Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-16
salml Morse and ..The Passion

Q reporter. 81 scarcely know what TO reply,
for have been so thoroughly misunderstood.
| can say this, however, that l am going to
| produces The Passion As for o license, |
do not wish one, for DO not wish to be de-
graded By 3 license. have not built a the
alter. The building is my church. / have
not written play, but the service. When /
least dreamed of it notice was served On mo
| TO take out license. Had 1 been show
man I would have obtsined the license before
l perfected my arrangements. They say l
desire to make vast deal of money out of
this. Now my hall is 200 feet long, and I
have taken $50 feet eff of it for my stage.
Do showmen do so? Would not a Snowman
make an auditorium SIS large es possible? I
have 800 people engaged, exclusive of the
principals, and l have got an orchestra. My
expenses will foot up 81 GOO night. Where
does the large fortune come in? I shall keep
out of the clutches of the law in future, but /
do not need license, and l shall producs
The Passion"
Death OF California Pioneer,
NEW York, March 15sh.-Hon. jeremiah
Sherwood, who arrived in California in 1S47,
Lieutenant in Company I. Stevenson's Regi-
ment, afterward clerk for Samuel Brannan.
at his store at Suffers Fort, when the first
exchanges of gold dust for merchandise were
made, died at his residence here last night, of
Der of the firm of A. G. Newman & Co., and
formerly Representative ID the State Legis-
laturs from Westchester county. The fu-
neral will be attended by the California
| Pioneers here ia body. He leaves wife
and two daughters.
Nothing But Idle Talk.
OMAHA, March 15th.-Senator Fair, Of
Nevads, who, since leaving Chicago, has been
visiting in lowe, arrived IL Omaha this morn
ing, He was asked by an Associated PEess
agent about the truth Of the dispatch from
Caraon, that he would resign and Governor
Adams succeed him. He pronounced the re-
port idle tals, emsnatiDg from politicians at
Carson, and said this was the first he had
heard Of it.
Theatrical Domestic Affairs.
CHICAGO, March 15th.-On the Sin inst, in
New York, Mrs. Digby V. Bell was granted
her husband should not marry again. Tt new
transpires that on the 18th Mr.. Bell registered
here with new wife, known to the stage as
| Miss Laura Joyce. Bell explsins that the
prohibition &eainst his marriage only applied
| 10 New York, and that he was married to
Miss Joyce in Pennsylvania. Both are well
known members Of the dramatic profession,
the lady having surg Ia "Evangeline,.
"Pirates of Penzauce," and other like must
cal productions. TIE new Mira. Bell figured
in prominent divorce suit some time ago,
when she parted from JOKES V. Taylor, q
New Yorker.
The Crew Of the LOst 0ran0.
NEW York, March 15sh.-The steamship
Grasbreok, Captain Schwauer, which arrived
to-day from aqus, brought Mae shipwrecled
geamen who belonged to the Norwegian bark
| Orono, which YVES lost February 9th on
| Elmaden Island. nesr the coast Of Cuba.
| The Orono was bound from Cardiff for Ha-
vans, with cargo OF coal, and was com
manded By Captain O. Muller, who, having
mistaken the light. brought the bark close TO
the coast during the night of February oh,
! and a heavy swell carried her out of hsr
course. She struck heavily on Elmsden
| Island, where she remained fast. All attempts
| to fl )at her proved futile, and she vent to
pieces.
| ST. LOUIS, March 15th.-H. T. Croker
the notorious horse-thief, suicided in Texas
| Jail a day or two ago. He left q written
statement that he was born well connected in
Georgia had been in Texas since 1873; had
| killed thTes men and one woman during that
time, and regretted that he could not kill two
more men who had injured him, and that,
being without money or friends, he preferred
death to life in prison. he asked that his
| body BIS thrown in the river, and that no
word of his miserable end should bs sent to
his relatives.
The Bead In the Diamond Mine.
BRAIDwooD (Ill.), March 15tb.-Only ak
and half feet of water remains to be pumped
cut of the Diamond mine. The water now
coming out must be directly from the place
where the bodies lie. az it bears an insuffer
able stencil, and the men ct the pumps are
Obliged occasionally to get away from its In
/ md no f-a1 IN from
| il is surIoised that the bodies are horribly de-
composed.
SECOND DISPATCH.I
BRAIDwooD Gill;, March 15th. = The
pumps have removed $500. 900 gallons OF
water tbs past tweaty-four' hours, lowering
| it six inches. The stencil from the eh aft IL
| creases. The rnorgue for the reception of the
bodies when recovered is nearly completed.
The funds for relief havs almost ceased TO
come in. About S2S, 900 has been received,
which. it is estimated, will keep those in need
for year.
A Typographical Error.
WASHINGTON, March 15th,-In tie printed
copies of the tariff law sent out TO Collectors
yesterday there is an important typographical
error. Il makes tie duties on hoop iron not
thinner than No. 20 wire gauge lone and
twc-tenths of one per cent. per pound, IN
stead of tone and two-tenths Of one cent per
pound" The frat per in the official copy
should be stricken eu5.
The Prize Fighters.
New York, March 15sh.-The Star prints
the acceptance Of Sullivan's challenge to box
Slade, signed by Fox. who says "My
representative will meet Sullivan TO arrange
match any time after Sullivan heads the
benefit Of Boston. l understand Sullivan is
going to Europe, aud L would say if he de-
ares to make his trip success, it will be ad
visabls for him to meet Slade before he
leaves"
New York, March 15th.-Five hundred
people attended the benefit for Elliott's
mother. Harry Hill sent $780, and Sullivan
sent $780, Nick Murphy, in the first round,
knocked Ned Fox against the wall, and 10
the second round, knocked Fox out. Ten
minutes were needed TO revive Fox. Murphy
left the hall in g hurry.
Rhode Island Republicans.
Providence (R. H., March 15sh.-The Re.
publican State Convention met to- day. Every
town is represented. Augustus o. Bourn. OF
Bristol. was nomilsted for Governor by &C.
clamation, and Oscar j. Rathbuu, of Woon-
socket, was nominated for Lieutenant
erner.
The Dukes Verdict.
UEIoNTowN pa J, March 18th -Ths indig.
nation over Dukes acquittsl ia uDabsted
The jurors were publicly Kissed and jaered
this morning, and they left town as soon as
possible. Dukes has gone home TO his
mether's.
UNIoNTowN, March 15sh.-A meeting of
leading citizens tonight passed resolutions
strongly dsnouneing the jury which acquitted
Dukes of the murder of Colonel Mutt.
Fire and Loss of Life.
HARTFORD (Conn J, March 18th The
house of two maiden ladies named Judson, az
East Hartford, was burned this morning.
Both persisted in the fsmes.
The Star Route Case.
WAsHINeroE, March General Brady
resumed his testimony in the star route trial
this morning. Cross-examination was con-
Quoted at great length as TO the manner of
granting expedition, and the reasons fer it,
on various routes.
One Hundred and Seven Years.
LOUISVILLE (Kyl, March 15th.-Mrs.
Ellen Birmingham died in this city to-day,
aged 107 years. Shs was native of TiI-
perary, Ireland. She retained her faculties
until four years ago, since which time she has
been helpless.
Exhibition Billiards.
PHILADELPHIA, March 15th.-Vignaux and
Sexton gave billiard exhibition tonight.
Vignaux won three-ball and the Bake line
game, and Sexton the champion and cush.