Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-15
Agreement retween 1,nilron.i onnnania.

Agreement Between Railroad Companies.
san FRANCISCO, October l4th. - The
Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad
ard the Southern Pacific COMPANY have
entered into an agreement by which they
are to share the California business coming
from the East and the Southern California
business going to the East. The proper
ton to each is not known Speaking of
the agreeinent, a Southern Pacific official
tonight said Ehey [the Atehison, To-
peka and Santa Fe) came ON here, and we
concluded to share the business with them.
The Oregon Railway and Navigation Com
pany IS not included in this arrangement.
One result of this state of affairs is that
the Atehis0n. Topeka and Santa Fe viii
give up the idea of an independent steamer
line from san Diego TO San Francisco, and
there viii be no further rivalry between
them and the Southern Pacific Company
Grand Lodge of California, T. and A. N.
saN Francisco, October 14th.- The
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons
of the Sta,e of California continued in
session to-day. In addition to reports YES
terday received, routine business was
transacted. Committees were named 1t
was decided last evening that the funeral
services of the late Moses Heller should be
conducted by the Grand Lodge The
blo4tU 4ht.Stti WIS dittLDIlAcU 70 name a
committee in behalf OF the Grand Lodge
The Grand Lodge will attend in body.
The session this forenoon was attended by
large body of delegates from subordinate
lodges all over the State, and numbered
between 800 and 600. The entire forenoon
was consumed III receiving the reports of
various standing committees. A recess
was taken at I o'clock The business ses-
sion was resumed this afternoon Officers
will be elected next Friday
Weather Indications.
SAN FRANCIsCo, October 14th-S P. NJ
Signal Service indications for the succeed
ing thirty-tNo hours North Pacific fair
weather, except in the extreme northern
portion. where there will be light local
rains, with variable winds Middle Pacific
fair weather, with variable winds, generally
northweseriy. South Pacific, fair weather,
with light winds, generally northwesterly
Double Tragedy in San BenitO County
HoLLIsTER, October 14th.-At half past
y o'clock this morning Charles A. FowIes,
wealthy farmer and prominent citizen of
Paicines, twenty miles south of here, shot
and killed his wife, and Immediately COM
mitted suicide. The tragedy occurred at
the San Benito Hotel in this place. Fowles
was % years of age, and his wife about IS.
They had been married twenty-six years,
and had three children-a boy aged 24,
q daughter aged % and younger son. For
some time past their marital relations had
been unhappy, eliminating in a serious
difficulty about three months ago, when
Fowles went East, refusing to take his
wife with him. Three weeks ago she left
him. and he advertised her as having
stolen $3.50 and deserted her home She
applied to attorney B. B. McCroskey to
commence a divorce suit, but on his advice
concluded to effect settlement outside of
the Courts. This morning Fowles con-
suited McCroskey, apparently accepting
his advice, and stated that if his wife
would return all would be we'll He went
to her room, on the second floor of the San
Benito Hotel, and asked her to return
home with him. She said the wav things
were going she could not live with him.
He offered to sell the property and
give her one-third as her share She
would not accept the offer, saving
she would . see lawyer first" Instantly,
says the only witness, Mrs. G. o. 0'Donneil,
he drew his revolver. She attempted to
dart past him through the door. He fired
three times, the first bullet grazing her
neck; the second, fred as she ran down
stairs, screaming, Save me, l am shot"
entered a few inches to the right of her left
shoulder blade, lodging Just beneath the
skin below the right nipple. The third
lodged in the wall. She ran down stairs
and about fifty yards from where she was
shot fell and almost instantly expired. He
followed her to the foot of the stairs, where
he placed the pistol to the back of his
right ear and fired causing immediate
death. Fowles was recognized as man of
sudden, violent and ungoverDable terper.
In 1873 he killed Andrew J. RAIDER near
here, in dispute over land. The killing
was considered entirely unjustifable.
While in jail awaiting trial, Fowles at
men with case knife. Afterwards he
tore open the wounds with spoon handle.
He was finally acquitted, although it was
freely charged that the jury had been
packed