Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-15
LAST NIGHTS NEWS.
STEAMER SUNK IN COLLISION
WITH A SCHOONER.
The Railroad Strike-|innin's Con-
hrmation-The. Boycott in Chi
cago-Affairs Abroad.
isrraAL DISPATCHES 10 THE osD-UsIoN.I !
DOMESTIC.
Britisi, steamer sunk.

British Steamer Sunk.
SANDY Hook, March l4th.-The steamer
Oregon was run into by a schooner be-
tween ) and o'clock this morning while
east OF Fire Island, having two holes stove
IN her. She commenced sinking at once.
fart OF her passengers were transferred to
pilot boat and part to q schooner, and it
Is believed that they were all subsequently
transferred to the steamer Fulda. There
are over SEQ passengers and GREY of the
Oregon on the Fulda The Oregon was
entirely abandoned. She sank at P. N.
to-day
iSECOND DISPATCHI
New YORK, March 14th.-The German
steamship Fulda, Captain Ringk. from
Bremen, which arrived at the bar at 5:25 P.
N. to day, reports Stopped off Fire Is
land, March 14tb, at 12:i5 P NJ, in order TO
take up the passengers and crew of the
Oregon, and anchored at the bar, off Sandy
Hook, on account of low water, at 6:25 P.
NJ. the same day. The saved of the Oregon
are 1S5 first cabin, GO second cabin and $50
steerage passengers and 205 of the crew
The steamer Oregon collided with an un-
known, deep laden, three-masted schooner
on the 14th inst, at 40 4 NJ, when be-
tween the Fire Island light anG Shinne-
cock, striking the steamer on the port side
immediately under the dining saloon. tear
ing large hole in her side under water.
THIRD DISPATCHI
New YORK, March 14th.-At the time of
the collision, Captain Cottier. of the Ore
gOn, was below, the chief officer being in
charge on the bridge. One passenger states
that the hole was so large that one could
drive horse and wagon through it (; also.
that when the vessels collided it sounded
like the report of an ordinary cannon. The
boats Were, after some difficulty, manned
and lowered into the water. The ladies
were first got into the boats and
transferred to pilot boat No. IL
and the schooner Fannie \. Cor
ham, Captain Mahoney from Jacksonville
| for Boston. From to IL A. NJ. the work OF
transferring the passengers was proceeded
with. All were transferred in safety, not q
| single life being lost. At 12:15 p. NJ. they
were all safely transferred again to the
steamer Fulda, which. owing TO the state OF
the tide, was obliged to anchor off Sandy
Hook at 6:25 P. NJ. Captain Cottier was the
last man to leave the ship. The steamship
| Oregon was built by John Elder d Co.. al
Glasgow, for the Guion line, and was
launched June 81, 1888.
FOURTH DISPATCHl
New YORK, March 15th-A. M.-The
steamer Fulda passed Sandy Hook at l A.
NJ, bound in with the Oregon's passengers
The Train Robbery and Murder.
CHICAGO, March 14th.-An later Ocea,,
Joliet Qll.) special says: By comparing
notes, Conductor Wagner and several pas
sengers on the train aboard which Express
Messenger Nichols was murdered yester-
day, have accepted the theory that the
murder and robbery was perpetrated by
four men, three of whom boarded the
train at the Chicago depot and the fourth
at Blue Island Two of the men travelled
on pass issued to R D. Martin" and
! one q Good between Chicago and Kansas
City" Before reaching Joliet the con-
ductor became convinced that the men
were suspicious characters, and asked to see
their passes again. On second inspection
of that issued as above stated the
conductor noticed that it had been origi-
nally dated 1854, and that the last figure of
the date had been neatly covered by a
paster bearing the figure 6. Upon this be
refused TO return the pass, and ordered the
men to leave the train at Joliet. They did
so, but are believed to have boarded the
train between the baggage and express cars
just as it pulled out. No clue to the men
has yet been discovered
UNDER SURVEILLANCE.
CHICAGO March 14th.-It is understood
that Andrew Watts, Baggage of the
train robbed yesterday, is under suryeil-
lance here, and has been ever since he
arrived in the city last night and told the
thrilling story, which many people profess
to consider extremely fishy He said yes
terday that he had been instructed by the
company to hold his peace. 1t is thought
probable that the particulars of his arrest
and place of his confinement is kept secret.
in order that, if he is implicated in the out
rage, his accomplices may not be put upon
their guard by hearing of the suspicious
regarding him.
Nominations Branded for Rejection.
WASHINGTON, March 14th. = About
twenty of the Presidents nominations
have already been branded by the Repub-
lican Senators for rejection. Among these
are John Goode, of Virginia, Solicitor
General; Zach. Montgomery. Solicitor Of
the Interior Department; ID. C. Bradley,
Collector of Internal Revenue for South
Carolina; NJ: G. Gray, Collector of Internal
Revenue for West Virginia. Warren Green,
son of Norvin Green, of New York. to be
Consul-General at Japan, and several Post
masters, including those at Detroit, La
Porte, Ind, Vicksburg. Miss, Ham
ilton, Mo-, and Sioux City, Ia. There are
also several appointments in Indiana and
number of Territorial Judges.
The san Francisco Sarveyorship.
WASHINGTON, March 14th.-The Secre-
tary of the Treasury has rep led to the re-
quest of the Senate Committee ON Com
merce for papers on file in the case of the
appointment of Mr.. Tinnin to succeed Mr.
Morton as Surveyor of the port of San
Francisco. The Secretary's reply is the
same as those recently sent to the Senate in
similar cases, declining to furnish the
papers. Representative Henley, who takes
great interest in Tinnin's case, saws he has
no doubt of his confirmation. He saws he
has talked with Senator Fair. and that
gentleman says that he cannot vote for the
confirmation of Tinnin.
The Railroad Strike.
Ell PAso TEX }, March 14th-The Order
of Railroad Conductors, in session here,
have resolved that they are not in SYM
pathy with the strike now existing, but
that they are in hearty support with the
management of the different railroads in
adjusting their different difficulties. They
also promise the railroads to do all in their
power to help them in any possible way, so
as to promptly resume business. The res
olutions are signed by committee, con-
sisting of Messrs. Finley, French and Mad
den.
The Chicago knights of Labor.
CHICAGO, March 14th.-District Assembly
No. 81. Knights of Labor, held meeting
here to-day, and though the session was
secret, a member, after adjournment,
vouchsafed the information that it had been
decided to sustain the striking employees of
the Mccormack Reaper Company, and boy
colt the firm, which is now employing
nearly full force of nOn-union men. IL
was also decided at the meeting TO raise the
Thompson d Taylor boycott one of the
firms using Maxwell Brothers goods, and
call out the full strength of the Order in
boycotting Maxwell Brothers.
Fatal accident.
McKEEsPoRT (Pa), March 14th.-This
evening John Egeder, an employe of the
National Tube Works, was fatally shot by
A. Weider, while rehearsing drama at
Turner Hall, which was to have been pre-
sented by the Turner Literary Society this
evening. The shooting was purely acci-
dental. It seems that an old shot
gun, supposed to be unloaded. had
been procured to practice a drill.
which was one of the requirements
of the play. When the order to fire came
the gun was discharged, One side of Ege-
ders face was torn away, including an ear
and almost the entire nose L. Sehewer,
hon cl-t....