Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-04-24
END OF THE GREAT STORM.
Serious Outlook in Regard to the
Chimehuava Indian Outbreak.
SAN JOSE SCHOOL TEACHER sU1c1DED
Fatal Ending of a Poker Game in San
Bernardino County.
CALIFORNIA.

GEORGETOWN, April 23d.-The storm Just
over was the heaviest ever known here:
The rainfall to date for the month of April
has never been exceeded in any mouth since
a record has been kept here-seven years
amounting to % 80 inches; for the season,
go inches Very little damage has been
done so far as heard.
SHAsTA.-The sun is shining brightly to-
day The rain is from the north. No rail-
road communication yet. 1t showed last
night on the mountains. The storm is about
over.
DUTCH FLAT.-The weather is fair. The
storm died out last night. Barometer 1926.
The snow is melting rapidly.
RIO VIsTA-There has been a decided
change in the weather here to-day. We had
no rain, and the wind is now in the north.
From $500 to 5000 acres of the Egbert tule
is now flooded to the depth of three to six
feet. The remainder of the tule on Cache
slough is also flooded, which makes about
5000 acres covered with water. None of the
islands in this locality, as far as known have
flooded to-day.
ALAMEDA.-Word is just received from
Centerville that the lowlands on the creek
are flooded, but the water is rapidly receding.
Several hundred acres of grain are covered
with sediment, and large amount of fence
carried away by the food. An old resident
says all the squirrels and gophers that
abounded so plentifully on the lowlands have
been killed by the food. The report that
Centerville Is flooded is without foundation,
as it is located on high ground.
STOCKTON weather has been sun
shiny here to-day. The water in all the
sloughs and channels has greatly receded.
Persons in from the country report that the
crops are not much injured, and that few
days of sunshine will set everything to rights
again. The west-siders in town are extremely
jubilant over the outlook for a more album
dant harvest than in 1872.
KINGSTON Fresno couuty).-About l P
N. Wednesday a heavy fall of rain COM
menced, the rain falling in torrents for a
few minutes, when it moderated a little and
continued raining until about $3.50 p. NJ. The
amount of water falling during the storm up
TO A. N. Thursday morning measured LOS
inches. The weather is still changeable
occasionally showering during the day. The
river is rising rapidly. 1t is now eight feet
above low-water mark.
Unsatisfactory Proposition = Disguised
Outsiders.
SAN Francisco, April 23d.-The PROPOSE
ton of the big Board of brokers to double the
rate of commissions is at present the leading
topic on Pine street, and is met with general
condemnation, naturally enough, on the part
of outsiders. The lobby of the big Board
manifested its disapproval at the first session
this morning by leaving the Board-room en-
masse.
Shasta County Republican Delegation.
SHASTA, April 23d.-The Shasta County
Republican Central Committee met here to-
day and elected John V. Scott of Shasta and
g. G. Bush of Redding delegates to the State
Convention, with instructions to support Jas.
u. Blaine.
Suicide at san Jose.
SAN JOSE, April 23d.-A. f. Briesen, a
German teacher, committed suicide this morn
ing by shooting himself in the mouth. He
was a well-known citizen, and was a CORE
spondent of the German Dena0krdt, of San
Francisco.
SECOND DISPATCH.l
SAN JOSE, April 23d.-This morning about
10 o'clock Professor A. Z. Briesen, of the
Cosmopolitan School, located in the basement
of the M. Z. Church South, was found dead,
sitting at table in the school-room. The
pupils found the school-room locked, and soon
after Mr.. Briesen's mother-in-law arrived and
directed one of the boys, who saw Mr..
Briesen inside, to go and awaken
him, as it was supposed he had fallen asleep.
Entering, they found him dead. On the
door at his feet lay pistol, and examination
found that he had shot himself in the mouth,
the bullet having passed upward into the
brain. An inquest was held this after
noon. A letter to his wife asked her
forgiveness for the rash act, and stated
that under the circumstances she could not
do otherwise. Mr.. Briesen was a genial, So
cisl gentleman, and splendidly educated.
His father was General in the Prussian
army. 1t is not known that the rash act was
premeditated. Last evening he attended the
meeting of the San Jose Stamm, United
Order of Red Men, of which society
he was Secretary. After the meeting he
visited Erle's saloon, accompanied by num-
Der of friends. They spent the night in social
conversation, and nothing was said by Mr..
Briesen that would lead his comrades to be-
lieve that he intended to take his own life.
He appeared jolly, and left the saloon
about 2 o'clock this morning in good
spirits and perfectly sober. Deceased
had sick wife and two children, and was
financially embarrassed. The jury found
that he was native of Germany, SO years of
age, and that he died by his own hand, fnan-
cial depression and sickness in his family
being the cause. The tragic manner of his
death has been concealed from his wife. The
funeral will take place tomorrow.