Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-06-21
PACIFIC SLOPE.
DESPERATE AFFRAY IN A MER-
CED DANCE-EOUSE.
Death of Nevada Pioneer-Un-
known Suicide at San Fran
cisoo-Affairs Up North.
lsrEaAL DISPATCHES TO THE KrooEp-rS1ox.I
CALIFORNIA.
ResiGned-Wm Appeal for Aid-Found
Dead-ConVicted.

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Dead-Conyicted.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 20th.-Colonel J.
H. Dickinson, President Of the California
Rlfie Association, resigned this evening
and General Dimond was elected 70 fill the
! vacancy.
The Veterans Home Association tonight
decided to appeal to the Veterans of the
Mexican War, and to the various counties
on the State, for aid in raising 5000, the
| amount necessary to carry on the Home
until it receives the State aid
John Carroll, block-maker, was found
dead this morning The body was in sit
ting posture, and had a rope tied around
its neck and fastened TO a coal-shute The
theory Is that he was murdered and his
body arranged as above to convey the i'm
preston of suicide
Joseph Randall, one of the safe-crackers.
arrested IN Sacramento, has been convicted
of burglary in the first degree.
Arrest on IA Telegram.
San FRANCISCO, June 20th.-Patrick Tier
nay, miner about 40 years of age, was ar
rested in lodging house, 66 Union street,
this morning by detective Bee, in conse-
| quence of a telegram received a few days
ago from Sheriff Carer of Nevada county
| Tiernav is charged with having criminallv-
| assaulted girl l2yeaTS OF age, named Mary
| Well, in North Bloomfield, Nevada coun-
| ty, couple of weeks ago. The father of
| the child, miner, was so indignant that
he chased Temay out of town with a shot
gun. Tiernay denies the charge.
Attempted Suicide in Shasta County.
ANDERSON, June 20th-David Eby, an
old and well-known citizen of Shasta coun-
ty, took morphine with suicidal intent this
afternoon. He has been an invalid for
three years. He left letter saying he was
tired of living. He is still alive, but is not
expected to survive.
Incendiary Fire-Teachers' Institute.
YREKA. June 20th-An incendiarv fired
the slaughter house buildings, south of
town, last night, and the people are in
clined to organize for protection, as the in
cendiary fires of two years ago began at the
same place.
The Teachers Institute is well attended
and creating much interest. Prof NJ
Chesney of the Oakland High School, and
State Superintendent Welcker are present.
Flood in Tuolumne.
COLUMBIA, June 20th-A sudden rise of
the south fork of the Stanislaus river oc-
Cured this morning at 3 o'clock carrying
away bridges, etc, and gives fears that the
main reservoir dam of the Tuolumne Water
Company has broken.
Fatal Shooting ARRAY.
MERGED, June 20th-A shooting affair
occurred here in Spanish dance house, in
which one man was killed instantly, one
seriously and another slightly wounded
The shooting was done by Robert McFar-
lane and Alfred Hull. The three men who
were shot are Portuguese. Antoine EnOs
received two shots while sitting on bench
talking with his countrymen, and died in
stantly Antoine S, Brazie received two
wounds, one in the shoulder and the other
in the left leg, both dangerous. Joseph
Mendoza was shot in the right side, the
ball striking rib and passing around with
out entering the cavity OF the chest.
An eyewitness says: | was on the floor
dancing when | heard a shot, and before |
had time to look around l heard three or
four more. All was confusion. the men
and women running hither and thither to
escape harm. l saw Hull and McFarlane
with pistols in their hands, and both were
firing. The smoke then became so thick
that | could not see distinctly. ! finally
saw Hull run for the back door with sew
eral Portuguese in pursuit, and on reach
ing the back door he turned and fired
when one of them Joseph Mendoza fell |
In the meantime McFarlane had run out at
the front door. He had a horse standing
away.
McFarane is yet at large Hull was ar
rested near the scene of the shooting. and |
is in jail An inquest will be held this |
afternoon, when full particulars will be |
obtained. Trouble has been expected be- |
tween McFarlane and a party of Portu- |
guese, a feud having existed between them |
for some months past, during which time |
several fights had occurred, and it is prob |
able that McFarane was in search of that
party when he made the attack last night |
They were strangers to him and he fired |
upon Antoine Enos. thinking he was the
man with whom he mad a fight about three
weeks ago. McFMlane and Hull are both
respectfully connected, and were raised in
this county, where their parents reside. a
report is circulated that Antoine Brazie
died at 1880 A. NJ.
SECOND DISPATCHI
MERGED, June 20th-The Coroners in
quest to-day upon the body of Antoine
Enos was adjourned, after taking the tes-
timony of four or five witnesses, until go
P NJ tomorrow. In the post mOrtem ex-
animation two bullets of forty-four caliber
were found in the body. There is great
excitement among the people, though no
fears of unlawful proceedings against the
accused are entertained by the officers.
Inc report OF lne uedtn OF BraZle, one OF
the wounded men, was false Both of the
wounded are resting easily, and their
wounds are not supposed to be dangerous.
McFarlane is yet at large.
Runaway Accident.
PETALUMA, June 20th.-As Henry Bal
sari, in company with two small children
was driving in Agricultural Park track last
evening, the horse attached to the vehicle
became unmanageabie, and ran around the
course at break-neck speed, finally running
against a post and throwing the occupants |
to the ground. The children, aged re-
spectiRely and6 years, were badly bruised, |
and Balsari sustained a fracture Of the |
collar bone.
Tie First Attempt.
EMPIRE CITY, June 2Oth.-The steam tug
Escort No 2 sailed to-day for San Francisco
with five large RATS of logs and piles in
tow, for the Pacific Coast Lumber Com
pany, of San Francisco. 1t is the first at
tempt on this coast of towing RATS 10 San
Francisco.
ARIZONA.
Mexican Murdered.
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