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SACRAMENTO DAILY REC ORD- UNION. VOLUME LXXrX.--"NX). 101. SACKAMENTO, SATURDAY, JTTNE til, 1890. WHOLE NO. 12,190. CALIFORNIA AND COAST. Josiah and Elizabeth Potts Expiate Theif Terrible Crime. AN INDIAN CRUELLY MURDERED. Preecott Vegetable Eaters Given a Rather Unpleasant Surprise— The San Quentin Rumors. [SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE EECOED-fSION.] EXPIATION. Mrs. and Mr. Potts Meet Their Death a the BcaHold. Elko iNev.), June 20th.— Elko has been in a great state of excitement all day Crowds of people poured into town from all directions. Ii was absolutely impossible to interview Potts the past forty-eight hours, and up to the execution the death-watch was vigilan and all newspaper maneuvers prove* fruitless. The spiritual adviser, Dr. Porter was the only one admitted. He claims that within the pest hour and a half the Potis have experienced a great change o heart and accepted Christian salvation Mrs. Potts suddenly became docile and re- signed, who never was in church but' oa the day of her marriage. THE DEATH WAKBAKT READ. At 10:30 o'clock this morning the Sherif read the death warrants to Josiah anc Elizabeth Potts. The reading of the war rants took place in the doorway of the lat ticed ceil which Josiah has occupied for so long a period. He stood in a most de- spondent attitude, with his head bowed down against the iron bars and never once during the reading of the warrant did he lift his head or eyes. His wife stood erect, clad in a neat, soft muslin suit, draped in black, with a bright red rose in her bodice. She was pale, bu had a most determined aspect in every feature of her countenance. During the reading of her own warrant only once did she show any emotion whatever, and then she convulsively clutched her throat. When her husband's warrant was being read and the words "hanged by the neck tillyou are dead" were reached, she gave a hysterical gasp and seemed to exhibi much feeling. The reading of the warrants was finished at twenty minutes to 11 o'clock, and both the condemned emerged from the living tomb in which they have been engulfed for eighteen lone months, and proceeded out of the side door to the yard between the Court-house and the jail in which the scaflo'd had been erected. During the reading of the warrants, and evidently ow- ing to the intense nervous strain on every one. the Deputy Sheriff was so overcome that he had to call for a glass of water. At the conclusion of the reading Mrs. Potts earnestly ejaculated: "I am innocent, and God knows it.'" and Josiah Potts re- iterated, "God knows we are innocent . OK THE SCAFFOLD. The mournful procession led tbe way through the fateful side door, and. with a bravery unexpected by the sixty odd specta- tors, they seated themselves on stools pro- vided on the scailold. while the deputies speedily proceeded to bind them with the leather straps, Mrs. Potts helping to adjust them herself, and Potts sitting in all stolid- ity. When everything had been properly ad- justed they were directed to rise, and all of the attendants shook hands with both of the vicims of the law's inexorable de- mands. As they stood after shaking their Land, the last attendant held the strap at- tached to Mrs. Potts' manacled wrists, and Potts made several most earnest endeavors to clasp the hand of his wife without ac- complishing it. Finally a touch on her wrist caused her to turn her eyes toward his, and the mute appeal of the love between them that one or the other is dying on account of the partner's transgressions caused their lips to meet in an almost spontaneous embrace. As the rope was stretched around Mrs. Potts' neck she clasped her hands together, and lifted her eyes toward her last earthly sky, exclaiming, '' God help me, lam inno- cent." Like a voice from a Memphian Sphinx, her husband reiterated in a hol- low tone, 'God knows we are innocent." THK DBOr FALLS. As the black caps were drawn over their heads, shutting out their last light of day, the solemn words of the clergyman, who had remained with them to the last, broke the silence, "Put your trust in God and he will see you righted," and then the drop fell. Instantaneously Mrs. Potis was a corpse. Her heavy weight and flaccid flesh caused a rupture of the carotid artery, and a stream of blood as large as a lead-pencil burst forth from under the chin of the banged woman, staining her white rai- ment, and dropping in flakes of clots on the soil beneath the scaffold. To tbe great surprise of all who had seen Potts and his emaciated condition his vi- tality was very strong, it being a fraction over fjurteen minutes as counted by an Associated Press reporter by the watch before life was pronounced extinct by Drs. ileijrgs and Petty. At 11:06 the body of Mrs. Potts was cut down, when it was seen that her excessive weight on the si-foot drop had almost dis- severed the head from the trunk, the rear Beck muscles alone supporting the con- nection. About nine minutes later Josiah Potts' body was cut down, and 'he body of hire ccli and the wife, to whom he was devotei in the absence of any claiming friends were deposited in the Potter's Field o Elko graveyard half an hour later. Aner the interment of the bodies of Mr and Mrs. Folts, District Attorney Love, accorupanu-il by an Associated Press re- porter, placed in the same Potter's field a the mortal remains of the murdered Faw cett, known to exist above earth. The bo of hones have lain in the District Attor ney's office at the Court-house from th time when he first started the search fo the criminals. THE CRIME. The crime was a peculiarly atrociou one. the motive beinc mercenary, couplet with a fear upon the part of Mrs. Potts that Fawcett might give information o another murder of which he had hinte< that she was guilty, but of the circum stances attending which nothing is known Josiah Potts is 4S years of age. and h •wife, Elizabeth, is 43* Both are natives o Manchester, England. They have l>ee confined in the Elko County Jail since January. lt*S9, for the murder of Miles Fftwcett at Oarlin, ou the Ist of Januan 1838 The Potts family formerly lived in S* raaiento, where Potts followed the oecupa ti(.n of machiuist in the Central Pacin Railroad shops. Upon their removal t( Carlin he went to work in the railroa \u25a0hop* there. Prior to the murder he bo an excellent reputation, being a man of quiet demeanor, sober habits and of a gen- erous disposition.'and won the esteem of the whole community. His wife was un versally disliked, as she was disagreeabl quarrelsome and boisterous acd frequent intoxicated. Miles K.twcelt, the murdered man, w about 70 years of age. He lived cm h ranch, in the vicinity of Maggie creek, few miles from Carlin, where he had few horses and cattle, the implement necessary to run tbe ranch and severa hundred dollars. He was a bachelor an< had lew associates except the Potts, who he had known before he went to live Carlin, and with whom he was very in mate. Mrs. Potts did his washing and bakin for which she admits she was alwa liberally paid. He loaned the coup several hundred dollars. When it cam due he asked for it. Mrs. Potts refused to pay it and quarreled with her creditor, so that he ceased to visit their house, but per- sistently endeavored to collect the amount due him. On the Ist day of January, 1888, he went to Carlin to settle some accounts and col- lect moneys due him, including that which the Potts owed him. He had a few hundred dollars on his person at that time. He asked a Mr. Lime- burger to accompany him to the Potts res- idence. He showed Limeburger $200 which he held in his hand, and remarked about the Potts : "I will make them pay it or tell some- thing on her that will hang her." Limeburger accompanied Fawcett to the Potts residence. There they found Potts and his wife, their son Charley, who was about 17 years of age at the time, and their little daughter Edith, then 5 years old. The family were enjoying New Year's Eve, and Mrs. Potts was somewhat intoxi- cated. They had on abundance of whisky, and invited Limeburger and Fawcett to partake. Fawcett accepted, but Limebur- ger declined, but finally consented to take one glass, after which he bade them good- night, leaving Fawcett there to settle his business. CONCEALING THE TRAGEDY. What happened after that is only known from circumstantial evidence and the con- tradictory stories of the Potts. Tbe day following Potts and his son Charley gave out that Fawcett had settled up his business, giving Mrs. Potts a bill of sale for all his property, and that he had departed for parts unknown. The next day Mrs. Potts told her neigh- I bors that she was going East to visit rela- Kand departed on the train that even- ;oing as far as Elko, where she pro- a ticket for San Francisco and boarded the West-bound train. About two months afterward she re- turned to Carlin. On the 28:h of Septem- ber, 1888, the Potts sold out their property in Carlin, including that which had be- longed to Fawcett, for which they had a forged bill of sale, and removed to Rock Springs, Wy. T., where Potts obtained a situation as machinist with a mining com- pany, and where his good habits and supe- rior skill soon raised him to the position In January, 1889, the house formerly oc- cupied by the Potts was rented to a family named Brewer. The house had two dug- out cellars. The roof caved in, and in re- moving the debris in one of them the Brewers found the body of Miles Fawcett buried about a foot deep in the top of the side wall, next the roof, the new and loose earth being covered over with straw. The body was horribly mutilated, the skull be- ing crushed and partly burned, as were other portions of the body, and the limbs were severed from the body. Medical experts proved that the man had not been shot, aud circumstantial evi- dence went to show that Mrs. Potts struck Fawcett with an ax on the back of the head as he was lying in bed. The ItlcCoinb Affair. San Fean-cisco, June 20;h.— The Mc- -11 embroglio develops considerable I cry, owing to the reticence of the Prison Commissioners, who adhere eir original statement that the resig- n of McComb has not been requested, has not yet been offered. As to the initiation bf the Directors in regard to harden of San t^uentin Prison, they qually ambiguous, and they positively ac to express themselves on the sub- Ifimpressions go for anything, it d seem that the minds of the State n Commissioners had been fullymade bat Mr. McComb will have to s'ep Sown and out some time in the near future. The pirectors meet at Folsom to-morrow . Edifying to Vegetable Eaters. "*< j Young Chintz a Chinese leper, committed suicide in Kinkland valley last night by shooting himself through the throat. Yung same here from San Francisco two years &go upon the authorities there threatening I to send him back to China on account of I bis disease, and nas since been engaged in at the Chinese vegetable gardens preparing vegetable for tbe Prescott market. His ttion was not known here until after I licide. The gardens where, he was ived supplied a large portion of the iiblea used in Prescott. Killed by a Blast. ikane Falls (Wash.), June 20th.— A whose name is supposed to have been Gratz, was instantly killed in the n depot here this afternoon. Work- were blasting rock near the depot and three men were standing on the platform of tbe depot, when a blast discharged, send- ing rock in every direction. The men ran into the depot but a rork weighing a bun- I dred pounds was burled through the win- dow oi the freight office, striking one of I the men on the head and mutilating him beyond recognition. An Indian Murdered. Wawosta. June 20th. An Indian named Bullock was found murdered this morning I one mile from here on Big creek, where he bad been fishing. He had been shot four times through the body and head from be- hind while coming home through the woods. He has supplied fish for tbe hotel here for many seasons. Several Indians were seen near tbe place, and from all ap- j pearances they are the murderers. Two I officers have left in pursuit of them. Came Hack Again. San QIUUIU Pbison. June 20th. John Connolly, a burglar, hailing from Los An- geles, was released from the prison last Thursday morning Last evening he was captured in the prison garden with a pound of opium which he intended throw- ing over the wall. He was tried in San Rafael, and sentenced to sixty days in the Mine Plant Destroyed. Viboinia City iXev.), June 20th. The Lady Bryan hoisting works, three miles I east of here, which hay been idle for some time, were destroyed b tire this afternoon. A party was using th . blacksmith shop re- cently and it is supposed tbe fire left by them caused the biaze. This was a first- class mine plant, with engines, etc. Horrible Death. Mebced, June 20th.— Patrick Toohy, a farm latx>rer was killed to-day by having | the pole of a wagon run through his body | lie be was attempting to fasten it to the on i:i front of the mules, which were hed to the rear. The wagon started j lenly and be was pinioned to the axle je forward wagon. Work of Student*. apa. June 20th. An exposition is be- ing held in Usph Hail of tbe work of the students of the Xapa public schools, done ! duriDg the past year. The exhibition is varied and extensive, covering \u25a0moroich Tf, Xl, and article» useful and ornamental, attendance is lame. Mew His Ilralng Out. rti.and (Or.l, June 20th.— William ison, a contractor of this city, com- mitted suicide at the Hotel Portland early this morning. He placed a revolver in his mouth and tired two shots, both of which lodged in bis brain. It is supposed that iison killed himself in a tit of despond- Body Recovered. anishtown, June :su:h The body of lias liyan, who was drowned at New \u25a0 r s Point, on Wednesday, has been re- red, and brought to -Pescadero. The ncr will bold an inquest to-morrow. The body of Sullivan has not yet laeen found. Tir.'.l of Lire. Kireka. June 20:h. J. J. Hornug, Jr., a butcher, 32 yeuis old. Ktidded last nietat by takins a dose of "Hough on Rats." The Es for the act was mental depression i lack of finances. He leaves a wife Four children. Homer Moss Acquitted. sJrsE, June 2uth—The jury in the of Hcnier Moss, charged with trim- assault, rendered a verdict this after- I of not guilty, after deliberating three 8. EAST OF THE ROCKIES. Another Death Dea ing Tornado Sweeps Through Illinois. MAMONMARBLE'S SILVER VIEWS Sensational Charge* of a Steal in the World's Fair Site— Railroad Wreck Near Baltimore. {SPKCIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD-UNION.] SENSATIONAL CHARGES. An Alleged M.-a! on the World's Fair Site Exposed. Chicago, June 20th.—A sensational charge is attributed to Warren Leland, pro- prietor of the Leland Hotel, in an inter- view puolished in an evening paper. The ownership of Lake Front Park, 1 000 feet wide and nearly a mile long, between Michigan avenue and the lake shore, has long been in dispute. The riparian rights is the bone of contention and claim is laid to it by the State of Illinois, the city of Chicago and the Illinois Central Railroad Company. Leland, as owner of the prop- erty abutting on this park, has been tight- ing all encroachments ihereon. and has de- clared his intention to fight the location of the World's Fair upon it, negotiations to which end have been in progress between the Directors and the IllinoisCentral Rail- way. In the interview to-day Leland is quoted as saying that a }'ear ago a bribe of jl 000,- --000 was ottered him to cease his warfare in behalf of the preservation of Lake-front Park. "And yet.'' he added, 'there are those who believe I am fighting a phantom, and who ridicule the idea of there being a steal on foot. Why there has been a steal on foot beside which the citations of the Tweed ring pale into insiguificance. If the steal were of such gigantic proportions a j year ago, before the proposition to extend the park one thousand feet more into the lake was made, of what size do you think it now. It is over two hundred million dollars. Who is back of the steal ? The Illinois Central Railroad, or the City Coun- cil? I don't know. Perhaps itis one, perhaps the other- peihaps both. A stretch of imagination may enable one to believe itis neither, but such a steal could not be accomplished without the consent of the City Council, and as the Illinois Central Railroad is commercially more interested in the disposition of the property than any- | one else, the belief that neither is interested can be of short life." Leland is quoted in detail as to his efforts to maintain the lake front free from build- ines, including the present exposition building, and the opposition he has met from successive city Governments for nine years past, intimating that there were monetary influences back of their opposi- tion. Leland refused to give the name of the man who came to him. He said be was a well-known citizen, who came as repre- senting other parties, and said : "Leland, if you will simply bother yourself no more abont Lake Front Park, but remain passive to what is done, I can let you in on a deal where you will get a million dollars." The matter bids fair to create a tremend- ous sensation. SILVER COINAGE. Manton Marble Gives Bis Views on this Important Question! New York. June 10:h.