Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-11-17

the plea will be insanity, az they are known
to be subpenaing witnesses to testify to young
Nuts mental condition. The overwhelming
defeat of Sesright, Dukes political cham
| pion, is regarded as an expression of public
sentiment that will not injure Nuts chances.
The trial comes up the LIST of December.
Disastrous Railroad Accidents.
GALVESTON (Texas). November 16sh.-The
Dallas south. bound passenger train jumped
the track during the night just north Of Choc.
taw, preeipitating the engine, baggage car
and express car through q trestle, killing the
fireman and severely injuring the engineer
and baggage and express messengers. 1t is
rumored that convicts employed as laborers
placed the track in such condition as to
cause the wreck.
CHATTANOOGA Tenn, November 10TH
Last night the south bound accommodation
train on the Alabama and Great Southern
Railroad struck broken rail near Parker.
vile, Ala. Three cars were thrown down an
embsnkment, and several persons seriously
injured.
OTTAWA Qn). November I6.h.-The pas.
senger train on the Fox river branch of the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad.
which leaves Chicago at S:45 A. NJ. due in
Streator at 1890, when two miles from the
latter place, was stopped by car of coal
standing on the main track, being unloaded.
A freight train which was following the pas.
senger was not tagged, and came down the
grade and round the curve at full speed. The
locomotive crashed completely through the
rear coach and partially through the second.
killing L. G. Pease, an attorney, of Dwight !;
Mrs. Alexander Henderson and daughter, of
ms
of Streator, and badly ipjuring DR.. j. FL.
Finley. of Streator, who was scalded and 9TH
erwise injured, and will probably die. Muir.
dock Strestor. q lawyer, was scalded. Levi
Young, engineer of the freight, and fireman
Smith, of Aurora. both injured about the
lower limbs. NJ. r. Greener, of Streator, a
farmer, was scalded also w. ii. Doyle, con.
ductor of the freight, and James Sullivan, of
Garfield. The wounded were taken to the
hotel at Streator, and are being cared for.
The Coroner of the county is investigating
the cause of the accident.
KANSAS CRY mo J, November 16th.-The
west-bound Rock Island train. due here at
10 o'clock this morning, bore a party of ex-
cursionists from ST. Paul and Minneapolis for
southern California, occupying the two rear
coaches. As the train neared Jamesport,
Mo-, eighty-four miles from here, at o'clock,
the flange of wheel of the last car broke,
and the car was precipitsted fifteen feet down
an embankmept rolling over twice. Adam
Gotzian, well. known citizen IF st. Paul,
and Sunday school Superintendent, was go
badly injured that he died this afternoon.
His daughter, aged %, was internally hurt,
and her injuries are dangerous His wife
and daughter were seriously bruised. Mr..
MacSmith, wife and son were badly hurt.
These were left at Jsmesport and Trenton.
inf fpf h,,k
were able to proceed with the train, which
arrived here at 4:30 this evening. The party
continued their journey this evening.
The Cyclone in Maine.
BANGOR (Me) J, November 16th.-The first
reports of the damages by the gale gave but
slight idea of the sad havoc wrought. There
were great stretches country where forests
were leveled to the ground and millions upon
millions of feet of valuable lumber destroyed.
There are whole townships. in some in
stances, said to be nearly fat The losses
will certainly reach several hundred Thousand
dollars. A well-known lumberman estimates
the total damage throught the State at a
round million.
The Lake Disasters.
CHICAGO, November 16sh.-Private tele-
grams to vessel-owDers received here to-day
report as follows The schooner Norman is
ashore on Hog Island reef, full of water, and
| will probably go to pieces. The schooner
FLYING Mist has been sighted off Frankfort,
| Mich, disabled, leaking, and will probably
go to the bottom before a tug can reach her.
| The schooner Regulator is ashore south Of
| st. Joseph, Mich, and will probably be a
total wreck. The propeller Avon, Of the
| Union steamboat line, is ashore near Buffalo,
| on sand beach, loaded with sundries for
Chicago, valued at 100000; insured. Pri.
vate advices also confirm the previous report
of the loss of the schooner E. Fitzgerald,
with all on board.
BUFFALO, November 16th.-The propeller
Avon, of the Union Steamboat Company's 5
line, which left yesterday, was caught in a
terrible gale of wind and snow in the after
noon, and driven back. Despite the efforts
Of several tugs, she was driven high on the
| beach in disabled condition. Her wheel
was broken and her rudder gone. The crew
are safe. The small Canadian schooner Maple
Leaf, Of Port Burwell, bound for This port,
was caught in the gale yesterday and blown
| down the lake at furious rate. About 6
o'clock last night she ran ashore, and this
morning was almost out of water. The crew
were able to get off 1t is believed that the
three-master sunk off Port Burwell last night
is the schooner Fitzgerald. 1t is thought that
J all hands are lost. She was commanded by
!
James Lotus, of Chicago.
Destruction by Fire.
JACKSON (Miss.l, November 16sh.-The
stores of Williams & Williams, and Black,
| Todd & Co., at Bolton, were burned to-day.
Loss, S45, 600; insurance, $50, ,OOO-mostly in
home companies. The cause of the fire is
unknown.
New YORK, November 17th-A. MA fire
is burning in the vicinity of the Central Rail.
way depot, Jersey City. The locality is iso.
lated, no boats running there from the New
| York side at this hour. 1t is reported that
| the building burning is the railroad freight
| house.
The Brsnze statue OF Washington.
NEW YORK, November 16th.-J. O. A.
| Ward, the sculptor. said to-day that the
bronze statue of Washington, to be placed on
| the steps of the Sub-tressury, was within q
few days of completion. All the castings
have been successful. and there was no doubt
that the statue would be ready to be placed
in position before Evacuation ID y, the day for
its unveiling. It's weight is $500 pounds,
and its hight 12I feet. The statue represents
Washington Just after he had lifted his hand
| from the Bible, which rests upon a column al
his right hand, and with his hand eutspread
as over the sacred book. pronouncing his "
will, etc. The costume is a faithful copy Of
that which he wore on the memorable day oi
taking the oath of office. His cloak rests
| lightly upon his left shoulder only, his left
hand, resting upon the hilt Of dress sword,
| presses back the cloak and coat The cloak
sweeps around and partly covers the sacred
book. In al! other respects the costume is
simply that of a civic gentleman of the
period.
Four-Cernered Pedestrian Match.
| CHICAGO, November 16th.-Parson Davies
received letter from Dan O'Leary, the pc.
destrisn, to day, saying he was about to make
the greatest effort of his life in four-cor.
nered match for s., 900 side-O'Leary and
! Frank Hart against Charles Hartman and
+, Mcintyre, the California runners. O'Leary
and Hartman are to walk square heel and
toe, while Hart and Mcintyre will "go-as-
you.please." No time is named in the letter
! for the match to begin, but Dsn says it will
come off very soon in San Francisco. He ex.
presses himself as being in good shape and
confident of victory.
Acquitted on the Third Trial.