Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-01

Ellis, Duchess of California and the
Chicago Daisy She is the daughter of a |
Cincinnati policeman, is weman Of pleas |
ant features, with flashing black ewes. good
figure and engaging manners She dresses
with fruitlsas taste, and displays diamonds !
that attract attention. Several weeks ago
! she arrived Sere and stopped at a leading !
hotel, where she set up an establishment |
/ and said she was a lady of means, who /
wished 10 see society in the capital Her |
evident wealth and refinement gained |
her ready admission 10 society, where shs
made the acquaintance of no end of we'll |
! known politicians and diplomatists. One
gay foreigner, who was charmed by he, /
appearance and conversation, was delighted
! to find his rather oyer-ardent attentions +
appreciated. A number cf dainty letters. |
not meant for the public. passed between |
! them. and then one day the husband or
| brother OF his pleasure acquaintance came
! suddenly into his apartments at an exceed |
! ingly awkward moment for the diplomat. |
who very gladly settled the matter by pay
| ing $500. A few days later another $500 |
was paid, and then third sum OF like |
amount. When the fourth demand was |
made the matter was placed before police |
man, and the Duchess was arrested and |
| placed under 5000 bail. She left town at |
once, but last week she returned I
again. This tine she was accompanied |
| by Baltimore hotel clerk named David /
| S. Ketchum, who had lost his occupation |
through his attentions TO her. The two |
| registered at hotel as man and wife, but |
she was at once recognized by detectives
and arrested on a charge of being sus-
picious character. No one appeared in [
Court to prosecute her. but her bail given |
when here before was forfeited and paid,
and she was then taken to the depot and |
! told to leave town. She protested her inno-
, cence, and said she was victim OF misfor- |
tune only. but she wenl away, greatly to
the relief of those who had met her.
Dissenting Report.
WASHINGTON, February 26th.-BIrrows
of Michigan, on behalf of the minority of I
the House Committee en- Postofflces and |
Post Roads, will tomorrow submit re-
port dissenting from the views of the ma
jority in reporting favorably the bill to COM |
pei American steamers 10 carry the United |
States mails.
railroad Employees Surprised.
PHILADELPHIA, February 2Sth-Consid-
cradle surprise has been occasioned among
the employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company by the posting of the following |
| notice at all the principal offices of the /
| company:
The feature of the relief fund requiring en-
ployes entering the service of the company to
accept its provisions having been found objec-
tionable, notice is now given tha. no one at
present IN, or on entering service, will be /
obliged to become member. The Pennsylva-
mia Railway Company will contribute to the re-
lief department the full amount OF contributions
for February and March from employees who
have made application for membership, which
otherwise would have been deducted from their
February pay. Under the provisions of this no
tice. no deductions will be made from the pay
| of employees for February
CHARLES E. PuGH
The Strike OF Brakemen.
New ORLEANS February 28th-Regard-
J ing the strike of bIakemen ON the Ell Paso
! Division of the Southern Pacific system,
General Traffic Manager J. G. SchneueT
says: The Texas Pacific Railway Com
pany, whose lines run parallel with ours
on that section, are paying their brakemen
two cents per mile, and allowing extra
| time at twenty cents an hour. This will
| make the average wages about $50 month
We offered our men the same, but this
they refused, notwithstanding they admit
that ours is an easier, better and safer road
to run. Our trains on that division are all
equipped with air brakes, and none of
the men have hard physical work. They
demand SO per month. In the confer |.
ences we have had with the men of the
various divisions. all stated that they pre-
ferred working with the Southern Pacific |
Company, for reasons"
Successful Struggle for Life.
NEW LONDON Conn, February 2Sth.-
Yesterday afternoon a telegram received |
here announced that the schooner Annie
d. had broken from her moorings at Cow
yard Reef, and was sinking. The only per-
son on board was keeper Sisson The
United States steamer Cactus started out on
a fruitiess search for the missing vessel
The schooner was afterward seen in a sink
ing condition. Sisson could be seen on
board, and the waves were dashing over
the vessel, Later she rolled, and Sisson
took to small boat and healed for
Fishers. There was a fearful sea running
and those who watched through glasses
saw the frail boat battle with wind and sea,
and finally land on the east side of Fishers
Island. Sisson was in the small boat five
hours.
Prohibition and Bloodshed in Georgia.
MACON, February 2Sth.-The prohibition
election in Baldwin county occurs on
March 18th, and the campaign is becoming
heated. Recently Sam Jones, The revival
ist, made prohibition speech in Milledge-
vile, which intensified the feeling between
the supporters of the two tickets. Yesier-
day Sam Ennis, an anti-Prohibitionist and
brother of the Sheriff. shot AMI killed
Deputy Marshal G. n. Haygood, Prohibi-
zionist. The difficulty grew out of Hay
goods criticising an anti Prohibition speech
made by brother of Ennis. Fears are en-
tertained that Ennis will be rescued to-
| night by his friends.
Six Buildings Burned.
PITTsBURG, February 2Sth.-A Home |
! stead. Allegheny county. Penn, special |
says: A fire broke ont here shortly after |
2 O'clock this morning, which destroyed |
six buildings and damaged several others |
| The flames were first noticed in Rattigan's |
/ saloon. An alarm was at once sounded |
but the building being a frame, the fire was
beyond control before the fire department |
| arrived. The flames soon spread to the |
saloon of Richard Holt, adjoining, and |
then to Bowers tin shop, Browns bakery, |
Atwood's hardware store and the office OF |
A. w. Idlemer, agent of several Pittsburg |
newspapers, destroying them all. The |
total loss was $14400, on which there was |
an insurance cf 50, 100. The origin of the |
fire is unknown.
! Suicide or Accident?
| SUSPENSION BRIDGE, February 2Sth.-A |
man 35 or 20 years old came here from !
Buffalo this afternoon. He took a carriage |
to the rapids, and thence TO the falls, |
| where he went OH the icebound base of the |
/ American Fall. He fell or jumped over, |
and was lost. He was of medium size
with sandy whiskers, and wore a silk hat |
and frock coat. He looked like German
Indemnity for the Chinese.
New YORK, March 1st.--A. M.-A Times |
editorial says The President early this |
week will send message to Congress, re-
commenting legislation to indemnify the |
| Chinese who suffered from the |
| -MongoIian riots in the Pacific |
States and Territories. 1t is well un-
derstood that the Cabinet had this subject |
under consideration at several meetings, |
and that representatives of the Chinese |
| Government in this country have filed |
claims for damages with the State Depart
ment One cf them, a small amount, goes |
back more than five years to the Denver |
| troubles, but the chief bill of damages
arises from outrages which have occurred |
in the last six months, since September
| 1885.
FOREIGN NEWS.
| Gladstone's Convention with the Porte. |
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