— Manton Marble, in a letter to the World from Paris on the free coinage bill, says: "Any silver pur- chase bill complicates the silver problem without solving it. Any free coinage bill should be made as perfect as possible, so the President can more easily abstain from a veto, which it would be absurd to antic- ipate, in order the more surely to defeat his party at the coming elections. Our silver and gold certificates are a paper cur- rency so admirable that there need be no change in the present provisions of the law. The legal tender quality is obviously unnecessary. The existing gold monu- mental monometallic coinage can pro- ceed unchanged. Any reforging of their lost link by free bimetallic coinage, at whatever ratio, will suffice them. Any silver legislation should adopt a coinage ration of 10 to 15*. midway between our earliest error of 1792 of 1 to 15 and our latest error of 1834 of 1 to 16, thus con- forming to the ratio of all other great bi- metallic coinages. The ratio retains the present gold dollar and requires a silver dollar of 400 grains. I r-main of the opin- ion that the concurrent withdrawal of greenbacks in some fixed proportion to the greater increase of silver certificates would guarantee safety to free bimetallic coinage at the right ratio by the L'ni'ed States, and Congress would be sure against hostility and distrust arising from unfulfilled pledges. The slow and steady withdrawal of greenbacks would not only fulfill the nation's pledg?, but also transform all our paper currency into one of the best kind in due time, and release to private owner- ship all our immense Treasury reserves, save an ample working balance." ANOTHER TORNADO. Illinois is the Mark thin Time— Property Destroyed and l.\\u25a0 \u25a0 Lost. Cornell (111.), June 20th. A tornado passed over here this afternoon. The storm first struck the house of S. P. Lynch, tear- ing it to pieces, and terribly injuring Mr. Lynch. The residences of Wru. Vir;decamp and M.Bradley were unroofed. . Other build- ings were destroyed, and Messrs. Yinde- canip and Bradley were slightly hurt. The most extensive wreck was at W. D. Conner's. His house, barn and other out- buildings were completely demolished, and Conner and his wifereceived fatal injuries. The school-house, a short distance east. was blown to piecps. Fortunately the school was not in session at the time. C.C.Leonard's house and outbuildings were badly damaged. One of his !> >ys is probably fatally hurt, and three others sli^htly'hnrt. THE TORNADO'S PATH. DIXOX (IU.), June 20th. A tornado swept over a portion of this county early this evening doing terrible damage. In the village ot Sublette many buildings were destroyed, lour persons were killed and others injured. In the outlying country many farm- houses were damaged and people "more or les« hurt. In Broqkemyn township a school-house was wrecked, eighteen children being in- jured, but how seriously has not been learned. AMERICAN COLLEGES. An IntercsMng Review of Tlirlr Respect- ive I i-..i .. i.ii Condition*. Km Yokk. June 2oth.— The/ gives a review ot the work at 125 American Colleges the past year: The iniertsting tabulation shows gtfa during the collegiate year to nritn lOstitatlOM. Severer re- rtived over $100,000. ' The Wolejan I'ni- ol I onnecticQt received as a gift 00, Johrs Hopkins ruirersity $300 000, Princeton 1250,000, the University of Pennsylvania jl'.Xp 000, andseve-al received upward of f 100.060: snione tlietu Colum- bia $125,000, Barrard Syracuse Vi.iv»">iiy 9172,000. Theiuiti\utious>hich have }>n>juctive i*ndowmeuts oat of the ontuf iisi amounting to or exceeding $1,- --000.000 number only ten. The largest en- dowment is Columbia. $7,000,000: Harvard !:- noood, with $<j TS3.CKXI aud Jobna Hop- kins, f.i 000.(.O0. Yale's endowment is not slated. The others having an endowment of $1,000,000 or upward in the list are Brown luiversity, the Case School of Ap- plied Sciences, the Northwestern University of Illinois, Trinity College. Tulane Uni- versity of Louisiana. University of Penn- sylvania, the Wesleyan University and thf University of California. The Post says that California has been liberal to its Uni- versity, and sums up by saying that the year closing has been a year of evolution in the growth of American colleges in a degree never before known. EASTERN RAGING. Results at Sheep«he>»d Bay and St. Louis Yesterday. Coney Island. June 20th.— The races at the Sheepsbead Bay track to-day resulted as follows: First race, three-fourths of a mile, Tip- staff won. Geraldine second, Tanner third. Time, 1:10 1 5. Second race, Pansy stakes, three-fourths of a mile, Vagabond won, Chatham sec- ond. Eclipse third. Time, 1:10 2-5. Third lace, three-fourths of a mile, Sir John won, Major Daly second. Druidess third. Time. 1:11 2-5. Fourth race, one and one-eighth miles, Tea Tray won. Sir Dixon second, Adamant third. Time, 1:55. Fifth race, one and one-quarter miles, Gallifet won, Montague second, Badge third. Time. 2:O!i 35. Sixth race, one and live-sixteenths miles, Vengeur won, St. Luke second, Sorrento third. Time, 2:ls. AT ST. LOUIS. St. Louis, June 20th —First race, one mile, Hocksey wou, Alike Watson second, Chestnut Belle third. Time, 1:44i. Second race, three-fourths of a mile, Ross. Howard won, Ethel S. second, E:hel Gray third. Time, 1:1SJ. Third race. Granite Handicap, one and one-fourth miles. Glockner won. Carter B. second, Ruddy Pringle third. Time. 2:12 i. Fourth race, for three-year-olds, one mile, Eli won, Little Crete' second, Mary K. third. Time, 1:44}. Fittb race, the Beach purse, mile and a sixteenth. Blarney Stone, Jr., won, Carne- g'.e second, May Hardy third. Time, 1:53. TROTTISIi AT BOSTON. Boston, June 20th.— The Mystic Park races were well attended to- day. First race. 2:20 class, purse £500, Pimlico won, Free Trade second, Jesse Handon third, Daisy R. fourta. Best time, fcSS 1-8. Second rare, 2:30 ciass, $500 purse, Daw- son won, Pickerel secoßd, Gazelle third, Sunshine fourth. Best time, 2:20. TO-DAT AT CHICAGO. Chicago, June 20ib.—It looks to-night as though the track at Washington Park to- morrow will be very heavy. Several heavy showers occurred this afternoon and evening, and at midnight the sky is heavily overcast. So the prospects "now are that the best mud-horse will win the American Derby. Uncle Bob seems to have the call and Protection is generally ranked next. The Baldwin entries, Sinalo and Santiago, it is thought, will not be favored by the muddy track. Good Bye, Jed Grayson, and Mount Lebanon are put down as outsiders. Ben Kingsbury and F. Rontino are to run their maiden race, and there is an uncertainty about them. Sicilian Vengeance. New Orleans, June 20th.— Another ven- detta luurder was committed here late Wednesday niebt, the victim being Ca- millo Vitrano, a Sicilian. Yitrano was playing cards in an Italian wine-room on St. Philip street, when a rifle, cut dowD so as to look like a pistol, was shoved through a window and tired withina few inches of Wa head. He fell over dead on the table. killed instantly. The police at once pro- nounced the murder a vendetta one of those mysterious assassinations which oc- cur among the Sicilian population of this city. The men playing cards with Vitrano were locked up, but not a particle of evi- dence could be obtained. Lake Front Decided Upon. Chicago, June 20th.— The Directors of the World's Fair formally declared a pref- erence for the lake front as the site for the buildings this afternoon. There was only one dissenting vote. A resolu- Bwas then adopted instructing the imittee of Grounds to enter into nego- ons with the city of Chicago, the Illi- nois Central Railroad and all other inter- ested parties to secure an area of the lake front of not less than 250 acres, to be bounded on the north by Monroe street. The Directors are to hold another meeting on June 23d, Which is just prior to the gathering of the National Commissioners. Railroad Disaster. Baltimore, June 20th. The New York express was wrecked this morning at Childs' Station, on the Baltimore and Ohio road. Bishop Keane of the Catholic University at Washington and Harry E. Kelly, son of Congressman Kelly of Ar- kansas, aie among the seriously injured. Two sleepers were thrown down an em- bankment. Charles Ackennein, Chief En- gineer of the Staten Island Rapid Transit road, and a tireman were killed. Bishop Keane was cut about the head and body and badly bruised. Ralph Inealls, son of Senator Ingalls, was among the slightly In- Sllver Purchases. New York, June 20th.— Since the Ist of June the silver bullion on hand, as re- ported by the New York Stock Exchange, has increased 1.133.053 ounces and out- standing certificates 1,221. Bar silver in London is 47id per ounce. New York selling price, as reported by the bullion dealers, is $104*. The United States Treasury was a heavy purchaser of silver in the market yesterday, and secured over 700,000 ounces, sufficient to make op its purchases for the month. It will, there- lore, not figure in the market again until Minneapolis Enumerators. St. Paul, Juue 20th.— The trial of seven arrested Minneapolis census enumerators came up before the United States Commis- sioner here this mormg. They are charged with concocting talse returns to swell the Minneapolis population. The defendants made affidavit that United States Commis- sioner McCafferty was prejudiced against them. The matter was argued till the noon recess. Commissioner McCafferty denied the motion tor a change of venue, and continued the case to August 20th. It!. lint - Scheme. New York, June 20th.— The Evening Post ha> an editorial calling attention to that part of Blame's reciprocity scheme affecting California particularly, and ask- ing : Are there any countries so wellsitu- ated to inundate the United States with orange; as the West India Islands and Cen- tral America ? Give them a few years to get their orchards in bearing condition for a market like ours and oranges will be as cheap as tomatoes in every Atlantic In a Sorry Plight. Atchison (Kan.), June 20th.— Thiscity is Battering from the unusual experience of a water famine, caused by Mood. The ex- ceedingly heavy rains of last night burst the water mains and cut off the supply of water from all consumers. The gas-works and electric- light works are not able to con- tinue operations wittiout water, hence the city is also deprived of its usual means of illumination. \\ nrlti - Fair Commissioners. Chicago. June 20;h. Arrangements are completed for a reception and banquet to the World's Fair Commissioners by the citizens of Chicago neit Thursday evening. Besides* the National and State Commis- sioners, there will be as invited members Pre>i.lent Harrison's Cabinet. Chief Justice Fuller, Justice Carlan and Governor Filer. I'.iu\u25a0!< rlj and Gompera. New York. June 20. h. Powderly this afternoon scut Gompers a letter, in which he agrees to meet Gompers at the Cooper Union to-ninht. Gompers says Powderly s answer does not comply with the proposed terms for discussion, ami unless these terms are agreed to he will not attend. California Fruit. Chicago, June 20th.—Porter Bros, sold one carload to-day. Plums brought $5 80 pwbalf-crate, apricots, $1 50<Vi \u25a0•>: peaches, NATIONAL CAPITAL. fer Healed Sitor Debate in tbe House Yesterday. FILIBUSTERING PROJECT. President Harrison Readers a Lone Opinion In Vetoing an Arizona Bill— Consuls Appointed. ItraOAL DISPATCHM TO TBS RXCOKD-mflOß.] UAl.i:iM>\ SAYS NO. An Arizona County Munt Not go Into ] Debt to Hinl. l a Railroad. Washington, June 2oih. President Harrison to-day returned to the House wi'hout his approval the bill to authorize | the Board ot' Supervisors of Maricopa | couuty, Ariz ma. to issue county bonds at ' the rate of $4.uuu per mile in aid of the! Istruction of a certain railroad. c says: "The bill seems to have passed I House under a misapprehension of its 1 scope and ertect. la the report ot the imi tiff on Territories it is said: 'By I terms of this bill the county receives I ds in payment of money proposed to I dvanced.' Iv fact the bill did not pro- t for the loan to be secured by bonds, for the subscription of stock. How far this mistake may have affected the passage of the bill, of course, cannot be I known. The bill doe 9 not submit the j question granting aid to the vote of the people of the county, or confer di- rect authority upon the Supervisors to ! issue bonds. It is said, however, that ; in April. IMB, an eltction was held to ob- tain the views of the people upon the ques- tion. It does not appear from any paper > submitted to me who were the managers of this to-called election; what notice, if '* any. was given: what qualifications on ih» i part of voters were insisted upon, if any: | or in what form the question was pre- ' sented. There was no law providing such ! election, it beiaj: a voluntary election, of I course, under tne management of those who favored the subsidy, and was cod- j ducted without legal restraints as to voting or certification. I have asked for a state- ment of the vote by precincts, and have ! been given what purports to be the vote at ' twelve points. The total affirmative vote | given was 1.793, and the negative. 134. "Bat of the affirmative vote. l->-i \u25a0 were at Phu?nix and MB at a town very near Phujnix. "Ifthere were no other objections to the bill I should deem this sufficient, that no provision is made for subrenting to the i vote of the people, at an election alter due i notice, and under the sanction of the law. the question whether this subscription shall be made. "But, again, the bill proposes to suspend j for this case provisions of the Act of ' July 30, 1666, forbidding municipal corpora- tions subscribing to stock, or loaning | credit to other corporations; also forbid- ding the corporation creating a debt in ex- cess ot 4 per cent, of its taxable property at I the last assessment. This law was'iu- j tended to give the people of the Territories that protection against oppressive muni- cipal debt, which was secured to the people | of most States by constitutional limitation. I "The wisdom of this legislation is nof contested by the friends of the bill, but they claim that the circumstances are so peculiar as to justify an exception. "I do not think so. Only a belief that the limit is inflexible will promote care and economy in the administration, Mari- copa county is one of great extent, and this I great ar^ is to be taxed to construct a road which can, in the nature of things. be of advantage but to a fraction of it. There is no unity of interest or equality of advantage. It may very well be that a section of these lands along the line of the road, especially town lots in Pboenix, would have added value much greater I than the increased burden imposed, but it is equally clear that much property in the county will receive no appreciable benefits. "The existing bonded indebtedness of Maricopa county is $272,000, and the popu- lation is estimated at about 12,000. It will be seen that the bonded debt, to say nothing of the tloatine debt, which is said to be small, is already largely in excess of the legal limit, and itis proposed to in- crease it by subscription that will cer- tainly involve $200,000 and probably $250,- "If the bill becomes a law the bonded indebtedness will very closely approximate ten per cent, of the assessed valuation of the property of the county. '•The condition of things in the county of Yavapai, lying immediately north of Maricopa, and" through which"this road is also to run, while not directly affected by this legislation, is very instructive in this connection; by an Act of the Legislature of Arizona, passed year before last, and by an Act of Congress to which I have re- ferred, Yavapai county was authorized to subscribe $4,000 per mile to this line of road. The total length of the road in this county was 147 miles, and 74 miles to Pres- cott had been constructed. The Secretary of the Territory states the debt of Yava- pai county at $7.t).j0,000. and the assess- 1 ment between six and seven million j dollars. There are seventy-three miles ot road yet to be built from the present term- inus. Prescott, to the south line of the county for which Yavapai county must make further issue of bonds for $292,000. making the county debt of $NJ.'>,ooo, or about 13 per cent, upon the taxable assess- ment, taking that at $r>,500,000. and a per capita county debt of nearly $85, taking the population at about 10.600, as stated in the report of the Senate committee. Surely no one will insist that the true and per- manent prosperity of these communities will be promoted by loading their energies and their industries with this great debt. "I feel the force of the suggestion that the freight charges now imposed upon farm and orchard products of Maricopa county are oppressive, but this bill does not aflot J much relief, even in that direction. There would be but one competing point, viz . Phtenix. At all other points on the pro- posed road the people would be subject to the exacting of just such rates as are de- manded by other lines. If this bill con- tained some effective provision to secure reasonable freight rates to those who are to be taxed to build the road, it would go iar to secure tny favorable consideration. "I have carefully examined the reports of the committees and every argument that has been submitted to me by the friends of the bill, but I cannot bring my3elf to be- lieve that the permanent welfare of the communities affsgted by it will be pro- moted by its passage.'' CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC. Appropriation* for Carrying Out the Pan- American Ideas. Washington. June 20th.