Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-29

| 4iiSh SOlilS TOWARDS 4 small pier IN the up.
per harbor, accessible only TO small boats
carrying packages looking as if they con.
! tanned carbines. The Spanish Consul saws
that the schooner EmmaM Fox, which was
reported as having sailed for Laguna Mex.
| took, perhaps, fifteen or twenty Cubans
| from small boats in the harbor. and that
they have probably gone to Cuba. The
| revenue cutter Dix was at Cedar Keys, and
there was no vessel here to sail in pursuit
Happy Knights of Labor.
GAL7EsToN, August 2sth.-A special te
! the NelcS from Tyler says The knights OF
| Labor held an enthusiastic meeting in thei1
| hall this evening. They demand from the
the Texas and st. Louis Railroad Company
three months wages now due, and the
| company has about conceded their de-
| lnands. The men viii resume work as
| soon as they can arrange matters so as Ia
act with uniformity. The Knights have
| been remarkably quiet and orderly since
the beginning of the strike.
broadway Underground Railroads Con-
solidated.
! NEW YORK, August 2Sth.-It was stated
yesterday that the two companies holding
charters for building railroads under Broad
way are about to merge their interests. and
uniting their forces obtain the necessary
capital to tunnel Broadway and build the
road. The remarkable success which has
| attended Sharp's surface road on Broadway
has put new life into underground schemes
and enlisted the cooperation of Jay Gould
| ON the understanding that the two compet-
ing underground companies Will consoli-
! date.
Charged With Forgery.
| New ORLEANS, August 2Sth.-Henderson
lcolored), prominent in the days Of recon-
structlon, and now occupying the position
| Of United States Collector of Pensions for
the widows and orphans of deceased colored
soldiers, was arrested at Lake Providence
to-day charged with forging the name of q
! deceased colored widow to pension claim,
and forging the names of the witnesses
thereto.
The Puritan to Contest with the Genesta.
NEW YORK, August 28th.-The Regatta
Committee of the New York Yacht Club.
after much discussion, have unanimously
decided on the Puritan TO contest with the
Genesta for the Americas cup. The Genesta
yesterday sailed down the harbor. and was
the object OF much interest, followed bv
! several of the fastest yachts, including the
famous Oracle, which, it is said, can hold
her own with the English cutter. The
Herald believes that she will be beaten. So
does Commodore Smith, of the New York
Yacht Club and many other expert yacht
men.
The Sian Who Saw PreIIer.
PHILADELPHIA, August 28th.-B. G. Rod
gers, the man who affirms he saw Preller
alive last May, adheres to his statement.
He says that he will go to St. Louis and
swear that the man calling himself Arthur
{. Preller, whom he met at the Continental
Hotel last March, and the man who denied
that his name wGs Preller in Sansome
street in May, are one and the same person.
The SIuggers at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI, August 28th.-A Constable
was sent to Chester Park at noon with a
warrant for the arrest Of John L. Sullivan
on q charge OF being about TO engage in a
contention, commonly called prize fight.
At O'Clock the Constable had not found
Sullivan.
SULLIVAN GIVES A BOND NOT TO ENGAGE IN
4 PRIZE FIGHT.
CINCINNATI, August 2Sth - When the
Constable found Sullivan and notified him
to appear before Judge Huston, the pugiist
started Immediately to the city to comply
with the order. He did not, however,
appear in person before the Court, but his
attorney appeared and gave u bond of
81, coo in his behalf, to not engage in a
prize fight The statute against glove con-
tests has an exception III the case of public
gymnasiums or athletic clubs, and it is
claimed that this contest will be under the
auspices of the Chester Park Athletic Club,
recently formed. The general feeling to-
night is that there will be no further effort
to interfere.
New Electric Motor.
New YORK, August 2Sth.-The new cleo
tric motor, Ben. Franklin, is expected 10 be
publicly tested on the elevated road Mon
day. Its weight is one-half that of the ele-
waited road locomotives, and it is claimed
Will save fifty per cent. of the cost of fuel
| a preliminary experiment last night gave
! the utmost satisfaction to electricians. On
| a very light current twenty-five miles an
hour was attained. There was no iarring,
/ putting or screaming. At the trial next
week it will draw two loaded cars. Mr..
/ DAFT, the inventor, says the men who con-
! troll the railways of the country will be
/ there. 1t will be the heaviest crowd of
/ men, financially, ever in one car. He ex-
poets to have $3.50, ,000, 900 represented.
Satisfactory Result of Conference.
ST. LOUIS, August 28th.-ThG result of
/ the conference in New York between Gen
| eral Manager Talmage, of the Wabash
Railway, and the National Executive Com.
mittee of the knights of Labor, is received
with satisfaction by local members Of the
organization. 1t is stated that. at q con
ference to be held here next Thursday, the
Knights will demand the reinstatement OF
all members of their order who were sus
| pended Or discharged on June 18th last.
and will require pledge from Talmage
approved by the United States Court that
the terms of the agreement will be kept
inviolate.
Dishonest Ticket Agent.
PHILADELPHIA, August 2Sth.-Ripley, as
| Albany and Chicago ticket Office at Lafa
yette disappeared last night, taking about
| $1,000 of the company's money, the pro
ceeds of the sale of excursion tickets YES
terday
Hanged for Murder.
! ST. LeUIs, August Samuel w
| Collins was hanged this morning at Bowl
| ing Green, Mo, for the murder of q mar
named Owen Utterback. Mrs. Utterback
the widow Of the murdered man, with hel
two sons, aged S and years respectively
were present at the execution The murder
occurred in September. 1884. Collins hac
heard that UtteTback had been slanderine
| his wife, and he sought him out and killed
him for the offense. The execution passed
oil quietly in the presence of an immense
crowd.
Outbreak OF the Texas Fever.
KANKAKEE Qlll, August 2Sth. - The
Texas lever has appeared here among q
herd OF 200 cattle. Six have already died
and many others have the disease.
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PASSENGERS FROM THE EAST.