Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-06
PACIFIC COAST.
A SANTA ROSA LAWYER SHOT
IN HIS OWN OFFICE.
Terrible Accident at Marysvi,Ie =
Labor Party Formed in Truckee
"A Woman's Suicide.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE REooRD-uNIos.l
CALIFORNIA.
Truckee Sets the Pace TOR the Contest of
1888.

TRUcKEE, November 5th.-Citizens of
this place organized Labor party last
evening. The following pledge has been
signed by a majority of the voters of the
precinct, including nearly all the promi-
nent business men: We, the under
signed, hereby solemnly affirm the necessity
for Labor party in 1SSS-a party whose
purposes shall be to curb monopoly, stifle
corruption, free our State from the Chinese
curse, and foster and protect the rights Of
American laborers; and we hereby solemnly
pledge that we will earnestly work for the
es. ablishment and success of such party,
and will support no candidate for county
office who is not nominee of said Labor
party. This pledge shall be binding upon
each of us, if labor ticket is nominated
in Nevada county in 1885,.
Shocking Accident.
MARYsvILLE, November 5th.-This morn
ing young man named Joseph klocken
baum, employed as oiler in the Buckeye
Mills, got caught in the running gear of the
machinery and badly mangled. The cogs
caught the sleeve of his left arm and drew
his body into the gearing, which tore large
quantity of flesh from his right breast to
the bone. In his desperate effort to free
himself, his left hand was caught and
crushed in the gearing, and his left knee
caught slightly. Every stitch of clothing
was torn from the body down to the shoes.
In this condition he walked to the lower
floor and apprized Il e other employees of
the accident, and was furnished with cloth
ing and conveyed to his home. Amputa-
ton of the hand is necessary.
A Lawyer Shot to Death.
SANTA Rosa, November 5th.-Major T.
Ill L., II.
killed in his office here this morning
John Bailiff, farmer, and AL. Reed, his
brother-in-law, were found in the room
with him, together with three pistols partly
emptied. Some eight or ten shots had been
fired. The cause of the trouble has not
been made public yet, but rumor points TO
matters of private nature.
Mysterious Death.
NAPA, November 5th-The body of an
unknown man, aged about 49, was found
posed for six months. The Coroner's jury
could not identify the remains nor learn
the cause of death.
Attempt at Suicide.
SAN JOSE, November 5th.-About IL
O'Clock this morning Mrs. O. Howard,
who resides at lac Auburn street, attempted
Oy oAOONiAlo tbC iCil
breast, the bullet passing through the
lung, grazing the spine, and lodging under
the left shoulder-blade The act was due
to insanity, caused by the death of her boy
last February. She is in precarious con-
dition, but there are strong hopes of her
recovery.
Lost in the Pacific.
SAN Francisco, November 5th.-The
American bark Sierra Nevada, 4S days out
from Seattle for this port, has been given
up for lost 1t is believed that she
foundered during heavy storm on Sep
tember 2ist. She had on board i 2 men,
including Captain F. H. Delarche, her
| owner. Leon Blum, of this city, estimates
his loss at 81, 900, insured for $1,000.
Red Bluff Items.
RED BLUFF, November 5th.-J d. Potts
| a well-known and very popular citizen OF
this place, died suddenly this morning o.
paralysis of the heart. He was the last
Mexican Alcalde of this section of the
State.
The Board of Supervisors have passed a
resolution giving bounty of fifteen cent:
per scalp on jackrabbits, as requested by
| the Anti Coolie League. Rabbits are de-
structive to gardens and vineyards More
likely the Anti-Leagues request was foI
q bounty for Chinese scalps.