Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-30

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1885.
Crater lake. in Oregon, body of water |
whose shores, with the possible exception
OF one point in the southwest, have never |
been touched by the foot of white men. |
The partys boats were hauled hundred |
miles by mule teams, and dragged by |
detail Of soldiers up the snow-clad sides OF |
the ridge which surrounds the lake, and
lowered by ropes from the crest to the wa
ter, 900 feet below. One hundred and sixty |
soundings were made, the result of which |
gave the general character of the lake bot i,
tom. Two large submerged cinder cones
were found, respectively 500 and l 200 feet |
high, the rest of the bottom being fiat |
Captain Dutton believes this to be the best |
body OF fresh water on the continent. The |
greatest depth attained by the sounding
line was zoos feet.
Western Crop Summary.
CHICAGO, August % h.-The Farmers Re
rie,V summary in this weeks edition saws
Detailed reports from the corn belt are of a !
decided improvement in the crop in Ohio, !
Indiana and Minnesota, in all of which |
States there is at present promise OF full av-
erage. This is in accordance with the tenor |
of the reports for the last three weeks but |
in some instances in the three States named |
the outlook is declared to be unusually |
promising In Hamilton county, Nebraska, |
the outlook is favorable for u full Weld |
while Buffalo. Harlan and Webster coun- |
ties indicate a fair yield. In Douglas, |
Oteo and Richardson counties, Nebraska, |
the outlook is for less than One-half In !
Illinois generally an Improvement of from |
D 10 10 per cent. is rated. The general |
average of the State remains low. The !
general average is low for Iowa counties, |
running to 10 TO 80 per cent. The average in |
Missouri ranges 80 to 50 per cent. The |
average does not promise one-half of an |
average yield in Dakota. The Weld of |
wheat is averaging from L to Is bushels, |
and the grain is grading we'll in Minnesota. |
The yield of wheat ranges from to 24 |
bushels, ruling very irregular in many |
counties In Iowa, Indiana, Illinois and |
Wisconsin ground is reported to be too dry |
to permit Of fall plowing, and fears of !
drought are still seriously felt. Owing to |
the drying up of pastures, unless relief by |
| rain comes shortly stock will 90 into win |
Ter in poor condition. Fruits are reported !
abundant in all Western States, with the |
exception of Wisconsin.
Steamer Burned.
1tONDCUI w. L is august -3tN--AJ - |
O'Clock this afternoon a large passenger !
steamboat the Daniel Drew, of the Albany |
line, caught fire at her moorings at Kings |
ton Point and burned to the waters edge. |
The Drew was held in readiness for use in |
case of accident to either of the other two |
boats Of the line. Ali the furniture be- |
longing to the boat was on board. and |
nothing was saved. Just after the fire broke !
out futile attempt was made by the crew |
of the steam yacht Charles A. Schultz to |
pull the Drew from the dock. The Drew, !
which was one of the largest and swiftest |
passenger steamers on the Hudson river, !
was bullt by Thomas Colyer of New York, |
in 1860. The blackened hull sank III the !
river this morning. Loss, $l50000.
Killed by i Train of Cars while Fighting.
ELMIRA (N.Y.), August 90th.-Some Ital- |
ian orkmen at the Blast furnace to-day |
became wild with poor whisky and took |
to fighting on the railroad track. Tomaso !
DeorriO, Joseph Williams, Phillip Pastori /
and another Italian, cut and slashed |
each other i'll q furious manner. While |
the battle was at its hight the express train |
dashed along at the rate of 45 miles an |
hour and struck Deorrio, hurling him so |
feet, and so badly injuring him that his re- |
covery is improbable. Pastori was ground |
beneath the wheels. Williams was lodged |
in jail and the unknown man fled.
Clearing House Reports.
BosToN, August 29th.-Special dispatches |
from the managers of the leading clearing |
houses of the United States give the total |
gross exchanges for the week ending Au- |
gust 2Sth at 1862 ,20S, ,643, an increase of III
per cent, as compared with the correspond
ing week in 1885.
Address on Tariff Reform.
New YORK, August 29th.-A long ad-
dress, in relation to the tariff reform, has
been issued, signed by large number of
the American Free Trade League.
Arrested and Fined.
New YORK, August 30th = Yesterday
morning young man. considerably under
the influence of liquor, approached the
New York entrance to the promenade of !
the big bridge. He was so drunk that the
policeman on duty there hesitated in letting
him pass. The young man was Daniel |
Collins, chum of Steve Brodie. He was
TO jump from the bridge, but was arrested
and fined.
Pulled Vie Den.
New YORK, August 30th-The police
yesterday pulled a den on Eighth avenue
presided over by Mrs. Miner, which con-
tained several girls aged from II to 49,
Evidence shows that many little girls have
been enticed here from skating rinks and
elsewhere by the woman Miner and others,
including middle-aged and Old men, The
parties are all held.
Sedgwick and His Mission.
New York, August 30th.-A Heralds
special from the City of Mexico saws Ar
thar Sedgwick, since his arrival, has made
an unusually good Impression on all whom
he has met The best people pronounce
him a gentleman of high attainments. No
American ever had a more cordial welcome
from MexicanS This evening he dined
with Senor NJ. L. Guafreed, and met Senor
Maiisical, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and
Rumoro Rubio Minister of the Interior
This week he will be entertained by several
prominent persons, among them General
Enrique Mixia, when all the Cabinet min
listers will be present. rhiS afternoon Mr.
Sedgewick informed your correspondent
that he was progressing finely with his in
vestigation, beng afforded by the American
Legation and the Mexican Government,
through the Legation, every facility for
prosecuting his work. lie will remain
here another week, and then go TO Chihua-
hua and Paso del Norte. He hoped TO con-
clude the investigation within three weeks.
The Lockout of the Clothing Cutters.
New YORK, August 30th-A. M-The
lockout of the clothing cutters begins in
earnest to-day, and fully 10000 people, who
were at WORK laSt week, Will De lQle IN con-
sequence of it. There are in shops under
control of the Manufacturers Association
about 800 clothing cutters. The rest of the
people who are thrown out of work are
tailors, pressers, trimmers and buttonhole
makers. They have all resolved to do no
more work until the trouble between the
Manufacturers Association and the United
Clothing Cutters has been settled. 1t is
said that on Saturday, when the cutters
were informed they need not come to work
on Monday, unless they came as non
Union men, the manufacturers offered
them an advance in wages if they would
leave the Union, but SO far as reported
at the Union headquarters, not a single
man would give up the Union.
A New Movement.
New YORK, August 30th-A. M.-The
Worlds Washington special says: There is
new movement of some magnitude about
to be inaugurated by the National Republi-
can Congressional Committee, in the way
of systematic exodus of colored people
1t has been a matter of long-standing COM
plant with the Republican managers that
in parts of the South there are
many Republican negroes whose votes