Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-12-27

tirmer after midday Lackawanna rose IL
on the declaration of Il dividend. The pre-
else earnings of the road for eleven months
show an income of 9.27 per cent. on the
stock. During the afternoon the selling
movement was renewed with vigur, and the
lowest prices for long time past were re-
corded. Delaware and Hudson declined 10
T0i, Lake Shore 10 co., Northwestern to
o3s, Union Pacific to 45t The market
closed weak.
The Electoral Returns.
WASHINGTON, December 26th-The States
Of California, Florida. Iowa, Kansas, Ne
vada, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas and
Wisconsin have not yet sent in their votes
by messenger. All but the States of Ore
gon and Iowa have forwarded their Elect
oral votes by mail Senator Edmunds,
President pro TEN. of the Senate, was asked
to-day itthe delinquency in forwarding the
votes OF any State by messenger would in
validate such vote He said the Act of
Congress requires that there shall be three
sets of votes-one shall be deposited with
the District Judge, second shall be sent
TO the President of the Senate by mail, and
a third by messenger, that messenger
TO be duly appointed by the Electors
These returns must be delivered 10 the
President of the Senate by the first We'd
nesday in January. If the messenger fails
10 deliver the vote intruSted TO him by the
time prescribed, the law further provides
that heavy penalty shall he imposed up
on him. These certificates of the vote OF a
State are duplicates, and the law also pro-
videS that if the vote of any State has not
been received by the first Wednesday in
January, then the Secretary of State shall
send a special messenger to the District
Tyrl,r Of No. Il
der the law the first set must be deposited,
to procure that forthwith. These are the
main provision of the law
Elevator Destroyed by Fire-Two Men
Burned to Death.
DALLAS (Tex1, December 26th.-Shortly
before noon a fire was discovered in the
grain elevator of Rainwater & Stearns.
The entire fire department was called out,
but was unable to save the building from
complete destruction. Rainwater, upon
hearing the alarm, arose from sick bed,
and rushing franticallyt to the scene, offered
| reward Of $1,000 for the rescue of two
| men supposed to be isolated in the upper
story Of the elevator. The tiremen hesi-
tated to ascend the ladders, as it was not
supposed that any one was in the building,
until il was shown from window, accom-
panied By a sickening cry of horror and
, despair from the two unfortunates impris-
oned in the burning structure. The fire
men Immediately ascended the ladders,
but were driven back by the smoke and
| flame that enwrapped the entire structure.
The charred remains of the two men were
| found in the ruins. The loss on the ele-
vator and contents is over $4,000; insur-
| ance $33 600.
The Trouble with the Locomotive En-
gineers Averted.
ST LOUIS. December 26th. In an inter
! view tonight with J. II Fitzgerald, Chair
man of the Grievance Committee that
gentleman stated that Grand Chief Arthur
and tile Executive Committe had a confer
ence this afternoon with Colonel HOxie,
and after a presentation of their grievance,
and a full and frank discussion OF
the whole matter, Colonel Hoxie stated
that the agreement made i'll 1882 should he
| faithfully carried out. This was entirely
satisfactory to the engineers, and all danger
of trouble of any kind is past. Fitzgerald
declined to state what the specific grievances
were, bat expressed great pleasure at the
| prompt and satisfactory manner in which
| they were met and adjusted by the railroad
company.
The agreement referred TO was made two
! years ago between the engineers and Col
| A. A. Talmadge, who was then General
| MANAGER of the Gould system, and pro-
| vides, in part, that engineers of passenger
trains shall receive 3! cents per mile. 1OC
miles to be days work engineers OF
! freight trains shall receive 4 cents per mile
100 miles or less to be a days work CHIEF
| Engineer Arthur left for home tonight.
The Cider Product.
New YORK, December 26th.-The Tine,
| ~ lii l.
/ at this time of the year has the product
been 50 cheap. The apple crop is as large
| if not larger, than the crop of 1850. The
| greater part of the crop will be utilized 10y
| 1900 cider mills III the United States Ii
is estimated that those mills Will average
500 barrels to each mill. One of the heaviest
| packers of this city says Il have taller
the product OF six mills. it goes out as fast
as it comes in. The local demand is i'm
mense. We ship to Europe, South Amer
lean countries and the Southern States.
confine my supply TO the Hudson river
counties, because the Juice is a little heavier
Further west you find the apples drier
When Oregon started to raise apples for
cider. we thought here in the East that ou
| California trade was done, but Oregon cider
cannot stand up a week alongside of oul
cider. The apples are large and handsome
| but they do not make cider
Coal-Laden Barges Foundered.
New HAVEN Conn., December 26th.-
The tug Frederick Ives belonging to the
| New England Transportation Company. O
this city, bound for this port with thirteer
| barges loaded with coal, last night encoun-
tered a heavy sea off PenGeld Reef, and
eleven barges, containing 3,GG0 tons of coal
valued at $50 600, foundered No lives were
lost The tugs Welch and Resolute, eacI
with eleven boats, left New York with tn,
Ives, and have not been heard from.
Steamer Destroyed by Fire.
CAIRO Qll.l, December 26th.-The steame
Vint Shinkie, running in the Cincinnati
and Memphis trade left here Wednesda,
night for Memphis She got caught in tht
ice at Columbus, Ky. caught fire vesterda,
| and burned 10 the waters edge No live
were lost. The boat and cargo are tota
loss.
Oil Tanks in Flames.
ELMIRA, December 26th.-One of th,
30,0o0-barrel oil tanks situated at Wes
Junction, five miles from Elnira, exploded
at 7:f0 this morning. Both tanks were sooI
u mass of seething flames The shock wa!
felt in Eimira, in many cases knockins
dishes from the shelves and breaking thu
mirrors. No one was hurt seriously. Th,
tanks We're badly damaged The fire is
still raging. The loss Will not fall short o
100000.
Natural Gas as Fuel.
PIrTsBtRG, December 26th. For month,
past Pittsburg has been gradually, and i
now almost swiftly, changing from cit,