Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-02-10

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Dodge died this morning. He had been i'll for
a week, but it was thought not seriously.
SECOND DIsPATCH.l
New York. February 9h.-William E.
Dodge was only taken i'll on Saturday last
with gastric trouble. and his CONDITION was
not considered serious. He wac better yester-
day. This morning, between ard 8 o'clock,
he dressed himself. ard passed irom his
chamber through the bathroom 60 bis Ii.
brary, which he used as q sittiug-room, where
he fell unconscious. He expired ia . short
time a.terward. He WAS born in Hartford 10
1905. His wealth is estimated at $40 600, Coo
OF late years he took no active part in toe
business of the firm. Ths evening papers
print lengthy obituaries.
The Great Frcshefs.
CINCINNATI, February 9sh.-The river con.
tirues to rise two inches SD hour. Is marked
81 feet inches OF 1880. Dispatches show
chat il has receded eight inches at Marietta.
l. will continue TO rise here at least till to-
morrow, and may reach 60 feet. No adii-
tional loss CT property Is rep rted, but bust
mass Is much retarded The Washington and
Baltimore. Cincinnati, Indisuapolis, st.
Louis and Chicago ard Dayton short-line
trains are unsbia TO reach the dtpot. At
Newport, KY 200 families ware driven from
their dwellings,, aud many more we're driven
TO the upper stories.
CINcIENATI, February 9th.-The Ohio
river at nidnight is still rising slowly, buE
viii be falling tomorrow. The loss viii be
much less than usua. Gt similAr fl ,ods, on &C
count of the gradual rise giving the people
time TO prepare.
Yellowstone Park.
CHEYENNE ivy. T.), February h.-Gov-
erusr II ala has written an or1eu letter To = n.
Ator Saunders, Chairman of the Senate Com
II ittee or Territories, protesting against the
proposition TO take the Yellowstone National
Park from Wyoming and giving it to Mon.
tana. Harry Oeleichs, President OF the Wy.
oming Game Protective Association, has also
written an open letter to Senator Vest on the
same subject. Oelrichs shows the superiority
of the game laws Of Wyoming over Montana.
The entire people are aroused against the
measure, and public meetings to protest are
being held all over Wyoming.
The Dollar OF Cur Daddies.
WASHINGTON, February CHA statement
prepared at the Treasurer's tfhce todsy
shows that the amount Of standard dollars
held by the various sub-treasuties and mints
On the 31st of Janusry WIS 81 727 $50. Ct
which San Francisco has %, 1863 1874 in the
Mint, and 1922 600 in the sub-Treasury.
Daring Mali Robbery.
CEDAR RAPIDS Ue.), February CHA
daring mail robbery occurred at the Union
depot, in this city, at a late hour last night.
The east-bound train being late, the mail was
carried into the baggage. room, and while
there the pouch was ripped open and 140 reg
istered letters taken. The amount of loss Is
unknown. One letter contained 81 100, the
amount of Postmaster Smiths monthly re
mittance to the Department. There is no
clue to the robbers.
Death Cheats Mob of Its Prey.
PAoLA (Ks). February 9th.-This after
noon mob composed of some of the best
citizens attacked the al in which the colored
ravisher Smith was confined The Shsrif
refused to give him up, ard the crowd bat
tered in the doors with sledge-bammers. At
tsr an hours work they reached Smiths cell,
aud found him dead. He had committed
suicide with pocket knife. This crowd put
rope around his neck, dragged tie body to
nsighboriug tree and strung it up. The
CoroEer's jury returned verdict of suicide.
As q result of Smiths ec5 the girl, who was
terribly outraged, viii likely die, two negroes
are dead, and one white man and one negro
seriously wounded.
Fatal Boiler Explosions.
DETROIT, February 9.b.-The boiler of B
J. Gear new mill at Charlotte blew up thic
VIM. Gordon, the engineer.
TAYLoBvILLE (Ir.). February 9sb.-Pstel
New, former resident of Para, was killed
together with five other mer, this morning By
q boilsr explosion in a tile factory, and
Henry New, a nsphsw of Peter, is ia dS-
ing condition.
A Hermit Murdered for Money.
DETROIT, February 9sh.-Jacob Boaltmap,
an old man who lived a hermit life in the
woods of Monroe township, Newsygo county,
aud mad the reputation OF hsving consider.
able money, was found dead in his hut ysster.
day. He had evidently been murdered,
doubtless for money. He has no relatives in
the region where he lived.
SUI den Ending OF Term of Court.
ERIE pa J, February 9sh.-Owing TO an
informality in selecting jurymep, the present
term of the Criminal Court suddenly came TO
an end this morning. All the indictments
pending were qusshed, and 8 new term or
dered. The cases which had been finally dis
posed Ct prior to the discovery stand.
Proposed Autobiography Convention.
CHICAGO, February 95h.-A call signed by
known anti monopolists in all parts of the
country for delegate conference for Che for
nation of new party was issued here to-day
The conference viii be hsld here on the 4sh
Of July, on basis OF four Representatives
from each Congressional District, four from
each Territory, and fouf from the District IF
Columbia.
suit for Damages
ERIE (Ps.), February 9sh-Drs. Reed and
Wiley, of the Diedmott insane Asylum, have
sued the Herald for defamation of character.
the damages being laid at $4,000. The suit
grows out If an article pu ,iished by the
Herald re fleeing on the management of that
institution, based on the statements of Dr.
Ssvir, an ex-inmate of the asylum. The
management deny the charges, and claim that
DIR. S svin is still deranged.
Mysterious Disease Among Horses.
LITTLE Rock (Ark.l February 9.h.-Ad-
vices from the Cheyenne and Arspahoe
Agency, Indian Territory, say an unknown
and fatal disease is creating great rsvages
among the borsss, which fall dead without
warning. Great alarm exists among those in
the neighborhood owning large herds of
horses.
Nnrderous Burglars.
ROCKFORD (El.), February 9.h.-Lsst
night two roboers broke into che house of
VIM. McGrsgor, farmer, seven miles south
of this city, shot him and his teG-yesr.old
daughter, gagged mis- wife, and robbed them.
The man and daughter are not expected to
live.
Except Jefr Davis.
SPRINGFIELD Oh J, February 0 h The
lower house of the State Legislature, after q
heated discussion, passed resolution asking
Congress to pension yesersns of the Mex can
and Black Hawk wars-sxceDt JEFF Davis.
Drowning OF Jem Mace's Son.
NEW York, February 9sh.-Jem Mace
has been advised by cable Of the drowning of
his son Robert Edward in the Thsmes, He
was q graduate Of the Liverpool Institute,
and engaged in mercantile life. 1t is sx.
pec.ed that Mace will sail Saturday.
Hanged Ter Murder.
DENVER, February 9sb.-The execution of
Milton j. Yarberry, the murderer OF Charles
Campbell, last year, occurred st Albuquerque,
n. NJ, this afternoon. he harangued the
crow Tor half an hour from the scaf1ld, and
was dead in ten minutes.
Divorce Shit.
HARTFORD. February 9tb.-Soeial circles
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