Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-23
home AND ABROAD.
AN IRISH MEMBER QUITS PARLIA-
MENT In DISGUST.
Triple Murder in Florida = Fatal
Railroad Accident-king of
Norfolk Wins.
ESPECIAL DIsPATcHEs TO THE REcoRD-uNIoN.I
ESPECIAL D1spArcHrs To THE nsoonD-us1os.l !
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Eastern Turf King of Norfolk Rewards
His New Owner

DOMESTIC NEWS.
Eastern Turf King of Norfolk Rewards
His New Owner.
| New YORK, September 22d- King OF
| Norfolk, the horse sold yesterday by Porter
! Ashe to John H. Harbeck, after a selling
race, all but recouped his new owner for
| his outlay by winning the Parkville handi-
! cap at Prospect Park to-day. He and Ten
strike We're the lowest horses in the betting
ten to one straight and four to one for
place being laid against each of them.
| Favor was tavorlte, with Barnum q strong
second choice. To good start Bonanza
| was first away, with Ten-strike second and
| Favor third. Ten-str1ke at once took the
| track and made the running, with King OF
| Norfolk close up, Bonanza third and Bar
| mum fourth. After passing the half-mile
post, Barnum began 10 move up very fast,
and at the head of the stretch he was in
front, with King of Norfolk second, Favor
| third. The race between the three was hot,
| and after passing the seven-furlong pole,
| Favor seemed to have it safe, but in the last
hundred yards Mccarthy managed to get a
| r..sh out of Norfolk, and he won cleverly
| by halflength, Favor second, head in
| front of Barnum. Time, l:55l.
For the third race-a selling race for
| o-year-olds-the Fairfax stable started
| Parasol. Nellie 3. was strong favorite at
| s to 5, Parasol next at 10 to 3. Jessie and
| Freedom alternated in the lead, with Nellie
B. and Maggie Mitchell well up, till the
turn Tor home, when all took close order.
In the last furlong Freedom drew out and
won rather haniily by length, Fulton
second, neck in front Of Jessie. and Par
asol fourth. Time, LII.
FL Trinidad fell near the three-quarter
| pole, and his jockey, Martin, broke his
| collar-bone. The colt was not injured
| The race for three-year-o and upward,
! five furlongs, was won by Burch, Princess
second, Editor third. Time, 1:014
The one mile and an eighth Climax won
! by length, Frank Ward second, Inspector
B. third. Time, 1:543.
The one mile and an eighth was won by
Pericles by half length, Una B. second
| Bess third. Time, 1:564.
The mile and sixteenth was won by
| Broughton, frankie B. second, Boaz third
| Time, 159.
Sovereign Lodge, I. o. o. +.
BosroN, September 22d.-The Sovereign
Grand Lodge, /. o. o. F., was called to
| order by Deputy Grand Sire White at 6
o'clock this morning and opened in regular
| form. Jurisdictions were called, and large
! amount of business was presented. which
| was referred to various standing commit
| tees.
| Representative Row, of Dakota, present
| ed resolution providing that obituary
| notices ofdeceaSed members shall be handed
| to the Secretary and printed in the revised
| journal.
Representative Carlin, of Illinois, pre-
| sented protest from Excelsior Canton, OF
| Chicago, against the action of Lieutenant
| General Underwood in postponiDg the drill
| which was to have taken place to-day, de-
manding that the drill proceed, and that Il
| no other Canton appeared for drill the first
| prize should be awarded to Excelsior Can
| ton.
Past Grand Sire Durham raised the point
| of order that the protest was out of order
in this body. and the Grand Sire sustained
| the point.
| The Grand Lodge then adjourned until
| 8 o'clock tomorrow morning.
| Coid-BIooded Triple Murder.
New YORK, September 22d.-The Tri5-
| une's Jacksonville fla special says: Two
months ago ]. G. Cooper entered a home
stead near the charcoal camps on Pine
| Key an island near Key West. For un-
| known reasons Cooper's relations with the
| charcoal burners became unfriendly. On
/ Sunday burner named Donaldson asked
| Cooper TO return a pocket-knife which he
| had borrowed. Cooper threw it on the
floor, saying There it is" Donaldson
| picked it up and walked about twenty feet
| from the camp. Then, without any warn
| ing, Cooper shot him in the back. Cooper
! then reloaded his double barreled gun with
buckshot and went to the camp of Balm
and Hunter. Balm was cooking supper in
front of his tent. when, without warning,
he was shot. Balm cried out: why did
! you shoot me; did l ever harm You ~
! Cooper answered: No; l only shot you
to ease my mind" Cooper then loaded
| his gun again, and went to the front of the
/ tent, when Hunter, who was inside, at
tempted to run, but was shot through the
! heart aad instantly killed A man by the
name Of Carey, who was out in q boat,
! heard the shots and came ashore, when
| Cooper ran him into the woods. Cooper
| then fled in a small boat.
The Currency Question.
! New YORK, September 22d.-The Times
/ (Gould's crgan) of to-day, in a long edito-
| rial on the appointment of a British Royal
| Commission To inquire into The condition
| of the currency, says 1t cannot fail to co
! good II competent commission inYesti-
| gates the condition of things thoroughly
! and reports exactly what the course OF
| changes neee ssary or possible. 1t concludes:
! That amendments may be recommended
and adopted leading to a greater use of sill
! yer, is likely, but that the white metal will
be artiiicially place on level with gold is
not probable"
Car Porters Organize.
ST. LOUIS, September 22d.-About fifty
sleeping car porrers met yesterday and
formed an organization for mutual aid and
protection, under the name of The Sleeping
Car Porters' Association, and decided to
hold mass convention of 500 porters in
this city this evening, and draw up peti-
ton asking for better pay, claiming they
cannot maintain their families on the
small allowance of $40 to SIS per month.
An Agitator's Troubles.
ST. LOUIS, September 22d.-Martin Irons,
leader of the strike last spring on the Gould
system, was brought here to-day to stand
trial upon the charge of completely in the
noted wire-t tapping affair. The Grand
Master Workman was interviewed in re-
gard to his recent arrest in Kansas City for
drunkenness, and he stated that he was
not drunk at the time. He was arrested
by an officer, who took him in for vagrancy
but ON examination that charge was with
drawn, and he was maliciously rearrested
iOI hihHht3iit>o- 1ic IL WIS Il Htlt-uD
scheme TO bring himself and the Knights
of Labor into disrepute.
The Country's Pensioners.
WASHINGTON, September 22d.-Commis-
sioner of Pensions Black has filed with the
Secretary of the Interior his report of the
operations of the Pension Bureau for the
fiscal year ended June 80, 1856. From the
report il appears that ON June 10Th last
there were 365 7s3 pensioners on the rolls,
composed of 265, s54 army invalids. so. 162
army widows, minor children and depend
ent relatives, 1855 navy invalids, 1877
widows, minor children, etc. $50 surviv-
ors of the war of 1872 (showing loss dur
. ing the year of 1 106 of this class. The
amount paid for pensions during the year
was s63, ,797 ,S3l 81, the difference between
the amount paid and the annual value rep
resenIing accrued and aIrearage pensions
paid. During the year, 160,4l6 certificates
of all kinds tincluding the rs, $50 increase of
certificates issued to widows and dependents
under the Act of March 10, 1885, were
/ issued during the past year. which, the re-
port says, shows vast increase in the
work of the oflice. This is especially true
L.