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SACRAMENTO DAILY RECORD-UNION. VOLUME LV.-NO. 48. THE IRISH LAND BILL. MR. GLADSTONE EXPLAINS HIS SCHEME TO THE HOUSE. Absence of Kxcitement— landlords and Tenants — Proposed Payments. JSPECIAL ISY TELEGRAPH TO THE RECORD-CNION.J Loxi>on, April Kith.— Gladstone pro pounded his Irish land till to the House -of Commons this evening. There was hardly any excitement attending the event, compared with ihe enthusiasm which at tended the memorable proceedings of yes terday week, when the home rule measure waa proposed. At noon to-day bat ninety seats on the Uoor of the House had been " hatted." and these were nearly all taken by the Irish members. At 4 o'clock the House was crowded to its utmost ca pacity. Gladstone rose in his place at .">:is P. m., and was greeted with cheers. When he began to speak his voice was low «nd husky. He said the aim of the prenut CndeftVOm of the Government was directed towards Kerning contentment among the people of Inland, and a tierruanent restora tion of soda] order. The speaker's pro fiosals would greatly benefit the tenants of reload, bat the landlords were the prin cipal Object of the measure, although he thought that many of these landlords were iuo>t hostile to the Government's policy at the outset. The speaker wished to make AN KMI'IIATIC DENIAL That it was his intention to ask the Scotch and English to run any pecuniary risk on ace .tint of the landlords of Ireland. The history of Ireland was one long indictment against its land-owners. Agrarian crime had originated and increased under the absenteeism of landlords and the raising ot rents as their expenses, while away from Ireland, increased. Oppression, welded to misery, had a hideous progenj. Crime had been endowed with vitality to perpetuate itself, and ham! down its miserable inheritance from generation to generation. England was not clear of responsibility, fur the deeds of the Irish landlords were English deeds. " With the power in our hands, we have looked on and done nothing." After the union ab senteeism became general. The union itself was obtained against the sense and wish of every class by wholesale bribery aii'l unblushing intimidation. THE LAND AIT Was intended to go into efiect on the same day on which the home rule bill would be come operative. It could not go on with in of the other, which would provide a Legislators in [reland to appoint statutory authority to deal with the landed estates an 1 act between the vender and purchaser. Pnrrhssrn would be made through tht: issue of £180,000,000 of three I -iii. stock, issued at par. These new Irish consols might, with the consent of the Treasury, be commuted for stock of a lower denomination. If the stock could in- i--ued forthwith, scrip of equal value would be issued for the same purpose. The Act was to give the landlords the option to seil out Tinder its terms. Its actions were confined to agricultural holdings, and did not In clude mansions which have demesne and Woods. State authorities, acting between the peasant and land-owner, would pur chase th" land from the latter, and put the peasant in possession as absolute proprie tor, subject to an annual rent charge until the total payments equalled the purchase money. The state would not force small occupiersjto become proprietors. In dis tricts where the population was congested, the State would have power to decide ■whether the expropriation of too crowded ia:; i should be compulsory. Nobody ex cept the immediate landlords would have the option to tell their incumbr-nces, and then lie must sell by forfeiture and not at an option for himself. Applications to sell ■Would have to be made by all tenants on the estate, and all these applications and sa>- would be registered! Applicants would be required to give security for costs in certain cases. i:iK I.ANP COMMISSION Would lie empowered to refuse applica tions. The basis of prices would depend upon the rental for fixed prices. The judi cial rental (if IMS would be the standard in ali cases wherein the rent of the land to be sold was then fixed. In all other cases the Land Commission would have the power to arrive at a price by comparing other judicial rentals with Gritßlts' ■valuation. The Land Commission would also l>e allowed to examine the state of the books concerning the estates for ten years back. Twenty yean 1 rental would be the noc.inal purchase. In exceptional cases twenty-two years' rental would make the purchase. Applications for sale would not be received after March 1, 1800. Ten mill ions of pounds of stock would be issued •during 1887, x -'0,000,000 in 1888, tJ0.000, -000 in 1889 and £20,000.000 in each of the twi i inonorfling years. When the prop oak ■were first placed before the speaker s col leagues, he proposed to raise £130.000.000 immediately. oßiuiKAi. PBOPoemon uooxstDssxn. Cham!) erlain and Trevelyan objected to this as a wholesale i-sue. which would depreciate values. The speaker, therefore, thanked both gentlemen for having riven him occasion to reconsider the angina] proposition. He now thought it was an error to ask forthwith for anything like tho out side estimate, and believed that by appoint ing a receiver for the general rents, ai ned With iuflWenl authority to collect them. hvA without coming into contact With the new proprietary, the repay ment of the purchase money would be amply secured. The charge upon the Irish exchequer would be i^.000,000 pel annum, to meet which it would be able lo!eryfbt : t !its amounting to £2,500,000 jn-r annum, and this sum would be the tirst charge on the rents and taxes raised by the Irish Government. Adding to this tut' iui- Serial contribution, and the sum piid to Ingiand by Ireland would not he applied to any purpose until i^XUHXi was paid into the English exchequer. The ; :t contribution of the Irish taxpayers to England was £6,980.000. of which Eng land paid back in the Irish civil service, and in the service of collection. £4. -mi."