Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-19
PACIFIC SLOPE.
ARRIVAL OF THE MILLER FU-
NERAL TRAIN.
The Weather-Suicide of a Dis
tiller-Railroad Afairs-The
Prewett Murder Case.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REcoAD-uNIos.l
CALIFORNIA.
The Dead Senator.

DAN FRANCISCO, March 1Sth.-The special
tram containing the remains of Senator
Miller arrived in this city late this after
noon. The party were met at the ferry BY
Company +, Second Regiment. CaIrain
Lorlng. which acted as a guard of honor
as Tar as Trinity Church. At Benicia the
following gentlemen, representing the
Board OF Trade, Chamber of Commerce
ana other bodies, met the train Captain
Wm Merry, Colonel VIM. Harney. n. w.
Spauldlng, irving NJ. Scott, VIM. 7. Gar
Tatt, ira L. Rankin, w w. Montague, f.
l.. q. Steele, l.. l.. Baker, Horace Davis.
E. W. Newhall, Jules CERT D. n. Walter
Lew Nj. Kellogg, John f. Merrill, Andrew
Carrigan, ex-Mayor VIM Alvord, ex-Gov-
ernor +. F. Low, Lewis Gerstle. Louis
Sloss, Captain Gustaye Niebaum and Wm.
I. Coleman.
b SECOND DIsPATCHl
| SAE FRANCISCO, March 1Sth.-When the
remains of the late Senator Miller from
Washington arrived here, under the escort
OF delegation of military and commercial
organizations, the casket was taken TO the
| Trinity Church mortuary chapel, where
they will lie in state until the funeral on
Sunday next
No Verdict in the Prewett Case.
HoLIIsrER, March 1Sth-The jury is still
out 1t came into Court at 10 o'clock this
| morning. The foreman said it was abso-
luteiy impossible to agree. and begged for
the mercy OF the Court. The jury has now
been out over seventy hours. and there is
little prospect of q verdict
SECOND DISPATCHI
HoLLsrER, March 1Sth-The jury in the
Prewett case remain the same, after sew
enty-iive hours deliberation The Sheriff
offered them blankets tonight, for the first
time, which were declined. Much feeling
Is manifested OF sympathy for the eleven
and indignation at the one
The Railroad War
San Francisco, March 1Sth.-Comparn-
tive quiet reigned in railroad circles to-day
the purchasers of tickets being few, and
| there being less inquiries made than for
some time past. Rates were unchanged,
ana there were no indications Of change.
Weather Reports.
SAN BERNARDINo March 1Sth.-The sec
ond snow-storm ever witnessed here began
this morning, and lasted about ten minutes.
,, The first snow seen here was in 1882. The
storm seems general.
MERGED, March 18th.-Sixty hundredtbs
OF an inch of rain fell here YESTERDAY and
last night, partly mixed with snow, max
ing l1.6S inches for the season. Here the
snow melted quickly, but few miles east
OF Merced the snow, slush and ice lay sew
erai inches deep at late hour this morn
ing. On the foothills, seven or eight miles
east of Merced, snow lay this morning four
inches deep. No report has vet been re-
celved OF the effect Upon the fruit Many
lear that injury has been done in places.
ST. HELENA, March 1Sth.-It rained
lightly here Wednesday night, and the
surrounding hills are covered with snow.
SANTA BARBARA, March 1Sth.-Heavv
showers and severe thunderstorm last
night. Total rainfall for the storm. one
inch.
CENTERvILLE alameda county,. March
1Sth.-A very heavy frost followed the rain
OF yesterday. The fruit is only slightly
damaged; and the prospects are good for a
fine yield of grain and fruit.
Los Angeles Notes.
Los ANGELES, March 1Sth.-No change
in rates in the railroad war here.
The twentieth annual citrus fair of south
ern California opened at Pasadena to-day
with large attendance.
The thirteenth orange train of twenty
cars for the season left for Chicago TODAY.
via the Southern Pacific, on cannon bali
time.
The Trades Council advertise in this
evening Express a list of twenty-five hotels
and restaurants not employing Cinnamon.
There is larger proChinese sentiment
here than anywhere else on the coast.
The trades organizations here number
5000 members.
1gnacio Ortego, an oetoroon barber of
this city, borrowed 81 900 of his friends,
sold his homestead, deserted his wife and
child and decamped for parts unknown.
He was heard of to-day from El Paso.
Sate-crackers attempted to rob the safe of
the Southern Pacific early this morning,
but fled on being discovered. The safe
contained $1,000 the results of the sale of
tickets for one day.
A large body of very fine chalk. purer
than the English refined. and without grit.
has been discovered on lthe MOiave desert.
The trial of J. W. Davis, a druggist for
selling whiskey without license, resulted
in his acquittal.
I he \. o. II. State Convention.
NEVADA, March 1Sth.-The members of
the Nevada City Division of the Ancient
Order of Hibernians are beginning to pre-
pare for the assembling of their State Con-
vention here on June Sth Reduced rail-
road rates are hoped for, and, in the event
of being obtained a hundred or more dele
gates, representing Divisions in all parts of
the State, are expected here.
Suicide with Shotgun.
STOCKTON, March 1Sth.-Louis Arm
brust fatally shot himself with a shotgun
to-day. His distillery, near this place, was
seized last month by United States officers.
An Editor Knocked Out in One Round.
HoLLIsTER, March 1Sth.-E. F. Howe,
the editor of the new Prohibition organ
here was knocked flat on the street yester-
day by J. J, Fay the proprietor of the Me
Mahon House, who considered himself
slandered in Howe's paper