Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-24
GENERAL NEWS.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE RrooRD-uNos.l
DOMESTIC.


| United States Senate.
| WASHINGTON. April 23d-The Chair laid be-
| fore the Senate a message from the PRESIDENT,
transmitting the report of the Secretary of State,
| and giving information concerning the average
| production, consumption expectation and i'm
! portation of wheat, rye. corn and cotton in for
Portions and memorials were presented and
| referred.
joint resolution of the Legislature OF California;
| recommending the passage of the pending bill
providing for the establishment OF national eX-
| pertinent stations in connection with agricult-
| ural colleges.
DAYS annual leave of absence to letter-carriers.
The Senate proceeded to the consideration of
bills on the calendar, after which the special
! orier-tbe pIeuro-p neumonia bill-was taken
S SRi and the House OIL substitute" i0' 'ns ss'S
executive session, and soon adjourned.
House of Representatives.
WASHINGTON. April 23d.-Randall, from the
| Committee on Appropriations. reported back the
naval appropriation bill, with the Senate amend
ments and moved non-eoncurrence i'll those
| amendments.
Kasson thereupon raised the point of order
that the amendments must first be considered in
! Committee of the Whole. The bill was an i'm
portant one affecting, rs it did, the construction
| of new naval cruisers, and he did not think the
House should, pro tor1d, express non-concur-
| renee
The amendments were referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole.
Randall said he could not move to go into
| committee as he had agreed not to interfere
with the tariff bill at this time. The action of
the Appropriation Committee in recommending
| non-cOncurrencc in the amendments was TO eX-
pedite the appropriation bills and secure early
| adjournment.
Townshend. from the same committee, re-
ported back the Postotice appropriation bill,
| with Senate amendments, and moved non-con-
| currence in these amendments.
| On point of order by kasSon this bill and
! the amendments also were referred to the Com
| mlttee of the Whole
The greater portion of the day was consumed
| in the discussion of the contested election case
of Wood against Peters of Kansas, there being
| two reports. The majority report, favoring
| Peters the sitting member. was adopted.
| The House went into Committee of the Whole
| converse i'll the chair-on the naval appropri-
! alton bill.
| y long debate ensucd, participated in by Ran
| dali, Reed and Others when the committee rose,
pending vote on the limitation of the debate
when the House should again go into Committee
| of the Whole, the House took Il recess until
! o'clock, the evening session to be for debate on
FrightfuI Death of Little Boy.
CHoKEE (Ga9 April 25d.-The cight-year-old
| son Of Henry Barlow. Il respectable farmer
while playing in the fields was attacked by sheep
| dogs He was found almost nsensble on the
| ground. his clothing torn into shTeds, and his
! body mangled. In a corner of the field stood
| four ferocious sheep dogs licEingtheirg chops
! They had attacked the Little fellow. and from
| signs around had dragged him fully fifty yards,
| bitten through his stomach and into his en-
| trails. Nearly all the flesh was gnuwed from
| his arms and legs, and it is supposed to have
been eaten by The dogs. He died just as his
! father reached him.
Two Children Murdered.
LOUISVILLE ky, April 2Sd.-The Couria-Joar-
nuts Allen county special tells of a horrible
murder of two young children by their crazy
! father, William Austin. Austin was struck on
! the head about year ago with rock. Leaving
! the field yesterday he went home took the chill
| drcn-almOst babes-Gnd threw them III the
| fire, stood by and saw them cTemated. The
mother was witness to the horrible deed, but
was powerless to rescue her darlings, only es-
! Gaping herself with sucking babe by snatch
| ing il from the cradle and running to the woods
Father Killed by His Son.
MONROE Gal, April 2$d.-Iesse Gum to-day
! killed his father, Willis Gum The father was
young lady. The son married her two weeks
ago. The father sent him word TO be on his
guard, as he was coming 70 XIII him This
! who fired on his father as the latter was taking
Homicide in Montana.
| CmICoTHE Nlo). April 23d.-A dispatch
| from Townsend Montana announces the killing
OF DR.. II. X Barley, formerly resident here.
| No particulars are given. Deceased was a dis
| tinguished surgeon in the Confederate army,
and brother of 6. c. Barley, editor Of the
| ChillcOthc Constitution
The Grayson Murder Case.
GRAYsoN (Ky.l, April 22d.-Wm Neal is on
| trial for murder in the first degree. in killing
| Emma Thomas at Ashland KY i'll December
| ISL. Testimony for the State has begun The
crime consisted in outraging and numbering the
Thomas girl and Fanny Gibbons, and killing
crippled boy. The house III which the deed was
done was burned by the murderer.
Six Rounds of Brutality.
LoNG ISLAND CITY. April 23d-This morning
Il prize fight took place here, witnessed by
about 400 sporting men, The fight was be-
| tween James kerwin. of this city, and Con.
| Walsh, OF Green Point, for 500 a side London
prizc-ring rules kerwin is - years of age,
and weighs III pounds. Walsh is q years old,
! tie in betting. There was an old grudge be
tween the two men, and the fight was said to be
one of the most desperate that ever took place
on Long Island. Six rounds were fought dur
ing which Walsh was terribly punished
supreme Lodge, Il. of =. Officers
Elected.
NEW ORLEANS, April 23d.-The nineteenth
| session of the Supreme Lodge. Knights of Py
thiaS. of the World has elected the following
officers Grand Chancellor, John Van Nalken-
berg, of Fort Madison Ia; supreme Vice-Chan-
cellOr, Howard Douglas, OF Ohio; Supreme
| Keeper of X. and :. Judge K. Z. Cowen, Of Mis-
souri,: Supreme Master-at-A Arms. G.. b. Shaw, Of
| Wisconsin; Past supreme Chancellor, John X.
| Linton, OF JOnestoWn Pa.
Freight Train Wrecked.
FORT WORTH Tex, April 23d-Thc west
bound freight train on the Texas and Pacific
Railroad was wrecked this morning at O'Clock,
| three miles west OF thi, place. Three lumber
ms were thrown from the bridge and broken to
pieces. Seven or eight cars were more or less
damaged. The cause Of the accident was
| broken axle.
Destruction by Fire.
FITCHvILLE Conn., April 23d.-The cotton
mills owned by the Providence Company were
burned this morning. The los Is over SfCJ,C30.
CTNCESNs II. April 2ith-2 =. M terrible FIRE
is now raging on the premises of the Oak
Leather Company, one of the largest tanneries
in the world.
Collector at San Francisco.
WAsHINGroN, April 23d.-The Senate to-day
confirmed the nomination of William ii. Sears
as Collector of Customs az san Francisco.
short in His Accounts.
BAYoNNE q. Jl April sd City Treasurer
Francis /. smith is short IN accounts 81 900.
FOREIGN.