Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-11-19
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The Insane Asylum Fire-list of Missing
and Head


ST. PETER (Minn.), November 18th.-Fol
lowing is the off sial list of missing and dead
furnished by the hospital officers S. S. Pru-
den, probably burned; j. @. Brennan, miss
ing, but believed to be safe Columbus Nc
MILAN, probably burned; VIM. Collaphie,
probably burned James E. Clinch, prob
ably burned; Charles A. Barber, missing !;
Amos G. Alley, missing; Carl Ravesheiner,
sick and probably burned Jacob Z. Egfeller,
missing; VIM. Init. missing, but thought
TO have escaped and eloped L. Larson Ross,
missing Patrick E. Fahey, missing; j. NJ.
Stoppa. missing; Marcelle Gogyn, dement,
ed, probably burned Jonathan 2. Abraham,
rescued from the building, but died soon
after John r. Thoroildson, rescued from
the building and died to-day; Henry
Dickmore, probably burned-had resided
in the hospital fourteen years John Gill,
rescued and died soon after from exhaustion
James Mackay, missing; Ephraim Gordon,
missing, demented !; Andrew Allison, de-
meuted; Lenora Dubeman, epileptic, proba-
bly, burned; Edward Malone, probably
burned: Peter Peterson, epileptic, miss
ing; Daniel O'Bgien, missing Patrick
Clancy, admitted last week, probably burned /;
Catherine Holman, missing, but probably
safe Those burned were demented and sick
patients, incapable OF making any effort to
save themselves.
ST. PETER, November 18th. : Thomas
O'Neill, John Neugest and Frederick Lee
clerc died this morning from the effects of
inhaling smoke, and exhaustion at the asylum
FIRE. The number known to be dead now is
thirteen. Seven have been identified by
name and six are unrecosnized. The bodies
of ten more are reported as probably burned,
and eight more missing.
DeeisiOn by Judge Hey.
NASHVILLE, November 1Sth.-Judge Key,
of the United States Court in deciding the
case in favor of the Southern Express Com
pany and against the Louisville and Nash
vile Railroad, said:
The conduct of an express business, as such bust
ness, is no part Of the duty of q railroad. Until
within recent period there has been in this
country no effort the part of railroa to carry it
on They have been content not only to permit
this business to be done over their lines by
others, but have fostered it by opportunities
given until it has grown into distinct, separate,
organized branch OF general business, different in
It's method and characteristics from the natural and
legitimate transactions of railroad ExpTessage
has grown into pubic necessity. The idea cannot
now be entertained that railroad, directly or by
p@nies from their lines, by lettering them with
lndirection, can trammel or drive express com
unjust regulations unfair determinations, nor
can a railroad assume to Itself the exclusive right
or privilege OF carrying on an express business over
It's own lines, any portion OF them. | do not
undertake to say that railroads may not
undertake to act expressnen, but If it
should undertake to do so it must
90 SO as eXpressmen and net as railroad. Il is
no part Of Its duty privilege as a railroad, H.
them in the conduct OF its business as expressmen
its duty relations and operations be different and
distinct from those apgeTtaining u 1t as railroad
1t must treat lis express just though it had sep
arate individuality from that of the railroad 1t
q odv or
privileges which it Goes not allow TO other express
companies, carrying ON like business.
a singular Court-martiaI.
NEW YoRg, November 1Ssh.-Paymaster
Nelson, who confessed his guilt yesterday and
threw himself on the mercy Of the Court
martial, showed in his defense that he had
disbursed 81. 459, 934 without loss to the Gov
eminent, although his duties, more partieu-
larry on the Pacific coast, were at times ex-
trenely hazardous and attended with great
personal peril. The basis of the trouble
was his having a large family to support,
and becoming deeply involved in debt, to
save himself of the burden he went into a
speculation in wheat He was at first sue.
cessful, but finally was overwhelmed with
disaster-a disaster so overwhelming, to quote
his own language, that he became on account
of them practically insane. The Herald
says: Altogether this has been very sin
gular Court-martial. Ia the conduct of the
trial, in the first place, the charges and speci-
fcations have been sedulously withheld from
the public. In the second place, the only
testimony has been for tho defense, and that
wholly on the subject of character. 1t is
stated that the amount of the alleged embez.
element is about 5000, and that ell the &C,
cused hopes or looks fer is a condonenent OF
his offense on the ground of his previous good
nto II he cf h
ton.
