Sacramento daily record-union., 1883-09-20
The ComIue Ra,,road Meeting,

SAE FRANCISCO, September I9sh.-The first I'M
portant conference of railroad managers ever held
in California begins to The people Of this
coast generally interested in it, aud will eagerly
watch for any results that affect them. All OF the
great trunk lines west OF the M ssour river will be
represented. The business that will come before
the Conference cannot be fully ascertaned, but 1t
may be stated that question in,which the public
considers itself deeply interested will be raised,
namely, the question Of pooling business going over.
land from the East from the West, As far as can
be sscertained, this is the most important business
that will be discussed, and there is no intimation
that business OF any other character is certain to
come up The meeting has been called for 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning, at the Palace Hotel. The rail-
road men who now here and who will at
tend the meeting are as follows: S. H. H.
Clark, General Manager, Union Pacific; L.
Vining, General Traffic Manager, Union Pa
cifi; J. w. Morse, General Passenger Agent,
Union Pacific; c. S. Stebbins, General Ticket
Agent, Union Pacific H. NJ. Hoxie, Vice President
and General Manager of the Gould system OF rail
roads in the Southwest; Frank Chandler, General
Passenger and Ticket Agent, Gould system; 7. J.
Potter, Vice President and General Manager OF the
Chicago, Burlington and Quincy road Thos. Miller,
General Freight Agent, same; Percival Lowell,
General Passenger Agent, same; Col. D. G. Dodge,
General Manager, Denver and r o Grando Railroad !;
Fl. NJ. Hewes, General Freight Agent, same; A. E.
Touzalin, Vice President Of the At"hson, Topeka
and Santa Fe Railroad Col. Fl. @. Mutt, President
Of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad J. +. Goddard
General Traffic Manager, same; John Muir, Gen
eral superintendent OF Freight and Passenger
Traffic, Northern Pacific; a. S. Stokes Assistant
General Superintendent. same. General Manager
Towne. Superintendent Fillmore, General Passenger
ana Ticket Agent Goodman and General Traffic Man.
sger Stubs, OF the Central and Southern Pacific
roads, will also be present.
Dangerous Condition OF Gen. Mcdowell
SAN FRANCISCO, September l9th-It is feared that
the accident TO General Mcdowell at the Park yes
terday may prove serious than at first report
ed He regained partial consciousness shortly after
To-day ne is not much better vibrating between a
semi-conscious and comatose condition.
A Cunning swIndie Which Failed 60
work"
sAN Francisco, September 10TH Custom. house
officials TO day seized large quantity Of opium,
valued at upwards Of 81 900, which had been hid
den in ordinary blocks Of wood, followed out for
the purpose and covered with thick coat of oil and
grease. The blocks were then placed under the
gangway Of the steamer Oceanic. as TO support it
and nislead the officers. A screw which protruded
WAS the means of tse fraud being detected.
The Fair at stockton Second Ray.
STOCKTON, September IOhh.-The second day Of
the fair confirms the first days appearances The
psviliop entries are few and consist mainly Of few
tables Of fruit, small display Of grain in the stalk
the silk making exhibit, pictures, etc. The man
agement cOnsoer the pavilion exhibition light, but
that at the grcuads good. Tne fair promises to be
successful financially.
The first event to-day was the Pacific Coast run.
ming race, mile and repeat, for purse OF $780, and
if 1:42l WIS beaten the horse making the lowest
record to receive $500 additional. The purse was
divided into four moneys. Out of the large number
advertised, only four started, VIZ: j. B. Haggin's
Duke of Monday, E j. Bal1win's Lucky B., II. C.
Judson's May D and j. Green's Joe c.. The first
heat was won by May D, Duke second, Lucky B.
third and Joe G. distaucad. The latter few the
track after running about lo0 yards. Time, 1:42.
Lucky b. won the second heat in l:42, Nav d. sec.
ond and close up, and the Duke third. The third
heat was won by Lucky b. by about foot, Duke
second, May D. third. Time, 144 Lucky B. won
the race aud the $500 additional money.
In the Pacific Coast trotting race, for the 2:40
class. for purse OF 81 200, four started. viz H.
W. Hender's Big Lize Z. J. WillisTns' Bay Frank
J. McCords Allen Roy, and ". ". Stoves Barney
B. Allen Roy won. Barney second, Bay Frank
third, Big Lize distsnced Time, 2:26l. The second
heat was won by Allen Roy in 2:2s2, Bay Frank
second, Barney b. third. The third neat was won
by Allen Roy in 225, Frank second, and Barney b.
last.
In the District rottng for three.y year.olds, for
purse of $500 four moneys, four started. The first
heat won by Lucy P. Colts brown mare Lu.
ella Hs ia second, John O'Brien third, Jenny
won by Llcilia, Ha Ha second, CBrien third. Time,
2:34. The third heat a repetition OF the sec-
ond. Time, 234i.
In the contest between Bay Frank and Allan Roy
after two heats. Bay Franks driver, Pete Williams,
was taken down, and John Williams pat Nd Before
this Frank had behaved very badly, breaking all to
pieces, and in this heat he trotted without a skip
Much dissatisfaction existed at the manner in which
the horse had been driven.
EmbtzZlemeRt and Forgery.
STOCKTON, September 19sh.-Fifteen charges Of
en- He5zement aud one OF forgery have been filed
against ChoTles j. Walden, who was arrested in
Chicago yesterday at the instance of Sheriff Gun
ninghan, of this county. The charges were made by
u. putty District Attorney Gibson.
Suicide Of Cook.
SANTA CRuz September 10Th This morning
Charles Miller, cook in the Pacific Ocean House,
committed suicide bv cutting his throat. Deceased
who a widower with two children, WAS to have
been married TO a woman whom he expected from
San francisco Saturday but she did not come, and
he brooded over she matter until he committed the
istd deed: Miller was considered cranky by his
fellow workmen.
Chinese Dsn Raided.
MAXWELL, Sc ttember 1ssh.-A Chinese opium den
rsided last uisht, and seven subjects captured
most OF them in beastly state of ntoxioa,ion, Al
were convicted and got twenty days or 800.