— In the con- sular and diplomatic appropriation bill a Dumber of amendments are made in the bill as it passed the House. Missions to the Argentine Republic and United Statts ot Colombia are raised from $7,500 to >li - IKK) and the Danish Mission from $5,000 to $7,500, The committee also incorporated in l£e bill the sugsestions made by Secre- tary Blaice to enable the President to carry into eflect the recommendations of the Par. -American Conference. They|»re: $4{l- -750 for compensation of employes, miscel- laneous expenses, auJ printing and tlistri- butinn of the proceedings and reports of the Conference; $15,000 for the compense- tion of the Commissioners, and expenses of the Commission to meet at Washington in January, 1891, to consider the establish- ment of an international coin or coins; $65,000 for the payment of the share of the United States in a preliminary survey for an intercontinental railway: $3ti,000 for the organization and establishing of the International Union of American Kepub- lies for prompt collection and distribution ot commercial luformatioD: aud $10,000 for the compilation and publication in English, Spanish and Portuguese, of uni- form nomenclature for imported aud ex- ported articles. Postoffice Appropriations. \\ UUWIW, June 20th.— The Postoffice appropriation bill reported to the Senate to-day appropriates $72.461.6110, an in- crease of fITo.OOO over tbe amount appro- priated by the billas it passed the House. There is an increase of $3!H).0o0 for the compensation of Pcstoffice clerks and |48,- --000 tor the transportation of foreign mails. This last increased appropriation is im- portant. It will, if incorporated into a law. mark a departure in the postal policy of the country. A provision in the billau- thorize? the Pcstmaster-General to expend this fis.ooo in covering one-half the cost of transportation, compensation and expenses of a clerk to be employed la assorting mails in transit on steamships between tb« United States and other countries of the International Postal I'nion. Coming 11. ,i,ir for Good. Washington. June 20tb.—Representa- tive BigKS wiil leave Washington for his j home at Gridley, Cal.. next Sunday, where he is called by the severe illness of his wife. He will not return to Washington during this session of Congress. He has announced his inteution of retir- ing from public life, and his Democratic friends here are loath to part with the old Jetierson Democrat, who has been voted the "Momus" of Congress, and whose droll humor has so often made the halls of Con- gress merry. OONOMmUL, \u25a1I THE HBUm \\ ASBDIWTO*, June in. h.— In the -enate Stew- art, risini; 10 a question of persona* privilege denied the truth <>i the story recently put> ishtd giving aa aciount ot an imaginary" conflict be- tween himself au j Reagan. Reagau also suttil thai tnere was absolutely no iomidation 'or the report. The Postoffice appropriation bill and the Con- sular and diplnuiaiir appropriation bill were re- l>orted and placid on the calendar. Consideration of tbe legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was then re- sumed. Alter some discussion an amendment increas- ing me'alarv of the Commi>>iouer ol the Gen- eral Land < mict; from W.i.i to JVOi. and the AMttast <'oUimi»ioDer from t3,i<oo to ILMO. was agreed to. A motion !o Increase the salary of the Com- missioner of Indiau A Hairs from $4,000 to (5.0U0 wb; defeated. Stewart moved to strike cut the item of $3 000 for the Executive Officer of the Geological Sur- vey. "ihis gave rise to a long debate. Major Powell w as harshly criticised by Stew- art and others and defended by lugalls. At the close of the discussion the amendment was withdrawn by Stewart, and the bill then Adjourned. IS THE BOISE. Washington. June iMth.—ln the House yester- day's contest w*s renewed. The >]>eaker announced the pending question tobe tbe ordering of the previous question on the motion made by Mills of Texas to approve the jourral of Wednesday as amended by the resoiut on yesterday The previous ques ion was ordered -yeas 126, n»ys 122. MoKiuley changed his vote to an affirmative and moved a reconsideration. .Mills moved to table the motion and to re- consider. Curried— yeas 131, nays Ut, The question recurred on the approving of the journal or Wednesday's proceedings as amended. The motion as amended was agreed to— yeas 13J naj> 180. The Clerk then proceeded to read the journal of yesterday's proceedings. The journal was read and approved. Stewart oi Vermont presented a conference report on the ami trust Dill. Bland ol Missouri raised the question of con sideration to otter a resolution that the House bill directing the purchase of silver bullion and the issue of Treasury notes, with the Senate amendments, be taken from the \u25a0\u25a0Speaker's table and the Senate amendments concurred in. The House determined by the following vote, ayes H4, noes lCtf. to consider the conference report. Alter r short debate the report was adopted- yeas 253. nays none. Bland then oflered a resolution to take up the silver bill. McKinley made a point of order that the mo- tion was not privileged. Conger of lowa added the further point, amidst sarcas'ic Democratic laughter, that the bill was not on the Speaker's table but in the hands of the Coinage Committee. Bland held that the bill was on the Speakers table. A long discufsion followed as to whether Senate amendments to the bill were not matter such as would require consideration in a Com- mittee ot the Whole. Conger of lowa said that notwithstanding the action ot the House in correcting the journal, the billhad been referred to the Committee on Coinage, and the Chairman of that committee had actual possession of it. Crisp of Georgia said that there was no evi- dence of reference : the journal did not show it Morrow of California said that the action of the House yesterday was exceedingly significant of its disposition The fact was that there was no reference >t all. The speaker had no au- thority to rtfer the bill. His action was not voidable, but voil. The fact was that the bill was upon the Speakers table. The mere physi- cal fact that the gentltmau from lowa (Couperi or his clerk had actual i'O.>s;ssion of the bill made no difference iv the parliamentary po- sition. Butterworth denied that the House, adopting Mills' resolution, declared the billhad not been referred. Henderson of lowa asked if Morrow would contend if the House, being under Democratic management for the time being, should burn up the record of the passage of a Senate bill, the bill would fail. Morrow insisted that there was a material difl'ereuce between the facts of the case and this supposition. Butterworth declared that there were not twenty-five men under the dome of the Capitol who believed that the bill was incorrectly re- ferred upon thei'OKth. [Republican applause] Morrow replied that the majority of tne House declared otherwise. Williams ofllliuois said that yesterday, while the motion to reconsider was pending and the resolution had been adopted, the Chairman of the ' Committee on Coinage walked up to the Speaker's desk, took up a bill that he (\\ illiams) believed was the silver bill and handed it over to the Clerk of the Committee on Coinage. It looked lik" a conspiracy to obtain physical pos- session of the bill. Conger of lows. Chairman of the Committee on Coinage, said the bill was delivered to his lierk before 11 o'clock yesterdjl morning Dur- ing the afternoon, upon request of the Journal Clerk, it had been put in l, is possession tor a short time iv order to make some clerical in- dorsements, but he (Conger) had agaiu taken it back to the Committee Clerk. Mc'Jreary maintained that under the Consti- tution the bill never had been properly in charge of the Committee on Coinage. The Con- stitution required the Haute to keep a j urnal. Until that journal is approved it was not proper to send a tiill anywhere, and the entry in the journal was void. He held that the bill was ou the Speaker* table, and should te Placed before the House for action. After a diseu-sion by Bland, the Speaker and others, Blaud modified the language of his re solution so as to direct that the Speaker, under K'-.'.e 24, lay the matters ou his üble. including the silver billbefore the House, for action. The Speaker said that perhaps he could sim- plify the matter, and suggested to Bland that he understood his wi.-h to be simply to get at this matter when it would naturally come up. sup- po.-:ug it was upon the Speaker's table, and not pynrint upon the matter at this time. What the 'hair proposed to do was, tnat when the bill, or iis prutum. whatever it might be. wa&reached, it should be brought btfore the House. But the gentleman did not seem to consider that this was Friday— private bill day— and tli^t private bills alone were in order. Biand asked whether the bill would be laid before the House to-morrow morning. The Speaker declined to answer that question until the proper time XcComa* demanded regular order. The Speaker said regular order was a private bill whicn he passed to the Reading Clerk. Springer wished to know when the Chair might be expected to decide where the bill wa«. Ths Speaker said: "Whenever the bill is in order— providing the views of the other side were cornet, about which the Chair presents no opinion because It does not think it is the proper time." Blanci and >pringer finally insisted on a spe- cific ruli:ig. The >peaker finallyruled that Bland's resolu- tion to proceed to the consideration of the silver bill was not in order, under the rules. Bland appealed. McKiuley moved to lay the appeal on the table. The yeas and nays were ordered, pending which Giisp moved tnat tbe Home aojnurn. The motion was defeated, but the hour of 5 had arrived and the House, under the rule, took a recess. The evening session was to be lor pension bus- IneM. No business was transacted at the even- Ing session, however. Eureka Citizen Dead. Eureka, June 20th. Professor Bernard V. Flag*, an esteemed citizen of this place, died this morning of pneumonia. He has relatives inSan Francisco. IN FOREIGN LANDS. Children of Irish Nationalists Object to their School associates. THEY INSTITUTE A BOYCOTT. The Kin* of Dahomey Wants IV.no With France—The English House of Commons. [>rECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE KECORD-l'N-lOX. IN THE COMMONS. England Wants the Tariff Reduced B«- --tore Importing Americau Cattle. Losdox. June 2oth.—ln the Commons to-mght, \ incer.t, the Conservative mem- ber for Sheffield, asked wheiher the Gov- ernment would request the Vnited States to modify the prohibitive duties on British products before it would move to make any mod.tications in rules governing im- portation of American cattle. I'nder Secretary Ferguson said the re- strictions ou cattle were based solely upon sanitary conditions. Vincent thereupon gave notice of a mo- tion declaring that the House will consider whether a free market ought longer to be given to competition of the products of a foreign State which puts a prohibitory tanll on British goods. Smith, the Government leader, an- nounced that instead of moving a resolu- tion continuing bills from session to ses- sion, he had adopted Gladstone's sugges- tion that a select Commission be appointed to inquire by what means the passage of bills, considered at one session, could be facilitated at the next. TKOIIILK UNAVOIDABLE. A Determination to Resist the Provisions of the \u25a0\u25a0Modus Vivendi." St. Johns (K. F.i, June 20th.— Jamea Baird, a wealthy merchant of this city defiantly ignores the tirst attempt to put the mm tUt/idi in operation. He has again instructed his manager to continue work, and will spend a fortune defending his alleged rights. It is believed the fact- ory owners are combined to resist the modus vivendi. The aspect of atlairs is growing con- stantly graver. French warships are hovering closer than ever around St. George's bay. A conflict is almost unavoidable if the colonies are interfered with by either Eng- land or France. Much ugly feeling exists against Edc- latui. & Peculiar Boycott. Di-blis, June 20th.— Tbe children at- teuiMiir a convent school in Tipperary re- fuse-.l j c? eniay to enter the building unless the children of the constabulary were ex- pelled. Fine hundred children of Nation- alists formed a precession and marched to the school-house with banners to request the removal of the obnoxious children. This demand being refused they marched thm-.jh the town liil finally dispersed by the police. The Franco-Russian Allianre. I.ONDox, June 20th The CtnmSdi* Ber- lin o '-respondent says the Franco-Russian allia.ice has assumed \u25a0 concrete form since the announcement of the Anglo-German agreement. Opposed to the Strikes. Berlin, Juue 2oth.— At a '.Teat meeting of Socialists today, Herr ; Bebel spoke strongly against useless strikes. Wants Peace. Paris, June 20th.— The King of Dahomey is negotiating with France for peace. THE FILIBUSTER STORY. It Is Laid lirloir the Cabinet, but Ac- tion on it U Withheld. Washington. June 20th.— The report of Special Agent C. E. Foster, on the attempt to seize Lower California, was taken to the White House to-day by Attorney-General Miller and laid before "the Cabinet, where its contents were considered for over an hour. All the members of the Cabinet were present except Rusk. At the conclu- sion of the meeting a representative ot the California Associated Press met the Attor- ne?-General, and asked him if the report would now be made public. He replied in the negative, and stated that he could not say when he would make its contents pub- lic, if at all. After a moment's thought he continued as follows : "There is really no news in the report that has not heretofore appeared in the press of the Pacific coast and been telegraphed Eastward. The re- port is largely made up of the testimony of witnesses as to who were implicated." "Then, Mr. Miiler, as I understand it, the report confirms the statement that there was a plot to seize Lower California, and that the English corporation was im- plicated in it?'' "Yes. sir.'' he replied ; "'that is no secret, as I said before. The report ot Afr. Foster fully confirms the newspaper accounts of the plot. Of course we cannot make pub- licat present the names of onr witnesses or what they testify to, as that would be giving our case awity in advance." The report was discussed at today's ses- sion of the Cabinet, but no decision was reached, as more time was desired in order to iook up certain laws or authorities on the subject. I cannot say when the report will be made public, but it will probably not be for some time yet. * -^ Remarkable Story. New York,, June 20th.— An Omaha special says: L. G. Secrest, of Hebron, Neb., was thrown from the third-story window of the Merchants' Hotel, in this city, about 2 o'clock this morning, and fatally injured. J. Werner, also of He- bron, who was Secrest s room-mate, claims that while suffering from a horrible night- mare he picked up Secrest and dashed him out of the window. Both men are Masons, attending the session of the Siate Grand Lodge, and some charge that during a quarrel about a Scottish Rite controversy the deed was done. Sfcrest refuses to talk Oregon Railway and Navigation. Portland, June 20th. —The newly- elected Board of Directors of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company to-day elected tne following Board of Officers : Edward Smith, President: W. H. Hol- combe, First Vice-President ; D. P.Thom- son, Second Vice-President ; \V. W. Colton, Secretary; Alexander Miller, Assistant Secretary; Oliver W. Mink, Controller; James G. Harris, Treasurer ; Charles W. Holcombe, Local Treasurer ; W. W. Col- ton, General Attorney : Union Trust Com- pany of Xew York, Transfer Agent. Mackay's Money. New York. June 20th.— John W. Mackay has commenced action in the United States Circuit Court against Cassias H. Reed and Edward S. Stokes for the recovery of $533,- OiK) loaned, with interest from January 7, 1579. Salvator and Tenny Matched. Xew York, June 20th.— Salvator and Tenney are matched. They will race at .Siieeps'head Bay on Wednesday afternoon next for $5,000 a side, and the Coney Islon.i Tfirlcpv (lnh will add $5,000. It's Murder Now. Tclare. June 20th.—Harry Netherland (colored), who was shot yesterday by R. W. Kichson, also colored, died this after- noon. Richson is in jail, charged with murder. . Severe electric storms, accompanied by much rain and heavy winds, prevailed yesterday in Northeastern Kansas and \V estern* M issou ri.

