Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-04

have him probably sentenced to lie i'm
prisonment, have come back to suffer the
penalty of the crime Boudoir was arrested.
Manitoba International Convention.
GRAND Forks (Dak.), March Si.-Dele-
gates from the Grand Forks Chamber Of
Commercs to the Emerson (Msnitobal Inter
national Convention, to be held tomorrow
and next day, give the following as among
the points to be considered, and the sdvan-
tages to be gained To build railroad from
the northwest corner of Lake Winnipeg to
Fort Churchill under the control of Mani
tobs, and declare it national highway of ex-
ports and imports for the valley; that the
opening of the route viii advance the price Of
wheat twenty-five cents per bushel, sud ad
vance the value Of lands that the Msnito-
bans are alarmed at the taxation and dsbt in
CURED by the aid to the Canadian Pacific:
that they repudiate political. hut esteem COM
mercial relations with the United States
that Congress and the Dominion Parliament
be sskeo to improve the Red river for steam.
boat navigation that it is the right and duty
Of Manitoba to extend its boundaries TO Hud.
son Bay that refusal to extend will be fol-
lowed by the purchase cf the railway charter
by the local Government, already granted by
the Dominion that in case of failure 10 buy
they will build road auyhoW, as q supreme
necessity that committee be appointed to
wait on the Provincial Government, to urge
the necessity of legislation to carry ont the
resolutions,
Wife Choked to Death by Her Husband
CHICAGO, March 31.-Early Sunday morn
svr. Dat - Nsr
builder, choked his pregnsnt wife to death.
and went away, wandering helplessly and
simlessly about the city. He left three
children by a former wife, the eldest
daughter of IS, in the house. It appears
that the stepmother was hsrsh with them,
and they feared TO so to her room, so the dis
covery Of the crime was not made till this
afternoon, when the daughter entered the
door and saw her mother dead. The police
were notified and later in the day Matthias
Schmitz, not o relative, but an intimate
friend, met the murderer. The latter con-
fessed the crime, and the other took the mur-
derer into custody and delivered him to the
authorities. Schmitz seems dszsd, and says
he does not know why he did the deed. It
is known that his married life was unhappy,
Cattle Disease In Kansas.
Topeka lKas.), March 3d.-The Governor
is in receipt of dispatch from Lieutenant
Governor Finley, st Neosho Falls, Woodson
county, stating that the mouth snd foot dis
ease hBd broken out among the cattle in that
vicinity. Already one hundred head are
affected, and the disease is spreading. He
asks the Governor if there is any law by
which it can be stamped cut The Governor
telegrsphed 90 Lsavenworth, and 60 the Com.
missioner of Agriculture at Washington, to
eend a surgeon.
arrest of a Publisher.
NEW YoRK, March 3i-Frsnk Tousey,
the publisher, wss arrested tonight on O war
rant Issued by Justice Duffy, on the com.
plsint Of Anthony Comstock, on a charge
that he had violated the law in reprinting a
book entitled Memoirs of George ~,
which it WAS claimed is injurious to the NOR
sis of the community. His bail was fixed at
$500. and he was released.
Unusual Conduct OF Locomotive.
LYNcHBURG (Vs) March 3d.-A shifting
engine on the Virginia Midland Railroad en-
oountered the south-bound freight one mile
above this city to-day. The engineer re-
versed and jumped. As soon as the engine
recovered from the shock of the collision, it
ran back TO the city at lightning speed,
crashing through and demolishing a loaded
freight car and engine of the Norfolk and
Western road. The shifting engine was COM
pletely wrecked. -
Suicide of Business Manager.
CHEYENNE (Wy.) March 3d.-This morn
ing, about s o'clock, Eugene G. Gunnisop,
alias Z. 3. Clifford, for some time past bust
ness manager Of the Northeastern Lire Stock
Journal, committed suicide, by shooting him.
self in the right temple. Gunuison was
originally from Massachusetts, where his
parents now reside.
An Adverse Report Promised.
WASHINGTON, March 3d.-Rice Of Masss-
chusetts, who has charge of the bill provid-
ing for copyright of news published in daily
newspapers, says he is going TO report ad.
versely upon the measure.
Postal Matters.
WASHINGTON, March 3l.-Presideut Arthur
has appointed FrsIk Z. Pedlar Postmaster
of Woodland, Cal.
The Postoffica Department today issued an
order changing the name of an office in Con-
ira Costa county from San Ransom to San
Ramon.
An Eye to Business.
New York, March 3d,-Mrs. Lille Lang
try, the English actress, to-day took an
assignment of mortgage on real estate in
this city. She is already the owner of several
houses here.