Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-27

blsnop Aip mas Been appointed ore o. ste
Vice-Presidents of the Alumni meetiug.
which will be held az Yale College on the
day before commencement, June Ssh.
The dead body of Joshua Hewes, native
of Massachusetts. aged 62 years, was found
IN bed IN his room. No. q Dupont street.
Hewss evidently had been dead some time.
The Board of Equalization still labors
over the equalization process. It he's acted
on many applications. The assessment ca
the Gas Company was raised So o75, go, and
| on The Water Company 81. GOO. 600.
The Veterans Home Association IS max
ing active exerticns 10 establish q substantial
and comfortable home for The wounded and
disabled veterans of the Mexican and Union
wars. A suitable location viii be selected for
q permanent institution.
On Friday evening Lieutenant Colonel
Harry 5. Hammond Of the Second Artillery
was elected Msja OF the lew Third Infantry
Battalion formed from the remnants of the
late Third Infantry Regiment. The battalion
is composed of three companies.
Saturday afternoon man named William
Williams, who recently arrived from Boston,
Mass, jumped into the bay from off Vallejo
street wharf. He was rescued and taken to
the Central Hospital by officers O'Neil and
Mahoney of the north harber police.
a woman known as Birdie Goldstein. while
under the influence of LIQUOR Saturday at
tempted to kill herself with revolver in a
house on Wsverly Place. One shot went
wide of the mark, and the other, which was
prematurely discharged, wounded her in the
left thigh.
Information is wanted of VIM. l.. Foster,
of Napa, Cal, who left this city for CARRIER
vile, humboldt county, via the Northern
Pacific Railroad, Oh the afternoon OF June
%, or the morning of June Sd, taking the
stage at Clorerdale, since which time he has
not been heard from.
The committee appointed by the Master
!, Mariners Association to arrange for it's re-
gatta has decided to give up the idea, for the
reason that the prize of S400 set apart ~ the
Citizens Committee is deemed to be INSULT
Gent TO cover any loss by collision, etc., that
might result to any Of the vessels taking part
in the regatta.
The receipts at the Internal Revenue office
in this city for The week ending Saturday
amount to 500, $50 Sc. as follows: Lists,
81 9i4 81; spirits, SIS 070 10; snuff, S54 I;
tobacco, 1862 So; cigars and cigarettes,
SIG 694 "a; beer. S7.276 06; specials, 81,
$50 81. The total receipts for the month so
far aggregate 1888. 033 81, and since January
1at. 81, IA. 30 70.
Saturday. on Fourth street. runaway
horse dashed into a crowd of boys, and the
wagon drawn by the horse passed over and
killed Thomas Gaffney, aged 6d years. Frank
Hunt, aged TO- had enc leg broken. The
horse was frightened by band. The driver
has been arrested for mauslaughter. 1t
would appear. however, that he did all he
could to hold the horse.
A great hue and cry was raised during the
matinee performance at the California The
alter by an excitable woman who claimed to
have been robbed of her purse containing
several hundred dollars. Detective Byram,
who was present, intro 1uced himself, and the
excited woman adjourned to the dressing.
room. There the detective casually picked
up her parasol, from which the lost purse fell
| out.
The State Mining Bureau has been rem.
dered attractive recently By the acquisition
Of the "Chilcats meteor, so named because
it was seen by the Chilcat Indians of Alaska
to fall 100 years ago, and has been preserved
by them. 1t is an aerolite, weighing LOGO
ounces, and was brought to the notice OF
Professor Hanks by John Muir, the scientist,
some eight months ago. Through the North
w,st Trading Company the Mining Bureau
succeeded in negotiating for its purchase.
| The political excitement continues. Plenty
OF candidates but no nominations as yet. In
| all the parties there are discussions and
splits and all the usual wrangle preceding
settlement an union upon tickets. The Re
pnblicans propose for Mayor either III. p.
Jones, d. J. Stubs. NJ. J. Burke, w.
CARAT. Irving NJ. Scott. Judge Blake,
| Captain Merry or John Sedgwick The col
ored men have organized a Republican club
after lively wrangle between two factions
for the organizatisn. The Ward Presidents
Of the w. ?. c. hold meetings frequently and
are arranging for nominating convention.
The armories Of G and T Companies have
taken upon themselves about the same as
pact as those of the First in the matter of
their proposed encampments, and about the
same trouble is disturbing them, for General
McComb has promised the Fourth Of July
Committee that these two organizations shall
be back in this city in time for them to take
their place in the procession. The voice of
dissension necessarily is loud and long, and
| not few declare that if this he true they
viii Immediately inform their employers that
they will spend their holiday in the city; but
one member Of has Issued an order declsr-
ing himself and proclaiming that he will
parade in Monterey on the Ash if he has to
do it all solitary and alone.
The Examiners leader is on Commercial
Retaliation" and says: The fact is coming
home to European legislators that either they
must check American imports. or the hun
dreds of millions invested in lands will be
almost completely wiped out The European
farmer must either be permitted to occupy
his land on like terms with his American
competitor. or he must not be subjected TO
UNI stricted competition That is a proposi
ton that is self-evident. It follows. then,
that either the landowners must abandon
the capital they have invested in land as
lost or else a resort must be had to discrim-
mating duties. When the choice lies between
two such courses, can there be any doubt as
TO which, in the end, will be followed? The
land owner will naturally prefer his own in
terests 10 those of his American competitor
Self-protection is the first law of nature.
The fact that Governor Perkins and staff
and Genera! Barnes and staff have decided
not to go to Santa Cruz with the First Regi-
ment, as originally intended, has led to the
supposition that the regiment will forgo its
trip also, and remain in the city and parade
on the Fourth. Nothing official has as vet
come from the regiment, but it IS understood
that some of the officers are opposed to going.
A military man yesterday expressed the
opinion that any attempt to prevent the ex-
cursion of the regiment by writ of mandate
would fail. The law requires that each bat
TALON shall parade on February 22d, July
4th. and in September for rife practice. and
shall, when it desires. encamp for eight days,
for which it may draw s., 600 from the Treas.
ury. The law does not specify any place to
parade, and If the First Regiment chose to
parade at Santa Cruz on the Fourth. it could
do SO and cop.ly with the law satisfactorily.
S, far as known. no action has yet been taken
by anybody to test the question.
The Church of st. Ignatius. corner of
Hayes and Van Ness avenue, has been the
center OF attraction during the week to the
devout members of the Catholic Church.
who daily visited the shrine where repose the
relics of St. Placidus, beneath the altar, dedi.
Gated to st. Francis Xavier, and which are
encased in wax figure. representing youth
of some 16 years, the supposed age Of the
saint at the time Of his martyrdom, in the
fourth century. The surroundings are of the
most beautiful and costly nature, and the
various draperies are handsomely wrought in
velvet, satin and gold Although many of
the leading incidents in the life and death of
st. Placidus are yelled by the disruption of
historical links, it is known that ne was one
of the many thousands of early Christians
who were sacrificed on account of their faith
by blood.thirsty Roman tyrants. The beau