Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-19

will be tested by running eight heavy engines
across coupled together.
Hot Pursuit Of Murderers.
LIscoLs (Neb.) October 18.h.-Dispstches
state that the Sheriff's posse got on the track
Of Coleman and Belmont at point five miles
north Of Oxford. Neb., and sixty miles south.
west of Minden. A posse has been formed
in Hitchcock county. and it Is expected that
the desperadoes will be corralied to night or
early tomorrow. A rumor is in circulation
here that the desperadoes killed the driver
and passenger Of o stage coach and robbed
it of its horses but the story is not corrobo.
rated and not generally credited. If the out.
laws are captured it will be after desperate
fight.
SECOND DIsPATCH.I
OMAHA. October 1Sth.-Last night the pur.
suing party from Minden were within six
miles of the two horse. thieves who killed
Sheriff Woods, Z. r. Kelley and Charles
Collins at Minden. The murderers, after
leaving Minden, rode soath twenty miles to
Walkers ranch. They were without hats and
gloves, which they had left in the dining
room of the hotel at Minden. They told the
ranchmen at Walkers that they had lost
their bats while racing, and they asked fer
new hats, which were given them. and they
then resumed their flight into K snssa. They
no doubt expect to reach the Hills. 1t is
Mart. Coleman, Mexican. and Dick Bel.
mont. Every effort is being made to capture
them, but at last accounts the pursusrs were
still hunting them. The Sheriffs Of al the
southwest counties were promptly notified,
and have started out pursuing parties. The
authorities in Kansas have also been notified.
Accurate descriptions of the desperadoes
have been cent everywhere in the western
country. Governor Vance offers q reward of
h kaAa Ill I.-k
Hitchcock, Dundy, Kearney and other cour-
ties will offer a larger reward. The two
horse thieves who were arrested at Hastings,
and who were outside the hotel at Minden
when the shooting occurred, claim that they
were merely hired by the two others to drive
the herd Of stolen horses, and that upon hear.
ing the shooting inside, and learning the re.
suit, they fled out of fear. They disclsim all
connection with the murders, and also deny
that they were horse-thieves. These horse
thieves had stolen large number Of ponies,
had sold some, and still had twenty-five left.
1t is feared that the murderers will e.cape.
1t cornered, however, they will not be taken
alive. The remains of Sheriff Woods will be
buried at Lincoln.
John Mackay Under EscOrt-One OF the
Pleasures OF Being Rich.
New York, October 1Ssh.-The Suns
Chicago special says: "Bonanza" Mackay,
of California, passed through this city yestsr.
day, en- route for New York. He was &C.
companied BY W. S. Hobart. John M. Hsr-
per and A. a. Hickcox, Of San Francisco,
and by Colonel Nj. G. Gillette, who joined
the party at Lake Valley, New Mexico, for
the purpose of escorting them through
The cowboy-infected region between Lake
distance of about thirteen miles.
The cowboys have established a brigandsge,
to kidnap wealthy men and hold them for
ransom. Whenever Senator Jones, who is
interested In mining property in New Mex
leo, visits that region, he always assumes an
incosnito, in order TO escape the notice of the
brigands. Mackay fai e to adop. this pre-
caution, and Colonel Gillette, getting wind
that reward had been offered for the cap
ture of Mackay by the captain of tie cox.
boys, volunteered the services of himself
and a strong party to escort the Bonanza
King and his friends to the railroad.
Though no effort was made to capture the
millionaire, d number of small bands of out
laws Were encountered, and Mackay expresses
himself satisfied that nothing but the pres
ence of his escort prevented them from
"holding him up" At least he says that
they would have secured nothing but five
dollar note and nickel watch for their
trouble; but he cougrstulates himself on dis.
appointing them to that extent.
Fanny Parnelrs Body.
PHILADELPHIA. October Is h.-The re-
mains Of Fanny Parnell arrived about noon,
10. 600 Land Leeguers attending. The BODY
goes to New York this afternoon.
SECOND DIsPATCH.l
NEw YORK, October lSsh.-The train con-
veying the remains of Miss Fanny Parnell
was received TO night by large crowd The
streets in the ne;ghborhood of the depot and
along thu route of procession were thronged
a detachment of the Sixty ninth Regiment
formed guard Of honor around the hearss
on it's way to the Grand Central depot, where
O s. e2isi train was IL waiting to convey the
remains 10 Boston.
Nominated for Congress
SALEM (Mass.), October 1S5h-The Demo
Gratis of the Seventh District have nominated
Chas. ?. Thompson for Congress.
MILLEEToN IN. W, October 1S!h.-The
G esubackers of the Thirteenth District have
nominated S. Trip for Congress, and the
First District Gresnbackers nominated Hsr-
vey Merriam.
CHICAGO, October 1Sth.-J. w. Doane has
written a letter declining the Democratic
nomination for Congress in the First District
Of this State.
JERSEY CRY, October 1S'h.-The Prohibit
Il
Congress, and also nominated candidates for
the Assembly.
BRIDGEPokT (Conn.l, October 1Sth.-Ly.
man c. Coe has bsen noninsted by the Re-
publicans tor Congress in the Fourth Dis
trict
NEWARK IN. j.. October 1Sh.-John L.
Blake has been nominated for Congress by
the Republicans.
SPRISGFIELD Mass J. October IS h.-Gec.
d. Robinson has been nominated for Con-
cresa by the Republicans of the Twelfth
District.
scRANToN (Pa.l October 1Sah The d am
ocrats # the Fifteenth Distries nominated
George A. Post for Congress. Ex.Cougress-
man Z. q. Jadwin will run as an independ-
ent Republican.
DasiardIy Outrage In Kansas.
Las ANIMAs (Col.). October 1Sih.-This
morning as express train No. 6. to which vas
attached special car containing Assistant
General Superintendent w. S Melleu, Of the
AtchisOn. Topeka sad Santa Fe read, with q
party of friends. arrived az Lakir, Kansas, o
party of fifteen drunken cowboys, led by T.
A. Mead, discharged telegraph operator,
began shooting through the car windows
breaking eight in one car. seventeen in the
sleeper and FIVE In the special car. By lying
down on the Il or the passengers escaped the
bullets. The Sheriff, wish posse OF 100 cit
liens from Dodge Guy, were sent to Lakin
on special trsin and succeeded in capturing
Mead and two of the cowboys. The posse is
now in close pursuit Of the others.
The EhoIc Island CeIsred Citizens.
NEWPORT, October 1Ssh.-Tne colored
people of Rhode Island assembled tonight.
for the purpose of taking action ss to their
alleged political wrongs st the hands of the
Republican party. Among the resolutions
adopted was the following:
We affirm our determination to support that per.
son. let him be allied to whatever party he may, il
he shall convince that he has the most regard for
our rights and feelings as citizens of this State.
Board of PubiIe Health.
INDIANAPOLIS Uud.). October 1Sth.-The
Board Of Public Health, in session here,
passed resolutions utterly denouuc cling the
niggArdness If Congress in the meager appro-
pristion for the " atioual Board Ct Health,
and declaring that the work of that body
should not he COL fined merely to the control
and quarantine of yellow fever, cholera and
small. TX. but that the appropriation should
be ample or ough to allow il to investigate
Al n ~ ,nataria and all n{bar