Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-02

graphed the Governor that help for the dis.
tressed is imperatively demanded, and that
to be effective it should be immediate. He
SAYS the situation there is terrible, beyond
the power of any person to describe. There
are between 500 and 600 houses in the town.
every one Of which is under water. Only sc
are habitable, and those only in the upper
stories. More than 100 houses have hoated
from their foundations, and 500 people are
receiving relief. One-half to two-thirds of
Gallatin county IS flooded. The fences are
gone, the corn destroyed, the stock drowned
and the people driven from their homes.
Dy~entery, pneumonia and mslarial fevers
prevail, and are increasing.
Elliott. the Pugilist, shot and Killed.
CHICAGO, Mach 1st.-Batween and 9
o'clock tonight Joe Elliott. the pugilist, and
Jere Dunn, well known sporting man, and
a man about town, met in the saloon and res.
taurant of William Langdon, alias, Apple
ton, alias Appetite Bill, an ex-bunko and
confidence man, and began shooting, with the
result that Elliott was killed and Dunn
wounded in two places. The trouble dates
back to the time when Harry Hill and others
came here from New York to meet Jem
Mace and Slade, with view of arrang-
ing a match with John L. Sullivan,
whose hacker was Jere Dunn. At that time
Elliott backed by Parson Daviss, was seek
ing to make a match with the Maori. Harry
Hill, when somewhat mellow, was inter-
viewed, and in the course of the talk reflected
severely on EIliott's courage. Elliott began
hunting for Hill, who Immediately took the
train for New York. Elliott, in an inter.
view, said Dunn had melted Hill to make
these remarks. in order to cause quarrel be.
tween himself and Hill, in order that Dunn
might have an excuse to shoot him (Elliott).
Dunn, in subsequent interview, let it be
understood that he would shoot Elliott on
sight, and as he is q man of unquestionable
nerve and determination, no doubt was felt
that a shooting match would occur whenever
the men met. Tonight Elliott and Plaisted,
the oarsman, entered Appetite Bills "
place TO get something to ear, and shortly
after Dunn entered. Accounts differ as to
the subse quent proceedings. One account
says Dunn made threatening demonstra-
ton, whereupon Elliott rose from the table,
took up chair and went st Dunn with it,
Dunn in the meantime emptying one revolver,
and then emptying another. Dunn's own
statement, and that of eyewitness, was
that he was not aware of Elliots's presence
Till the latter fred, one shot passing through
his left forearm. Dunn then drew o revolver
and Joined in the fusilade, the crowd of
twenty-five persons in the place making a
hasty exit. Dunn fired FIVE shots, and Elliott
four. The police arrived and arrested Dunn,
put Elliott. who was in dying condition, in
the patrol wagon and started for the County
Hospital. Ellitt died on the way there, and
his body was taken to the Moreue. The
fatal shot was in the stomach. Dunn is a
partner Of Mckee Rankin In breeding farm
on an island in the Detroit river, where they
own a number of promising thoroughbred
horses.
NEW YORK, March 1st.-Harry Hill says
Jere. Dunn, who killed Elliott, once shot a
man in Mulberry street, and that the enmity
between Dunn and Elliott grew out of Dunn )
friendship for Cronin, variety actor, whom
Elliott disliked.
Prize Fight In Philadelphia Nice Sort
of Father.
PHILADELPHIA, March 1st-At daylight
Charles Mcdonald and William Mitchell
fought prjza fight near the Richmond coal
wharves. Both are very young. Twenty
rounds were fought, Mitchell outfghting Nc
Donald. The father of Mcdonald was his
second, and although the son could scarcely
keep his feet after the tenth round, the old
man kept him in the ring until he could bat
tie no longer. After the fight the principals
and McDonald's father were arrested.
The Great Turf Event OF the Present
Year.
LOUISVILLE (Ky.), March 1st.-A private
dispatch from New York says: The cham
pion stallion stake, organized by Pierre Lor-
Hard for the Worlds Fair, and afterwards
put up to be bid for by the associations east
of the Mississippi river, and which has
been recognized as the great turf event of
the present year, was to-day awarded TO the
7 To- llt,tN - h h..
The stakes will be run at the fall meeting of
the club in September, and promises to be a
great sectional event.
The Michigan senatorshfp-A Choice at
Last.
DETROIT, March 1st.t- Five votes were
taken this evening for Senator. On the
fourth break was made in favor of Palmer,
Stockbridge's forces dissolving, Palmer's vote
going to Ferry. On The fifth ballot Thomas
w. Palmer, of Detroit, received Is votes,
and was declared elected.
A Misunderstanding of Orders.
ALEXANDRIA (Va.). March LIST. = Two
freight trains on the Virginia Midland Rail-
road collided near Bethel last night, killing
Albert Hovey, an engineer, and Thomas
Cleary, fireman, and seriously injuring FIVE
others. A misunderstanding Of orders caused
the accident.
"1he Great Absentee"
WASHINGTON, March 1st.-Fair of Nevada,
the great absentee, appeared in the Senate to-
day He had some paper to present. and
said "Mr. President" Senator Davis re-
piled, ''The Senator from" and then stopped.
He could not quite place him. From Ne
vada," Clipped in Fair himself.
Opposition 10 Five Gent Fares.
New York, March 1st.-Three hundred
citizens of New York, representing over one
billion of dollars capital, have petitioned
Governor Cleveland to veto the five cent fare
bill for elevated roads.
Dishonest Officials.
DALLAS (Fex), March 1st.-In Ell Paso
county Sheriff Gonzales is short S., 900 in his
accounts, and Clerk Flaver is in similar
predicament.
FOREIGN NEWS.