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Page 1: SACRAMENTO DAILY REC ORD-UNION....SACRAMENTO DAILY REC ORD-UNION. VOLUME LXXrX.--"NX).101. SACKAMENTO, SATURDAY, JTTNE til,1890. WHOLE NO. 12,190. CALIFORNIA AND COAST. Josiah and

SACRAMENTO DAILY REC ORD-UNION.VOLUME LXXrX.--"NX).101. SACKAMENTO, SATURDAY, JTTNE til, 1890. WHOLE NO. 12,190.

CALIFORNIA AND COAST.

Josiah and Elizabeth Potts ExpiateTheif Terrible Crime.

AN INDIANCRUELLY MURDERED.

Preecott Vegetable Eaters Given aRather Unpleasant Surprise—

The San Quentin Rumors.

[SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE EECOED-fSION.]

EXPIATION.

Mrs. and Mr.Potts Meet Their Death athe BcaHold.

Elko iNev.), June 20th.—Elko has beenin a great state of excitement all dayCrowds of people poured into town fromalldirections.Iiwas absolutely impossible to interview

Potts the past forty-eight hours, and up tothe execution the death-watch was vigilanand all newspaper maneuvers prove*fruitless. The spiritual adviser, Dr. Porterwas the only one admitted. He claimsthat within the pest hour and a half thePotis have experienced a great change oheart and accepted Christian salvationMrs. Potts suddenly became docile and re-signed, who never was in church but' oathe day of her marriage.

