Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-05-31
DAILY REC0RB-usHeN sERyEs.
v0LUME XIII NUMBER IS.

vOLUME XIII NUMBER IS.
r waited an hour and half for his expected
visitors. 1t is known that had the conference
been held an attempt would have been made
! to readjust the whole matter satisfactorily to
all persons concerned.
Serious Accident on the Pennsylvania
Railroad.
TRENTON IN. j.. May S0th-The train on
the Pennsylvania Railroad which leaves New
York at S;15 being behind time, was running
at full speed when nearing Bear Swamp, four
miles from Trenton, and ran into an open
switch. The palace car attached to the train
only kept the track. All the others left the
rails, and one car turned completely over.
About dozen passengers are said to be
injured severely, and several others slightly.
Augustus Ritter. of Philadelphia, was killed
outright. he was trying to get out of
window and was struck by some projecting
timbers Mrs. Lucretia Pennington, aged
so, OF Sixty-hrst street, New York was
fatally injured and died about 6 o'clock.
Three cars were smashed, but the wreck was
| soon cleared. Careless switching was the
cause.
SECOND DIsPATcHI
TRENTON, May S0th.-The telegraph oper-
ator who is also switchman, and whose duty
I
mediately after the accident.
| THIRD DIsPATCH.l
| TRENTON, May S0th.-AIiss Topsey Venn
and Miss Lulu Campbell, of the Rice Surprise
Party, were in parlor car. and SO badly
shaken up that their physicians refused to
let them play tonight. Their injuries,
however, are not dangerous. Maud aud Alice
Harrison were passengers, and others of their
troupe, but they appear tonight.
Rumored Break for Liberty.
| NEw YORK, May 30th.-It was rumored
at police headquarters this afternoon
that an organized sttemp. had. been
hin Blackwell's Island Penitentiary to
escape by crossing the river to New York,
and that collision had taken place between
them and the guards, in which several had
been wounded. No particulars of the affair
or any substantiation of its truth could be OBJ
tanned from the police this afternoon, as they
lad received no official notice of the occur
| renee.
TsECoND DfspATCHI
NEW YORK, May 30.h-Upon investiga-
| tion the alleged escape of prisoners at Black
wells Island resolves it into the fact that two
skif, became alarmed, the skiff upset and
one only was rescued. The other was
drowned.
The Fortune Bay Outragcs-
Concluded.
WASHINGTON, May 30th.-Secre tary Blaine
aud Sir Edward Thornton concluded Satur-
day their prolonged negotiations in regard to
the outrages upon American seamen at For
tune Bay in January, 1878. and at later
date at Aspee Bay, Cape Breton. The Amer
ican claims for losses by several fishermen
aggregated s130000. The agreement between
Secretary Blaine and Sir Edward Thornton
is that the British Government shall pay
H15, 600 in gold coin and this Government
will give receipt in full. The money will
probably be paid some time this week, and
be promptly distributed among its rightful
Gloucester, Mass.
Successful Robbcries- -Railroad Work.
DENVER (Col.), May 3osh. The west
son line was robbed to-day while passing
through canyon four miles west of Poncha
Springs by four unmasked men. After Sc
curing $500, a So. 800 draft, besides number
of gold watches and other valuable jewelry.
the coach was allowed to proceed. About 10
o'clock the same robbers entered a store at
Poncha Springs, compelled everybody pres
ept to hold up their hands and the proprietor
to turn over the contents of his safe, amount
ing to about $3.50, and then departed. The
leader of the band was recognized as Charles
Allison, former Deputy Sheriff of Conejos
county. The remainder are supposed to be
| members of a band of cattle thieves who
have been operating around Pennington for
months past.
| Grading on the Denver, Western and Pa
| ci6c is about completed between Denver and
Longmont, and track-laying has begun.
| Graders are now at work on the line west of
Longmont. 1t is not yet decided whether
the line through the mountains will be broad
gauge or narrow.gauge. The road will prob
| 1xa fo I
mont by September 1st.
American Institute OF Mining Engineers.
SrAuNToN (Va), May 30th.-The Ameri-
can Institute of Mining Engineers met here
to. day. VIM. Metcalf, of Pittsburg. Presi-
| dent of the Institute, was first welcomed in
the Opera House by Mayor Balthis. and then
by A. FL. II. Stuart, Secretary of the Interior
under President Fillmore. President Metcalf
enlarged on the great mineral resources of
this section, which are being entirely neg
leetad in favor of the discovery of minerals
in rocky peaks of the west and in favor of
arid plains.
Dcsper. does Shot Bead by n Sheriff.
GALVESTON, May 80 h.-The Ners' San
Marcus special says: Billie M. Metz N, alias
Billie Bones, and Baker, alias Charlie Hart,
| implicated in many robberies aad outrsges in
this and adjoining counties, were shot dead
by Sheriff Martin in an attempt to escape
Double Murder In Alabama.
CHATTANOOGA, May SOth,-A special to
the Times gives an account OF double mur-
der at Bridgeport, Ala, yesterday, twenty
miles from Chattanooga. A tramp named
Mehan, while bathing Sunday morning with
some young men, became enraged because
they spattered him with mud. He rushed
for his knife and cut VIM. Copeland in the
neck, causing instant death. The tramp was
in
Reese, a cousin of Copeland, stepped up ard
shot Mehan dead. Reese escaped. The
cousins are connected with the most suhstar-
tial families in the neighborhood.
A Man shoots HIS Wife and Her Father,
and Then Kills Himself.
INDIANAPOLIS, May 30tb.-John Enriche,
an ex policeman and ex-saloon keeper, whose
wife had applied for divorce, shot her and
her father this morning, and then shot him.
self. Enriche died. Mrs. Enriches condi-
tion is critical, but she will probably recover.
Her father was but slightly wounded
Government Telegraph Line Ordered.
WASHINGTON, May S0sh.-In view of the
condition of affairs among the Utes, and the
possibility that there may be trouble there,
the War Department has decided that tele-
graphic communication with the interior Of
the Territory shall be established. The near
est poiut from whence Washington and Gen.
Pope's headquarters at Leavenworth can be
communicated with is one hundred miles
from the Uncompahgre Agency. Lieut..
Storey, on duty with the Signal
Service, has been ordered to proceed to
Lake City, Col, and construct from there a
Government telegraph line to that Agency.
Mr.. Storey will leave Washington in few
days on this duty. The line will be in work
| ing order in about three months. When
| this is accomplished, General Pope, being
promptly informed of all matters of import
| ance among the Utes, move his troops
without delay, and the Government can act
without the long waiting for intelligence
| which did so much to enlarge the former
trouble with the Utes.
9th r Graves Visited.
! PHILADELPHIA, May 30sh.-The Michael
Davitt Branch of the Irish Land League to-
| day strewed flowers upon the graves of the
grandfather Of Parnell in Woodland Gem
etery, and also on the grave of Michael Da-
Wits mother in Manayunk Cemetery.
Strike Agreed Upon.
CINCINNATI, May 30th--One thousand
Union men in the iron works at Covington
and Newport have agreed to strike tomorrow
| for advanced wages