Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-11-17

and New South Wales Steamship Com
pany have failed to reach an agreement in
regard to the carrying service between the
Sandwich Islandsand San Francisco. There
is strong probability that both the Union
Company and the Elders, the line now
running, will have Independent and COM
peung lines, the former TO Auckland, the
latter to Sydney direct. The merchants
here say this will occasion lively compe-
tlhon for Australian business.
The Wall>up Family.
NEW ORLEANS, November 16th-Minnie
Wallace Walkup, her mother and Willie
Willis, cousin, arrived this morning
Ihey evaded the crowd at the station, and
rode home through the back streets. At
every point on the railway curious people
tired to get look at Mrs Walkup, and at
Memphis there was a rush. The young
WIDOW has oilers from the Ingersoll mana
ger and others to appear on the stage. and
local museum has tried to engage her.
Billiard Tournament in Chicago.
CHICAGO, November 16th.-An assem-
blage OF fully 1900 people attended the
opening game Of the great fourteen-inch
bake line billiard tournament, in which
Maurice Vignaux. of Paris, Jacob
Schaefcr, Of New York, and George |.
Slosson, Of Chicago, are the contestants.
The winner of this tournament will be en-
utied to receive the whole purse of s., 900
and the excess of receipts over expenses.
1t IS expected that the prize will aggregate
over $1,000. The game tonight was be-
tween Slosson and VignauX, the former
winning. Schaefer and Vignaux play to-
morrow night, and Schaefer and Slosson
Wednesday night. Following is to-nighfs
score: Slosson-1 13 0 0 Ii 6 0 50 81 0 43 20
10 u so q > a go
NignauX-l ) l > 100 37OO1 Il 6 10
53 . 20 Ia Is 81 0 8 81 10 0 10 l06. Highest
runs-Vignaux, 70, 81, l06; Slosson, 50, II,
90. Winners average, 10 1f.31; losers
average, Il 24-3i Time of game, 3 hours
and 40 minutes.
New York Stock Market.
New YORK, November l6th.-Following
The higher prices in London, the opening
prices this morning at the New York Stock
Exchange were from to ? per cent. higher
than they closed ON Saturday There was
a further small advance in some cases. and
then an irregular decline for fractional
amounts, except st. Paul, which fell / per
cent Toward the end OF the first hour the
market again became strong but the move
ments have been active, feYerish and irreg-
ular. Northern Pacific preferred has been
conspicuous for its strength. At II o'clock
the market was active and firm at the open
ing figures.
New YORK, November 16th.-Central Pa
cific, '4S; Burlington. 1871 Northern Pa
citic, III; Northern Pacific preferred, COZ :;
Northwestern, 1128; New York Cen
tral, 1867; Oregon Navigation. 1OOg ::
Transcontinental. 81 Pacific Mail. 615 !;
Panama, So; st. Louis and San Francisco,
235 ; Texas Pacific, 22s Union Pacific, 612 :
Wells-Fargo's Express, III; Western
Union, 79s.
New YORK. November 10th The stock
market is active and strong throughout the
past hour, the actiYeness. however. being
generally for fractional amounts, but New
York Central gained 18. The greatest ac-
tivity has been in Western Union and st.
Paul. which have advanced each. At
noon the market is active and strong.
New YORK, November 16th-3 P. NJ
This afternoon the stock market became
less active and weak, but about o'clock
the decline was checked and the market
became strong. AT 21j p. IL the market
was weak for some time and some of the
active stocks had declined from to per
cent. The decline was checked somewhat
by 80 but the market remained feverish
and inclined to be heavy until Just before
the close, when the market was beat up a
fraction and closed generally stronger
The Distress at Galveston.
New YORK, November 16th.-A Calves
ton special says: All careful estimates
place the number of families burned out at
1000, equivalent to 5000 of which number
1000 must be assisted. Collections in the
churches yesterday gave 81 900 for the suf-
felers. The distress among some of the
unfortunate people is very great.
Lockout of Cigarmakers.
NET YORK, November 16th.-The prom
ised " lockout in Straiton Il Storms cigar
factory, in consequence of which 1000 per-
/ sons are idle, began to-day, the Progressive
Cigarmakers' Union having failed to re-
move their boycot' from the goods of the
firm
California Woman Insane in New York
NEW YORK, November 17th-A. M.-Mrs.
DR.. Rogers was recently arrested in the
streets rs evidently insane. At the hos
pital, yesterday, she told a reporter: |
married DR.. Rogers in California in 1874.
Ny father was John Lerdt At one time
we were in the liquor business. Finally
he settled down to practice as physician
and joined travelling theatrical troupe
that played " Uncle Toms Cabin" The
doctor. who is in indigent circumstances,
has been found.
The Silver Question.
New YORK, November 17th-A. M-Tbe
Tribune says: 1t was the gossip of up-
town resorts last night that Mant0n Marble
is engaged in drafting a clause on the silver
question, to be submitted 10 the President.
and, if approved by him, to form part of
the Presidents message.