THE DEATH WAKBAKT READ.At10:30 o'clock this morning the Sherif

read the death warrants to Josiah ancElizabeth Potts. The reading of the warrants took place inthe doorway of the latticed ceil which Josiah has occupied for solong a period. He stood in a most de-spondent attitude, with his head boweddown against the iron bars and never onceduring the reading of the warrant did helifthis head or eyes.

His wife stood erect, clad ina neat, softmuslin suit, draped inblack, with a brightred rose in her bodice. She was pale, buhad a most determined aspect ineveryfeature of her countenance. During thereading of her own warrant only once didshe show any emotion whatever, and thenshe convulsively clutched her throat.When her husband's warrant was beingread and the words "hanged by the necktillyou are dead" were reached, she gavea hysterical gasp and seemed to exhibimuch feeling.

The reading of the warrants was finishedat twenty minutes to 11 o'clock, and boththe condemned emerged from the livingtomb in which they have been engulfed foreighteen lone months, and proceeded outof the side door to the yard between theCourt-house and the jail in which thescaflo'd had been erected. During thereading of the warrants, and evidently ow-ing to the intense nervous strain on everyone. the Deputy Sheriff was so overcomethat he had to call for a glass of water.

At the conclusion of the reading Mrs.Potts earnestly ejaculated: "Iam innocent,and God knows it.'" and Josiah Potts re-iterated, "God knows we are innocent.

OK THE SCAFFOLD.The mournful procession led tbe way

through the fateful side door, and. with abravery unexpected by the sixty odd specta-tors, they seated themselves on stools pro-vided on the scailold. while the deputiesspeedily proceeded to bind them with theleather straps, Mrs. Potts helping to adjustthem herself, and Potts sitting in allstolid-ity.

When everything had been properly ad-justed they were directed to rise, and all ofthe attendants shook hands with both ofthe vicims of the law's inexorable de-mands. As they stood after shaking theirLand, the last attendant held the strap at-tached to Mrs. Potts' manacled wrists, andPotts made several most earnest endeavorsto clasp the hand of his wife without ac-complishing it.

Finally a touch on her wristcaused herto turn her eyes toward his, and the muteappeal of the love between them that oneor the other is dying on account of thepartner's transgressions caused their lipsto meet in an almost spontaneous embrace.As the rope was stretched around Mrs.Potts' neck she clasped her hands together,and lifted her eyes toward her last earthlysky, exclaiming, ''God help me, lam inno-cent." Like a voice from a MemphianSphinx, her husband reiterated in a hol-lowtone, 'God knows we are innocent."

THK DBOr FALLS.

As the black caps were drawn over theirheads, shutting out their last light of day,the solemn words of the clergyman, whohad remained with them to the last, brokethe silence, "Put your trust in God and hewill see you righted," and then the dropfell. Instantaneously Mrs. Potis was acorpse. Her heavy weight and flaccid fleshcaused a rupture of the carotid artery, anda stream of blood as large as a lead-pencilburst forth from under the chin of thebanged woman, staining her white rai-ment, and dropping in flakes of clots onthe soil beneath the scaffold.

To tbe great surprise of all who had seenPotts and his emaciated condition his vi-tality was very strong, it being a fractionover fjurteen minutes as counted by anAssociated Press reporter by the watchbefore life was pronounced extinct by Drs.ileijrgs and Petty.

At11:06 the body of Mrs. Potts was cutdown, when it was seen that her excessiveweight on the si-foot drop had almost dis-severed the head from the trunk, the rearBeck muscles alone supporting the con-nection.

About nine minutes later Josiah Potts'body was cut down, and 'he body of hireccliand the wife, to whom he was devoteiin the absence of any claiming friendswere deposited in the Potter's Field oElko graveyard halfan hour later.

Aner the interment of the bodies of Mrand Mrs. Folts, District Attorney Love,accorupanu-il by an Associated Press re-porter, placed in the same Potter's field athe mortal remains of the murdered Fawcett, known to exist above earth. The boofhones have lain in the District Attorney's office at the Court-house from thtime when he first started the search fothe criminals.

THE CRIME.

The crime was a peculiarly atrociouone. the motive beinc mercenary, coupletwith a fear upon the part of Mrs. Pottsthat Fawcett might give information oanother murder of which he had hinte<that she was guilty, but of the circumstances attending which nothing is known

Josiah Potts is 4S years of age. and h•wife, Elizabeth, is 43* Both are natives oManchester, England. They have l>eeconfined in the Elko County Jail sinceJanuary. lt*S9, for the murder of MilesFftwcett at Oarlin, ou the Ist of Januan1838

The Potts family formerly lived inS*raaiento, where Potts followed the oecupati(.n of machiuist in the Central PacinRailroad shops. Upon their removal t(

Carlin he went to work in the railroa\u25a0hop* there. Prior to the murder he boan excellent reputation, being a man ofquiet demeanor, sober habits and of a gen-erous disposition.'and won the esteem ofthe whole community. His wife was unversally disliked, as she was disagreeablquarrelsome and boisterous acd frequentintoxicated.

Miles K.twcelt, the murdered man, wabout 70 years of age. He lived cm hranch, in the vicinity of Maggie creek,few miles from Carlin, where he hadfew horses and cattle, the implementnecessary to run tbe ranch and severahundred dollars. He was a bachelor an<had lew associates except the Potts, whohe had known before he went to liveCarlin, and with whom he was very inmate.

Mrs. Potts did his washing and bakinfor which she admits she was alwaliberally paid. He loaned the coup

several hundred dollars. When it cam

due he asked for it. Mrs.Potts refused topay itand quarreled with her creditor, sothat he ceased to visit their house, but per-sistently endeavored to collect the amountdue him.

On the Ist day ofJanuary, 1888, he wentto Carlin to settle some accounts and col-lect moneys due him,including that whichthe Potts owed him.

He had a few hundred dollars on hisperson at that time. He asked aMr.Lime-burger to accompany him to the Potts res-idence. He showed Limeburger $200whichhe held in his hand, and remarkedabout the Potts :

"I will make them pay itor tell some-thing on her that willhang her."

Limeburger accompanied Fawcett to thePotts residence. There they found Pottsand his wife, their son Charley, who wasabout 17 years ofage at the time, and theirlittle daughter Edith, then 5 years old.The family were enjoying New Year'sEve, and Mrs. Potts was somewhat intoxi-cated. They had on abundance of whisky,and invited Limeburger and Fawcett topartake. Fawcett accepted, but Limebur-ger declined, but finally consented to takeone glass, after which he bade them good-night, leaving Fawcett there tosettle hisbusiness.

CONCEALING THE TRAGEDY.What happened after that is only known

fromcircumstantial evidence and the con-tradictory stories of the Potts.

Tbe day following Potts and his sonCharley gave out that Fawcett had settledup his business, giving Mrs. Potts a bill ofsale for all his property, and that he haddeparted for parts unknown.

The next day Mrs. Potts told her neigh- Ibors that she was going East to visit rela-

Kand departed on the train that even-;oing as far as Elko, where she pro-

a ticket for San Francisco andboarded the West-bound train.

About two months afterward she re-turned to Carlin. On the 28:h of Septem-ber, 1888, the Potts sold out their propertyin Carlin, including that which had be-longed to Fawcett, for which they had aforged bill of sale, and removed to RockSprings, Wy. T., where Potts obtained asituation as machinist with a mining com-pany, and where his good habits and supe-rior skill soon raised him to the position

In January, 1889, the house formerly oc-cupied by the Potts was rented to a familynamed Brewer. The house had two dug-out cellars. The roof caved in, and in re-moving the debris in one of them theBrewers found the body of MilesFawcettburied about a foot deep in the top of theside wall,next the roof, the new and looseearth being covered over with straw. Thebody was horribly mutilated, the skull be-ing crushed and partly burned, as wereother portions of the body, and the limbswere severed from the body.

Medical experts proved that the manhad not been shot, aud circumstantial evi-dence went to show that Mrs. Potts struckFawcett with an ax on the back of thehead as he was lyingin bed.

The ItlcCoinb Affair.San Fean-cisco, June 20;h.— The Mc-

-11embroglio develops considerable I

cry, owing to the reticence of thePrison Commissioners, who adhere

eir original statement that the resig-n of McComb has not been requested,has not yet been offered. As to theinitiation bf the Directors in regard toharden of San t^uentin Prison, theyqually ambiguous, and they positivelyac to express themselves on the sub-Ifimpressions go for anything, it

d seem that the minds of the StatenCommissioners had been fullymadebat Mr.McComb will have to s'ep

Sown and out some time in the near future.The pirectors meet at Folsom to-morrow .

Edifying to Vegetable Eaters. "*< jYoung Chintz a Chinese leper, committedsuicide in Kinkland valley last night byshooting himself through the throat. Yungsame here from San Francisco two years&go upon the authorities there threatening Ito send him back to China on account ofIbis disease, and nas since been engaged inat the Chinese vegetable gardens preparingvegetable for tbe Prescott market. His

ttionwas not known here until after I

licide. The gardens where, he wasived supplied a large portion of theiiblea used inPrescott.

Killed by a Blast.ikane Falls (Wash.), June 20th.— Awhose name is supposed to have been

Gratz, was instantly killed in then depot here this afternoon. Work-were blasting rock near the depot and

three men were standing on the platformof tbe depot, when a blast discharged, send-ing rock in every direction. The men raninto the depot but a rork weighing a bun- Idred pounds was burled through the win-dow oi the freight office, striking one of Ithe men on the head and mutilating himbeyond recognition.

An Indian Murdered.Wawosta. June 20th.—An Indian named

Bullock was found murdered this morning Ione mile from here on Big creek, where hebad been fishing. He had been shot fourtimes through the body and head from be-hind while coming home through thewoods. He has supplied fish for tbe hotelhere for many seasons. Several Indianswere seen near tbe place, and from allap- jpearances they are the murderers. Two Iofficers have left inpursuit of them.

Came Hack Again.San QIUUIU Pbison. June 20th.

—John

Connolly, a burglar, hailing from Los An-geles, was released from the prison lastThursday morning Last evening he wascaptured in the prison garden with apound ofopium which he intended throw-ing over the wall. He was tried inSanRafael, and sentenced to sixty days in the

Mine Plant Destroyed.Viboinia City iXev.), June 20th. The

Lady Bryan hoisting works, three miles Ieast ofhere, which hay been idle for sometime, were destroyed b tire this afternoon.A party was using th.blacksmith shop re-cently and it is supposed tbe fire left bythem caused the biaze. This was a first-class mine plant, with engines, etc.

Horrible Death.Mebced, June 20th.—Patrick Toohy, a

farm latx>rer was killed to-day by having |the pole of a wagon run through his body |

liebe was attempting to fasten itto the

on i:i front of the mules, which werehed to the rear. The wagon started jlenly and be was pinioned to the axleje forward wagon.

Work of Student*.apa. June 20th.

—An exposition is be-

ing held in Usph Hailof tbe work of thestudents of the Xapa public schools, done !duriDg the past year. The exhibition isvaried and extensive, covering \u25a0moroich Tf,

Xl,and article» useful and ornamental,

attendance is lame.Mew His IlralngOut.

rti.and (Or.l, June 20th.— Williamison, a contractor of this city, com-

mitted suicide at the HotelPortland earlythis morning. He placed a revolver in hismouth and tired two shots, both of whichlodged in bis brain. It is supposed that

iisonkilled himself ina tit of despond-

Body Recovered.anishtown, June :su:h

—The body oflias liyan, who was drowned at New

\u25a0rs Point, on Wednesday, has been re-red, and brought to -Pescadero. Thencr willbold an inquest to-morrow.

The body of Sullivan has not yet laeenfound.

