they would kill me.
Knowing said Durham TO be journalist his
declaration to me imports absolute verify. do
| not wish to be killed, especially in Kentucky,
where such an event is too common an occur
renee to attract attention. For good man to
| die anywhere is of course, gain, but think
! can make more by dying later and elsewhere.
| Very truly. 7. B. REED.
| FRIENDS oE SILVER.
| Mississippi has Joined the States west of
| the great river bearing the name of that
| State in the crusade in favor of silver.
Senator George having presented TO the
| Senate to-day petition from residents of
Tabor county. Miss, asking for legislation
in favor of the free coinage of the white
metal. Clearly the propaganda of the
| silver men is eminently successful when
| its educational effects become apparent in
| Mississippi. Most of the leading silver
| advocates outside of Congress have gone
| to Chicago to make arrangements for big
mass-meeting to be held there.
FRUIT INTERESTS.
1 d~r
| of New York fruit importers, whose spe-
cialties are Mediterranean oranges and
| Spanish rsisins, have been haunting the
rooms of the Ways and Means Committee
| in an endeavor to prevent an increase of
| the duty upon those articles, their efforts
being directed particularly against Califor-
MIA products.
| These dealers have represented to mem
bers that California oranges and raisins
come into market at different season from
| the Mediterranean fruits, and, therefore,
there could be no competition, the duty
being a mere arbitrary abuse of power
The fruit schedule is not complete yet, but
| these arguments had some weight, and the
committee has almost agreed that the duty
| should not be increased, as desired by the
California frsit men.
| The California delegation naturally do
| not like this. Vandever was before the
committee yesterday, and urged that the
necessary protection be given to the Cali
| fornia fruit. 1t is impossible to say what
will be the result of this committee fight.
but it is very certain that the California
| Senators will not allow the tariff bill to
get through the Upper House unless the
| fruit-growers' interests are taken care of.
| PUBLIC DIET STATEMENT.
| The public debt statement issued tonight
| by the Treasury Department shows gross
debt for March 1st of 81 ,601, 713, S42 50, and
| a net debt of 81 034, 547, 500 4S. This is q
| decrease of Sc, 159, 4S6 66 during February,
| and of SAP, 099091 81 since June Both last
During February the receipts of the Gov
eminent were $50 $50, 21S "a, and the ex-
penditures were S25, 900 704 AZ. Treasurer
Illusions statement shows the surplus on
February 2Sth to be $50, 756, 5S4 81.
TAULBEEs CONDITION.
Elk. Congressman..Taulbee, who was shot
by correspondent Kincaid yesterday, is
resting easy to-day, with bright prospects
of recovery. Kincaid spent the night in
Lieutenant Kelly's private room in the
station house, and to-day is calmly await
ing the decision of the Prosecuting Attor-
ney upon an application for bail.