Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-27
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tablished, the highest previously being
seventy-two miles per hour. in 1876.
AN UNUSUAL ACCIDENT.
ERIE (Pa-), February 26th.-In the high
wind tonight an unusual accident occurred
! on the Lake Shore Railway between Erie
and Dunkirk. Among the passengers going
to Cleveland was lady, who, with her
husband, was on her way to Chicago. The
couple attempted to pass from the dining
car TO the sleeping-car, when the lady was
lifted from her feet by the gale and thrown
off the train. Her husband was unable to
help her. The train was stopped, and after
backing a mile the injured woman was
found alive, but badly injured.
Eastern Comments on :" The Other Side.
New York. February 26th.-In a leading
editorial headed "The Other Side.v the
Journal of Commerce says this morning:
We have received from San Francisco a
pamphlet entitled "The Other Side of the
Chinese Question" The expression 'other
siden means in this case the right side.n
II is the side OF truth, justice and humanity
The writers and publishers of the pamphlet
seem to have blind faith in the eventual
triumph of right. Nothing would be more
discouraging on the surface than the present
inf1amed state of public feeling against the
Chinese in California and all along the Pa
cific coast All the murderous instincts
cf demagogues and hoodlums are finding
free vent in the persecution and expulsion
of a few thousand industrious, frugal and
law-obeying foreigners, who are entitled to
the full protection of our Government,
under that most solemn form of covenant
known as treaty. 1t is at this climax of
the outrages to which the Chinese have been
subjected that the still small voice of truth
is trying to make itself heard We doubt
If it will have any immediate effect The
Chinese are not misunderstood by those
members of Congress to whom this publi-
cation is especially addressed No honest
man ever had his testimony given before
Congressional committees and United
States Grand Juries, without discov-
ering the emptiness and fraud of
the standing charges which have
been so fiercely pressed against the Chi
nese by their enemies. But one instance
of the persecution of Americans in China
can be confirmed, with hundred cases of
worse brutality inflicted on the Chinese in
America. Our countrymen in the Flowery
Land will be fortunate if they escape a
general massacre, by the way of revenge
for the barbarities of Wyoming and Wash
ington Territories. This danger now is
not remote, and can only be arrested by the
resolute protection of the Chinese in all
the treaty rights which have been guaran-
teed to them by the United States Gov
ernment.
Justice Fields Course Crititised.
NEW YORK, February o5th.-The Times
says editoriallv Justice Field seems to have
caused his friends to believe that he has
been badly used A Marshal was to be ap-
pointed for the State of California, and JUS
tice Field had candidate whose election
he urged with considerable pertinacity, aud,
as he thought, with success. So confident
was he that he even sent kilograms to San
Francisco announcing that he had beaten
all his opponents, but another candi-
date has been appointed and confirmed
and the Justice is cast down. A Justice of
the Supreme Court Of the United States
ought to be restrained from office-b begging.
and to be kept out OF contests for spoils by
proper appreciation OF the duties and the
nature of his high Office If be steps down
to wrestle with politicians, and stands at
the White House door, he ought to be de-
feated.
Savings Rank Failed
ST. LOUIS, February 26;h-A special
from Houston. Texas, to the Posi- Dispatch
states that the Houston Savings Bank
closed its doors this morning. Some of the
funds yesterday afternoon. and later in the
day asked that a receiver for the bank be
appointed. ID. r. Smith was appointed re-
ceiver this morning, and the affairs of the
bank are now in his hands. The total
amount of money deposited with the bark
is $3.50, 900. The failure is due to the heavy
run upon it at thF-rmc when the Houston
City Bank failed recently.
Catholic Church and knights of Labor.
PHILADELPHIA, February 26th.-Arch-
bishop Ryan, when asked if there had been
any objections raised against the Knights
of Labor by the Catholic ecclesiastical au-
thorities OF the archdiocese of Philadelphia,
said No general disapproyal of the
Knights of Labor has been made in the
archdiocese. and | personally know very
little about the nature of the order The
natter rests with the pastors Of the
churches. While the Church is opposed to
certain secret societies, the question whether
any particular organization comes within
the prescribed limits is left for the clergy to
determine
McCormick's Reaper Works to Start Up.
CHICAGO, February 26th.-The proprietor
OF McCormick's large reaper factory stated
to-day that the works would again start up
in few days, committee of workmen
assuring him that about 900 of the men
desired to return to work. no matter what
action might be taken by the Knights of
Labor The strike began February 10th,
1,40O men going out, owing to the refusal
to discharge four non-union molders
The Sale or Lorillard's Racers.
and Farm says in leader No sale of race
horses in the world has ever attracted the
attention of the public to the extent that
the sale of Lorillard's grand lot has done,
and the demand for catalogues has been
unprecedented in the history of sales. The
lot is, without exception, the best one
which has ever been sold by auction in the
world
The Extreme Penalty.
RENSSELAER, Qnd.), February 26th.-
Weibern Martena was hanged here to-day
Tor the murder of John Dregher. on No
vember 4, 1884. The murdered man lived
with Martena, and the crime was commit
ted to obtain his money The body of the
murdered man was afterwards thrown into
the Mississippi river.
The Chess Contest.
New ORLEANS, February 26th.-In the
chess game to-day, between Zukertort and
Stelnitz, the latter had the white pieces,
and opened the game with pawn to kings
fourth. The game was declared draw on
the twenty-first move. They play the next
game on Monday.
Henry WAttersOn's Condition.
LouIsvrLLE. February 26th.-Mr. Waiter
son was Kept free from exciting interrupt
tions to-day. the result being to his adj
vantage. He is doing as we'll as could be
hoped for under the circumstances.
FOREIGN.
Rich Mining Strike.
Ell PAso TEX, February o6th-Samuel
Lederer came up from Zacatecas yesterday,
where he represents the st. Lonis Smelling
and Refining Company. and reports
splendid strike in the la Plata mine of
that district. At depth of 12O meters the