Tir.'.l of Lire.Kireka. June 20:h.—J. J. Hornug, Jr.,

a butcher, 32 yeuis old. Ktidded last nietatby takins a dose of "Hough on Rats." The

Esfor the act was mental depression

ilack of finances. He leaves a wifeFour children.

Homer Moss Acquitted.sJrsE, June 2uth—The jury in theof Hcnier Moss, charged with trim-assault, rendered a verdict this after-Iof not guilty, after deliberating three8.

EAST OF THE ROCKIES.

Another Death Dea ing Tornado SweepsThrough Illinois.

MAMONMARBLE'S SILVER VIEWS

Sensational Charge* of a Steal inthe

World's Fair Site—RailroadWreck Near Baltimore.

{SPKCIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RECORD-UNION.]

SENSATIONAL CHARGES.

An Alleged M.-a! on the World's FairSite Exposed.

Chicago, June 20th.—A sensationalcharge is attributed to Warren Leland, pro-prietor of the Leland Hotel, in an inter-view puolished in an evening paper. Theownership of Lake Front Park, 1000 feetwide and nearly a mile long, betweenMichigan avenue and the lake shore, haslong been in dispute. The riparian rightsis the bone of contention and claim is laidto it by the State of Illinois, the city ofChicago and the Illinois Central RailroadCompany. Leland, as owner of the prop-erty abutting on this park, has been tight-ingall encroachments ihereon. and has de-clared his intention to fight the location ofthe World's Fair upon it, negotiations towhich end have been in progress betweenthe Directors and the IllinoisCentral Rail-way.

In the interview to-day Leland is quotedas saying that a }'ear ago a bribe of jl000,---000 was ottered him to cease his warfare inbehalf of the preservation of Lake-frontPark. "And yet.'' he added, 'there arethose who believe Iam fighting a phantom,and who ridicule the idea of there being asteal on foot. Why there has been a stealon foot beside which the citations of theTweed ringpale into insiguificance. Ifthesteal were of such gigantic proportions a jyear ago, before the proposition to extendthe park one thousand feet more into thelake was made, of what size do you thinkit now. It is over two hundred milliondollars. Who is back of the steal ? TheIllinoisCentral Railroad, or the City Coun-cil? Idon't know. Perhaps itis one,perhaps the other- peihaps both. A stretchof imagination may enable one to believeitis neither, but such a steal could not beaccomplished without the consent of theCity Council, and as the Illinois CentralRailroad is commercially more interestedin the disposition of the property than any- |one else, the belief that neither is interestedcan be of short life."

Leland is quoted in detail as to his effortsto maintain the lake front free from build-ines, including the present expositionbuilding, and the opposition he has metfrom successive city Governments for nineyears past, intimating that there weremonetary influences back of their opposi-tion.

Leland refused to give the name of theman who came to him. He said be was awell-known citizen, who came as repre-senting other parties, and said : "Leland, ifyou willsimply bother yourself no moreabont Lake Front Park, but remain passiveto what is done, Ican let you in on a dealwhere you willget a million dollars."

The matter bids fair to create a tremend-ous sensation.

SILVER COINAGE.

Manton Marble Gives Bis Views on thisImportant Question!

New York.June 10:h.— Manton Marble,in a letter to the World from Paris on thefree coinage bill, says: "Any silver pur-chase bill complicates the silver problemwithout solving it. Any free coinage billshould be made as perfect as possible, sothe President can more easily abstain froma veto, which it would be absurd to antic-ipate, in order the more surely to defeathis party at the coming elections. Oursilver and gold certificates are a paper cur-rency so admirable that there need be nochange in the present provisions of thelaw. The legal tender quality is obviouslyunnecessary. The existing gold monu-mental monometallic coinage can pro-ceed unchanged. Any reforging of theirlost link by free bimetallic coinage, atwhatever ratio, will suffice them. Anysilver legislation should adopt a coinageration of 10 to 15*. midway between ourearliest error of 1792 of 1 to15 and ourlatest error of 1834 of 1 to 16, thus con-forming to the ratio of all other great bi-metallic coinages. The ratio retains thepresent gold dollar and requires a silverdollar of 400grains. Ir-main of the opin-ion that the concurrent withdrawal ofgreenbacks in some fixed proportion tothegreater increase of silver certificates wouldguarantee safety to free bimetallic coinageat the right ratio by the L'ni'ed States, andCongress would be sure against hostilityand distrust arising from unfulfilledpledges. The slow and steady withdrawalof greenbacks would not only fulfillthenation's pledg?, but also transform all ourpaper currency into one of the best kindindue time, and release to private owner-ship all our immense Treasury reserves,save an ample working balance."

ANOTHER TORNADO.

Illinois is the Mark thin Time— PropertyDestroyed and l.\\u25a0 \u25a0 Lost.

Cornell (111.), June 20th.—

A tornadopassed over here this afternoon. The stormfirst struck the house of S. P. Lynch, tear-ing itto pieces, and terribly injuring Mr.Lynch.

The residences of Wru. Vir;decamp andM.Bradley were unroofed. . Other build-ings were destroyed, and Messrs. Yinde-canip and Bradley were slightly hurt.

The most extensive wreck was at W. D.Conner's. His house, barn and other out-buildings were completely demolished, andConner and his wifereceived fatal injuries.

The school-house, a short distance east.was blown to piecps. Fortunately theschool was not insession at the time.

C.C.Leonard's house and outbuildingswere badly damaged. One of his !> >ys isprobably fatally hurt, and three otherssli^htly'hnrt.

THE TORNADO'S PATH.

DIXOX (IU.), June 20th.—

A tornadoswept over a portion of this county earlythis evening doing terrible damage.

In the village ot Sublette many buildingswere destroyed, lour persons were killedand others injured.

In the outlying country many farm-houses were damaged and people "more orles« hurt.

In Broqkemyn township a school-housewas wrecked, eighteen children being in-jured, but how seriously has not beenlearned.

AMERICAN COLLEGES.

An IntercsMng Review of Tlirlr Respect-ive Ii-..i.. i.iiCondition*.

Km Yokk.June 2oth.—The/gives a review ot the work at 125 AmericanColleges the past year: The iniertstingtabulation shows gtfa during the collegiateyear to nritn lOstitatlOM. Severer re-rtived over $100,000. 'The Wolejan I'ni-

ol I onnecticQt received as a gift00, Johrs Hopkins ruirersity $300 •

000, Princeton 1250,000, the University ofPennsylvania jl'.Xp000, andseve-al receivedupward of f100.060: snione tlietu Colum-bia $125,000, Barrard SyracuseVi.iv»">iiy9172,000. Theiuiti\utious>hichhave }>n>juctive i*ndowmeuts oat of theontuf iisi amounting to or exceeding $1,---000.000 number only ten. The largest en-dowment is Columbia. $7,000,000: Harvard!:- noood, with $<j TS3.CKXI aud Jobna Hop-kins, f.i000.(.O0. Yale's endowment is notslated. The others having an endowmentof $1,000,000 or upward in the list areBrown luiversity, the Case School of Ap-plied Sciences, the Northwestern University

of Illinois, Trinity College. Tulane Uni-versity of Louisiana. University of Penn-sylvania, the Wesleyan University and thfUniversity of California. The Post saysthat California has been liberal to its Uni-versity, and sums up by saying that theyear closing has been a year of evolutionin the growth of American colleges in adegree never before known.

EASTERN RAGING.

Results at Sheep«he>»d Bay and St. LouisYesterday.

Coney Island. June 20th.— The races atthe Sheepsbead Bay track to-day resultedas follows:

First race, three-fourths of a mile, Tip-staff won. Geraldine second, Tanner third.Time, 1:10 15.

Second race, Pansy stakes, three-fourthsof a mile, Vagabond won, Chatham sec-ond. Eclipse third. Time, 1:10 2-5.

Third lace, three-fourths of a mile, SirJohn won, Major Daly second. Druidessthird. Time. 1:11 2-5.

Fourth race, one and one-eighth miles,Tea Tray won. Sir Dixon second, Adamantthird. Time, 1:55.

Fifth race, one and one-quarter miles,Gallifet won, Montague second, Badgethird. Time. 2:O!i 35.

Sixth race, one and live-sixteenths miles,Vengeur won, St. Luke second, Sorrentothird. Time, 2:ls.

AT ST. LOUIS.

St. Louis, June 20th —First race, onemile, Hocksey wou, AlikeWatson second,Chestnut Belle third. Time, 1:44i.

Second race, three-fourths of a mile, Ross.Howard won, Ethel S. second, E:hel Graythird. Time, 1:1SJ.

Third race. Granite Handicap, one andone-fourth miles. Glockner won. Carter B.second, Ruddy Pringle third. Time. 2:12i.

Fourth race, for three-year-olds, onemile, Eli won, Little Crete' second, MaryK. third. Time, 1:44}.

Fittb race, the Beach purse, mile and asixteenth. Blarney Stone, Jr., won, Carne-g'.e second, May Hardy third. Time, 1:53.

TROTTISIi AT BOSTON.Boston, June 20th.— The Mystic Park

races were well attended to-day.First race. 2:20 class, purse £500, Pimlico

won, Free Trade second, Jesse Handonthird, Daisy R. fourta. Best time, fcSS 1-8.

Second rare, 2:30 ciass, $500 purse, Daw-son won, Pickerel secoßd, Gazelle third,Sunshine fourth. Best time, 2:20.

TO-DAT AT CHICAGO.Chicago, June 20ib.—Itlooks to-night as

though the track at Washington Park to-morrow will be very heavy. Severalheavy showers occurred this afternoon andevening, and at midnight the sky isheavily overcast. So the prospects "noware that the best mud-horse will win theAmerican Derby. Uncle Bob seems tohave the call and Protection is generallyranked next. The Baldwin entries, Sinaloand Santiago, it is thought, will not befavored by the muddy track. Good Bye,Jed Grayson, and Mount Lebanon are putdown as outsiders. Ben Kingsbury and F.Rontino are to run their maiden race, andthere is an uncertainty about them.

Sicilian Vengeance.New Orleans, June 20th.— Another ven-

detta luurder was committed here lateWednesday niebt, the victim being Ca-millo Vitrano, a Sicilian. Yitrano wasplaying cards in an Italian wine-room onSt. Philip street, when a rifle, cut dowD soas to look likea pistol, was shoved througha windowand tired withina few inches ofWa head. He fell over dead on the table.killed instantly. The police at once pro-nounced the murder a vendetta

—one of

those mysterious assassinations which oc-cur among the Sicilian population of thiscity. The men playing cards withVitranowere locked up, but not a particle of evi-dence could be obtained.

Lake Front Decided Upon.Chicago, June 20th.— The Directors of

the World's Fair formally declared a pref-erence for the lake front as thesite for the buildings this afternoon. Therewas only one dissenting vote. A resolu-

Bwas then adopted instructing theimittee of Grounds to enter into nego-ons with the city ofChicago, the Illi-

nois Central Railroad and all other inter-ested parties tosecure an area of the lakefront of not less than 250 acres, to bebounded on the north by Monroe street.The Directors are to hold another meetingon June 23d, Which is just prior to thegathering of the National Commissioners.

Railroad Disaster.Baltimore, June 20th.

