Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-10
SECRETARY TRACY.
He Has a Short Talk With Chief Parrish
of the Fire Department.

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WASHINGTON, February 9th.-Secretary
Tracy and the President took long drive
this afternoon, and on their return stopped
at Lieutenant Meson's, where the Secre-
tary spent about an hour with Mrs. Will
merding and daughter. 1t was then de-
cided that the inal interment of Mrs. and
Miss Trscy should be at Brooklyn.
The Herald to day has an interview with
Chief Parrish, of the Fire Department. in
which the Chief graphically describes the
meeting between himself and the Secretary
yesterday. The Chief said: When / en-
tered The room the Secretary advanced and
met me, extended his hand, and said: Mr..
Parrish, 1 have heard of your heroic con-
duct toward me and mine, and l owe you a
debt never will be able to pay
II noticed that the Secretary was still
laboring under much excitement, and any
thing that was to be said would have to be
moderated in order not to affect him too
deeply.
II told the story of how, on reaching the
residence, l saw that unless speedy work
was accomplished the house was doomed,
and Immediately deployed several engine
companies to cover the various portions of
the building. | infinitely described how /
found him, and how | struggled and strug
gled to get him out, and after succeedipg,o of
going back to look for the other bodies.
When I reached the point about his
daughter the Secretary buried his face in
his hands aud wept. When he had mas
tered his feelings he asked me several
questions"
The Secretary then gave the Chief his
own account of the fire.
He said he was awakened by some one
knocking at the door. He hastily arose
ON 1clf oil
and cropping his way to the window, which
he managed TO raise. On looking out he
saw man in a small alley next to Mr..
Rheem's house, the only person he remem-
bers to have seen, for on turning to 60 to-
ward the door, which he thought he
opened, he seems to have lost his conscious
ness.
His wife was in the room with him, and
he thinks she was trying to get her clothes
on, and when he became unconscious she
must have lost valuable time and sacrificed
her own safety in trying to save her hus-
baud, necessitating that fearful leap from
the window.
From the time I turned from the win
dow and made for the door everything was
a perfect blank until l regained my senses
after the disaster"
Don't you think said the Chief, "that
if you had made for the back stairway, the
one l came up, you would have escaped ?"
Possibly" replied the Secretary, "but
you see the house was almost new to me
| had never gone down the stairway in my
life, and really it never entered my mind. "
The appearance of the Secretary is bag
gard, the Chief says, and it will probably
be many months before he RECEIVERS fully
from the terrible shock he sustained.
RECKONING Coin.
WASHINGTON, February 9th.-Mr. Conger,
Chairman of the House Committee on
Coinage, has introduced a bill to re coin
subsidiary coin into such coin as the pub
lie can use. This will be into dimes and
quarters. If the past experience of the
department is followed. there are now in
the Treasury 500, 600 in these coins
which Mr. Jordan, the late Treasurer, calls
unavailable assets. OF this amount $780,
600 are half dollars, coined after the re-
sumption Of specie payments, and for
which no demand had been made. 1t is
known that the Treasury has made about
$40 100000 i'll profit by buying bullion at
about ninety-seven or ninety eight cents
and turning it out to the people at one
dollar. 1t is out of this profit that the ex-
pense of re- coinage is expected to be paid.
New Paymaster- General.
w ASHlNGIONy Il Jlu.-1ue DIP
pointment of new Paymaster- General of
the army may be looked for in week or
two. A vacancy occurs by the retirement
on Wednesday of General Rochester. There
are many candidates for the place. The
impression prevails at the Department that
Colonel c. NJ. Terrell of the Pay Depart
ment, will be General Rochester's successor.
Colonel Terrell Is credited with great
personal influence with the President.
When Harrison was in the Senate he had
occasion to use his influence with the then
Chief Executive in behalf of Colonel Ter
rell.
Sioux Reservation Lands.
WASHINGTON, February 9th-The procla-
nation opening IL 000, 900 acres of land in
the Sioux reservation in South Dakota will
undoubtedly be signed and issued by the
President tomorrow. 1t has been ready
for week and was to have been issued last
Monday, but Secretary Tracy's calamity
resulted in postponIng it. The President
would have issued it Thursday, but did not
desire to have settlers rushing in on Sun
day, as would have resulted.
Pension Awards.
WASHINGTON, February 9th Pensions
have been awarded as follows: California
Increase, Thomas Mallon. San Francisco;
Isaac Arnold, Suisun City; G. w. Earring
ton, Petaluma; Amos D. Stocking, Escon-
dido. Mexican survivor, Thomas ]. Ash
Greenwich.
Acknowledgements, old war, P. Stanley,
Globe.
Oregon-Increase, Milton Berry, Ash
land; VI. P. Pile, Central Point.
Ramie to supersede Cotton.
WASHINGTON, February 9ih.-Mr. Porte,
a botanisl of the Agricultural Department,
has returned from Salem, Mass, where he
has been investigating a new process for
weaving ramie fiber into cloth. He says
the process is a success. and that in short
time ramie iber will supersede cotton and
wool IN cloth manufacture. 1t will not
hurt the cotton planters, because they can
raise the ramie fiber instead of cotton.
Representative Randall.
WASHINGTON, February 9th.-Represent-
alive Randall has again been confined to
his bed for several days, but is now resting
more comfortably.