Westward Bound Passengers.
OMAHA, November 18sh.-The following
through passengers were on to-day's train,
leaving at 1:30 P. NJ. to arrive in Sacra-
mento November ed. L. Green, Ohio
i. r. Telford and wife, New York Miss
Aiken, Richmond, Va; Miss Friend,
Chesterfield, Va; II. b. Champion and
wife, Philadelphia; L. G.. Harrison, Mrs. E.
j. Harrison, Allie Harrison, Belle Rail,
ILL.,; Mrs. 2. g. S. Ten Brock, Grace Wood
bury, Portland. Me-; S. II. HAVE. wife aud
two children, Marlborough. Mass. Granville
Pulien, o. A. Hiclok, w. d. Garland and
wife, San Francisco Miss Mary S. Talbot,
Freeport, Me-; Irving III. Scott, w. Oar
lington, Mary Land, Mrs. Julia Scott and
daughter, Mrs. Katie Shaffer, Baltimore /;
w. L. Duff and wife, Memphis /; Morton
u. Il >
Linfeld Stoughton, Massachusetts VIM.
Childs, Trinidad Moses Manuel, Josephus
Manuel, Henderson, Mimi; George Veasey
Stewart, New Zealand; Trivial Maurice,
England d. D. Mccarthy, Saratoga, n. Y;
Mrs. j. NJ. Larue, Stockton Colonel BEN
jamin and family, U. S. A.
Arrangement of san Francisco Before the
Boston Public.
New YORK, November 1Sth.-A San Fran
cisco letter, quoted in the Boston Trdpeler,
ssys that there has been a great falling off in
the population of that city. The writer esti-
mates the decrease at more than 10000, and
the opinion is expressed that not less than
&c, 600 mere will be compelled to leave for
want of industrial employment The city is
oyerrun with young hoodlums of both sexes,
nursed in idleness and having no hope in the
future The writer attributes to the gambling
spirit that pervades the city much of its mis-
fortunes, and sees no hope of improvement
until it is rooted out or new race of Industrial
anti gambling people shall displsce the pres
ent paralyzed victims of stock gambling, and
until the $50, 900, 600 of savings now entirely
devoted to stock gambling shall be invested
to the expansion of industrial pursuits.
New steamship.
New York, November 18sh.-The State
of Nebraska, the new steamer of the State
Line which sailed from Belfast on the 7th of
this month, arrived at this port this morning
she has three decks, and can accommodate
ninety first class, seventy second-class and
forty third-class passengers. The vessel is
designed to be used as troop ship if she
should ever be required. Her safety is in
creased by sn unusual number OF bulkheads
On her trial trip she made fourteen knots an
hour. 1t is believed that her average tiIns of
passage across the Atlantic will not exceed
nine days.
Gymnastic Difficulty.
New YORK, November 1sth.-The Execu-
tive Committee OF the National Association
of Amateur Athletes held a meeting last
evening The case Of Horace Halves, of Red.
wood City. Cal, after investigation, was
disposed Ct by being referred back to the
OLYMPIC Club OF San Francisco TO take
Halves sworn testimony, for the purpose of
whether or not he Il IA anna
teur. HAYES agrees to be sworn, provided he
Is not required to 90 back to his career as an
athlete before the Eastern definition of am
ateurD was recognized on the Pacific coast.
The Warren Court OF Tnqu;ry-shcridan's
Language.
NEW York, November 1Sth.-The Herald
saws: General Bartlett, of San Francisco.
before the Warren Court of Inquiry
differed materially from Colonel
/ locke. OF Warren's staff, regarding Sheridsn's
language about Warren, Bartlett testifying
as follows: tell Warren ! don't cousider