—The New York

express was wrecked this morning atChilds' Station, on the Baltimore andOhio road. Bishop Keane of the CatholicUniversity at Washington and Harry E.Kelly, son of Congressman Kelly of Ar-kansas, aie among the seriously injured.Two sleepers were thrown down an em-bankment. Charles Ackennein, Chief En-gineer of the Staten Island Rapid Transitroad, and a tireman were killed. BishopKeane was cut about the head and bodyand badly bruised. Ralph Inealls, son ofSenator Ingalls, was among the slightly In-

Sllver Purchases.New York, June 20th.—Since the Ist of

June the silver bullion on hand, as re-ported by the New York Stock Exchange,has increased 1.133.053 ounces and out-standing certificates 1,221. Bar silver inLondon is 47id per ounce. New Yorkselling price, as reported by the bulliondealers, is $104*. The United StatesTreasury was a heavy purchaser of silverin the market yesterday, and secured over700,000 ounces, sufficient to make op itspurchases for the month. Itwill, there-lore, not figure in the market again until

Minneapolis Enumerators.St. Paul, Juue 20th.— The trial of seven

arrested Minneapolis census enumeratorscame up before the United States Commis-sioner here this mormg. They are chargedwith concocting talse returns to swell theMinneapolis population. The defendantsmade affidavit that United States Commis-sioner McCafferty was prejudiced againstthem. The matter was argued till thenoon recess. Commissioner McCaffertydenied the motion tor a change of venue,and continued the case to August 20th.

It!.lint-

Scheme.New York, June 20th.—The Evening

Post ha> an editorial calling attention tothat part of Blame's reciprocity schemeaffecting California particularly, and ask-ing :Are there any countries so wellsitu-ated to inundate the United States withorange; as the West India Islands and Cen-tral America ? Give them a few years toget their orchards in bearing conditionfor a market likeours and oranges willbeas cheap as tomatoes in every Atlantic

In a Sorry Plight.Atchison (Kan.), June 20th.— Thiscity is

Battering from the unusual experience of awater famine, caused by Mood. The ex-ceedingly heavy rains of last night burstthe water mains and cut off the supply ofwater from all consumers. The gas-worksand electric- light works are not able tocon-tinue operations wittiout water, hence thecity is also deprived of its usual means ofillumination.

\\ nrlti-

Fair Commissioners.Chicago. June 20;h.

—Arrangements are

completed for a reception and banquet tothe World's Fair Commissioners by thecitizens ofChicago neit Thursday evening.Besides* the National and State Commis-sioners, there will be as invited membersPre>i.lent Harrison's Cabinet. Chief JusticeFuller, Justice Carlan and Governor Filer.

I'.iu\u25a0!< rljand Gompera.

New York. June 20.h.—Powderly thisafternoon scut Gompers a letter, in whichhe agrees to meet Gompers at the CooperUnion to-ninht. Gompers says Powderly sanswer does not comply with the proposedterms fordiscussion, ami unless these termsare agreed to he willnot attend.

California Fruit.Chicago, June 20th.—Porter Bros, sold

one carload to-day. Plums brought $5 80pwbalf-crate, apricots, $1 50<Vi\u25a0•>: peaches,

NATIONAL CAPITAL.

ferHealed Sitor Debate in tbe

House Yesterday.

FILIBUSTERING PROJECT.

President Harrison Readers a LoneOpinion In Vetoing an Arizona

Bill—Consuls Appointed.

ItraOALDISPATCHM TO TBS RXCOKD-mflOß.]

UAl.i:iM>\ SAYS NO.An Arizona County Munt Not go Into ]

Debt to Hinl.la Railroad.Washington, June 2oih.

—President

Harrison to-day returned to the Housewi'hout his approval the bill to authorize |the Board ot' Supervisors of Maricopa |couuty, Arizma. to issue county bonds at

'the rate of $4.uuu per mile in aid of the!

Istructionof a certain railroad.

c says: "The billseems to have passed IHouse under a misapprehension of its 1scope and ertect. la the report ot the

imitiffon Territories it is said: 'ByIterms of this bill the county receives Ids in payment of money proposed to Idvanced.' Iv fact the billdid not pro-t for the loan to be secured by bonds,for the subscription of stock. How

far this mistake may have affected thepassage of the bill, of course, cannot be Iknown. The bill doe 9 not submit the jquestion granting aid to the vote of thepeople of the county, or confer di-rect authority upon the Supervisors to!issue bonds. It is said, however, that ;inApril. IMB, an eltction was held to ob-tain the views of the people upon the ques-tion. It does not appear from any paper >

submitted to me who were the managersof this to-called election; what notice, if

'*any. was given: what qualifications on ih»ipart of voters were insisted upon, ifany: |or in what form the question was pre-

'sented. There was no law providing such !election, it beiaj: a voluntary election, ofIcourse, under tne management of thosewho favored the subsidy, and was cod- jducted without legal restraints as to votingor certification. Ihave asked for a state-ment of the vote by precincts, and have !been given what purports to be the vote at

'twelve points. The total affirmative vote |given was 1.793, and the negative. 134.

"Bat of the affirmative vote. l->-i \u25a0 wereat Phu?nix and MB at a town very nearPhujnix.

"Ifthere were no other objections to thebillIshould deem this sufficient, that noprovision is made for subrenting to the ivote of the people, at an election alter due inotice, and under the sanction of the law.the question whether this subscriptionshall be made.

"But,again, the billproposes to suspend jfor this case provisions of the Act of

'July

30, 1666, forbidding municipal corpora-tions subscribing to stock, or loaning |credit to other corporations; also forbid-ding the corporation creating a debt in ex-cess ot 4 per cent, of its taxable property at Ithe last assessment. This law was'iu- jtended to give the people of the Territoriesthat protection against oppressive muni-cipal debt, which was secured to the people |of most States by constitutional limitation.I

"The wisdom of this legislation is nofcontested by the friends of the bill, butthey claim that the circumstances are sopeculiar as to justify an exception.

"Ido not think so. Only a belief thatthe limit is inflexible will promote careand economy in the administration, Mari-copa county is one of great extent, and this Igreat ar^ is to be taxed to construct aroad which can, in the nature of things.be of advantage but to a fraction of it.There is no unity of interest or equality ofadvantage. It may very well be that asection of these lands along the line of theroad, especially town lots in Pboenix,would have added value much greater Ithan the increased burden imposed, but itis equally clear that much property inthecounty will receive no appreciable benefits.

"The existing bonded indebtedness ofMaricopa county is $272,000, and the popu-lation is estimated at about 12,000. It willbe seen that the bonded debt, to saynothing of the tloatine debt, which is saidto be small, is already largely in excess ofthe legal limit, and itis proposed to in-crease it by subscription that will cer-tainly involve $200,000 and probably $250,-

"Ifthe bill becomes a law the bondedindebtedness willvery closely approximateten per cent, of the assessed valuation ofthe property of the county.

'•The condition of things in the countyof Yavapai, lying immediately north ofMaricopa, and" through which"this road isalso to run, while not directly affected bythis legislation, is very instructive in thisconnection; by an Act of the Legislatureof Arizona, passed year before last, and byan Act of Congress to which Ihave re-ferred, Yavapai county was authorized tosubscribe $4,000 per mile to this line ofroad. The total length of the road in thiscounty was 147 miles, and 74 miles to Pres-cott had been constructed. The Secretaryof the Territory states the debt of Yava-pai county at $7.t).j0,000. and the assess- 1ment between six and seven millionjdollars. There are seventy-three miles ot •

road yet to be built from the present term-inus. Prescott, to the south line of thecounty for which Yavapai county mustmake further issue of bonds for $292,000.making the county debt of $NJ.'>,ooo, orabout 13 per cent, upon the taxable assess-ment, taking that at $r>,500,000. and a percapita county debt of nearly $85, takingthe population at about 10.600, as stated inthe report of the Senate committee. Surelyno one will insist that the true and per-manent prosperity of these communitieswillbe promoted by loading their energiesand their industries with this great debt."Ifeel the force of the suggestion that

the freight charges now imposed upon farmand orchard products of Maricopa county

are oppressive, but this billdoes not aflotJmuch relief, even in that direction. Therewould be but one competing point, viz.Phtenix. At allother points on the pro-posed road the people would be subject tothe exacting of just such rates as are de-manded by other lines. If this billcon-tained some effective provision to securereasonable freight rates to those who are tobe taxed to build the road, it would goiar to secure tny favorable consideration.

"Ihave carefully examined the reportsof the committees and every argument thathas been submitted to me by the friends ofthe bill,butIcannot bring my3elf to be-lieve that the permanent welfare of thecommunities affsgted by it willbe pro-moted by its passage.''

CONSULAR AND DIPLOMATIC.

Appropriation* for Carrying Out the Pan-American Ideas.

Washington. June 20th.—In the con-sular and diplomatic appropriation billaDumber of amendments are made in thebillas it passed the House. Missions tothe Argentine Republic and United Stattsot Colombia are raised from$7,500 to >li

-IKK) and the Danish Mission from $5,000 to$7,500, The committee also incorporatedin l£e billthe sugsestions made by Secre-tary Blaice to enable the President to carryinto eflect the recommendations of thePar. -American Conference. They|»re: $4{l--750 for compensation of employes, miscel-laneous expenses, auJ printing and tlistri-butinn of the proceedings and reports ofthe Conference; $15,000 for the compense-tion of the Commissioners, and expensesof the Commission to meet at Washingtonin January, 1891, to consider the establish-ment of an international coin or coins;$65,000 for the payment of the share oftheUnited States in a preliminary survey foran intercontinental railway: $3ti,000 forthe organization and establishing of theInternational Union of American Kepub-

lies for prompt collection and distributionot commercial luformatioD: aud $10,000for the compilation and publication inEnglish, Spanish and Portuguese, of uni-form nomenclature for imported aud ex-ported articles.

Postoffice Appropriations.\\UUWIW, June 20th.— The Postoffice

appropriation billreported to the Senateto-day appropriates $72.461.6110, an in-crease of fITo.OOO over tbe amount appro-priated by the billas it passed the House.There is an increase of $3!H).0o0 for thecompensation of Pcstoffice clerks and |48,---000 tor the transportation of foreign mails.This last increased appropriation is im-portant. It will, if incorporated into alaw. mark a departure in the postal policyof the country. A provision in the billau-thorize? the Pcstmaster-General to expendthis fis.ooo in covering one-half the cost oftransportation, compensation and expensesof a clerk to be employed la assortingmails in transit on steamships between tb«United States and other countries of theInternational Postal I'nion.

Coming 11. ,i,ir for Good.Washington. June 20tb.—Representa-

tive BigKS wiilleave Washington for hisjhome at Gridley, Cal.. next Sunday, wherehe is called by the severe illness of hiswife. He will not return to Washingtonduring this session of Congress.

He has announced his inteution of retir-ing from public life, and his Democraticfriends here are loath to part with the oldJetierson Democrat, who has been votedthe "Momus" of Congress, and whose drollhumor has so often made the halls of Con-gress merry.

OONOMmUL,

\u25a1I THE HBUm\\ASBDIWTO*, June in.h.—In the -enate Stew-art, risini;10 a question of persona* privilege

denied the truth <>i the story recently put> ishtdgiving aa aciount ot an imaginary" conflict be-tween himself aujReagan.

Reagau also suttil thai tnere was absolutelyno iomidation 'or the report.

The Postoffice appropriation bill and the Con-sular and diplnuiaiir appropriation billwere re-l>orted and placid on the calendar.

Consideration of tbe legislative, executiveand judicial appropriation bill was then re-sumed.Alter some discussion an amendment increas-

ingme'alarv of the Commi>>iouer ol the Gen-eral Land < mict; from W.i.i to JVOi. and theAMttast <'oUimi»ioDer from t3,i<oo to ILMO.was agreed to.

A motion !o Increase the salary of the Com-missioner of Indiau AHairs from $4,000 to(5.0U0wb;defeated.

Stewart moved tostrike cut the item of $3 000for the Executive Officer of the Geological Sur-vey.

"ihisgave rise to a long debate.Major Powell w as harshly criticised by Stew-

art and others and defended by lugalls.At the close ofthe discussion the amendmentwas withdrawn by Stewart, and the billthenAdjourned.

