Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-14
Fire at Berkeley.

SAN Francisco, February 13sb. - Last
night about 10 o'clock the largest building of
the boys school, known as the Berkeley
Gymnasium, was discovered to be on fire in
the upper part. Owing to the absence of 8
fire department, the building was burned to
the ground, notwithstanding the efforts Of
volunteers, who mustered with buckets. But
little was saved from the building, many in
mates escaping in their night-clothes.
With great difficulty the fire was confined to
the building in which it originated, and
which was totally destroyed. 1t is supposed
that defective hue was the cause of the fire.
Change of Time impossible.
SAN Francisco, February 13th-The
company to so regulate the departure Of
trains as to enable the mails to close at g later
hour, General Manager Towne has replied
that for the present. owing to the nature of
the come ctions, il will be impossible to
change the time.
Death OF Another PIOneer-DemOcratic
County Committee.
SAN Francisco, February 13sh.-William
Huefner, pioneer dating back to 1S47, died
to-day.
The Democratic County Committee met
to-day, and after considerable debate decided
to allow delegates to the Convention to be
chosen from each of thu forty.seven clubs in
the city without redistricting or reprecincting
the wards.
Held to Answer.
STOCKTON, February tb.-MscP. Haley
was examined to-day, and held to answer a
charge of granddaughter, with bail fixed at
s., 200, which he did not pay. Haley shot
Charles Ingalls, at Clements Saturday, with
fatal results.
The Cotton Stanford Case.
SANTA Rosa, February 13th-In the Col.
and in his redirect examination testified that
the Central Pacific owned the Coos Bay and
Oregon Coal Company. He did not know
whether Cotton was a stakeholder in the
Coos Bay Company before the purchase
Witness was questioned at length concerning
the earnings snd dividends of the Northern
ard the San Pablo and Tulare Railways.
One dividend of the Northern Railway,
amounting to about S576. 900, amounted tc
more than the cash on hand, and their bank
ers had to advance some of the cash. This
event was attributed to an error in comput.
ing the cash on hand. The dividend amounted
to S54. GOO more than the cash on hand.
This afternoon the Court will look over the
Stanford, Huntington, Hopkins & Croker
books in chambers.
SECOND DISPATCH.I
SANTA Rosa, February 13th.-This after.
noon Judge Temple and Counsel examined
the s., H, II. & Co. books, when it was de.
cided to seal up the ledger accounts of sav.
eral private parties. The entries in the cash.
book relating to these accounts were covered
with strips of paper, which were pasted over
them by a clerk. Mrs. Cotton came up here
this morning. and the prevailing suppOsition
is that ere long she will present her evidence
to the Court.
The Cow Got The Worst Of 1t.
MERGED, February 13.h.-The local pas.
senger train, due at 4:15 P. NJ bound for Tu'
lare, was delayed half an hour to-day by the
locomotive being dersiled two miles north OF
town. The accident was caused by col
lision with a cow. Toe only damage was to
the COW, which was ground to mincemeat by
the wheels.