Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-24
GENERAL NEWS.
EDITORS IN CONVENTION AT GIN
CINNATI.
The Railroad War Turf Notes =
Broadway Surface Railway
Foreign Affairs.
ESPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE nrconD-us1os.l
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Convention of Editors,

assoCiation permanent OASIS, suggesting
the appointment of standing committees
| on advertising and legislation, and also adj
vocating the adoption of professional
| code of ethics. This evening reception
was given by the President and Executive
Committee at the Burnett House, at which
the Florida delegation carried off the honors
of the evening. They had brought with
| them from Florida large lot of oranges.
with sprays and twigs: and when the
delegates entered the parlor at half-past
9 the fruit and branches were handsomely
lunches of Spanish moss. The Florida
delegates had, they said, adopted this meth
| cd of showing the country that the recent
reports of heavy damage from cold weather
| to the Florida orange groves were not true
The delegates were invited to partake of
| the fruit, and found the oranges uniniured.
The branches showed no blight and had
on them young buds, uninjured by the re-
cent cold weather. After the reception,
most of the delegates attended concert at
| the College of Music or the theater
The Transcontinental Railroad War.
CHICAGO, February 25d.-The railways
out of this city running to the Missouri
river are openly selling first-class limited
tickets to San Francisco, in connection with
| the Burlington and Rio Grande and Union
Pacific roads, for $40, and second-class linn
tied for $27. The same rates are quoted in
connection with the Atchison and Santa
| Fe road, though in the case of the latter
| company the full rate is imposed and a re-
| bate allowed the traveller on reaching San
| Francisco.
| Vice-President Galloway, of the Union
Pacific, says of Pacific Mail: The state
ment that the Santa Fe people would not
| join in the Pacific Mail subsidy is, so far as
know, unfounded. Experience demon
| strates that the status cannot be maintained
in any other way, as Pacific Mail can make
rates that would bankrupt the Transconti-
mental A ssociation."
| NEW YORK, February 23d.-A dispatch
from Chicago to Kiernans Wall Street
| News Agency says the roads are now max
| ing open rates from Kansas City and Omaha
| to San Francisco, limited, first-ciass, $50
| (the first cut on these tickets was to $50, the
| original limited ticket before the present
rate war cost $7S); first-class tickets from
Chicago to San Francisco, $40; second
class, $50, against 500 40 before the cut.
These cuts are all open and made by all
| the lines.
STILL DOWN, DOWNWARD.
| CHICAGO, February 23d.-The Atchison,
| Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad withdrew
| its rebate to-day. The Union Pacific fell
into'line, and the Burlington and Missouri
River rate TO San Francisco from the Mis-
souri, river of $50, limited first-class, and
| $50 emigrant became the ruling figure
| This again reduces the rate to Portland,
| Or, via San Francisco, below the reduction
recently made by the Northern Pacific
to the same point, and that line
will be forced to come down
| again The last cut drives into
| Utah Territory. The local rate from
| Council Ina tA O,xlo a. N
which is S2l 80 above the present ruling
rate to San Francisco. As a consequence
all local rates to and beyond Ogden are
| disturbed. The leading officials think that
| both passenger and freight rates will go
down to merely nominal figures. AT pres
ent freight out of Chicago is being taken at
about fifty per cent. off, although heavy
shippers can get still lower figures.
AN ADDITIONAL CUT.
| New YORK, February 24th-A Nan
| additional cut was made yesterday in the
| passenger rates from the Missouri river to
San Francisco, by way of the Burlington
and Missouri, the Denver and Rio Grande
and the Central Pacific roads, the rate being
reduced from $50 ON first-class unlimited
| tickets to $50 and from $50 to $50 on first
class limited tickets. The other Pacific
lines did not follow this reduction yester-
day, but the agent here of the Union Pa
| citic had received a dispatch from Boston
| instructing him to meet any cut of his
rivals.
| Turf Matters.
| New YORK, February Odd The Mail and
Express says: The proposition to retire
! book-makers from running horses origi-
mated in this column, and has been stead
| lastly maintained for years. 1t is pleasant
| to say that the Pacific Coast Blood-horse
Association adopted the suggestion and
passed stringent rules providing for the ex-
| clusion of book-makers' horses from the
| tracks of the association. This means a
| long stride toward the party of reform, and
! the young California association is to be
| commended
| The sale of Lorillard's horses at Johns
| town, n. j., next Saturday. will be the
| biggest event of its kind ever taken place in
| this country. Turfmen have come 1000
| miles to attend the sale.
The Worlds st. Paul special says: 1t is
| announced that Commodore K1ttson has
decided to retire from the trotting turf.
| This conclusion was arrived at after mature
deliberation, and is not a matter of choice
with Kittson, but results from circum-
stances that he is unable to control He
has various important interests that he is
compelled to look after. His health is not
such as to allow him to brave the trouble
and anxieties connected with tretting cir
cult, so he determined to withdraw his
trotters and PAGERS.
Winter Wheat Outlook.
CHICAGO, February 23d.-The following
crop summary will appear in the Farmers
Reciew this week, from numerous returns
made by its correspondents Returns
from the winter wheat fields are almost
uniformly good. They present an outlook
very nearly as favorable as those sent in
early in 1885, when the prospect was ex-
ceptionably good for a large yield. Snow
has entirely disappeared from the fields
enabling a very clear understanding as to
the condition of the plant, and from nearly
every county in Ohio, Indiana, Michigan,
Illinois, Missouri, Kentucky and Kansas.
the grain is reported looking strong and
healthy. The utter disappearance OF the
snow covering is the only serious menace
now threatening the growing grain, and
with another general fall of snow the out
look could hardly be better"
The Dempsey-McCoy Glove Fight.
New YORK, February 24th--A M.-Oyer
$4,000 is said to be wagered on the result
of the six-round glove fight between Jack
Dempsey, the middle weight champion,
and Pete Mccoy, which will take place this
evening at the Oakland avenue skating
rink, Jersey City. The winner will take
the entire receipts, and the fight will be
under the Queensberry rules. 1t was even
money at first, because Pete Mccoy has
never been beaten. In the past three days,
however, sDempsey's stock has gone
up at the rate of 500 to $50 on
Mccoy. All this money has been
put up under the condition that if
the contest results in a draw the
money is also drawn. John L. Sullivan
will come on to-day, and bring delegation
of sporting men with him from Boston.
He has consented to act as referee. at the
request of both principals and hackers.
Damages Awarded for Lacerated Afec-
HUNTINGTON PA, February 23d.-Annie
Walbert secured a verdict for 81, 354 to-day,
in her suit for breach of promise against
Henry Lester wealthy hotel-keeper. The
woman was servant in his employ when
he asked her to marry him. He backed
out of the bargain. owing to the opposition
of his ten children. Fifty thousands dol
lars damages were asked.
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