Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-09-06

l Will luTOdlcc 20 you hon. lludln w.
West, of Ohio, distinguished in his pro-
feSsion and by an honorable career in the
| judiciary"
Republican Outlook in Maine.
LEWISTON. September 5th.-George c.
Wing tonight sent the following telegram
| TO Chairman Jones. of the National Re
publican Committee:
The canvass of the State will close tomorrow.
It has been animated and thorough, with the
| tariff as the principal issue. We expect with
| confidence TO carry both branches OF the Legis-
| lature, to choose four Representatives to Con
| Sress, and re-elect Governor Rohie by a popular
| majority of 10000. GEORGE c. Wing.
Chairman Republican State Committee.
New Hampshire Greenbackers.
| MANCHESTER, September 5th.-The Green
back State Convention indorsed General
Butler. George W. Carpenter was nomi-
| mated for Governor, and John f. Wood
| bury and J. L. Williams for Congressman.
| The platform of the National Convention
at indianapolis was indorSed.
Virginia Politics.
New York, September 5th-A Winches-
! ter, Va, special says: The Virginia cam
paign has opened III the usual manner.
with the talk of bloodshed The Winches-
ter Times has an editorial article to-day on
Senator Riddleberger, and it is said pressure
it in a hostile way Among the offensive
expressions in the Times is the following
The noble Senator of late, aS in the past.
has been trafficking in the iupunity which
the wcll-earned character of blackguard
| has tended 10 secure for him. We add
nothing new to modern literature by stig-
| matizing the distinguished Senator as a
cowardly liar. This has frequently been
done by others, nor do we incur any dan
ger" The publication has caused much
| excitement.
What Tammany VIII Probably Do.
New York, September 5th-Much curl
osity is felt at political headquarters with
reference to the action of the Tammany
Committee ON Organization, at its meeting
tonight. The probability is that Cleveland
will be indorSed in a mild way, though an
effort will be made To commit the meeting
| to the principle Of indorsing nobody, but to
permit every man to vote as he sees proper
! John Kelly is said to favor this course.
! The Tribune says that Cleveland's indorSe-
| ment by Tammany will be followed by the
! wholesale resignation of its members, who
! will work heartily for Butler until Novem-
Der, when they viii again Join Tammany.
Cleveland When Sheriff.
New YORK, September 5th.-The San
! reproduces from Buffalo papers of 1872 and
! 1873 accounts of two executions which Oc-
; cured there when Cleveland was Sheriff.
: in which it is distinctly stated that the
Sheriff in person acted as hangman 1t is
evidently document intended for those
i who consider hanging judicial murder, or
murder ofsOme sort.
/ The Election in Vermont.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION. September 9Th
Returns from eight additional towns re-
+ ceived to-day increase the majority for
Pingree lRep) as given last night, 20, 739,
by 625, making Il total of 237 towns and
1854 majority, leaving three towns to be
heard from, which Will not materially
change the figures.
WHITE RIVER JUNCTION, September 9th.
Returns from 240 towns, giving the COM
plete gubernatorial vote of the State show
the following result: Total vote cast o.
42l. Pingrce (Rep) received Al ,9l7, Red
inghen (Dcm.) 9,S31. Soule (Grcenbacker)
As, independent and scattering 1851
making Pingree's majority q ,413. Pro-
portional loss Of the Republicans about II
per cent; of the Democrats, six per cent;
reduction Of Republican majority, $500
Complexion of the House Representatives:
Republicans 7s, Democrats "a, Greenback-
ers 4 Independents 81 no choice l. The
next Senate consists of p Republicans to 3
Democrats.
Brother Against Brother.
CHICAGO, September 5th-William II
DOwnie, member Of the Board of Trade
was found dead in the basement of his
house in La Sale avenue tonight. with q
bullet hole in his left temple He was
alone in the house al the time of the oc-
currence. From the fact that his face was
powdcr-bu and his hair scorchcd. il
was at first supposed to be case of suicide
but closer examination of his position and
the direction of the wound, and the fact
that no weapon could be found, led to the
conclusion that it was case of murder
He had brother, Charles J. DoWnie, with
! whom he had frequent alterations in re-
gard to an undivided estate left them by
their mother. These troubles led 10 a separa-
ton yesterday, after an unusually stormy
scene, and an attempt by Charles to brain
his brother with an axe. This, with the
fact that Charles once shot at William. led
to a suspicion that it was a case Of fratra-
eide. The police arrested Charles on the
way from this city 10 his suburban home
and found on his person revolver with
one chamber empty.
Bloodshed in AIississippi-A Cold II earted
Wife.
VICKsBURG, September 5th.-A difficulty
occurred to-day between Captain James l..
Metzler, well known river man, and Cap
tain J. W Bourne, Deputy Internal Rev
enue Collector. Fourteen shots were fired.
Bourne died at 5 o'clock, and 1t is believed
that Metzler will not live through the
night. The trouble grew out OF Mctzlcr 5
intimacy with Bourne'S wife. Bourne fired
the first shot, making the attack on Metz
Ter, who was conversing with others. After
being shot down Bourne sent for his wife
a J.1,f1 Dl,il
see their father, but the wife went to the
bedside of Metzler The sympathy of the
community is entirely with Bourne and
his unfortunate children. Suit for divorce
between Bourne and his wife is pending.
Scientists in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, September 9th. - The
members of the British Science Association
did not put in an appearance at the session
of the American Association to-day, but in
the evening they attended reception
given in their honor at the Academy of
Music by the citizens of Philadelphia, at
which the American Association, the Insti-
tute of Mining Engineers and numbers Of
the foreign delegates were present.
Failures the Past Week.
. New YORK, September 5th Failures
+; throughout the country the past seven
days for the United States were 199, and for
. Canada Il, as against a total of 1876 last
week, showing an increase of II. The cas-
ualities are still numerous in the Western
and Pacific States, while in the other sec
tons of the country the number of assign
ments are rather below the average.
Death of Yankee Robinson.
New YORK, September 5th.-A special
from Chicago says: Yankee" Robinson,
the well-known Snowman, died at New
Jefferson, Ia, this afternoon. He was 66
years of age, and had devoted nearly fifty
years to the show business. His name was
Fayette Lodawick Robinson.
From the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific.
New YORK. September 5th.-The Louis
lana, New Orleans and Texas road, which
connects the Chesapeake and Ohio and
Southwestern roads with New Orleans,
will be completed to-day. 1t makes direct
the Huntington line from Newport News
to San Francisco by the Chesapeake and
Ohio and Southern Louisiana, New Orleans
and Texas roads, the Morgan property and
the Southern Pacific.
Death of an American Missionary.
New YORK, September 5th. - Eugene
Schuyler, United States Minister to Greece
writes to the State Department: " l have
the honor to inform you of the death, yes
terday, at the age of S5, of Mrs. +. Hill
widow of the Rev. DR.. Hill. DR. and Mrs
Hill came TO Athens in 1880 as missionaries
of the American Episcopal Church"