/*). The residue, which seemed to represent an imperial contribution for the army, navy, national debt and imperial civil charges, waa £2,085,000. What did England do •with if.' As an instance, she sent an army of 2ti,000 men to Ireland, and kept them there at an annual cost of £3,000.000— £'.»15.000 more than the balance mentioned. That ■was a specimen of the economy of the system the speaker wanted to "root up. " Mr. Gladstone commended the scheme to the strict, jealous, careful, unbiased exami nation of Englishmen. He was convinced that it would be recognized as a fitting part of the great auspicious effort to sustain the plans of the British Legislature for the ■welfare of what had long been, and the speaker hoped would ever be. under cir cumstances far happier than heretofore, an integral part of her Majesty's dominion. Mr. Gladstone spoke for an hour and thirty-rive minutes, and concluded amid great applause. Mr. Gladstone's proposals do not imply a new issue of £180.000,000 in thro* per cents, but of only £50,000.000 from the £180,000,000 in new three's already author ized. chvmberlain's resignation Following Gladstone, Mr. Chaniberlaiu read the letter which he sent to Mr. Gladstone, tendering his resignation as a member of the Cabinet. In the letter Mr. Chamberlain stated that Mr. Gladstone's policy would throw a heavy burdens on Great Britain, entailing an enormous addition to the national debt, probably jn immediate increase of taxa tion, not to secure the union of the king dom, but to purchase separation. Mr. Chamberlain then went on to say that the land proposals, although they had been modified since he had left the Cabinet, would still impose a great burden on Great Britain, without sufficient security for the loans advanced. The bill was cal culated not so much to benefit the ten ants as a sop for the landlords. Although £. r >0,000,000 was to be issued, the option to Hell was offered the land-owners holding land valued at £150,000.000. (Supposing that the full number of options to sell should be accepted, how would all the money be provided? He opposed the bill on principle, because it specially protected the landlords. If the Irish Parliament was to be intrusted with the protection of com mercial classes, and the maintenance of social order, why could it not be trusted to protect the landlords? The Government was thrusting on Ireland a burden which no Irish member could declare to be a fair price to give for the landlord's rights. LCheers.] The Irish people would regard the bargain as one IMPOSED BY A FOREIGN COUNTRY. And would be justified in taking the first opportunity to repudiate it. If the bargain should be repudiated, how would it be enforced ' The Government could not dis regard the risk to the British taxpayers. Under the increasing depression in trade, hundreds of thousands of hard workers in England would prob ably be thrown out of employment. While refusing to aaai^ deserving crofters in Scotland, and postponing the claims of English labor, could the Government con sistently grant large sums for the benefit of the Irish peasantry.' [Cheers.] In conclusion, Mr. Chamberlain said he w:'S nut an irreconcilable opponent of Mr. Gladstone's policy. If the land proposals should be sufficiently modified, he would be happy to be relieved ot the duty of con tinuing his present attitude of opposition. PARNELI.S REMARKS. I'arneH said that not having had Mr. Chamberlain's advantage of a Cabinet seat, he was not prepared to express a confident opinion upon the merits and demerits of the scheme until hehadseen the provisions of the bill. Mr. Chamberlain had spoken in deservedly complimentary terms of Mr. Davitt. and had expressed a desire to known the latter's opinion of the land purchase bill. Mr. Parnell assured Mr. Chamberlain that Davitt would not act from a motive of personal spite or jealousy [Parnellite cheers], but solely out of re gard for Ireland. To the speaker it appeared that the appointment of a Receiver-General was unnecessary and absurd, because, according to the promised statement, the receipts from customs ar.il excise in Ireland will amount to within £20,000 of the total amount pay* able by Ireland to the Imperial exchequer. Would it not be sufficient security if En gland took a lien upon the revenue col letted by Irish authority, in the event of the customs failing to yield a sum sufficient to meet the Imperial charges? The appointment of a Receiver- General would be most offensive to Ireland, because it would show a reluctance to trust Ireland, even for such a small sum as £20,000. The object of the Irish members was not to make the measure a party question, but, by yielding as much as possible, so settle, once for all, this troublesome, difficult and dangerous matter. If the Irish landlords threw out the measure, he hop^d the offer to assist them with English credit would not be renewed, but that the bill for the govern ment of Ireland would be pressed forward by itself. Mr. Morley announced that the bill would be in the members' hands on Mon day. Permission was given to introduce the bill, and the second reading was fixed for May 13th. A MINK FARM. What a Itioomin' Fresh Knclisliman Dis- covered in the West. "There are some mighty green men in this world," said the passenger from the West to a Chicago Herald man, "and I stnuk one of 'em 8 week or two ago. If I hadn't, I wouldn't be here now. I went out into western Nebraska and homesteaded a quarter section. I hadn't seen the land, but took it supposing it was all right. I.ut when I got there I found it already in habited. About 150 acres of the 160 were covered with a prairie-dog town. Well, I concluded to settle down and see what I could dr>, and I am mighty glad now that I did. About two weeks ago I was up to the railroad station trying to get trusted for some bacon and flour and terbacker. and feelin' right smart discr.uraged. I was out of money and grub, and the winter was comin' on fast, and I couldn't see any way not nf it but to eat prairie dogs, and they're mighty hard to catch. But that day was the turning point in my luck. While I was at the station an Englishman got (,;f the cars and said as how he was out West lookin 1 for a place to make an inTestmeot Said he'd heard o' the fur business, and wanted to know if he was out in the fur country yet. "'Furs,' says I. 'there hain't no f— an' just then an idea struck me, an' I changed my tune. 'Furs,' says I, "there hain't no better fur country than this on arth. Just come out to my place till I show you my fur farm.' "And he went out with me. and I showed him the prairie-dog town. and. as luck would have it, it was a bright, sunny day, a:f the dogs were out scootin 1 around by the hundreds. ■ Talkin' abont furs.' says I. 'what d'ye think of that' I've been six years growfn' those mink, an' hain't sold a hide, it's all natural increa M. Guess they's about seven thousand of 'em now. and they double every year. How many will tliere be in ten years'." "You oughter see that Englishman's eyes open as he took out his pencil and figured it up. He made it T.lC>>,ooo mink. " "Well.' says I. 'call it 5.000,000 to be on the safe side. It won't cost $1 to keep em, either, an' if they're worth a cent, they're worth $1 apiece. There's millions in if.' ■■Then we got right down to business, an m less than an hour I had sold out for $7,000 cash, an' the next day I paid $320 for the homestead at the land office, got my patent, transferred it to him, an i took the tirst train for tho East. .Stei> into the butter with me, partner, and take adrink." 