Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-09-22

face me.
A Heartreuding Occurrence in Colorado.
DENVER, September 21st-A shocking
shooting affair occurred on the Whitemore
ranch, near Golden, at an early hour this
morning. II. B. Whitemore, while in bed,
shot his wife twice, thinking she was
burglar One ball entered the left side of
the neck and the other the right shoulder,
coming out below the shoulder blade. The
story, as told by Whitemore, is as follows
" when we retired | had S400 with which
| intended to pay debt tomorrow. This
/ hid in my drawer just before | went to
sleep. / remember my wife said she could
not wear the new fiannels she had on, and
would have to change them. About l
o'clock this morning was suddenly aWak
ened by noise in the room, and saw a
dark form between me and the window. |
Immediately thought of my money, and
thought burglar was in the house.
raised myself in led and fired. The figure
came straight towards me and fired again.
Then we clinched and | discovered it was
my wife, who had got up to change her
hannes and was mistaken for q thief"
Mrs. Whitemore, in whose presence the
story was told, was asked if it was correct.
She nodded assent and attempted TO speak,
but could not, although she made the most
piteOus attempts to do so. The husband is
almost craZed with grief over the unfortU-
nate affair. No arrest Will be made, as the
shooting is believed TO have been acciden
tai. The physicians say it is impossible
for the woman to recover.
Transportation Difficulties.
New YORK, September 21st.-Kiernan S
News Agency publishes the following facts
in relation to the Panama and Pacific Mail
Companies The Pacific Mail, under the
new contract, agreed to pay the Panama
Company certain sum for transportation
across the Isthmus. If the company in
creased its service to four steamers monthly
the charges were to be relatively smaller.
The Panama Company claims that the Pa
cific Mail has not lived up to its contract,
and that it is indebted to the railway com
pany for something like 100000. Meet
ings have been held to adjust the differ
ences, thus far without result, and state
ments have been made to the effect that
litigation would ensue. But representa-
tives of the Panama Company say they
expect settlement without recourse to law.
a Bald Swindle.
NEW York, September 2fst.-G W. Fos-
ter, the alleged banker, who was arrested
bv detectives Hurd and Sheldon last night
for swindling, seems to have carried on
pretty extensive business. Two more per-
sons who had dealt with him called upon
Inspector Byrnes this morning and related
their experiences. They were Chas. Roome
Parmlee, Secretary and Treasurer Of the
California Vintage Company, and Andrew
C. Black, of Brooklyn. Parmlee said that
on the 18th of last month a man who
claimed to be C. Y. Sargent, proprietor of
the Demorest Hotel at Tenhy, New Jersey,
and owner of big tracts of land III New
Hampshire, Virginia and Pennsylvania,
called on him. He said he wanted to buy
a lot of wine, and gave his old friend, G.
W. Foster, banker, of IS Broadway, as his
reference. Parmlee called on Foster, who
said that Sargent was one of the most
trustworthy and conscientious business
men of his acquaintance. and was quite
wealthy, whereupon Parmlee let Sargent
take S402 worth of the best wines on his
simple note of hand. Sargent vanished and
has never been seen since. Parmlee is very
well assured that he is out S402.
More Shakes Down South.
CHARLEsToN September 21st.-There
were three shocks of earthquake in Charles
ton last night and early this morning, a
shock at $40 A. ID. being quite sharp and
causing the houses to rattle uncomfortably.
There was no general alarm, but q good
many persons ran out of their houses into
the streets and remained there.
AT Summerville there were three shocks
between AS and o'clock this morning,
there being violent shock at $50 as here.
4 loud detonation, similar to the report of
heavy gun, was heard at the beginning of
the severe shock here, and there were de-
donations and explosions with two of the
shocks OF Summerville.
STRONG REMINDER.
CHARLESTON, September 21st.-There was
no lnistaking the character of the disturb
ance that occurred at a quarter past
o'clock this morning. Most of the people
in the city were asleep at the time, but the
shock was sufficiently strong to awaken
them. The features of the phenomenon
and of the atmospheric conditions were
somewhat peculiar. 1t was fifteen minutes
past o'clock when the shock occurred
This was the severest that has been felt in
Charleston for over two weeks. The other
vibrations that many people allege to have
felt were child's play compared with the
shock this morning. Houses were very
preceptibly shaken, and in many houses
the plastering was thrown down. The
shock is variously estimated to have lasted
from three to ten seconds.
Very Poor Shooting.
DENVER, September 21st.-A Montrose
special says: Early this morning mob
of armed men attacked the County Jail
with sledges and crowbars, and before the
Sheriff, who lives near the Jail, was alarmed,
they succeeded forcing an entrance to the
building, from which they took L. +. SYM
mes, who was held for killing John Berk-
ley on the 23d of last July. When the
Sheriff reached the scene with q posse the
mob fired upon him. The fire was re-
turned, and over 100 rounds exchanged
without any harm being done. Finally
the Sheriff forced the mob into the mount
aims, where they separated, going III every
direction, one party taking Symmes over
the west side Of the Uncompahgre Mount
tain, where it is supposed he was hung and
buried. Citizens have been searching all
day for the dead body of the prisoner, and
have been unable to find any trace of him.
Turn the New RascaIs Out.
New YORK, September 21st-A telegram
was received by Collector Magone at the
Custom house, yesterday, saying that
Douglas Smith, Clerk of the Auditors
Office in the Custom-house, had been ar
rested in Baltimore. An examination of
his accounts indicates that Smith has col
lected nearly $4,000 from duties on I'M
ported books, of which no returns can be
found,
JEFF Davis Daughter.
RICHMOND (Va.), September 21st.-Miss
Varina Davis, daughter of the ex-Presi-
dent of the Southern Confederacy, who
was born in the Executive Mansion shortly
before the collapse of that Government,
has just been elected an honorary member
of Lee Camp of Southern Veterans. She
has accepted the honor an / will be given
reception at the Soldiers Home tomorrow
evening.
Bodies Recovered.
SCRANTON (Pa.), September 21st-Super-
intendent Niehol went into the Marvin
shaft and found the dead bodies of six of
the eight men who were imprisoned in the
mine By q cave, occurring Monday last.
The bodies were found in a gangway,
where the missed were supposed to be
gathered when the fall occurred They
were not crushed, and lay as if the men
had gone to sleep. Decomposition was far
advanced The entombed miners had eyi-
IDENTIFY been suffocated soon after the acei-
dent.
Sovereign Lodge OF Odd Fellows.
BosToN, September 21st.-The following
officers for the ensuing year were elected
to-day by the Sovereign Grand Lodge of
Odd Fellows, now in session in this city:
Grand Sire, John II. White, of New York
Deputy Grand Sire, ]. c. Underwood, of
Kentucky Grand Secretary, T. A. Ross, of