Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-12-04

Williams to the ground in a heap. Will
Jams was knocked out. Time, one minute
and fifteen seconds. Total time of the
fight, fifteen minutes and fifteen seconds.
The California Delegation.
WASHINGTON, December 3d.-Congress-
man Morrow and wife arrived in the city
to-day from San Francisco. Congressman
Mckenna and Louttit are expected to-
morrow, and then the entire House delega-
ton of California will be complete Messrs.
FELTON,, Henley and Markham arrived some
time since. Congressman Morrow brings
with him the bill, drafted by himself and
Mr.. Henley, which provides for the further
restriction of the immigration of the Chi
nese. The members of the delegation have
already seen the bill, and it meets with
their approval; but it will not be presented
to the House until it has been submitted to
all the California members, and received
their united sanction. The members come
here with the earnest determination to
keep watchful eye over the interests of
the Pacific slope, to press the passage of
| anti-Chinese measures, and the bills upon
| the silver question, which will meet the
will of the people, and will urge that pro.
vision be made for the Improvement of the
waterways upon the Pacific coast.
The Chinese Question in Texas.
AUSTIN, December 3d.-A committee of
the Knights OF Labor distributed circular
to-day, requesting citizens to Withdraw
| their patronage from all Chinese laundry
men, except Wah Paing, merchant and
naturallZed citizen. The reason assigned
for boycotting the Chinese is that there
are American laundries that do cheaper
work and as well as the Chinese, and that
worthy women who earn living by
washing should be patronized to the exclu-
sion of the Mongolians.
! Terrific Boiler Explosion-Six Men Killed
New York, December 3d.-This evening
! the steam tug Dora Emory. towing q stone
| barge, was proceeding up East river, when
at Fitty-eighth street the boiler exploded
and, it is supposed, killed six men who are
said TO have been aboard of her
LATER.-The shock was so violent that
! the windows on the New York shore, near
! est which the explosion took place, were
| shattered to pieces The debris was hurled
ashore as far as First avenue. No one on
shore was injured The tow was cut adrift.
| but was picked up by the steamer Franklin
Edison. No trace could be found of the six
men on the tug.
Cold-Biooded Murderer Hanged.
DENVER Coli. December 3d.-A Sagu-
ache special to the Republican saws: Mar
shall Clements, the most eold-blooded
murderer ever executed in Colorado, was
! hanged here at o'clock this afternoon. for
| the murder of his brother and sister-in-
| law-Thomas and Susie Clements-last
September, in the presence of a thousand
| spectators. The prisoner was in the best
| of spirits. He mounted the scaffold with
out culver, confessed his guilt, and said
| the punishment was just. lie died of
| strangulation in fifteen minutes.
VIII This Business Never Cease?
NEW York, December 3d.-At $50
o'clock tonight Charles Ray, 26 years of
age, shot his wife Maria in the left cheek.
and then shot and instantly killed himself.
| They resided at 1908 Madison avenue. Raw
has been for some time in the employ of
| the Mexican Government as an engineer on
the construction of railroads. and returned
a short time ago from that country. He
had trouble about getting his money from
| the Mexican Government, and the matter
preyed upon his mind until he became
! half-demented. Mrs Ray says be was
causelessly jealous of her.
Fortunate Chance.
! SHERMAN TEX, December 3d.-To-day
| Newton Chance, an aged itinerant preacher
from Indian Territory was on trial for the
murder of E. Junius Foster editor of a
newspaper in this city in 1868, when a man
named James Young came forward volun-
| tarily and confessed that he was the muir
derer, Chance was acquitted amid great
rejoicing.
Cremation in New York.
NEW YORK, December 4th-A.M-The
| incinerating apparatus at the crematory at
| Mount 0livette has been completed. and
the building will be formally opened at 23O
tomorrow, when the body of Eugene
Lievre will be placed in the retort for in
| cinerahon. Lievre died about a month
| ago, and his body has been in the
vault in Greenwood Cemetery since.
Before his death he asked to be
the first one cremated The building
committee decided TO have the opening on
Saturday, but telegram has been received
from Boston since then, requesting the
cremation of a corpse from that city on
that day, and this made Il change of date
necessary. Admission to the building to-
day will be by ticket only. About 100 in
vitations have been issued