1.1. "I Rules for Telling Horses' Age». The fuH-grown iiorse possesses twenty four back teeth — that is, six in each side of each jaw ; these are called molars or grind ers. He has twelve front teeth : that is. six in each jaw. Mares have no tushes. The foal has at its birth, or shortly after ward, eight milk teeth — that is. four on each jaw : at about twelve months two more milk teeth come in each jaw. These remain unchanged till he is three years old. The mouth of the yearling and two vear-old cannot be confounded. The year ling mouth shows no signs of use. and the corner teeth are shells only : at two year old these teeth are strong and well grown, and the corner teeth fiiled up. A littie be fore three years old the two center teeth of each jaw fall out. and are replaced by per manent teeth. A little before four, the two teeth on each side of the center teeth are replaced by permanent ones. A little be fore five, the two remaining teeth are shed, and in their place come permanent ones. The upper milk teeth usually fall out first. Thus the mouth is complete as to its front teeth, the corner teeth, however, is but imperfectly devtloped, being at present a shell only : this shel! at six years old has filled up, and is a complete tooth. This is the difference between a five and a six year-old. The tushes appear between three and a half years and four years old, and they take nearly two years to arrive at their full growth. Thsse "teeth, as the horse grows older, j»ets blunter and shorter, and so to an experienced judge are a sure indi cation of age. Vp to six years old the mouth is in a distinct and periodical state of structural change. There is no difficulty SACRAMENTO, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 17, 1886. in determining the age up to that date. After that the age must be judged by the shape of the mouth and the appearance of the teetli called the mark. At six years of age the cups leave two center teeth" above, at seven the next two above, and at eight the outer or corner tooth above. At nine the two center teeth below lose the cups, at ten the next two below, and at eleven the outer or corner teeth below. After a little practice the close observer can scarcely make a mistake. The changes that occur are the same in all horses, or nearly so. [Sportsman. Farming in France. The French system of farming may not strike a tourist who sees the fields from a car window only as being of much account, but it produces results that, under good cir cumstances, are satisfactory. It will be bet ter for Americans when they copy some of the Old World ways ; it is riot at" all a bad idea to " feed the land in order that the land may feed them." Still it must be confessed things in France are not as they once were. A steady transfer of population from the country to the towns makes things fall heavily on French farmers, who have of course to pay their full- share— about one third of their total earnings— of the $700, --000,000 that must be raised every year. The French not having primogeniture.'they meet the case by having unigeniture. Arthur Young prophesied that in fifty years from 17!>S France, because of the law "of division of land, would be " a pauper warren." But Arthur Young was not always right in his predictions. He once wrote* to President Washington that agriculture would never he a paying occupation in the I'nited States. So far as any ill effects have fol lowed from the division of land in France, they are attributed by Frenchmen rather to the manner in which the principle has been carried out than to the principle itself. Over 0,000,000 land-ow;iprs, whose estates are under ten acres each, divide among them lots, often miles apart, and often be coming at last so small that no cultivation is possible except with a spade. There are " estates " so small that the owner can not plant a tree on it, because it is illegal to plant one within two yards of his neigh bor's boundary, and the neighbor on each side is within "that distance.- These farm ers are not dependent on hired labor : they do not want improved machinery, and it is by such small estates as these that Ameri cans coming and going from Paris pretend to say that French farmers know nothing whatever of their occupation.— [Paris Cor respondent Boston Herald. A Well-Regulated Memory. " I say, Julia," said Mr. Hobbs, as his wife entered the room where himself and a friend were discussing a business mailer, " how long ago was it that 'Lige Hunt moved West ?" " Let me see," replied Mrs. Hobbs. "five, six. seven, nine — yes. nine years ago." " Sure it was as long ago a? that V '• Yes. I know it was, because I had my black siik new at the time." "Guess you're right. And how long since he made his property over to his wife?" " Seven. I know, because then I took off the flounces and put on box plaiting." 'And when did his mother-in-law sue him ■"' " Six years ago. At that time I had the overskirt made into a basque." " And it was four years ago th«t your brother indorsed his paper ?" " No, only three years. At that time I had the skirt cleaned and turned." " Well, it's only a year ago that Mary Ann came East, is it?" " That's all. Then I had the dress made over to wear a plain underskirt." " I guess she's right," remarked Mr. 11.. as his wife left the room." " Right or wron-i." cried the entranced friend, " that woman's price is greater than rubies. Why. if my wife should try to regulate her memory by her dresses, she'd forget all she ever knew quicker than a successful candidate ever forgot his cam paign promises."— [The Judge. Warm Weathkk Whips.— All the fash ionable wraps for this and the coming sea son will be short, with the exception of those designed for traveling, and the grace ful Chinese dust cloaks to put on over handsome day or evening dresses while driving any great distance. There is liter ally no end to the variety of abbreviated dolmans, visitcs and other half-fitting wraps brought out. Many women have a dislike to any of these styles, or even to those newer shapes which show a jacket effect, with dolman sleeve.