Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-23

found by hagman Of the Hudson River
Rsilrosd. The papers found in his possession
relate chiefly to the msnssement of the Cos
mopolitan Theater. st Broadway and Forty
first street, where the play entitled "On the
| Yellowstone Of which Morse is said to be
the author, is being produced. They included
a number of receipted bills. and requests for
free tickets and the like. Nothing was found
| upon him which would indicate a motive fer
his deed. 1t is thought that he may have
been suffering from temporary insanity at the
time, and have fallen into the river by scci.
dent while wandering about in that condition,
| Morse was IS years old, and s native Of Ger
many. He was unmarried, snd has only one
relativs living in this city, sister, who has
taken charge of his body.
| Menaced City.
CAIRO Ql), February 22i-At Mound
| City two or three small slides occurred during
the night, and very large Ole this morning,
| the latter on the back levee north of town,
which threatened to inundate the city. A
train of dirt and rock was sent by the Wa
bash road, and it is said that it will take the
united efforts Of the citizens and the railroad
to save the city. At present they are cutting
q gap in TIE National Cemetery road to let
| the water run across the country and relieve
the strain on the levee. Ths water is to the
top OF the levee, and there is no telling what
/ IuS IeSuAL WAL De- INeEylllUB DOsslDle Is pS-
ing doae to save the town.
CAIRO (Ill.) February 22l.-The river has
! been stationary since morning. a terrific
wind is blowing st P. NJ which will in
crease the danger at Mound City. A tele-
gram ct noon stated that the levee there was
4 in precarious condition, and may not hold
the night through.
CAIRO, February 22d-1l P. M.-They have
repaired all the slide ST Mound City levee.
and all is safe now.
An Entire Family Bufchered.
CINCINNATI, February 22d.-An examina.
| tion of the bodies of the Taylor family, found
in the Ohio Medical College, mentioned in
last nights dispatches. shows that all three
had been murdered, all the bodies showing
uumistskable signs of violence. The skulls
| of Taylor and wife were fractured. Whether
| the family were murdered for money or the
dissecting table is not known, but the general
belief is that they were killed for the latter
purpose. The house where Taylor lived was
| in desolste spot, half q mile from neigh
Dor. Allen ingalls,, jeff Lout, Richard In.
| gals and Ben. johnson, all colored, residing
|, in the vicinity of ths murder, have been ar
rested, suspected of being the perpetrators Of
the crime.
| SECOND DISPATCH.l
CINCINNATI, February 22d-Richard In.
gals, one of the men arrested for the murder
of the Taylor family, at Avondsls, where the
bodies were found in medical college, made
statement tonight, to the effect that John
Harris engaged him to assist in taking the
bodies to the medical college They met
later, sud shortly after man with q
wagon came along. They drove q
short distance, when Harris pointed out
the bodies in fence corner, in sacks. As
soon as they were loaded, all started
back to the city, but Harris stopped the
wagon, and was gone half sn hour. He came
back running. The cabin on fire was then
seen. They drove to the college, delivered
the bodies and got their pay. Taylor, the
murdered man, was formerly resurrection.
ist, and ingalls, wos his partner.
The Mississippi Inquiry.
New ORLEANS February 22d-In the Co.
piah county (Miss inquiry to-day, j. II.
Thompson testified that four or five years
ago efforts were made to run the present
Matthews father out of Copish county on
chsrge of harboring a horse.thief. Consid-
cred J. z. Matthews one of the worst enc.
mics of the people Of the county. He stirred
up strife between the whites and colored peo-
pie. Witness heard many rumors why Tom
Wallace was killed-one to the effect that he
stole SEED cotton and sold it to Rss Matthews.
The Pennsylvania COIllerv Disaster.
UNIoNTowS (Pa.) February 22d.-The
funeral of the victims of the explosion at
West Leisenfiug took place this morning. A
special train ran out TO the shaft from Union
town and returned With the bodies aud
friends st o'clock. Four cars were filled
with friends and relatives of the dead, and
the scene was sad in the extreme. Three of
the victims were inferred here, six at Dun
bar, seven Et Correllsville and two have been
sent to Washington. There were large
crowds at each place to the special services.
Among the miners revulsion of sentiment
has taken place in the last twenty.four hours,
and the talk of the explosion being due to
negligence is now widespread. The feeling
is very bitter, and one miner has retained an
attorney to attend the inquest tomorrow and
exact the truth from witnesses concerning the
condition of the shaft. The miners are will
ing to affirm that the air has been bad for a
week back, and that they could not work
without complete exhaustion. One miner
who worked in room six, right in the midst
of the place chsrred by the explosion, refused
TO work on the morning Of the disaster, be-
cause, he said, no man could live in the place.
A committee of inquiry, representing the
sffi ceed families, has been organized to gather
information to present before the Coroner s
jury.
LANCASTER pa J, February 22i.-Thomas
Baney, aged 45 years, and his son Adam
aged 20, were taken from the Lancaster
county prison to-day for q hearing before
Justice Eugeles, at Mount Nebo, fifteen
miles south of Lancaster. They are charged
with the murder of Barney Short. Young
Bsney has made full confession, stating that
his father killed Short. During the hearing
Mrs. Baney, the wife of the murderer. stood
face to face with Mrs Short, the wife of the
victim, and as she heard young Baney make
his concession, she upbraided her son, declar-
ing thst her husband and son were at home
that night, and thsn fell 10 the floor in faict.
Baney, the father, gave his son the lie when
the confession wss made.
The PIeurO-PneumOnia Bill.
CHICAGO, February 221.-A petition was
forwarded to ihs Illinois delegation in Con-
gress to-day, sigued largely by wealthy castle-
owners and prominent business men of this
city, urging the passage of the pleuro-pneu-
nonia bill, now pending 10 Congress.
a Virginia Boy with "GFIt."
DANvILLE, February 22i-In passing a
school-house fer colored people, Allen Wo.
MACK. aged -, called out School Butter, a
term of ridicule. The whole school, OF forty
persons, and some grown men among them,
attacked Womeck with sticks and stones
| Ore negro drawing pistol, Womack shot
HIN, and the crowd persiztiug in on attempt
to get into Womack's Wagon, re fired ngaip,
and wounded another. The pursuit was kept
up for some distance, during which the ne
groes fired four shots and Womack FIVE. The
crowd was at last dispersed by white men,
and Womack arrested.
Death OF a Noted Beauty.
New YORK, February 22d.-The Times
special from st. Louis says: Mrs Frederick
Psramore, formerly Nellie Hazsltine, died
this morning in her twentieth year She
visited Eastern watering places and became
noted on account of her marked beauty. In
New York she mst Samuel J. Tilden, and
gossips said he had fallen before her grsces
and intended giving up his bschelorhood. She
was married fourteen months ago to the son Of
Col. Parsmore, President of the St. Louis
and Texas Railroad
The Indiana Greenbackers
INDIANAPOLIS, February 22d-The Green
back State Convention met to day, and made
the following nominations Governor, Fl. T.
Leonard; Lieutenant Governor, John b.
Milroy Secretary of State. f. T. Waring !;
Treasurer, Thompson Smith Auditor, j.
II. Robinson Attorney General, john o.
Green Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
tion, s. S. Boyd.
Statue Of General Lee Unveiled.
NEW ORLEANS, February 22d.-The un-
yelling Of the statue of General Lee, at Lee