Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-10

end of the week. The employers occupy
an unenviable position in the controversy.
They are anxious to reopen their shops,
fearing that if the lockout continues much
longer their trade may be diverted to other
cities Many Of their contracts are for
cigars bearing the blue label of the Knights,
and this they will be unable 10 obtain if
they break with that order. They have
given the Knights an extension OF time to
fill the shops.
Extensive and Destructive Forest Fires
in Wisconsin.
MILWAUKEE (Wis.), August 9th.-For al
most the uninterrupted distance of nearly
one hundred miles north OF Stevens Point,
along the line of the Wisconsin Central
forest fires are raging, and hundreds OF
men are fighting the flames, seeking to
save the towns and villages hemmed in bv
them. Telegraphic Communication is
greatly interrupted, and details are meager
The complete destruction of the town of
Spencer is fully confirmed, and the loss is
now placed at 5000, 900. Several hundred
people are destitute and homeless. At
Colby, few miles distant, the fire is rag
ing on two sides. Tonight the village of
Prentice, in Marathon county, is sur
rounded by flames, and it is feared ii will
be swept out of existence, unless the
wind dies down. Near Chippewa Falls the
fires are confined TO the prairies, aud no
buildings were DESTROYED. Adyices re-
ceiyed at the Wisconsin Central offices
here are that millions of feet of standing
pine have been burned. A thousand cords
of wood piled adjacent to the railway track,
many hundreds of dollars worth of ties,
and deserted camps, isolated dwellings,
and much other property is burned. Tele-
graph poles are burned off and miles of
wire are on the ground, and communica-
ton between Milwaukee and points along
the northern division of the Wisconsin
Central road is cut off, except by the rail
road company's private wires, which are
operated by means of ground connections
Tilden's VIII.
New YORK, August 9th.-The will of
Tilden was read at Greystone this after
noon by lawer Jas G. Carter, of this city,
in the presence of all the relatives. The
document is long one, containing about
10000 words, and would occupy about five
columns in nonpariel type in any of the
great dailies. Besides the family there were
present Hon. ]. Bigelow and A. II. Green,
Mr.. Tilden's private secretary, and George
w. Smith. Colonel S. J. Tilden, Jr., who
spoke for the family, said that not a word
about the will could be given to the press.
The family had decided, he said, that no
intimation of the terms of the will should
be made public until it was offered for pro-
bate, and as date had not been fixed for
that, he could not say when it would be
given to the press.
Projected Steamship Line.
n.I.
Congress has granted a concession to Messrs.
Oregoher and March to establish line of
steamers between San Francisco and Pana-
ma-calling at Central American ports-to
be called "The Spanish Central American
Line" 1t proposes, it is said, to have seven
steamers, and to be ready by October
Diplomatic agents and Government en-
ployes are to travel free, and few first
class passages between San Francisco and
Panama, and vice versa, are TO be placed at
the disposal Of the Government every year
Death of an Editor.
New York, August 9th.-Charles A. Min
ton, who was for fifteen years Secretary of
the New York Yacht Club, and who con-
Quoted the correspondence of the club rela-
tive to the races for the America cup, died
suddenly yesterday at his home, 30 West
Thirty-third street. Mr.. Minton was born
in this city III 1925, and belonged to an old
New York family. He was educated at
Columbia College in 1864. He joined the
Stock Exchange, and made considerable
money in speculations. Fifteen years ago
he returned to New York, after long So
iourn in France, and joined the staff of q
as financial writer, and at the
time of his death had been for years its
Wall-street editor.
The Match Between Sullivan and Herald.
NEW YORK, August 9fh.-Ned Mallahan,
manager of Frank Herald, the hard-hitting
heavy weight, who IS soon to spar Sullivan,
said this afternoon that he intended to
bring Herald to San Francisco in October,
and match him against any man on the
coast. Mallahan is confident that Herald
can beat Sullivan, and points to the fact
that Sullivan is now in active training for
the contest, showing he has work cut out
for him. Among sporting men here it is
not generally believed the fight will take
place, but Mallahan avows it Will, if the
men have to go into room alone to settle
the question of superiority.
Effort at Reformation.
LANCASTER (Pal, August 9th - The
Welsh Mountain country, the home of Abe
Buzzard and other notorious thieves, is
about undergoing religious reformation.
For many years the people have had few
means of existence, outside of stealing, and
their children have grown up in the same
shiftless condition, following in the foot
steps of their parents. The Society of
Friends has at length started in with the
intention of reforming the children. Yester-
day the cornerstone of a chapel, the first
religious edifice ever erected in that coun-
try, was laid in the presence of a mixed
assemblage of blacks and whites. A Sun
day school has been started, with a good
attendance.
A Piece of Good Luck.
New YORK, August 9th.-Stableman
John Rose, of the De Klab-avenue street.
car line of Brooklyn, is interested by the
discovery that he is the heir to piece of
property on Fortieth street, in this city,
said to be worth 100000, which belonged
to his great grandfather, James McBriar
The latter was at one time proprietor of a
large tea establishment in New York, and
owned many valuable pieces of property,
all of which was left to his two sons.
Appointments for District OF Columbia.
WASHINGTON, August 9th.-The Presi-
dent to-day appointed Dorrey Claggett of
the District of Columbia to be Register of
Wills for the District of Columbia, and w.
G. Matthews as Recorder of Deeds.