-. They consider them "bunchy" in appearance." and will have none of them, however rich of fabric, or how magnificently ornamented. For these aii' brought out trim-fitting models which ,-hajie lo the form elegantly and are made with half-loose or close coat sleeves to suit individual taste. For warm weather Wear these will be made Of Sicilienne. fancy brocaded black satins, costly hroche fabrics, corded silks, ornamented with lace, beaded passementeries, embroidery, or very often two styles of decoration combined. For hit- weather wear there will be lace coats ruade wholly of rich patterns of expensive White or black net. "trimmed elaborately with plaited frills of face matching the net in design and color. More expensive jack ets will be made of etamine, with raised velvet figures interwoven, and of fancy bro caded grenadines with raised patterns in jet chenille or velvet. — [Xcv. r York Post. Story of a Borrowed Book. — A curi ous incident of borrowing is related as occurring to Hon. Edward Everett while Minister at the Court of St. James. An English nobleman gave him a rare histor ical work in several volumes, remarking : "' One volume has been lent and lost." Every eilbrt was made to find the missing volume, and carte-blanche orders were left at all the bookstalls and stores to recover and save il if possible, but the search was in vain, and Mr. Everett returned to Bos ton with an incomplete set of rare and valuable works. Some years after his eye rested noon an advertisement in a Boston newspaper of a sale of rare old books to take place at Leonard's auction store in Bromtield street. Curiosity carried him there to see if there was ought in the col lection that he might want, when, lo and behoU ! what should be taken from the shelf but the missing volume he had so long sought ! Knowing that if he should go and hid for it, as he was well known here, a run would be made upon it, he said nothing, but got a friend to attend the sale — a stranger both to the auctioneer and people. The book was purchased at a low price as an old volume, and the book proved to be the very missing volume of Mr. Ev erett's particular set. — [Boston Transcript. Safety of Registered Mail. — "Some people imagine,' said a postoffice official. ■' that if they register a letter it is the same as putting the money in bank — it's safe. Then there are those who believe that re gistering'is no guarantee. They quote the backwoods maxim that ' the Government will trace up a lost registered package and tell you where it is lost, and yo» can get it yourself— if you can.' That is a mistake. The understanding now is that the man who can be proved to have handled the package last before it was lost must make it good. If he doesn't he may hand in his resignation and let his bondsmen get out of it the best way they can. Only last week a package was lost here. There were but two men in the department when it arrived, and the agent get his receipt from them. The people who sent that package made affidavit that it contained SSOO, and the two men made it good rather than lose their places and be disgraced. I guess you'll find the registered mail pretty safe."— [Chicago Mail. Barbara Robinson, a littie uneducated nip.e-year old negro eir! of West Point. Ga., bids fair to rival Blind Tom as a pianist. She plays with a wonderful correctness any composition that she has once heard. Like Tom, she seems oblivious to everything else when listening to music or plavi'ng the piano. Tnjnst gains give short-lived pleasures, but afterwards lengthened grief. HOME AND ABROAD. MATTERS AND THINGS AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL The Labor Troubles— Art Saie—Rail road Notes— Criminals' Let ters—Foreign Items. ISPBCIAL DISPATCHES TO THE BSCOHD-CNION.] DO3IKSTIC NEWS. Labor Troubles. Xe-.v York, April 10th.— This morning all the cars on the lines operated by the Third Avenue Company were tied up. These lines are the Third avenue main line, Lexington avenue and Grand Central Depot. One Hundred and Twenty-fifth street. Cross Town and cable road, which runs up Tenth avenue from One Hundred and Twenty-fifth on to and beyond High street bridge. This is owing to the refusal of the company to accede to the demands of the Empire Protective Association, that the company discharge five nonunion men. The officers of the Empire Protective Asso ciation said this afternoon that if the Third Avenue Railroad did not give in within forty-eight hours there would be a general tie-up of all the horse car lines in the city. That if this did not succeed the movement would be extended to Brooklyn. Philadel phia and other cities of the I'nited States. He said this could be done in two days. STATEMENT OF THE STKIKEES. New Yokk, April 10th.— The strikers this afternoon issued a card to the public, in which they say that the company has not kept faith with them, violating its promise to work the men only twelve hours, by keeping the cable road" men on duty twelve and a half hours, and by pay ing trippers only $1 per day. instead "of $1 .50. as agreed. The company also re fused to raise the pay of the time-takers from $1 2o to $1 05. It also charges the company with a heartless disregard" of the condition of their employes. The com pany to-day ran six cars," making in all thirteen trips. THE RAILWAY COMMISSION. The leader of the strikers sent a message to the Railway Commission at Albany, asking its members to come at once to this city. A reply was rcveived. stating that the Board would accord a hearing at 10 a K. to-morrow. The strikers say that they expect that the Commissioners will insist on the running of cars at once, or else de clare the company's charter forfeited, 'and if the charter is forfeited we shall apply for it," said o:.e of the committee. Tlxi's the matter is in abeyance until to-morrow. The company will run cars again to morrow. SHOOTING AT THE DEPUTIES. East St. Lons, April 10th.— Late last night the deputies patroling the railroad yards were startled by hearing Bereral shots fired at them from the direction o! several houses near the junction of tbe Cairo Short Line and the l'ittsburg Kail road. This sort of attack upon the guard has become so frequent, that, although none has as yet been injured, Reeie, com manding the militia forces here, has issued an ordei that hereafter, it' shots are fired from any building in East St. Louis, the guard shall surround such house, raid it and arrest all the guilty or suspected per sons found in the building. shuts rose* employed. Two Deputy Bherifls, while guarding tbe Vanuatu Railroad yards last night were approached by a number of men, slip posed to be strikers, who engaged the deputies in conversation, thiritii tbe prog ress of which (hey attacked the deputies and beat them bad!;.-. Upon the approai h of several sentinels who were on guard in adjacent yards attracted by die eries ol the deputies, the assailant! escaped, leaving their victiius in on uooonsciooa condition. Last night an unknown man. who lias occupied a position made vacant by one of the strikers of the Burlington yards, was attacked, while standing on the street cor ner, by a party of men. who knocked him | down and beat him severely before he I could escape. Daring the ! : .