Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-12
PACIFIC SLOPE.
THE APACHES CAPTURE A Gov
ERNMENT WAGON TRAIN.
Killed by 4 FalI-Tragedy in PIu-
mas County-A Child's Singu-
lar Death h-Utah Items.
lsrnaAL DISPATCHES TO THE RnooRD-usI /,
CALIFORNIA.
Tour of Chinatown-Unknow Man Found
Dead.

Dead.
SAN Francisco June 11th.-Whitelaw
Reid, principal proprietor and managing
editor of the New York Tribune, at present
on visit to the Pacific coast for his health,
made 4 tour of Chinatown of this city this
evening, accompanied by several members
of the Board of Supervisors. and the usual
| escort of detectives.
The corpse of white man was found
to-day hanging by silk handkerchief to
tree in Golden Gate Park The body had
the appearance of having been in the posi-
ton in which it was found for some time.
His face and hands were denuded of flesh.
The only means of identifying him were
key found in his pocket with tag bearing
No. 15' on it, and a pOcket-knife.
The Stockton VIII Contest-Attempted
Suicide by Chinaman.
| STOCKTON, June 11th.-This was the
third day of the contest of the will of
Joseph Kile, who died worth $l50,000 cut
ting off his widow with $40 per MONTH TO
last only until she remarked, and leaving
the rest of the estate 10 son by former
wife. The contestants claim that kile was
of unsound mind. Over thirty witnesses
| are in attendance, and there is strong tes-
timony bearing on the feeble mental con
dition of kile at the time of making the
will
A crazy Chinaman attempted to drown
himself in the slough tonight He was
tished out and pumped out
Arrested on Charge of Forgery.
NAPA, June 1.-the H. Phillips, of San
Francisco, was arrested yesterday and
| placed in Jail on a charge of forgery. 1t is
charged that he forged the name of c. II.
| Fitch, of Pope valley, TO a note and mort
lna1
a subscribing witness whonlnPhillips had
| duped into the transaction. Phillips had
| the mortgage recorded, and attempted to
obtain loan of $1,000 on it, when the
owner of the mortgaged premises learned
of the matter and had Phillips arrested.
Singular Death of a Child.
PETALUMA, June 11th.-Thirteen DAYS
| ago a healthy 2-year-old child of James
| Carroll, of this city, was taken suddenly i'll.
| Physicians were summoned and emetics
| given, followed by other remedies, but the
little one grew steadily worse until death
| came to its relief. short time before it
| expired the child had fit of vomiting and
| threw up quantity of dough, composed of
| middlings which had formed in an ad-
hesive ball in the stomach, producing
| Inflammation, which caused death On
| the day it was taken i'll the little one had
| chicken feed was kept, and eat freely of
| the article in question.
Grand Lodge, Order of Mutual Com
| panions.
PETALUMA, June 11th.-The Grand Lodge,
| Order of Mutual Companions, which met
| in annual session in this city last Tuesday,
adjourned sine die this evening The fol-
| lowing officers were elected for the ensuing
year: Grand Councillor, w. S. Brown, of
San Francisco; Vice-Grand Councillor, E.
| ID. Feusier, of San Francisco Grand Secre-
tary, NJ II. Falkncr, of Petaluma; Grand
Treasurer, d. Is. Fairbanks, of Petaluma /:
| Grand Medical Examiner, DIR. J. H. Crane,
of Petaluma Organist, Miss Josie Shiply,
| of Healdsburg; Grand Marshal, A. NJ
Woods, of Stockton Grand Warden, G.
Hansen, of Gilroy; Grand Guard, c. J.
Nicholson, of San Francisco; Trustees, a.
| NJ. Cook, of San Francisco; n. King of
Petaluma.
Bloody Tragedy in Plumas County.
SIERRAvILLE, June 11th-A notoriously
| hard character named Jimmy Delaney,
| living in Humbug valley, came into Johns
vile, Plumas county. about 10 o'clock
last night and surrendered himself to the
officers, stating that he had Killed c. 3.
Smith, a neighbor of his. known as Ned
Smith. Delaney's statement was that
Smith, while driving past his place, stopped
and came to his house, called him to the
door and commenced shooting Delaney
replied with a shotgun loaded with buck
shot. killing Smith instantly. Parties i'm
mediateiy went to the scene and found
Smith dead, but found evidence that led
them to doubt Delaney's sto"y. The body
was found not far from the house, but had
evidently been carried from some other
place. 1t is believed that Delaney muir
dered Smith in cold blood as he was pass
ing the house.
The citizens in the vicinity are greatly
excited, and it is thought that Delaney may
be taken from the officers and lynched
There was an Old feud existing between
Smith and Delaney. A short time ago
Smiths barn was burned and Delaney was
suspected of incendiarism. Deceased was
an old pioneer, well known in this section
of the State, and peaceable and highly
esteemed citizen.
An Old Man Killed by Fall.
DUTCH FLAT placer county,, June 11th.
Robert Thompson, man about 60 years
of age and an old resident of this vicinity
fell over bank at Liberty Hill, about four
miles from here, yesterday, and was killed.
Deceased wds a single man.
Fatal Fab from II Church steeple.
PENRYN placer county,, June 11th-W
II. Puffer, an old citizen and much re-
spected fell from the steeple of the Metho-
dist Church here to-day, and received in
juries which proved fatal.