Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-10-04
Arrested for Forgery.

to-day arrested DR.. William Il. MOfrlsOh,
the Grand Chancellor of the Order of Che
sen Friends, on complaint sworn to by
Rosanna McEntie, charging him with
forgery. The alleged forgery consists in the
signing of certain names to death notice
on Council No. sc of the Order. The notice
is of the death of Ada Savers q seamstress
of San Leandro; the cause of death is
given as typhoid pneumonia, and the
amount of insurance as $1,000. The notice
purports to be signed by Mike Moran.and
is sworn to before Julius Sack, a Notary
Public Of Alameda. The name of the reg
ular physician is given as William IL.
LOOMS, Morrison appearing as consulting
physician As the death notice must be
signed by either the undertaken or the Off
ciating clergyman at the funeral, the name
of Rev. Alfred Highly, residing ON Mission
street, was appended to the document. The
whole thing was then duly signed by
committee of three appointed by the Coun
Gil to investigate the matter. OF this COM
mittee, one was the wife of the prisoner;
another, John Dent n dummy, and the
third, Julia c. Morse. DIR. Morrison then
subscribed again before George L. Knox,
Notary Public, as TO the cause OF the death
and as the name OF DIR. LOOMS also APP
pears, evidently some one personated that
gentleman before the Notary
were working up the case that he never at
tended any such person as Ada Savers, and
had not sworn to the death notice. julius
Sack, the Notary Public, exists, so it is said,
only in the imagination of the person who
drew up the death notice, there being no
such Notary in the State.
1t is suspected that Morrison, in organiz-
ing the Council, placed ON the roll num-
Der of bogus names, and regularly paid the
assessments for the same At intervals he
would report their deaths, and, as the as
signments were made TO him, had no diff
Guilty in collecting the money, helped as he
was by his position of Grand Chancellor.
The death notice on which the charge was
brought is believed to be the fourth one he
has forged.
The Races at San Jose.
SAN JOSE, October 3d.-The attendance
at the fair to-day was about the same as
yesterday. When the first race for two
year-olds, running, one mile dash, was
called, James Mees Mischief was the only
horse that put in an appearance. She
walked over the track and took the money.
The second event was a running race, free
for all, mile and repeat, for $3.50, between
Billy the Kid, Jou Jou and Garfield. The
Kid was the favorite in the pools and won
the first and third heats and the race, Jou
Jou winning the second heat. Time, :45s >
1:45l-1:454, The third event was a novel
ty race between Jim Douglass and Beacons-
field, for purse of $3.50 to the first
horse at the quarter pole, $50 to
the first at the half mile, $50
to the first at the three-quarter, and $50
to the first at the finish Douglass went
ahead from the start, and won the race.
Time at the quarter pole, :34l half mile,
:49t three-quarters, 1:154, and the mile in
1:42, which is the fastest heat ever run over
this course. The next was a special run
ming race, half mile and repeat, between
Mischief, Robin Roy, Tom Payne and
George and was won by Mischief, he TAX
ing the second and third heats, George
winning the first heat Time 1:50-1:5l2
-1;544. \ pacing race came next, between
Terra Gotta and Bruce Two heats were
paced, Bruce getting both. Time, 2:333a-
2:3Sl. The conclusion of the race was
postponed until II o'clock tomorrow.
Held for Murder.
PLEAsAN IoN alameda county,, October
3d.-Joseph Argent, who killed Alvino
Bazzi and his wife at SunOl on Wednesday
evening last, had a preliminary hearing at
this place to-day before Judge Graham, and
was held for the crime Of murder.
The Plumas County Fair.
GREENvILLE, October 3d.-The fifth day
of the annual fair in District No II opened
to-day clear and beautiful. This afternoon
the crowd at the track was larger than on
any day previous, and the races gave gen
eral satisfaction. The ladies' tournament
took place previous to the racing, the first
prize being awarded to Miss Ella Clark, of
Greenville. The first event was a three
year-old trotting race, mile heats, two in
three. The first heat was taken b. Isaac
NJ, Maxwell second. Garrett third Time,
3:17. The double team trotting race, mile
and repeat, was then called. ID. Mcintyre
named Tom and Plumas, d. D. Newman
named Kate and Mollie. Mcintyre took
the first heat in 3:l7. The second heat
in the thrce-year-old trotting race was
taken by Maxwell, Garrett second.
Time, 3:17. In the double team
trotting race Mcintyre took the second
heat and race. Time, 3:14l. The third
heat in the three-year-old race was then
trotted, Maxwell taking the heat and first
money, Isaac NJ. second, Garrett third.
Time, 3174. Following this came the run
ming race, two-mile heats, two in three. The
horses were Snuffbox, Overland Pat and
Jubilee. Snuff box took the first and sec
ond heats and race, Pat second Time
1921. Jubilee was distanced in the first
heat. The display of live stock this year
is above the average and reflects credit on
the district. The Pavilion is crowded every
evening, and the display is said by nearly
every one to be far superior to any previous
one in the district Our fruit display for
variety and quality would be hard to sur
pass. Tonight the fair ball takes place,
and promises to be grand affair. The
fair throughout has been a success.
The Sisldyou Races.
YREKA, October Sd. - The town is
crowded with people to-day, and there was
a grand parade of stock at the Park. in
Guiding a number of Shetland ponies In
the ladies' riding Miss Addie Warren. of
Yreka, received the first premium, and Miss
Moyt, of Little Shasta, the second pre-
MUM Race No. 6 was trotting, for horses
never beating $50, three in five and was
contested by Peacock's Lady Clyde, Swans
Alta and Rehart's Lily r. The race was
won by Lady Clyde in three straight heats.
Time, 2:47-2:43-2:44
A Yuba County Chinatown Burned.
SaARTsvILLE, October 5d.-Chinatown in
Timbuctoo was totally destroyed by fire
this evening. The loss is not known.
Republican Demonstration.
GRASS VALLEY, October 3d-The largest,
rs well rs the most enthusiastic, political
meeting held here in many years, took
place last night on Main street There were
ABOUT sVu men III the lOTcull8lt procession,
Nevada City being represented by over 200
men in uniform. A special train of ten
cars came down from Nevada City, and the
streets were crowded. Hon. 4. A. Sargent
addressed the meeting.
Coolest Night of tho Season.
SosoMA, October Sd-Last night was the
coolest one of the season. We had a
heavy frost, doing more or less damage to
the grapes.
Miraculous Escape.
YREKA, October 3d.-A man named
Charles II. Young had a miraculous escape
from being blown to pieces by giant pow
der in his log cabin at the Empire quartz
mine, on the Klamath river, Yesterday
morning, between and o'clock. Some
person or persons, supposing he had money,
tied his door, and placed giant powder in
the cellar. Young, seeing the light Of the
fuse jumped out of bed, and as he endeav-
ored TO get ont of the door the cabin was
completely blown to pieces. Everything,
including the chimney. was laid flat, and
the shingles thrown fifty yards away, while
he only received some slight scratches on
the face. He was hit on the side with
pick, and the powder burned one leg.
IDAHO.
Business Failure.
Woop RIsER, October 3d-Cofiin Bros.
assigned to-day to Frank Long. The cause
assigned for the failure is the firms ont