Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-29

gate advance in contributions from al
! sources to the Boards in the wear past o
sos. $50. Mr.. Kane asserted that at leas
three-quarters Of the wealth of the peopi,
! is in The hands of Christians. and wha
might they not do2 The officers were re
; elected, and the churches urged to raise a
| least ten per cent. more next year. The
most important action was that directing
the Presbyterians to oblige the churches tC
contribute TO each Board
Rescued f ON . Chinese Opium Den.
NEw YoRK. Nav 2Sth.-A little girl. Il
years old, named Maggie Westbridge, wa;
discovered few days ago in a Chinese
laundry and opium Joint in BROOKLYN
Her father is dead and her mother lives
with Chinaman. The place is described
by the police az an opium joint of the
vilest character, numbers of young girls
being induced to 30 there and smoke the
fatal first pipe which leads to ruin. Mag
gle sid yesterday that there were more
girls WHO frequented the place than men,
They are all American girls, too. Maggie
Indignantly denied that her mother was
one of the opium smokers and said that
she never touched the drug herself The
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Children will take care of the girl.
Another FaSt Sailing Yacht.
NEW YoRK, May 28th.-The new Yacht
Atlantic, built by the Atlantic Yacht Club
to compete with the English cutter Galatea
for the America cup, made her first trial
trip yesterday. On her way down the bav
the yachts Priscilla, Grayling, Fanny and
others tried conclusions with her, but
were all beaten off. Captain Joe Els
worth, who steered the yacht Puritan to
,ri1t l,o ,. . ~
aged the helm Of the Atlantic, and will
have charge of her in the coming struggle.
He said yesterday ne was entirely satisfied
with the new yacht, which yachting men
who witnessed her performance YESTERDAY
describe as wonder. The Atlantic showed
particularly good qualities in sailing to
wiudward. 1t was found she buried her
head too much in sailing dead before the
wind. She will be tried every day this
week, and will take part in the Decoration
Day sail of the club.
Knights of Labor Convention.
CLEVELAND, MAY 2Sth.-The Knights of
Labor held two sessions to-day. The Com
mittee on Laws presented report recon-
mending that the General Executive Com
mittee be increased from five TO eleven
members. After an hours discussion the
recommendation was agreed to- Six mem
bers are to be elected by ballot, and are to
serve during the unexpired year, which
ends in October. Permanent headquarters
are to be opened in Philadelphia, and, il
necessary, the Board will sit throughout
the year. a resolution was adopted giving
Powderly power to recall the commission
of all organizers.
New York Stock Market.
New YORK, May 2Sth.-Central Pacific,
II; Burlington, 1881 Rio Grande, 154
Northern Pacific, 126; Northwestern,
los; New York Central, 1929; Ore
gon Navigation, 1901; Transcontinental.
and, 25; St. Louis and San Francisco, % ;
ST. Paul and Omaha, Az; Texas-Pacific, %;
Union Pacific, 505; Wells-Fargo Express,
l25; Western Union, Gil.
Exports of Breadstuffs
NEW YORK, May 2Sth-Exports of bread
stutfS from Atlantic ports to Great Britain
for the week ending May 22d were as fol-
lows Barrels flour-New York, 81, ,765 :
Philadelphia, 1898; Boston, 3S,4Sl; Port
land, 77S; Montreal, l0,4l4 Bushels
wheat-New York, 697, 300 Baltimore, 16,-
0S9; Boston, 45,024; Portland, 55,6S2 ;
Montreal, 95,03S Bushels corn-New
York, 137, ,297 Philadelphia, "a .O56; Balti-
more, 161 149; New Orleans, 54,O64 Bos-
ton, 62,477; Montreal, II, ,143.
Oil Well Ia the City of Denver.
DENVER (Col.), May 2Sth.-While sink
ing an artesian well on the premises of ex-
Governor Evans, in the heart of the city,
oil was struck at depth of 100 feet. Old
oil men of Pennsylvania say the indica
tions are good for big flow The well
will be sunk several hundred feet deeper.
Great excitement prevails over the find.
Please Hurry up the Ceremony.
New YORK, May 2Sth.-Miss Folsom,
her mother and uncle arrived at the Gilrov
House at . o'clock this morning. A suite
of four rooms on the parlor floor is occu-
pied by the party. An effort is being made
to keep their presence at the hotel secret.
The party will remain here for several
days.
Two Railroad Contra ctors Killed.
DENVER (Col.), May 2Sth-An Aspen
special to the Republican SAYS: Gill and
Lew Mahony, two railroad contractors of
the firm of Ormon & Crock, were killed
near the mouth of the Frying Pan, on the
Midland road, this afternoon, by the prem
ature explosion of Il blast they were put
ting into the side of the mountain David
Foley, another contractor. was seriously
wounded, and is not expected to recover.
The Brooklyn Billiard Match.
BROOKLYN, May 29th-A. M.-The 1000
point eight-inch balk line billiard match,
between Heiser and McKenna, the Cali
fornia expert, was finished last night. The
score at the beginning of the evening
stood Heiser 1,600, Mckenua l,5S1. At
the close of the tenth inning Heiser had
scored 305 points to McKennas 81. He
made one run of 161. McKenna had
scored only 81 points when Heiser had
made 400, and had thus won the match bv
a total score of 1000 to 1885.