Sacramento daily record-union., 1882-04-28

some unaocountable manner starting down
grade st that point and c0lllding WITH the
pass niger train coming up. Tae locomotive
| and baggage car OF the train was tusaed COM
! pletsly over, badly smashed, and the eNpre,s,
smoker, ladies' car and the fose.trucSs OF the
chair car deraile5, and the track torn up tor
| several rods James Hammond, the engi-
| neer, was thrown cut and bed his skull frec.
tuyed. The passengers were all pretty well
shaken up, but none were much iaiurod. The
loss 20 the railroad is estimated 81 $50 900.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Bead.
BosroS, April 275h.-Ralph Waldo Esaer-
son died st his home in Concord, Msss., at
O'Clock this evening. During the forenoon
Emerson did not appear TO suffer greatly, and
was apparently resting easy. About noon
the patient exhibited signs of restlessress.
| apd began to suffer severe pain. Seon there
after he bscame delirious, snd his physician
| Immediately administered ether, under
the influence Of which he was kept
till his death. About q quarter of
this evening his physician came down
from the sick-room to the apartment
where a lumber of friends of the family
ware sitting, and stated that during the after
noon Emerson's pulse had been reduced from
140 to 40, that no thought the crisis in the
disease reached, and would he favorably
passed. The doctor then went up stairs, and
returned almost immediately with news of
his death.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was born in Boston, May
25, 1903. He was the son of the Rev. William
Emerson pastor of the First Church in that city:
in his eighth year. on the death Of his father, he
was sent to one Of the public grammar schools, and
was soon qualified to enter the Latin school. bere
his first attempts in literary composition were made
| consisting not merely Of the ordinary exercises by
which boys dreariy inducted into the mysteries
OF rhetoric, but of original poems recited at exhi
81. IN ha o,nfar Harx
College and was graduated in August, 1891. For
five years after leaving college he was engaged in
teaching school In 1896 he was appreciated to
preach by the MiddleseN association OF ministers,
but his health at this time failing, he spent the win
| ter in South Carolina and FLORIDA In September ,
| $780, he was married to Ellen Louisa Tucker OF Bos
ton who died in February, 1881 Iu 1892 he asked
and received dismisson from the church. account
OF differences OF opinion between himself and the
church, touching the Lords supper. In December,
1892 he sailed for Europe, where he remained nearly
| year On his return in the winter Of 1884 be
| began that career lecturer, ia which he
! gained much distinction, with discourse
before the Boston Mechanics Institute, on the some
| what unpromising subject OF Water Three
others followed, two Italy, descriptive OF his re-
cent tour in that country, and the last the Re-
! lat.on of Man TO the Globe" In 1854 he delivered
a series of biographical lectures on Michael Angelo
| Milton Luther, George Fox and Edmund Burke
the first two Of which were afterward published in
| the "North American Review These were fol
lowed, in 1896, by twelve lectures the philosophy
| Of history in 1887, by ten lectures ON human
culture in 1888, by ten lectures human life; iu
1882 BY ten lectures On the present age in lS4l,
by seven lectures on the times. Mr.. Emerson also
delivered macy unpublished addresses on slavery,
womans rights, and other topics of public interest
and he one Of the most prominent lecturers
who addressed the lyeeums OF the eountryl
Chained Convfcts Dragged by Il Train.
CHICAGO April 27th.-A horrible affair is
reported from Georgia. A gang Of 100 State
convicts, chained together, were being trans
Aaf fNaaEi
cutting. The train stopped at a station, q
portion of tee gang getting off the car, still
chained fast to those on board. The train
It lrted suddenly, and those who had got off
being unable to get on the car, were drsgged
over the rails and ties for some distance feet
foremost Six of the unfortunates were so
badly margled that they are not expected to
| survive
More TrichiR0sis.
