Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-17
PACIFIC SLOPE,
CHINESE QUARTERS In SAN
FRANCISCO BLOCKADED.
The Indian War - Mineral Dis
coyery-Gunner Drowned
Los Angeles News.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-umos.1
CALIFORNIA.
All Previous Records of Hammer Throw
ing Beaten,

CALIFORNIA.
All previous Records of Hammer Throw
ing Beaten.
SAN Francisco, June lGth.-At Central
Park this afternoon. Duncan C. Ross, the
Scotch athlete, beat all previous records in
throwing the fifty-Six-pound weight,
twelvep pound hammer, sixteen-pound
hammer and twenty-one-pOund hammer
In the first event he beat the previous rec
ord of 25 feet inch by 5 inches. With the
twelve. pound hammer he beat the previous
record of us feet s inches by Is feet, In
throwing the siXteen-pound hammer, fle
heat the record O. 103 feet 3 inches bg feet
IL inches. With the twenty-one-p pound
hammer he beat the record of 40 feet by 3
feet 81 inches. He also tired TO beat the
record in throwing the sixteen pound shot,
which was IS feet Il inches. In this, how
even he failed succeeding in scoring only
AZ feet - inches.
Chinatown Bzocsaaed.
SAN. FRANcIsco, June 16th--The police
have set a guard on all tLealleys In China
town. in order to be better able to search
for and discover the Chinaman who a short
time ago stabbed to death Frank Dempsey,
a saloon keeper of this city. The Chinese
Six Companies have refused to assist the
authorities in the matter, and this measure
was therefore necessary. No white person
is allowed to go into Chinatown, and every
Chinaman, no matter where seen within
the limits of Chinatown. is closely searched
for evidence Of his possibly being the muir
derer.
San Francisco Money Market
SAN Francisco, June 16th-Money is in
good supply at all the banks in the city,
and rates favor borrowers, though nominal
L Il, tl,at 1sra11n
Commercial loans vary from 6 to 10 per
cent. with most of the business at :. Call
loans can be had at 5. The savings banks
are loaning GA city property at 6@7 per
cent Within the past week the Hibernia
Bank has put out three loans of So, 500 for
one wear at 6, and $40 100 in four loans for
two years at the same rate. The French
Savings and Loan Society has made one
loan of 81, SEQ for one year, and'one loan of
$1,000 for two years at 6. The German
Savings and Loan Society has made one OF
$4,000 for two years at 6. The California
Savings and Loan Society has made one
loan of 81 200 for five years at / The Fire
mans Fund Insurance Company has made
one loan of 81 900 for three years at s Ex-
change is firm at zoe for sight drafts on New
York and 25c for telegraphic transfers;
sterling bills on London. 40 3-lGd for
bank drawings, and 49l for commercial
paper; refined silver, 49, a II per cent. dis
count; Mexican dollars S5@ S5fc apiece.
Gunner Drowned-Bcat Face.
VALLEJO, June 16th.-The sad news was
circulated on the streets this morning that
gunner J.. \. Mcdonald. L s. N, had met
an untimely death, and his body is held
by the waters. He left the Georgia-street
wharf for The magazine on the island at I
O'Clock, and arriving there took into his
sail boat an additional amount OF ballast,
with the intention OF going across the
straits to Vallejo Junction. An employee
at Selby's works witnessing the progress of
the boat, when half mile over saw it
plunge between TWO breakers. 1t filled,
sank. and was seen no more. Upon fill
ing the ballast had carried the boat to the
bottom. At the time the tide was at an
ebb. aud very rough. Mcdonald entered
the naval service from New ork, July 20.
1861, and has been twenty-four years in the
service. He leaves n wife and three chill
dren. Much regret for this unfortunate
accident is general throughout the town.
An interesting boat race between a crew
from the Hartford and Mohican took place
this morning at 8 o'clock. three miles
straight away, and was won by the former,
amid cheering and great excitement. The
difference in time was thirteen seconds,
and the stakes $3.50.
4 Boy Accidentally Shoots Himself.
Quincy (Plumas county,, June 16th.-A
son OF J. L. BettertOn, l. years old. acct
dentally shot himself in the side while he
was fooling with a pistol. The ball proba-
bly, did not enter the cavity
Rich Mineral Discovery.
REDpING, June 16th.-The discovery
made by Peter Sherer and George Raider of
nd toll in, fNn ON, "a
south bank of Salt creek. about two miles
above Redding, bids fair to rival in richness
any discovery ever made III the State, if not
any known discovery. Pieces of quartz,
five inches long and four inches wide, and
from one TO three inches thick, are taken
out and contain more gold than quartz.
New DistilIeTy.
SAN DIEGO, June l6th.-A new distillery
is soon to be erectes here by party Of
capitalists.
Pacific Coast Press Association.
NAPA, June l6th.-Thc members of the
Pacific Coast Press Association numbering
seventy-live, arrived in Napa on this even
ings train, and were Immediately driven to
the Soda Springs.
New Military Company at Fresno.
FRESNO. June 16th.-The new military
company at this place was formally organ
lied last evening. II adopted the name of
the Forsythe Guard NJ W. Muller was
elected Captain, s s Wright First Lieu
tenant, and o. J. Meade Second Lieutenant.
Sixty-tiye members were sworn in.
Los Angeles Items.
Los ANGELES, June 16th.-S. H. Page. an
Old Californian, died Monday OF apoplexy,
aged 81.
The first grapes of the season arrived
Sunday.
The taking of testimony in the Perkins
Baldwin ease has been postponed for several
days.
Mary Sweeny was accidentally shot in
the face to-day by her little brother The
wound is not fatal.
Great preparations are being made to re
ceive OD0nnell, the Chinese agjtat0r, Sat
rrday night. There will he procession
and big picnic on Sunday. The Trades
Unions will turn out.