Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-05-26

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my home for the past five Years, and if |
wanted to make a fight for reelection to
Congress | would do it in Glascocks dis
trict but | do not like the scramble every
two years for a seat in the House of Rep
resentativeS | will be candidate for
election to the Senate, however, If the Re
publicanS carry the Legislature. ! Will 90
home and take part in the election OF mem
berS of the State Senate and Assembly.
] do not fear to enter the campaign Tor the
Senate if the election depends upon the
personal popularity of the candidates and
services rendered the State If, however,
il is to be Il money election. with candi-
dates willing to dump $4,000 or S2O0,O
into the fight, the condition OF affairs
might be changed If | enter the contest,
it will be solely as Il Californian having
perhaps some knowledge of the people of
he State and their interests, and believing
that | can be of service TO them in the
upper branch of Congress-
MacVeagh's Letter to Bristow.
WASHINGTON. May 25th-General Wayne
MacVcagh's letter to Bristow published
the day before the meeting of New York
merchants to indorse Arthur, has been the
principal subject OfgoSSip for the past week.
The letter was admittedly virulent and in
the worst of taste, but it so strongly put all
the things the politicians have lately been
thinking about but dared not utter, that
everybody acknowledges the wind to be
completely taken out of the merchants
meeting.
Gorham Forninst Arthur.
WASHINGTON, May 25th.-George c. Cor
ham will be a visitor to the Chicago Con
vcntion, and is now here on his way west
He fayorS Logan, and is understood to be
bitterly opposed to Arthur Politicians say
that Gorham Will represent Conkling at
Chicago.
To be Discontinued.
WASHINGTON, May 25th.-Owing to the
failure of Congress To appropriate money
for continuing the photographic branch Of
the Signal Service office at San Francisco,
it will be discontinued after June 30th.
Terrible Tragedy i'll st. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, May 25th-Mrs Alexander
Edmont living 1T l21u South Compton
avenue left her bed about half-paSt !
o'clock this morning procured her hus
bands razor, and, returning to the bed
room, cut the Threats of her three-months-
old baby Gerster and four-year-old daUgh-
ter Carrie Then passing to the next room
She drew the razor across the throat of her
daughter Emma, six years old. but did not
make a very deep wound. The child aWOke
and screamed, which awakened the father,
who rushed into the room. While he was
caring for the child, his wife went back
to her own room, lay down on the bed
beside her dead babies, and cut her
own throat. Gazing 4 moment at the
CHASTITY sight of his two dead children and
bleeding wife. he rushed into the street for
aid. \ policeman was just at the door,
who entered the house. took the razor from
the hand Of the woman, who now lay IN
sensible and bathcd in blood. Physicians
| Immediately called, who restored the
woman to consciousness and dressed hel
wounds, which proved not to he necessarily
| fatal, neither the jugular vein nor windpipe
being severed. The child Emma will re-
| cover. but the two babies are dead and
| there is scarcely any hope for the mother.
4 Fit Candidate for Lynching.
! CINCINNATI May 25th.-This afternoon
| in Scdamsville, lower river ward of Gin
cinnati. the wife of Geo.gc Kecser discov-
cred Harry Hicks attempting to outrage heG
| fivc-year-old daughter. She knocked Hicks
! down with her fist, when Hicks got up and
ran away. George X eeser, the father, with
Charles Scmbcrger and his two dogs pur-
sued Hicks and caught him i mile away
ropes. assembled and talked of lYnching,
but the police patrol wagon arrived and got
| Hicks off to the police station. Hicks is y
| years old. and bears Il bad reputation.
Husband Beaten to Death by His Wife.
Bowling GREEN lKy.). May 25th.-Gco
Anderson. farmer. aged -, was beaten to
death this morning with hickory cane by
his wife, aged IS. His head was beaten IL
a Jelly. Mrs Anderson is large, powerful
woman. and has been in an insane asylum
| twice.
Mysterious Disappearance.
RocKroRD CIll.), May 25th.-Dayid Far
rcll, of Oregon. came here on Monday, and
went out on the street to see friend. He
has mystcriously disappeared, and his
friends think he has committed suicide by
jumping into Rock river.
The Philadelphia Oil Fire.
PHILADELPHIA. May 25th.-Thc fire at
the oil works of the Atlantic Refining Com
panv continues to burn, but it is thought
the danger Of spreading is now past. Early
this morning three tanks, containing + 900
barrels of oil. exploded, but the oil burned
itself out without doing further damage,
and tonight only one tank, containing
1000 barrels was in flames. The estimate
to-day places the loss at 100000.
sullivan Knocked Out"
New YORK, May 25th.-Specials from
Toledo say that John L. Sullivan was
knocked out by Toledo whisky yesterday,
and barely escaped arrest by being taken
away by his friends. The proprietor of the
hotel where he stopped notified Sullivan 5
manager to pay his bill and take him
away
Collision of Trains.
SAVANNAH (N.Y.), May 25th.-Train No.
81, due here AT 933, was to meet extra No.
81 at Savannah The train from the west
| came down mt the rate OF thirty miles an
hour. and struck the weSt-bound train,
which had not got ON the side track, COM
pletely demoliShing one coach and part of
another, killing four and wounding six
persons.
The Baptists.
DETROIT, May 25th.-At the closing meet
inc of the Missionary Union. Saturday
night. after a long and solemn dcliberation.
il was voted to begin missionary work on
the Congo river in Africa al a cost of not
less than $4,000 per annum Distin-
guished Baptist preachers have been in all
the pulpitS of the city except the Episco-
palian. and all the churches were crowded.
The southern Presbyterian General As
sembly.
New ORLEANS, May 25th-The Presby-
terrain General Assembly has adjourned
sine die. Among the last business was a
fraterna1 letter sent to the Northern Assem-
blv. teeming with the kindlieSt sentiments,
but expressing a firm determination to
adhere to the position taken by the last
Assembly with regard to the mode of cor
respondencc \ letter TO the same purport
was sent to the General Synod.
Ex-Bank President Fish Arrested.
NEW YORK. May 25th.-James d. Fish.
ey-President of the Marine Bank, was ar
rested tonight upon warrant issued by
United States Commissioner Shields. Fish
was arrested in Mystic Flats, Broadway
and Thirty-ninth street where ii is said he
had been hiding He was not taken before
| a magistrate and is still in the custody of a
| DEPUTY Marshal. The warrant was issued
upon an affidavit made before Commissioner
Shields by Augustus Serbia, the National
Bank Examiner. He deposed that after a
careful examination he found that Presi-
! dent Fish had misappropriated funds be-