Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-24

payment of bond. in lawful money. issued by
the United States Treasury in volume of
at least fifty dollars per capite, full
legal tender for all money payments what
soever within the United States, and
in the form of absolute money, and
not promise to pay that no banks of
issue, either State or national, be authorized
or permitted; that the name of this organi-
cation, the Greenback Labor party, be
party to the Union Greenback Labor party,
and we hereby adopt the platform of the
Union Greenback party adopted by the Ma
tional Convention Of that party held at St.
Louis March 4, 1880.
Almarin B. Paul was elected to represent
California in the National Convention of
the party. S. w. Holiday was elected
member of the State Executive Committee,
and J. G. Moody was appointed the organ
izing officer for San Francisco. The commit
tee than adjourned, to meet at the call of
the Chairman.
MAYOR KALLoCH AT HOME.
Mayor Kalloch addressed a large audience
this evening at the Metropolitan Temple. In
the course of his remarks the speaker gave
brief account OF his recent trip to Oregon, in
which he took occasion to speak in somewhat
satirical terms of the climate of that section,
and the annoyances ne experienced in making
voyages to and from Portland.
MANuFAoToRY BURNED.
A large two-story building belonging to
the Mattulah Manufacturing Company, lo-
Gated on the east side of Eighth strest, be.
tween Bryant and Harrison, caught fire this
evening and was totally destroyed. The loss
will reach $4,000; fully insured. The fire
originated in the engine-rooms of the San
Francisco Candle Works.
THE hoy PREACHER"
Rev. Thos. Harrison, the "bcy preacher
is still attracting large and interested con
gregations. At the meeting this evening
eighteen persons made q public profession of
conversion. This makes LOG who claim to
have been converted since these revival meet
ings were insugurated.
PROBABLE SUICIDE.
Fritz Stein, formerly the Sacramento cor
respondent of the San Francisco German
Demokrat, is believed to have committed sui
eide. He entered the office Of the Demokrat
this morning, and leaving several letters, dis
appeared. The letters were subsequently ex-
anime and their contents disclosed the fixed
purpose of Stein TO commit suicide. Search
has been made for the missing man, but it
has been thus far fruitless. Stein is well con-
necsed, and has o wife and three children re-
siding here.
CHINAMAN KILLED.
A Chinaman, while carrying trunk up a
stairway this morning at the West End Ho.
tel, lost his balance and fell distance of ff-
teen feet and was instantly killed.
CHINESE ACTRESS.
The Chinese dramatic circles are much agi-
tated over the appearance at the jackson
street Chinese theater of Chow Chi. noted
female actress, who arrived very recently
from Australia. This is the only Chinese
actress who has ever appeared here in fact,
the only one outside of China. She has just
completed successful engagement in the
Colonies, and is en- route to appear at the
Imperial Theater of China.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The English cricketers have gone to Aus
tralia.
The Garfield monument fund now amounts
to $11,7
The sentence of Hope, the burglar, has
been deferred until nsxt Saturday.
Friday night Maggie Driscol was run over
by Geary street dummy engine and severely
injured.
The British ship Compadre, which arrived
on Friday, was 304 days from Liverpool to
this port, having sailed from Liverpool ON
December 2lst of last year.
The proposed erection of Soldiers Horce
in this State is being pressed by committee
composed of w. S. Rosecrans, James Coey,
w. A. Phillips, Richard M. Apgar and Capt.
Knight
The Fourth United States Artillery, which
has been nine years on this coast, is to be ex-
changed TO the Atlantic side, taking the sta
sen. to the Pacific.
Ladies' Home has been filed by the follow
ing givers at 81, 600 each: Governor Perkins,
Charles Croker, Mrs. Charles Croker,
A. K. P. Harmon, Samuel Merritt, Captain
Simpson, Jas. De FremerY, j. G. Ainsworth
and A. Chabot.
The Chinese creditors of the Godfrey
Gravel Mining Company, situated at Grass
Valley, Nevada county, have fled pstition
in Judge Hslsey's Court TO have the company
declared insolvent. The petitioners repre-.
sent that the company is indebted to them In
1852 40, being for labor performed in the
mine.
William s. Strange, who is in the custody
of the Sheriff of Santa Cruz county for the
murder of Newton f. Kitchen in Watson
vile on the 2Sth of last month, petitioned
to bail. Strange claims that the evidence
will only make out case of manslsughter.
The Supreme Court will hear him on Wednes.
day morning.
Lauren 4. Crane, expert Of the books and
accounts of the State Prisons, has finished his
task, and reports the books and accounts
well kept and correct. He believes the sys-
TEN of bookkeeping adopted to be admirable
and to facilitate investigation of the financial
business of the management of the prison.
If there had been any fraud in the accounts
he thinks he would have discovered it.
In Saturdays races, at the Bay District
track. Governor Stanford's two-year-old FLY
whichever, against time, trotted a mile in
2:21, beside running mate, and without
break, beating the best on record by four and
q mar SECONDS anu equaiius III lnonps0nS
record for tnree-year.old, beating the Ken
tacky trotters eleven seconds Roses two
yesr-old flly Eva YVES brought out to beat
2:31-she Eastern record. She trotted, be-
side running mate, the mile In 2:26, beating
Sweetheart's record half second. Her
driver was twenty-five pounds overweight.
Saturday horse attached to coal cart
took fright on Union street. and started down
grade at terrible rate of speed. At Powell
street the animal ran into car No. 10 of the
N. B. and M. r. r. Go. as it was going
south. The shafts Of the coal cart were
driven into the side Of the car, which was
completely demolished, and q number of
were more or less injured. Those |
who were most seriously injured are Mrs. II. |
Mitchell of Colusa, and Mrs. j. +. Cahill, of |
No. 22s Turk street, her sister. After the |
accident the ladies were carried into drug |