Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-03-10
No Use for the Politicians


New YORK. March 9th.-There is n point
on which the Knights of Labor here ap-
t,ear TO have unanimous discrimination
that IS, to keep politicians at distance.
Inc latter are making oyertures to them in
many ways, in order to secure their pros
pectlve support. The labor organizations
now are SO commanding power, numer-
ically. that it is certain that their leaders
Will have much to do in shaping affairs in
the next conventions. Their action in that
respect Will not be as Democrats or Repub-
llcans, but as men having a single eve to
the industrial interests behind them.
The Tone of the Coast Papers.
PHILADELPHIA, March 9th.-The Press
edltorally says: The tone of the Pacific
coast papers of late on the Chinese question
has been commendable. They have. with
out exception, condemned the violent pro-
ceedinss employed at Seattle and elsewhere
TO get rid of Chinese residents The same
spirit has been shown in nearly all the
local meetings held. They recognize that
this is question which cannot be settled
in day, and must be settled according TO
law. If the Convention proposes some
practical measure for the mitigation of the
evils of Chinese immigration it will accom-
plish far more toward solving the problem
than by occupying its time with speeches
filled with denunciation and demagogism
The country is ready TO listen to the griev-
ances of the Pacific States and to consider
what plans they have to offer for relieving
them. 1t will not indorse any disposition
to continue the methods which have been
employed in some instances to get rid OF
obnoxious residents. 1t is to be hoped that
the Convention will condemn decidedly all
such proceedings and so increase the SYM
pathy now felt for California in its enlbar-
rasSlnent.
Purchasers of Bric-a Brac.
New YORK March 9th.-Charles Crocker
of San Francisco, was one of the largest
buyers at the sale of the late Mrs. Mary J
Morgan's curios yesterday, purchasing
about twenty vases of porcelain or bronze
at total cost of nearly $500. These in
clude a pair of magnificent Japanese
bronze vases, three feet in height, for $4, 800
and Buddhist communion service foI
$3.50. His other purchases were Cloisonne
enameled on Chinese porcelain vases Mrs
c. p. Huntington was the purchaser OF
smaller bits, as were Charles A. Dana, Mrs
w. X. Vanderbilt, Mrs. William Astor
Mrs. d. o. Mills, Mrs. Henry Clewes, Mrs
Pierre Lorrillard and Harper Bros, pub
fishers. w. j. Walters, of Baltimore, paid
$4,000 for the famous peach bloom u
vase, which cost Mrs. Morgan $4,000, and
of its mate, shade darker in color, fol
which he paid $4,000. Both are eighi
inches high and three inches in diameter
The first is the highest price ever paid fol
vase. The l79 articles sold brought S60,.
$40.
Charles Crocker's Real Estate Purchases
New YORK, March 9th.-Charles Crocker
who has bought Hutchinson's house in
West Fifty-eighth street, near Fifth avenue
for S250,O0O has paid S32, 900 for a stable
near Seventh avenue.
A Boy Kills His Father, Mother, Brother
and Sister.
KANSAS Cry, March 9th. The Times
Usage Mission, Kan, special of the Stb
says: One of the most horrible murders
ever known in this county was perpetrated
this morning near this place. Mr. MendelI
living thirteen miles northwest of town
was awakened about o'clock this morn.
ing by a scream. He went to the door. and
was met by Willie Sells, the son of neigh
Dor, j. W. Sells. The boy cried out
Mr.. Mendell. man is at our house with
hatchet, and has hurt father and mother
l don't know how badly" Mr. Mendell
went with the boy, arousing J. ]. Rice.
another neighbor, on the wav. Upon
reaching Sells house a most horrible sight
met their eyes. In a bed in the north
room lay Walter, Willie's brother and bed
fellow, aged 10, his throat cut and the en-
tire top of his head chopped off exposing
the b,aip, and his left eye was hanging
upon his cheek. Passing into the south
and main room, where light was burning.
they stumbled over the PROSTATE form OF
Mr.. Sells his head crushed and
almost severed from his body. Near by
lay Mrs, Sells, q lady of Ii wears.
her head mashed and fearful cash
in her throat. On the bed III the southeast
corner Of the room lay Ina, Wilie's sister,
aged II, killed in the same manner as the
other three. Lying near Mr.. Sells head
was bloody butcherSnife, and on chair
a hatchet matted with hair and blood. The
boy said '.e had been awakened BY some
thing, ard looking up saw Il low, heavy
man, with dark hair cut close, standing in
the door. This man slipped in, and reach
ing over Willie struck Walter, who Law in
the back of the bed. Willie jumped out
and dressed while the man was sill iii the
room. The man rushed out of one door
While Willie went out of the other, and
started up the road on a run, Willie after
him. A short distance off sat man on
horseback holding another horse, upon
which the man who ran from the house
vaulted afd both made Off Willie then
went on to Mendell's. After the bodies
had been discovered, Rice took Willie home
with him. where he slept soundly TIL
morning. y Coroner's Jury was inpan-
eled, and subsequent Investigation brought
forth So much from the boy that suspicion
rested upon him as the murderer, and he
was put on the stand. He swore that he
had not washed his hands since the mur-
der, but inspection showed that while his
hands and wrists were clean, there was a
water-mark, above which his forearms
were deeply incrusted with blood, which
appears TO have spurted up his sleeves
Around his fingernails, too, was blood.
Upon removing his pants his drawers were
seen to be saturated with spattered blood
and his bare feet were covered with the
same sanguinary fluid. His feet fitted all
the bloody foot-marks to be found. The
boy stoutly denied being the murderer and
maintained bold front throughout. The
conclusion Of the inquest was postponed
until to morrow. The boy was smugg!ed
into a buggy BY Police Judge Camborn and
Deputy Sheriff Locke and driven to the jail
in Erie for fear OF lynching, which appeared
imminent. On the way to Erie he said tc
Mr.. Camborn Those fellows tried to ge
me to say did it, but l thought il would
doubt that the boy committed the dreadful
crime, though no motive is known Mr.
Sells had in his pocket-book 800 in golc
and $40 in bills, which were not disturbed
besides three watches. John Hall of Fri,
has been appointed guardian of the boy
The Turf in New York.
BROOKLYN On. ", March 9th-Tht
Turtinan discussed the new schemes yester
day for making Long Island the Iiyelies
racing point i'll this country. The lates
proposition is to convert the old half. mil,
trotting park, used last year by the New
York and Brooklyn Driving Park. into q
| raeecourse. These side associations, with
the popular raeecourse at Sheepsheai Bay
| for center, will make Long Island more
| bristling arena for race horses than it evel
was for trotters. A dozen fresh buyers oi
race horses this winter have announced
| their intention of trying their fortunes or
| the turf. These will more than fill thi
vacancies in the ranks caused by death ant
! late retirements.
Illness of Ex-President Arthur.
| New YORK. March 9th.-Ex- Presiden
| Arthur has not visited his law Office in tn,