Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-02-06

Nichols at ALL He had faint recollection
of a man coming into the Jail one day very
drunk, but he never made those statement.
to him. He said, IS 1t was nothing more
nor less than black perjury. l never told
him snapped gun at Rooney, for that il
a lie, and
NEVER MAKE FALSE STATEMENTS"
He denounced in equally severe terms the
testimony of Corvelle, who said defendant
had threatened the lives of Rooney and
Powers. :" | never threatened the lives Of
those two men, or the life of any one else
and this sad occurrence is the sorriesI
act of my life. l never made the
statements attributed to me by either
Nichols or Corvellen He said that on
Wednesday evening a man in a silk hal
visited him in the Jail. and asked if there
was any money in the case ON his side
IInberg had tried to levy blackmail, and
called at the Jail for that purpose He
tumbled to his blackmail game, and gol
Elijah G. Hart to set a trap for him" He
then detailed at length the overtures made
to him by Linberg, and stated that his eyi.
dence was untrue in every particular
| wherein it differed from his own On the
dav of the trouble with Powers, witness
said, :" was at no time under the influence
of liquor. All drank that day was two
small five-cent glasses of beer, which | OBJ
| tanned at Thirty-first and NJ streets. l was
| on that occasion no more under the infu-
| ence of liquor than l am now"
! Witness then spoke of the feud that had
existed between himself and Rooney for
lrrN, sol lx..N~ I
| robbed him out of $500. Rooney he claimed,
| followed him once into the Suffer saloon,
knocked him down and jumped upon him.
In the fight that ensued, witness claimed
| that Rooney came off a poor second, -
and never tackled him again single
| handed"
Grove L. Johnson cross examined Lowell
at great length, particularly regarding
| threats it was alleged he had made against
the life of Rooney to Pat Dolan. 2. C.
O'Connor, Pat Kelly and others. Witness
stoutly denied ever having made threat
against the life of Rooney or any one else
Five o'clock having arrived the Court
adjourned.
ANTI-CHINEsE.-The Executive Commit
tee of the Citizens Anti-Chinese Associa-
ton held a special meeting at the Court
house last evening, Harry NJ Bernard
presiding. The committee met for the
purpose of taking under consideration the
advisability of inviting delegates from the
States of Oregon and Nevada and Wash
lngton Territory to the Anti Chinese Con-
vention, to be held in the Assembly cham
Der of the State Capitol, on March 10th.
Alter considerable discussion, it was re-
solved to postpone action in the matter
until Tuesday evening next, when repre-
sentatives from the several committees of
the Association will be present. A COM
municadon was received from parties at
Lower Lake, in Lake county, stating that
$4,000 was paid each month TO Cinnamon
at Sulphur Bank, in that county, by the
Sulphur Bank Quicksilver Company, of
San Francisco. They asked how to
proceed to secure the removal of the I'M
desirable element, and asked for blanks
and instructions to enable them to
form branch organization. The necessary
information and blanks were forwarded.
The letter states that the people of Lake
are determined to free themselves from the
Monaghan curse, but want to be advised so
that they can proceed within the law
Other communications from isolated
points have been received, indicating that
this movement has spread throughout the
length and breadth of the State, and in all
sections there seems to be but one senti-
ment, and that is that the Chinese must be
discharged wherey. employed by whites.
METROPOLITAN THEATER.-The success of
40, and the great satisfaction it gives its
audiences has induced the management to
announce it for reproduction again tonight
1t certainly is well acted and effective
play, and as comedy it has all the ele-
ments of wit and humor needed; but there
are pathetic passages in it that are as deli
cate as anything the dramatist's pen records.
For the matinee this afternoon the power
ful pure and emotional drama Wife aud
Child, will be given. Its success Wednes-
day night was pronounced. Tomorrow
evening the Mckee Rankin Company
makes its adieu. 1t will present for favor
the popular drama The Danites." in
which Mr. Rankin has one of the strongest
parts he essays. The piece is full. of
romance, thrilling situations, emotional
scenes, and its activities are Of the most
effective character. It has won instant
success wherever presented 1t is much 10
be regretted that so large and admirable
company as this cannot find justification
Tor longer stay in the city 1t has de-
served far more encouragement than it has
received. Possibly for the three remaining
performances 1t will meet with more liberal
patronage.
FTRE.-About halt-past II last night it
was discovered that rear room of the
Vega Sample Rooms, west side Of Second
street, north of J, was on fire. Three or
four men, who happened to be in the i'm
mediate vicinity, broke in the door. the
place having been closed for the night, and
found the back room in blaze all around
the stove, which sat near the wall. There
was small coal oil can sitting upon the
stove, and 1t was at once removed, while
piece Of carpet was thrown upon the fire
TO smother it, and water was quickly OBJ
tanned to complete the work No one ex-
amined the can to see whether there was
anything in it, or whether it had been
leaking. A lamp was standing on a table
not far from the stove, and when a candle
was lighted the top of the lamp was found
to have been broken off, leading some to
believe there bad been a lamp explosion,
but such was not the case as the lamp was
full of oil. From the surroundings it
seemed reasonable to believe that the can
on the stove leaked, and the oil was ignited
by the fire in the stove. The bursting in
OF the door was done SO vigorously that
half of the glass in the front of the build.
ing was broken.
SUNSET PARLoRs ANNUAL PARTy.-Sun
set Parlor, No 26, N. S. G. W., gave very
fine party at Turner Hall last night. The
attendance was excellent, and the arrange
ments so complete that those who attended
had nothing to wish for. The following
gentlemen had the affair in charge Com
mittee of Arrangements-F. T. Johnson.
H. |. Seymour, E. E. Smith, p B. Johnson,
J. 0. Funston Reception Committee. o.
Funston, w. W. Bassett, A. NJ. Seymour, F.
Talbot, VIM. Ingram, Jr. c. S. King Floor
Director-H. |. Seymour; Floor Commit
tee-W. w Marvin. Jr, H. r. Crouch. C.
E. Durham, ]. E. Terry, A. J. Hoehn, r.
p. Burr.
PROFESSOR CHAINEY S SECOND LECTURE
Tomorrow evening, at the Y. NJ. l. Hall,
Seventh street Professor Georoa Chainer