IS THE BOISE.Washington. June iMth.—ln the House yester-

day's contest w*srenewed.The >]>eaker announced the pending question

tobe tbe ordering of the previous question onthe motion made by Mills ofTexas to approvethe jourral of Wednesday as amended by theresoiut on yesterday

The previous ques ion was ordered -yeas 126,n»ys 122. MoKiuley changed his vote to anaffirmative and moved a reconsideration.

.Mills moved to table the motion and to re-consider. Curried— yeas 131, nays Ut,

The question recurred on the approving ofthe journal or Wednesday's proceedings asamended.

The motion as amended was agreed to—yeas13J naj>180.

The Clerk then proceeded to read the journalof yesterday's proceedings.

The journal was read and approved.Stewart oi Vermont presented a conference

report on the ami trust Dill.Bland ol Missouri raised the question of con

sideration to otter a resolution that the Housebill directing the purchase of silver bullion andthe issue of Treasury notes, with the Senateamendments, be taken from the \u25a0\u25a0Speaker'stable and the Senate amendments concurredin.

The House determined by the following vote,ayes H4, noes lCtf. to consider the conferencereport.

Alter r short debate the report was adopted-yeas 253. nays none.

Bland then oflered a resolution to take up thesilver bill.

McKinley made a point of order that the mo-tion was not privileged.

Conger of lowa added the further point,amidst sarcas'ic Democratic laughter, that thebill was not on the Speaker's table but inthehands of the Coinage Committee.

Bland held that the bill was on the Speakerstable.

A long discufsion followed as to whetherSenate amendments to the bill were not mattersuch as would require consideration in a Com-mittee ot the Whole.

Conger of lowa said that notwithstanding theaction ot the House in correcting the journal,the billhad been referred to the Committee onCoinage, and the Chairman of that committeehad actual possession of it.

Crisp of Georgia said that there was no evi-dence of reference :the journal did not show it

Morrow of California said that the action ofthe House yesterday was exceedingly significantof its disposition The fact was that there wasno reference >t all. The speaker had no au-thority to rtfer the bill. His action was notvoidable, but voil. The fact was that the billwas upon the Speakers table. The mere physi-cal fact that the gentltmau from lowa (Couperior his clerk had actual i'O.>s;ssion of the billmade no difference iv the parliamentary po-sition.

Butterworth denied that the House, adoptingMills'resolution, declared the billhad not beenreferred.

Henderson of lowa asked ifMorrow wouldcontend if the House, being under Democraticmanagement for the time being, should burn upthe record of the passage of a Senate bill,thebill would fail.

Morrow insisted that there was a materialdifl'ereuce between the facts of the case and thissupposition.

Butterworth declared that there were nottwenty-five men under the dome of the Capitolwho believed that the bill was incorrectly re-ferred upon thei'OKth. [Republican applause]

Morrow replied that the majority oftne Housedeclared otherwise.

Williams ofllliuois said that yesterday, whilethe motion to reconsider was pending and theresolution had been adopted, the Chairman ofthe'

Committee on Coinage walked up to theSpeaker's desk, took up a billthat he (\\illiams)believed was the silver bill and handed itoverto the Clerk of the Committee on Coinage. Itlooked lik"a conspiracy to obtain physical pos-session of the bill.

Conger of lows. Chairman of the Committeeon Coinage, said the bill was delivered to hislierk before 11 o'clock yesterdjl morning Dur-ingthe afternoon, upon request of the JournalClerk, it had been put in l,is possession tor ashort time iv order to make some clerical in-dorsements, but he (Conger) had agaiu taken itback to the Committee Clerk.

Mc'Jreary maintained that under the Consti-tution the bill never had been properly incharge of the Committee on Coinage. The Con-stitution required the Haute to keep a jurnal.Until that journal is approved itwas not propertosend a tiill anywhere, and the entry inthejournal was void. He held that the billwas outhe Speaker* table, and should te Placed beforethe House for action.

After a diseu-sion by Bland, the Speaker andothers, Blaud modified the language of his resolution so as to direct that the Speaker, underK'-.'.e 24, lay the matters ou his üble. includingthe silver billbefore the House, foraction.

The Speaker said that perhaps he could sim-plifythe matter, and suggested to Bland that heunderstood his wi.-h to be simply to get at thismatter when itwould naturally come up. sup-po.-:ug it was upon the Speaker's table, and notpynrint upon the matter at this time. What the'hair proposed to do was, tnat when the bill,oriisprutum. whatever itmight be. wa&reached, itshould be brought btfore the House. But thegentleman did not seem to consider that thiswas Friday— private bill day— and tli^t privatebillsalone were in order.

Biand asked whether the bill wouldbe laidbefore the House to-morrow morning.

The Speaker declined toanswer that questionuntil the proper time

XcComa* demanded regular order.The Speaker said regular order was a private

billwhicn he passed to the Reading Clerk.Springer wished to know when the Chair

might be expected to decide where the billwa«.

Ths Speaker said: "Whenever the bill is inorder— providing the views of the other sidewere cornet, about which the Chair presents noopinion because It does not think itis the propertime."

Blanci and >pringer finallyinsisted on a spe-cific ruli:ig.

The >peaker finallyruled that Bland's resolu-tion to proceed to the consideration ofthe silverbillwas not inorder, under the rules.

Bland appealed.McKiuley moved to lay the appeal on the

table.The yeas and nays were ordered, pending

which Giisp moved tnat tbe Home aojnurn.The motion was defeated, but the hour of5

had arrived and the House, under the rule, tooka recess.

The evening session was to be lor pension bus-IneM. No business was transacted at the even-Ing session, however.

Eureka Citizen Dead.Eureka, June 20th.

—Professor Bernard

V.Flag*, an esteemed citizen of this place,died this morning of pneumonia. He hasrelatives inSan Francisco.

IN FOREIGN LANDS.

Children of Irish Nationalists Objectto their School associates.

THEY INSTITUTE A BOYCOTT.

The Kin*of Dahomey Wants IV.noWith France—The English

House of Commons.

[>rECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE KECORD-l'N-lOX.

IN THE COMMONS.England Wants the Tariff Reduced B«-

--tore Importing Americau Cattle.Losdox. June 2oth.—ln the Commonsto-mght, \ incer.t, the Conservative mem-ber for Sheffield, asked wheiher the Gov-

ernment wouldrequest the Vnited Statesto modify the prohibitive duties on Britishproducts before it would move to makeany mod.tications in rules governing im-portation of American cattle.

I'nder Secretary Ferguson said the re-strictions ou cattle were based solely uponsanitary conditions.

Vincent thereupon gave notice of a mo-tion declaring that the House willconsiderwhether a free market ought longer to begiven to competition of the products of aforeign State which puts a prohibitorytanll onBritishgoods.

Smith, the Government leader, an-nounced that instead of moving a resolu-tion continuing bills from session to ses-sion, he had adopted Gladstone's sugges-tion that a select Commission be appointedto inquire by what means the passage ofbills, considered at one session, could befacilitated at the next.

TKOIIILK UNAVOIDABLE.ADetermination to Resist the Provisions

of the \u25a0\u25a0Modus Vivendi."St. Johns (K. F.i, June 20th.— JameaBaird, a wealthy merchant of this city

defiantly ignores the tirst attempt to putthe mm tUt/idi in operation. He hasagain instructed his manager to continuework, and willspend a fortune defendinghis alleged rights. It is believed the fact-ory owners are combined to resist themodus vivendi.

The aspect of atlairs is growing con-stantly graver.

French warships are hovering closer thanever around St. George's bay.A conflict is almost unavoidable if thecolonies are interfered with by either Eng-

land or France.Much ugly feeling exists against Edc-latui. &

Peculiar Boycott.Di-blis, June 20th.—Tbe children at-

teuiMiir a convent school in Tipperary re-fuse-.l jc? eniay to enter the building unlessthe children of the constabulary were ex-pelled. Fine hundred children of Nation-alists formed a precession and marched tothe school-house with banners to requestthe removal of the obnoxious children.This demand being refused they marchedthm-.jh the town liilfinally dispersed bythe police.

The Franco-Russian Allianre.I.ONDox, June 20th

—The CtnmSdi* Ber-lino '-respondent says the Franco-Russian

allia.ice has assumed \u25a0 concrete form sincethe announcement of the Anglo-Germanagreement.

Opposed to the Strikes.Berlin, Juue 2oth.—At a '.Teat meeting

of Socialists today, Herr;Bebel spokestrongly against useless strikes.

Wants Peace.Paris, June 20th.— The King ofDahomey

is negotiating with France for peace.

THE FILIBUSTER STORY.

ItIs Laid lirloir the Cabinet, but Ac-tion on it U Withheld.

Washington. June 20th.— The report ofSpecial Agent C. E. Foster, on the attemptto seize Lower California, was taken to theWhite House to-day by Attorney-GeneralMiller and laid before "the Cabinet, whereits contents were considered for over anhour. All the members of the Cabinetwere present except Rusk. At the conclu-sion of the meeting a representative ot theCalifornia Associated Press met the Attor-ne?-General, and asked him if the reportwould now be made public. He replied inthe negative, and stated that he could notsay when he would make its contents pub-lic,ifat all. After a moment's thought hecontinued as follows : "There is really nonews in the report that has not heretoforeappeared in the press of the Pacific coastand been telegraphed Eastward. The re-port is largely made up ofthe testimony ofwitnesses as to who were implicated."

"Then, Mr. Miiler, as Iunderstand it,the report confirms the statement thatthere was a plot to seize Lower California,and that the English corporation was im-plicated init?''

"Yes. sir.'' he replied ; "'that is no secret,as Isaid before. The report ot Afr.Fosterfullyconfirms the newspaper accounts ofthe plot. Of course we cannot make pub-licat present the names of onr witnessesor what they testify to, as that would begiving our case awity in advance."

The report was discussed at today's ses-sion of the Cabinet, but no decision wasreached, as more time was desired in orderto iook up certain laws or authorities onthe subject. Icannot say when the reportwill be made public, but it will probablynot be for some time yet.— * • - —̂

Remarkable Story.

New York,, June 20th.— An Omahaspecial says: L. G. Secrest, of Hebron,Neb., was thrown from the third-storywindow of the Merchants' Hotel, in thiscity, about 2 o'clock this morning, andfatally injured. J. Werner, also of He-bron, who was Secrest s room-mate, claimsthat whilesuffering from a horrible night-mare he picked up Secrest and dashed himout of the window. Both men are Masons,attending the session of the Siate GrandLodge, and some charge that during aquarrel about a Scottish Rite controversythe deed was done. Sfcrest refuses to talk

Oregon Railway and Navigation.Portland, June 20th. —The newly-

elected Board of Directors of the OregonRailway and Navigation Company to-dayelected tne following Board of Officers :Edward Smith, President: W. H. Hol-combe, First Vice-President ;D. P.Thom-son, Second Vice-President ; \V.W. Colton,Secretary; Alexander Miller, AssistantSecretary; Oliver W. Mink, Controller;James G. Harris, Treasurer ; Charles W.Holcombe, Local Treasurer ;W. W. Col-ton, General Attorney :Union Trust Com-pany of Xew York, Transfer Agent.

Mackay's Money.New York. June 20th.— John W. Mackay

has commenced action in the United StatesCircuit Court against Cassias H.Reed andEdward S. Stokes for the recovery of $533,-OiK) loaned, with interest from January 7,1579.

Salvator and Tenny Matched.Xew York, June 20th.—Salvator and

Tenney are matched. They will race at.Siieeps'head Bay on Wednesday afternoonnext for $5,000 a side, and the ConeyIslon.i Tfirlcpv (lnhwilladd $5,000.

It's Murder Now.

Tclare. June 20th.—Harry Netherland(colored), who was shot yesterday by R.W. Kichson, also colored, died this after-noon. Richson is in jail, charged withmurder. .

Severe electric storms, accompanied bymuch rain and heavy winds, prevailedyesterday in Northeastern Kansas and\Vestern* Missou ri.