Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-07-01
PACIFIC SLOPE.
SPECIAL DISPATCHES TO THE npoOnD-us1os.l
CALIFORNIA.
Destructive Fire.

CALIFORNIA.
Destructive Fire.
ALTURAs (Modoc county,, June 30th-
| The entire business portion of this town
was destroyed by fire yes 'erday. The fire
started in the rear of the Eureka Hotel,
kept by A. A. 0hnger and swept both
sides of Main street, taking everything in
its path except Jopp d Martins freproof
building The postoffice, Palace Hotel,
Eureka and Exchange Hotel, and Odd
Fellows Hall are among the buildings
burned. Not saloon is left in town. The
loss will reach 100000, part of whichis IN
insured. There were some narrow escapes
from death, but So far as known no life
was lost. The town presents a terrible
Gene of destruction.
LOSSES AND INSURANCE.
AITuRAs, June 30th-The losses cannot
be definitely ascertained, but the following
is an estimate as far as can be obtained to-
day: Eureka Hotel. A A. Olinger, pro-
prietor loss, $1,000; insured for 81, 200
Johnson Il Mcleod, loss on hotel and
butcher shop, $1,000; no insurance. w
f. Stone damage to watches, sign, etc, $50
J. " Sapper, shoemakers' tools and ma
terials. loss about $3.50. George Mattern,
loss on building and contents, $3.50; no in
sura1ce. Reed, Orion & Co material
$50. Mills q Dean, furniture, etc, in Palace
Hotel, $1,000; no insurance. Weller 4
Cook. Palace Hotel, 100000 insurance,
$1,000. Frank Bosquit, clothing, $50. D.
O'Brien, stock and liquors, cigars and
saloon fixtures, 81, SEQ; no insurance j.
Madden, stock of merchandise in postoffice
building. 81, 700; no insurance. Wakefield
& Pepperdne building, $3.50; insurance,
$500 Jopp & Martin. loss in buildings,
stock in merchandise, wagons and ma
chinery, 5000; insurance, 81, 800. Spray
g. Hill, buildings, saloon, stock, ETC., 81 900;
insurance, $1,000 Kemble d Ewing, liv-
ery stable So COO; insurance, $1,000. Thos.
Frowley, meat market building, $500. Z.
Lauer damage TO outside building, $3.50.
f. A. Sloss, carpenters tools, $25. A. a.
Olinger, building known as Olinger Hotel,
$1,000; insurance, 81, $50. Sloss e. Gauth,
roller skates $65. Odd Fellows. $4,000; in
suranee, 81. 500. G. 0. Mckay, material,
800. II. Schminck, stock of hardware,
etc, $4,000; insurance, $1,000. W. d..
Cooke, stock of liquors, etc, 5000; insur-
ance, $3.50. "A. Gagnon, building, stock of
harness, saddles, etc, 81, 700; insurance,
5000. William JaInison, tools, ETC., $50.
NJ NJ. Wakefield, barber shop and saloon
fixtures, $500 G. Waddams, buildings,
tools, etc, $50. r. F. Nichols, buildings,
$500; insurance, 81, 700. A. j. Frank,
| stock and liquors. saloon fixtures, etc., in
Palace Saloon, 81. 500; insurance, 800.
The Trial of Judge yler-Sensational
Testimony.
SAN Francisco, June 30th.-In the course
of the trial of George W. Tyler for felony,
in progress before Judge Wilson to-day,
Mrs. Pfeasance was called as a witness. She
swore that she had been approached by
Harry Williams. She arranged for an
! interview with him at her house. the
| interview was held in her front parlor. In
! the rear parlor she had witnesses stationed
who overheard the conversation between
| herself and Williams. Williams told her
| that he came from General Barnes, and de-
sired to get her assistance in getting even
on Tyler. He said that the Sharon side
was determined to send Tyler to prison;
that Newlands had the money and that
Barnes had the brains, and between them
they owned the Courts. The District At
! torney was only tool in their hands. The
! speech he delivered in the Brown-Weile
trial, Williams said, had been writ
! ten for him by Barnes. If Brown
could be got to put the blame
on Tyler, be barnes would do anything
for him. He would guarantee her oney
enough to pay off her mortgage, and to in
demnify her for what she had spent on the
i Sharon case.
did he saw what Court Newlands and
Barnes owned?" asked Judge Wilson.
"Oh he meant all of them, replied the
witness, in her sharp manner.
| Hugh Mauldin, a jeweler, was called. He
corroboraied Mrs. Pleasance's testimony,
| having been in the back room and over
heard the whole of the conversation be-
| tween Williams and Mrs. Pleasance. He
| NNfliiornc' tppl prtS thew
were made on piece of paper.
John Allen, Thomas Bells colored coach
man, next testified to having been an occu-
| pant of the back room on the occasion OF
! the first of the two interviews Mrs. Pleas
ance had with Williams. He heard Will
Jams say distinctly that if Mrs. Pleasance
would help convict Tyler they would pay
her back all the money she had spent on
the Sharon trial.
Diamonds Missing.
| SAN Francisco, June 30th-Thomas
| Hickey, alias Smith, alias Harris was ar
rested to-day at 1868 Howard street for a
| burglary committed at Stockton on Sunday
one week ago. Hickey entered the rooms
of Lew Catlett and his wife while they
were playing at Stockton theater He
stole jewelry valued at $780, the greater
| portion of which has been recovered. He
| is supposed at the time of arrest, to have
swallowed two diamonds which he picked
out of the setting of earrings. When ac-
cused of doing this he cid not deny the
| fact. Hickey is a well-known convict
who, in April, 1877, was sentenced to $50
days for petty larceny four years for burg
larry in July. 1879; two years for grand lar
ceny in July 1879, and in January last was
acquitted OF burglary Surgeons Dennis
and Chaigneau respectfully declined the
proposition of Captain Lees to take the
prisoner into the hospital, and experiment
on him to recover the diamonds.
An unknown San Franciscan Shot.
| NAPA, June 3Oth.-In Spanishtown. last
night, Mervin L. Stillwagen shot young
man who is visiting here from San Fran
cisco. The wound is not very serious, and
Stillwagen was not arrested, as the stranger,
not desiring to be known. would not make
complaint.
Monterey Express Runs Into Double
Team.
SAN JOSE, June 30th.-A railroad acct
dent occurred at the crossing of the South
| ern Pacific at Peterson's brick yard, near
this city, this morning. The Monterey ex-
press ran into double team, driven by
Fred Louis Martin, killing both horses and
severely iniuring Martin. The horses were
thrown by the cow-catcher, and landed
| about 100 feet from the crossing.
Railroad Taxes -Street-Car Robbed.
SAN JOSE, June 30th-The sum of So,
7S4 80 was paid into the county treasury to-
day by E. B. Ryan, as the first instalment
of the unpaid taxes of the Southern Pacific
aud Central Pacific Railroad Companies.
There is still unpaid about double the
above amount, but Mr.. Ryan stated that it
would probably be paid some time during
the summer.
At 11:30 o'clock last night a street-car was
stopped while. on its return from Santa
Clara to this city by two men, who pre-
scented shotgun and pistol under the
drivers nose. and compelled him to deliver
his receipts of the trip, amounting to s..
No arrests have been made.
The Vacant Bench.
Los ANGELES, June 30th.-Jndge Hatch
to-day abandoned all pretense of sitting
longer as Judge on any cases heretofore
pending before him. The Baldwin case
goes over to the next term on motion for
new trial.
The Case of A. p. More.
SANTA BARBARA, June 30th.-In the case
of the People VS.. A P. More, the bill of
executions on appeal from the order of dis