-iit a shot was | fired by some one. which bad no effect. Neither militia or police were ;:: the vicin ity at the time. AXOTHKR STP.IKK OF RAILROAD M KN. Chicago, April 16th.— All the union switchmen of the Baltimore and Obioßait- I road went out on a strike thia afternoon. The difficulty t-'rows out of iho fact thai the Switchmen's Union has demanded the dis charge of a few non-union men. and the refusal of the company to comply with the request. A local ageiit of the' company | says the objectionable men were taken into the employ of tbe company at the time of the last strike and bare been i'aithlul work men, and lie 'thought thecompauy would now stand by them. Between fifty and seventy of the Chicago, Burlington and yuincy switchmen went out this afternoon for the same reason, and Lake Shore switchmen threaten to go out to-morrow. Railroad Notes. Xew York. April lfith.— The Kiernan's Xews Agency says : The Central Pacific Company will receive $1,200,000 rental money May Ist from the Southern Pacific Company, under the terms of the lease made April 1, 1885. It was expected when the lease was made that this money wooid at once be available for dividends' on the Central Pacific stock, inasmuch as pro vis-ion for the floating debt was supposed to have been fully made by the fc0.000.000 in convertible bonds remaining unsold at that time. It transpires, however, that the debt is still floating, but unprovided for. and that the management ot the Central Pacific Company is discussing the advisa bility of urging the rental money due May Ist to pay off the floating debt 'instead of giving it to t be Central Pacific bondholders. C. P. Huntington says the transconti nental troubles are not settled yet. There wa.- do meeting yesterday about the mat ter, lie also says there is no truth in the report that the control of Pacitic Mail is being bought by transcontinental interests. Charles F. Crocker, of San Francisco, writes to Vice-President Charles Crocker, of the Central and Southern Pacitic system, j that the cutting of transcontinental rates was of immense benefit to the company and the Phcitic coast. He says he is order ing additional rolling stock, and if he could get 1,000 box-cars immediately he could use them until far into the winter. Huntinaton said it appeared now that all the roads intended to let the trouble cure itself. This meant that the war will be kept up some time longer. He had re ceived no new propositions of settlement from tiie other lines, and he did not intend, on his part, to make any. A general feeling of indifference to the time of final settlement existed among the several managements. Harris. President of the Northern Pacific, said Oakes, at St. Paul, had charge of the matter, so far as their roads were concerned ; that tli^break ing up of the pool, of course, Effected them. He could not say when the con tending powers would agree. The proba bility was that they would not combine very soon. Letters for Criminal?. Washington. April l'ith. — An interesting story comes to the Postoffice Department from North Platte, Neb. One of four ac cessories to a murder near that place a year ago, has turned State's evidence. Two of the accomplices have been arrested by the police. The fourth, Eugene Myers, is still at liberty. The Postmaster at North Platte has been requested by the Sheriff and the foreman of the Grand Jury to detain the letters passing through the office to and from the Myers family, believing that Eugene's wife knows where he is and is writing to him. They desire to onen the letters, and. after having read them, send them to their destination. The Postmaster asks the Department whether he is author- lzed to do this. The Department calls at tention to the ruling of the Department, tnat under no pretext are letters to be opened except by the persons to whom they are sent, if they can be found. Neither postmasters, inspectors, employes nor offi cers oi the law can do so under any cir cumstances, but they must deliver them as addressed. Some other means, the Depart ment.officials say, must be devised to ascer tain Myers whereabouts. Senator Stanford and the Hawaiian Treaty. Washington, April Kith.— Senator Stan iord is very much opposed to the abroga tion of the Hawaiian treaty, and when jhe matter conies up for consideration in the Senate the effect ot tht work he has done in tins behalf will be made apparent. He says he has received many letters from per sonal friends in California, interested in the beet sugar industry. Baking him to oppose the continuance of the treaty, but he feels that the national interests involved in the case are paramount to those of a personal or commercial nature, and at the present time he will not consent to vote for abroga tion. Senator Stanford's Repy to Criticisms. Washington, April Kith.— Senator Stan ford was asked to-day for the facts regard ing the criticisms made upon him for the introduction ol the lieu land bill in the Senate. He said : " I introduced the bill at the request of Captain Italian, agent of California at the capital. It seemed to me a perfectly proper bill to pass. If State officers cannot be relied on to prop erly perform the duties with which they are intrusted by statute, I don't think the responsibility for the enactment of lain themselves should be put upon representa tives in Congress." Important Changes to be Made by the President. AVashini.ion, April 10th.— It is said that several important changes are about to be made by the President. The report is that Postmaster-General Vilas is to resign, and that he will be sent to the Austrian mis sion. According to the same authority. First Assistant Stevens. m is to be made Postmaster-Genera i, and John Jamison, Superintendent of the Railroad Mail Serv ice, is to be succeeded by ■ New York man. not named. It is also said that Hogers, of Buffalo, is to be made Public Printer May Ist. ami that at about the same time Gen en] C. W. Blair, of Kansas, is to succeed Land Commissioner Sparks. The Chinese Treaty. Washington, April ltith. — The House Foreign Affairs Committee will report favorably the Chinese indemnity resolu tion. Henley of California appeared before the committee yesterday, urging the abro gation of the present treaty between China and the United States. He said that unless BOrne Mich action was taken, no member from California now in the House would be returned to the next Congress. Matt- nient by Central Pacific Officials. Xkw York. April liith.