Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-12-31

| brought the information which Robert
| Pinkerton acted upon by going to Leaven-
worth. There he recovered 50, 800 more,
which was found buried in sealed cans
| Pinkerton returned here tonight. 1t is re-
ported that Mrs. Haight was taken from
Leavenworth to Atchison tonight.
| An Epidemic of Measles.
New YogK, December 30th-The measles
continue to spread throughout this city,
also in BROOKLYN, to an unprecedented ex-
| tent. The deaths for December thus tar
have been 225 against 1S3 for the first nine
! months of the year, while cases during the
| same period have run up as high as 200.
| AT present the fatal cases are eight or nine
daily, chiefly among children from six
| months to two and half years old. In
| many of the tenement houses, in conse-
quence ofcarelessness or indifference, all the
children in the place, one after another, are
| stricken down.
Progress of tie Logan Fund.
CHICAGO, December 0th.-William Penn
Nixon, Treasurer Of the Logan fund, sent
to Mrs Logan tonight Sc, 500 as the result
of the first days collections in this city for
the proposed $4,000 tribute A number
of other subscriptions are promised. Chi
cago subscribers prefer to make their re-
mittances direct to Mrs. Logan.
Ex-Congressman G. B. Farwell received
81, 900 to-day to apply on the $4,000 fund
to pay off the debts of General Logan.
The Minnesota Governorship.
MINNEAPOLIS, December goth. = Mayor
Ames said to reporter to-day GER
tainly will contest the Gubernatorial cleo
ton, if can get my case into the Supreme
Court, and guess | can. My first step IN
the contest will be to make application for
| a writ of qtto Tdrra'lto, which will make
McGill show by what right he lays claim
to the chair, and a recount will then be de-
manded. shall take the oath as Governor
on Tuesday next"
A Youth Brains His Father.
CEDAR RAPIDS Qa.), December 30th.-A
Springyille special to the Republican chroni-
cles the murder OF Isaac Bickel farmer.
twelve miles north of Buffalo creek, by his
son Ira, Is years of age. The father pro-
tested against the boys attending a dance.
The boy became angered and Drained him
with club. He made no resistance to
arrest.
4 G uiser Refitted.
WASHINGTON, December .30th.-Lieuten-
ant William II. Emory has been ordered
to the command of the Thetis, one of the
Greedy relief vessels, which has been refit-
ted at the Brooklyn navy-yard, and will be
attached to the Pacific squadron. The
Thetis is to be stationed in Alaskan waters
to act in CONJUNCTION with the Pinta, which
is not regarded as entirely safe for open-sea
cruises.
FotherinSham Implicated.
ST. Louis. December 50th.-It is stated
that Oscar Cook has made confession that
Fotheringham, the express messenger who
is now in Jail charged with completely in
the robbery, knew all about the plan to rob
his car and was willing victim to the at
tack of the robber. He was promised Sl0,-
| 000 of the amount stolen as his share of the
Doodle.
A Beer-drinl<ers' Crisis.
PHILADELPHIA, December Goth. = The
threatened strike of the employees of the
various breweries throughout the city, in
Guiding brewers. drivers, coopers, engineers,
fremen and other hands, numbering in all
over 1000 men, was inaugurated to-day
against reduction of 20 per cent. in their
wages.
Colorado's Gold Output.
DENVER, December 30th.-The report
made by Chief Clerk Tallant, of the United
States Mint, to-day, shows the value of new
| gold received during 1886 to be 81 ,444706 %.
| This amount does not include the value OF
| Mint bars redeposited.
Among the Il. Il. VS..
| WASHINGTON, December 30th.-Massillon
| Marsteller, formerly of Virginia, is now on
visit in Prince William county. Mr..
| Marsteller is at present Judge of the Supe-
rior Court of Lassen county, California.
| Heavy judgment Satisfied.
| New YORK, December 30th.-The case of
| the Oregon Transcontinental Company
against Kuhn, Loeb e Co., in which the
\ former recovered a verdict of $4,000, was
settled to-day by the payment of 100000
| by Kuhn, Loeb Il Co.
| A Warriors Death.
New YORK, December 30th.-General W.
I w. Loring (Pasha), formerly of the United
States army and of the Confederate army,
and later commander of Loring's Corps in
| the Egyptian army, died of pneumonia at
! the st. Denis Hotel tonight.
Marriage of Young Hayes.
! CLEVELAND, December 30th.-At Nor
walk, o., this evening Miss Mary Sherman,
daughter of n. G. Sherman of that place,
was married to Burchard A. Hayes, son of
| the ex-President.
The Government Might Get Rid of Too
Much of 1t.
| New YORK, December 31st-A. M.-The
TribmeS Washington special says: Con-
gresham Scott, of Erie, proposes, ON the
first opportunity, to introduce bill in the
House providing for the distribution of the
surplus revenue. He believes that unless
! some plan is adopted this session for getting
| into circulation among the people the
money now going into the treasury at the
rate of $100,G00000 annually in excess of
the needs of the Government, an
extra session must necessarily be
called to take action on the sub
ject. He says that while the emergency
may not be upon US at this moment, the
situation is such that Congress will fail in
It's duty to the public if a consideration of
this question is postponed. His plan is to
give authority to the Secretary of the Treas
ury to deposit the surplus in the banks of
the leading cities, subject to check, and
make the banks pay two per cent. interest,
the Governments claim TO be a first lien
on the assets of the banks, in case of
trouble.
Death of Oregon's War Governor.
New YORK, December 31st-A. M.-Ex-
Governor Gibbs, known as the war Gov
ernor of Oregon, died in London yesterday,
where he has resided for the past two years.
He was sufferer from bronchitis, and was
found dead in bed.
FOREIGN.
BURIED ALIVE.
Hundreds of Lives Lost During the Snow
fall in Germany.
BERLIN, December 30th.-The removal of
the snow which fell in the late storm has
revealed an appalling loss of life. Many
travellers were oyertaken by the storm, and
fifty bodies have been found in Saxony,
50 in Thuringie, and forty in southern Ger