AToH1soN ks J. April 27th.-A case Of
trichinosis is reported from Clyde. On the
| 23d instant Adam Balliuger Lilled hog, of
which his entire family ate, and during the
night all were seizsd with vomiting and all
the symptoms of tr;china. A son aged u
died during the night, and the rest of the
family are in dying condition, except Mrs.
| Ballinger, who may recover. The move
ments Of the trichina in the raw pork may
be observed with the naked eye.
Report to General Sheridan.
CHICAGO, April 27th-A dispatch was re-
ceived this morning at General Sheridan's
headquarters from Captain Woodruff, dated
| at Lordsburg, N. NJ , to-day. It confirms
the news that General Forsyth struck the
| hostile Apsches YESTERDAY and killed six Of
them. The fight occurred IN the southeastern
corner Of Arizona, in tue vicinity Of old
Camp Rucker. The Indians were being pur-
sued when the dispatch was sent. General
Mackenzie approves the operations thus far.
| General Sheridan says the length of time
which will be required to restore peace and
safety to that section will depend on whether
or net the Apaches set over the line into
| Mexico, where our troops are not at liberty
| to follow them. The country is extremely
rough in that section, and it is almost i'm
possible to get at the hostileS. General
Sheridan fully sustains Colonel Forsyth in
his movements in this campaign.
The Captured Train Robbers-Tracked by
Bloodhounds.
LITTLE Rock (Ark.). April 9th. A Dallas
(Tex) special gives the particulars of the
capture of the men who robbed the Texas
Pacific train at Ranger station. The robbers
were tracked by bloodhounds into canyon
near the Brszos river. A hot fight ensuad,
in which one of the robbers was killed, when
his two companions surrendered. The name
of the robber wounded in the first fight is
not been learned, nor the names of the two
captured unhurt. -Four more Of the robbers
are at large, with the rangers 10 pursuit.
FiendIsh Outrage In Minnesota.
MINNEAPOLIS, April 27th.-A horrible case
of outrage is reported here. Nina Spear, the
four year-old daughter OF Fsxon z. Spear.
was enticed away from home by Frank Nc.
Manus, and was subsequently found nearly
dead and butchered, while McManus was
found with blood on his clothes and bloody
knife. The fend was from Boston. Great
excitement prevails, with threats OF lynchiug.
The prisoner is strongly guarded.
Death in n Dentists Chair.
OMAHA, April 27th.-Mrs Isaac Thomp-
son, of Sarpy county, while having some teeth
extracted by dentist cf this city to-day, ex-
pired in the dental chair from the effects of
| chloroform. A post mortem examination was
| held, and it was discovered that she had heart
| disease and diseased kidneys.
The Tennessee Republicans.
NASHVILLE April 27th.-The Republican
State Convention adopted a platform reaf-
| 6rmiug strongly the validity of the State
bonds ard deprecating any action in the mat
| ter which does not meet the approval of the
| bondholders. and favors the acceptance of the
| bondholders' proposition for sixty per cent.
of the par value and lower interest. The
resolutions favor fair count and free ballot,
oppose convict labor, favor the maintenance
of free schools, and treat of local matters.
DIR. Lamson's Execution.
New YORK, April 27th.-A Dispatch from
London says DR.. Lsmson will be hanged at
9 o'clock to. morrow morning. Msrwood will
be the executioner. DIR. Lamson had fare
we'll interviews with some of his relatives this
afternoon. At the first interview with his
wife, he wrote to friend virtually admitting
his guilt, and attributed the crime to mental
derangement. He subsequently wrote def
mite confession that he poisoned Percy John.
but denies that he was concerned in the death
of Herbert John. At DIR. Lamson's desire,
only three reporters will attend the execution.
Murder Promptly Avenged In Y kentucky.
FAIRv1Ew (Ky.l April 27th.-At q log
rolling here last Saturday, in q row. Brad
ford Courts, a young rough, killed James
Smith and escaped. A posse Of citizens fol.
lowed to Courts house, where they found o
large quantity of stolen goods. Courts and
his brother William, who was also in the
| row, were taken to Jail at Brooksville, but
last night the citizens took them out and
hanged them.
ThermOmefrfcaI.