— The following statement v made by the Central Pacific officials : The rental guaranteed to the Cen tra i Pacific Company by the it-ssee—South cm Pacilii I—is1 — is at the rate of SI.iSKMXW per annum, and is payable on May Ist of each fiscal year. It the "surplus earnings above the fixed charges do not reach this sum, the deficit most be mack' goi «1 by the lessee. The lease was in effect for nine months in 1886. The amount of rental due in May next is therefore $1(00.000— Dot JI.L'OO.OOO, as has been stated. This would mi trice to pay a 1A per cent, divi dend, it' it were available tor that purpose : !>u! the company has not yet funded ail of j its Boating debt, and it may be required to ; pay some portion o: it oat of the rental. The question of declaring a dividend h.is ' not yet been Considered by the Direct >rs. Purnell and the National League of! America. Dktboit, April I6tb.— The following cablegram was received in this city to-day: LOHDOW. April 10th. Rev. Charks Rally, Tcosurtr triih National Lem/ve, Detroit: I thank y on tor your enoourM- Ing meMwe adrisiug the dispatch ■■<'.' themttg-' aincent Bobeertpti mof C12.0U). We here attach si i credence oh it ever to the statement recently i c i bled from America as to the existence of uuy . ill feel'!)!; ou the part of the National League of America, <<r it< leaders, towards oar movement. : We have the utmost confidence in the leaden of the ■. ericas League. Wuvaloe their execs- , turn and help most highly, and we trust that' your i>rguiii?ulioii may maintain ami extend its Influence nml i.i^h efficiency until victory tor the Irish came la secured. Pabrsu. I>c»tli Joseph liradfortl. New Yohk, April lCili.— Joseph Brad- ; ford, a Boston journalist, dramatist, actor i an ! iioet, died at his home there on Tues day of pneumonia. He was most generally known for his plays " Cherubs " and '• Our Bachelors," which Robson and Crane have made famiiiar, and "It<..-.e .t Company," the tinest. which (Jus Williams plays. The !!;./. ■!) in.- Art Sale. Nkw York, April lOih.— The salo of the Hazeltine collection of pictures was begun last evening. The sale of the evening was that of Bouguereau'a M The Bather," a large canvas 51x7!), which was started at $10,000 and ran up by the thousands to $18,000, then by the hundreds to $18,000, at which it was sold. Froruentec's " The Combat," sold for SIT.HOO; Meissonier's " The .Tour ney," for$13,000; Munkacsys "The Wrest ler's Challenge," for $12,000*. The total re ceipts for the evening amounted to about $178,000. and for the whole sale over $l! 40,000. FOREIGN NEWS. I'rospectß of a Heavy Flood. Montreal, April 10th.— The water is now over the revetment and walls in several places, and there are prospects of a heavy flood, caused by the ice breaking up A Fortnight's Rest Tor Gladstone. London, April 10th.— Gladstone has ar ranged to leave London to-morrow, and go to his country *eat at Hawarden. where he expects to remain two weeks. A Good ] I :> ii 1 . Panama, April 16th.— A clerk belonging to a well-known commercial house in Val paraiso, has absconded with $80,000. Damp Beds.— The Lancet, referring to the death of Mr. Maas. the well-known tenor, calls attention to the peril of sleeping in a damp bed. As a matter of fact, this peril is of the greatest, and it is almost ever present. The experienced traveler rarely hazards the risk of sleeping between sheets, which are nearly sure to be damp, until they have been "aired under his personal supervision at a fire in his bedroom. If this bo impracticable he wraps his rug around him, or pulls out the sheets and sleeps between the blanket? — a disagreeable but often prudent expedient. The direst mischief may result from the contact of an imperfectly hea'ed body with sheets which retain moisture. The* body heat is not sufficient to raise the temperature of the sheets to a safe point, and the result must be disastrous in the extreme if, as is sure to happen, the skin be cooled by contact with a surface colder than itself arid steadily ab stracting heat all the night through. There is no excuse for the neglect of proper pre caution to insure dry beds. Servants are never to be trusted in this matter, and the managers of hotels, even of the best description, are singularly careless in respect to it. A Diminutive Pkintixu Press.— A firm on Wall street. New York, has in operation and on exhibition what is probably the smallest working press in the world. It is an interchangeable cylinder, printing from a continuous roll, with a cut-oft". It is but V2\ inches in length and 7* inches high. Its width in the widest part is 10$ inches. At the office where it is in use it has been necessary to furnish to brokers and others a daily letter of the financial news. Until the invention of the press this service was performed by- the manifold system. Nine manifolders were required, "working very rapidly. By simple band-power, after the type is set, 200 copies per minute of any circular can be printed. With a dynamo machine to furnish the power, over 500 copies can be printed in the same time. — [N. Y. Herald. PACIFIC SLOPE. INCENDIARISM OX SENATOE SfAN FORD'S RANCH. Fatal Mistake of a Woman— The Weather— Grand L,od«je, K. of P.- The Railroad War. ISPECIAI. DISPATCHES TO THK HECORO-UjriOS.| CALIFOKNIA. Results of the Euiluay War. San Francisco, April Kith.— Tlie offices of the Southern Pacific ami Atlantic and Pacific coinpunies were crowded to-day, as they have been for a long time past, with people cashing rebates and securing return tickets on orders given on the purchase East of round-trip tickets. T liere are vrvy few tickets being sold Bast-bound. The West-bound travel is still very Urge, the competing roads being pressed' on all side.s to furnish accommodations. Passengers have had to wait three days at Kansas (itv before they could obtain berths, and the Southern Pacific Company has been forced to borrow cars from the* V'tah roads, after having pressed into service all the old cars of every kind fit to carry passengers in. Some of the trains from Ogden have car ried as many as 800. At the proportion of the $5 to Omaha received by the Southern Pacific Company. railroad men make a rough estimate that the total receipts will about pay expenses, and will about eijual the sum received from one car tilled with first-class passengers at the old prices. If, it is argued, expenses can about be met with tickets at $5 to the Missouri river, money can be made with such tickets at $20 of .s2o, instead of js4, which was the price before the railroad war began. Hut if the Southern Pacific Company is just— or not quite— paying ex penses on overland travel, they are mak ing up for the loss, or absence erf profit, in the local travel in the State. This travel has been very great, and would have been much greater had it not been for the long continued rain. The storm has deterred a very large number of tourists from visiting Los Angeles, Monterey, the Geysera ami the Yosemite, and lias forced them to :>tay within their hotels waiting, and apparently in vain, for sunshine. Many of those who engaged seats for the Yosemite have can celed their orders. Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias. San Francisco, April lGth.— The Grand Lodge reassembled at 10 o'clock this fore noon, all the officers and a quorum of dele gates being present. The journal of yes terday s proceedings was read and adopted, after which a resolution was introduced limiting speeches, during the remainder of the s ssion, to five minutes for each speech. After considerable debate this resolution was adopted. A resolution was also proposed and adopted changing the office of Master-at- Arms from an appointive to an elective office. That portion of Grand Chancellor Kat zenstein's annual report recommending that the State be divided into four or more grand districts, each being in charge of a special grand officer or special Deputy Grand Chancellor, whose duty it shall be to official]; visit each Lodge in his district during the year, was, upon motion, de clared a law. It was decided, further, that the expense entailed by these visits be borne by the Grand Lodge ; also, that the • ■rand Chancellor supplement '.lie official visitation in person whenever and where ever he can do so. A resolution was rend and adopted. which was to the eflect that in the future Knights of Pythias lodges .-!;al! not con tribute to funerals unless having full charge of the ceremonies. The Grand Lodge then took a recess un til 2 o'clock. This evening a banquet will be given to Supreme Chancellor Van Val kenburgby the First California Regiment, Uniform Rank of Knights of Pythias. Ulnotl Horse Knees- Entries for To-«i:iy. Sax Fr.AXctsco. April 16th.— Following are the entries in the blood horse races to morrow : Extra race, mile and sixteenth — Keilson, Jou Jou. Led*. Eureka stakes. two-year-olds, half mile— C. 11. Tods, Glendora, Kzza, Gnttioso, Leap Year. Del uorte, Voltigeur, Marguerita. Ilesaea stakes, mile and an eighth, three-year-old fillies — Guenn, Bidelweiss, Precioaa, Patti, Moonlight, Estrella. Pacific stakes, two miles, all ages — Hidaig.i. John A.. Patti, Lucky 1!.. Volante. The consolidation purse, one mile, closes after the third race. An Anti-Chinese Victory. Rxd Bluff, April lGih.— The Heider House, at Tehama. which has been hold ing out against the Anti-Coolie League of Teliama. replaced live Chinamen this morn ing with three me:i and two girls. The League considers it a big victory. Incendiarism at the Palo Alto Ranch. Redwood City, April lGth.— At about 3 o'clock this morning an attemp was made to set fire to one oft lie hay barns on Senator Stanford's Palo Alto ranch, on theoldCoutts place. The incendiary was discovered in the act by the watchman, who fired at him, but he made his escape. The fire was put out with but little damage. From the bloody tracks seen near by, it is thought that the watchman's shot took eflect. Parties are searching '-for the man. but thus far without success. STIIX AT LARGE. San Jose, Airil 16th.— The Palo Alto in cendiary was recognized by the watchman as a man who applied for lodgings the night before, and ..who, upon this favor be ing refused, threatened to get even by burning the barn. He was detected in the act and fled, whereupon the watchman fired four shots ft him. One of them probably struck the miscreant, as blood stain 3 were found on the fence over which he climbed in his flight. He has not yet been arrested. The Calaveras River Hydraulic Cane*. Stockton, April 10th. — The hydraulic miners of the Calaveras river filed an an swer yesterday in the anti-debris injunction case brought by this city. The answer al leges that much of the water of the Cala veras river has been used for irrigation pur poses, thereby diminishing the water of Mormon channel : that much of the water of the San joaquin is diverted from Stock ton channel by the Paradise cut ; that the floods are caused by the levees : that no possible debris wouid have been brought down Mormon channel if the Calaveras river had not been diverted from its bed ; that the city's cause of action, if it have any, is against the persons who caused such diversion, and that any debris which may come into the channels of Stockton is caused by water freshets washing through the plowed bottom lands. In conclusion, the answer alleges that the defendants have not deposited and never will deposit or per mit to be deposited in the Calaveras river any debris from the mines. Cited to Appear for Contempt. Smartsville, April ICth.— McPhetridge and Hoflman. anti-debris watchmen, served papers on James Dever to-day, citing him to appear before the Superior Court for alleged contempt in operating the Golden Gate mine. Temperance Movement at BollUter. Hollister, April lGth.— The temperance people met in mass meeting this evening and nominated town officers, consisting of three Trustees, Marshal, Assessor and Treasurer, for the May election. It is ex pected that a hard tight will be made at that time to test the popularity of the high license ordinance recently passed and the strength of the temperance element. Birds and Animals from Africa. Los Angeles, April 10th.— Dr. Sketch ley arrived to-day from Natal, South Africa, with thirty-six ostriches, cockatoos, ma caws, monkeys and other birds and ani ', nials from the same region. His intention I is to make gardens like Wood ward's, on the 1 Los Felis ranch, a few miles north of the WHOLE NO. 10,917. city. The doctor lost nearly thirty birds on the voyage between Natal ami Cape Town, the lirM two days out. He prornred the birds 500 miles in the interior of the continent, and drove them to Natal to skip. Weather Reports. Shasta. April 16th. — A remarkably heavy storm prevailed here for the twenty four hours ending at ■) o'clock this after noon. The rainfall was U. 4 inches. Five niches fell between 1 and 3 o'clock to-day. The roads and bridges are washed out in every direction. Much damage has been •lone in town. All travel is suspended. Rainfall for the season. 80.1 inches. I!ei> Bluff, April 10th.— A 5 o'clock a heavy rainfall began, and the streets are full of water, more than ever before known. Grain has been looking tine, and a very big yield at present is promised. Makysvili.e. April 10th.— The unsettled weather of the past three weeks still con tinues, and t:ie Sturm has increased. The rivers are rising rapidly. The Yuba, at 8 i. M.. stands at 12 teet, and is rising two or three inencs an hour. Reports from the mountains say it has been raining the past | two days on new snow. At Laporte tive teet of new snow is reported, and raining about same at Forest City. The indication!! are that it is raining on all of the water sheds of the Yuba and Feather. The lat ter is rising at Oroville to-night four inches an hour. The present prospect is that the waters will rise higher than at any pre vious time this season, and if the warm rains continue much longer, an unprece dented freshet is liable to occur. Rio Vista, April 16th.— Seven hun- Uredths of an inch of rain fell for the twenty-four hours ending at noon. The weather is waim, cloudy and drizzling. NEVADA. Another Miner ltailly Injured. Virginia. April 16th.— At 5 o'clock this evening a miner named Richard Bellam. was seriously, if not fatally, injured at the Kentuct mine. Gold Hill. The cage stuck in the shaft 120 feet from the surface, and Bellam tied a rope around a scantling which was placed across the shaft, sliding down the rope, which proved to be thirty feet too short. His hands slipped, ivhen he fell, striking the cage below. His back was broken, and he was otherwise badiv injured. UTAH. Advices from Salt !..:•. Saw Lake, April 16th.— At an early hour this morning two Deputy Marshals found Royal 15. Young in bed with Emma Rawhns, an alleged plural wife. They were in a room which the occupant of the premises declared was empty, and had not been used for several months. Governor West is expected here about May Ist. The Territorial offices case, to oust the present Mormon incumbents, holding under local statutes in conflict with the national law. was called up to-day, and partly argued. OREGON. A ratal mistake. I'oi'.Ti.AMi, April 16th.— The wife of Dr. I'lytler. of I-'airview. took a dose of strych nine last night in mistake for bromide of potassium, and ditd this morning in great agony. Sudden Death— Malignant Typhoid Fever —New I'a^.er. Portland, April 16th.— E. N. Totnlinson, a prominent citizen of Lemars, la., on a visit to his son at East Poitiand, died sud denly last night, it is supposed of heart disease. Miss Sallie Tea!, daughter of Colonel Jos. Teal, of this city, died of malignant typhoid fever, aged 22. She was a pupil of Mills Seminary. The iirst number of the Democratic 11 eekly Star of East Portland will be issued in that city this afternoon. Demented Woman Baned to Death. Poni&BD, April Kjth.— A: Damascus, Clac;;amas county, Mrs. L. G. Hiscock, wife of a farmer, was burned to death day before yesterday. She was suffering from dementia, and was left alone in the house for a few hours. When the other members of the family returned, they found her clothing in flames, and notwithstanding their efforts to extinguish them, the poor woman was burned to death. It is not known whether the burning was accidental or intentional, probably the latter. SAN FRANCISCO ITEMS. The estate of the late ex-Governor trwin has been appraised in the Probate Court at $7,375. The Directors of the Young Men's Chris tian Association have voted to close the bowling-alley and lit the room up as a bath. Examiner Houghton, of the United States District Court, is investigating the present grievances of settlers on the Mo (juelemos grant. The steamship Gaelic, of the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company's fleet. will touch at Honolulu on her trip to Japan and China, leaving this port April 22d. Harry Maynard will depart for the East on Monday, in the interest of an athletic syndicate, to purchase the latest appliances fora new gymnasium and athletic club. The dealers in edible birds have put up a corner against the coming Jewish holidays. Turkeys sold at 15 cents a pound last week, and are now he'd at 22 cents. The quo tation for hens was $7 per dozen : now it is $12. A letter has been received by the State Immigration Association, from Illinois, stating that a party in that .-i:.ate is looking for from 15.000 to 20,000 acres of Govern ment land in California, for the settlement of 100 families. Strawberries which sold last year at thia time for 2S to 60 cents a drawer" are bring ing today $1 40 a drawer. Raspberries, which worth $1 last year are now' worth $2. Rain and Eastern visitors are said to be responsible for the rise. The gross weight of the through freight from California for t!i L - But in February over the Central and Southern Pacilic lines and branch* was 25,275,!)70 pounds. This is more than double the quantity sent in January. The total from San Francisco in February was $10,544,470 pounds. Only thirty-two arrests were recorded at the City Prison as having been made dur ing the twenty-four hours ending at 8 o'clock Friday morning. This is the light est haul that has been made in four years. Various theories are advanced in explana tion of this shrinkage, some claiming moral progress, others chargingdereliction on the part of the police, and still others to the weather. PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST. (SPECIAL BY TEI.ECBAPH TO THE RECORD-CMOS.] Kewhai.l, April ]6th.— The following over laud passengers passed here to-day, to arrive In San Francisco April 17th : W. 8. Ajodenon, E. H. Alton, Boston; Mrs. Boyengton. Colorado; >!:-> A. I". Harrington. MiiMsa'chusx tt.-: O Uaken »nd wife. Sew York; T D. Beckfi.nl. Nebra-ka- I). J. Bertols. Los Angeles; 8. Burrow end wife New York; I). R. Cox, Chicago; J. Robinson New York; A. C. Arr. Washington City C R Canderman. Sew York; J. O. tenter and wife Nebraska; C. I>. Reigliu, New Orleans- \ Kiee Memphis; Mrs. C. A. Flower. Mexico; J H* toss, Clnrlmntl; W. T. Foete, Arizona- H T Urimnie, San Francitco; H. liaken and wife Massachusetts: Gus Hatadink, New York- H B - Hunt, San rrancisro; M;-- Hose Haskrill, Salt lA'ie City: s. Harrison. San Franrisco; W. J Houston, Nebraska; A. C. Hawkins. San Fran ci«co: J. X. Hopkins, Los Angeles; T. Harrivm New York: H. Hayden, Iowu; MfaeC. Kimlx-rlv," New York; K. Kimball and wife, .Salt Lake- W A. I.ij-turn. Iowa; .Miss 1.. K. Moehan. Oakland- G U McArtbiir and wife, Troy. N V A Mc- Millan. San Francisco; H. S. Martindale New- York^. I) Mirton, wife and family, Mine Hattie Mutton Michigan: R. Nagle, Arizona; B. B. Mc (.lelland, ban Francisco; F. Overbeek Lima o D.O. Connors, Oakland; Mrs. M. J. Parker' Ohio; Dr. T. Redimore, .San FranciH-o: <*om Roheer, Los Angeles; A. I>. Rohinaoa, Nebraska .1. Uyan, H. T. Sponner, New York; L. Samuels' New Orleans; A. B. Stewart .San Francis;" o" Swmton, New York; F. H. fenftb. OakSi T. "k it la.; T. J. White, Tuc son; }». H. Thoiworth. Chicago,