Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-25

them moved him; but when detective
AtcCullough stepped quietly out of the rear
Oh me room ana stood facing the unsus-
pectlng throng, there was one man in the
Court TO whom the sight Of the witness
came nke thunderboit. That man was
Maxwell. He fairly shrank and covered
al the Erst glance. fl was only for an in
staht, however, that the change i'll his
aspect the paling of his face and the con-
sternation depicted in his countenance was
notlceG by the few in his immediate neigh
oorhood was momentary. With wonder
Gus Seil-contrUl Ur lack ofgenuine feeling, the
prisoner was again 4 restless spectator
1heie was one change, though, and this
was that the Interest of Maxwell in the
tflai was redOubled, and mere than ever
since The beginning of the case he was in
cohuhued close consultation with one or
the other OF his attorneys. As the witness
proceeded, after few opening questions, to
give MaXWelis confession 10 him in Jail,
the audience was breathlcSs with atten-
uon; Witness kept up little forward
ana backward teetcr of his chair His face
Iushed and bieached Slightly when Faunt-
leroy was questioning him as to his Char
acter: 1t was a terrible earnest moment
for the prisoner, too. He wiped the per
splraGon from his brow with i nervous
trembling Of his hands. His face was
paiild. He pitched his chair neryously
ana lnterlocGed his fingers, but lis eyes
never left AcCullough's face
The American Turf.
LOUISVILLE, May 24tli-The weather to-
day was warm, the track fast. and the at
tendance large. The first race. three-ouar-
ters of mile, Pearl Jennings won by two
lengths, katrine second, Eyangeline third.
Time, Ia. The second race for the Meet
anu Chardon stakes, one and one-eighth
mlies, Masterpiece won by three lengths.
Boaz second, Jim Gray third Time. 1861.
Third race tor the Elmendorf stakes, three
quarters of Il mile, Jennie 7. won bv two
lengths, Venerable second Hinda third
Time, 1:19 In the fourth race. mile heats.
the first heat Irish Pat won by four lengths.
John A. second, Cheat Fellow third.
Time, 1:44. The second heat John \. won
by length, Irish Pat second. Time. I:44i.
The third heat Irish Pat won by a length.
Time, 1:45.
At BRIGHTON BEACH.
New YORK, May 24th.-Poo!s and bet
ting We're forbidden at the BRIGHTON Beach
races to-day. Instead. however. member
ship tickets were sold at s. each, and
money subscribed to q purse. After the
races a dividend was declared. The first
race, five furlongs, fer maidens, Tantivv
won by two lengths Lightfoct second.
Bob May third. Time, Los. The second
race, selling. seven-eighths of a mile. St.
Elmo won by length Brunswick second.
Blue Day third. Time, 1881. The third
race, one mile, General Price won by a
short head, Bahama second, Ensign third.
Time, 1:473. The fourth race, one and
one-sixteenth miles, Ten Strike won bv a
length, Earnest second. George Singerly
third. Time, 1856. The fifth race, three
quarters of a mile Tattler won by a
length, Bay Rebel second, Miller third.
Time, 1:2l.
The Fisheries Trouble-The Boot on the
Other Leg.
PORTLAND (Me.), May 24th.-There is
great excitement here this morning. The
British schooner Sisters, from Yarmouth,
Nova Scotia, with cargo of 10000 macke-
rel, was spied by the Collector OF Customs.
The Captain OF the schooner dill not have a
manifest, and the usual fine of $500 was
imposed upon him, and as he could not
pay 1t, his vessel with its cargo, was seized.
Secretary Bayard and the Maine Congress
men have been informed of the seizure.
.. b. Whitten, Secretary of the Portland
Fishing Exchange, said: Coming at this
time, the seizure of the Sisters will do good.
She comes here from port so near Digbv
that the people will hear of it. The matter
having been referred to Secretary Bavard.
he will be obliged to take notice of it
Captain Ellis, this afternoon, placed his
case in the hands of Vice-Consul Starr. her
Maiesty's representative here. He saws If
the troubles at Digby had not occurred, he
would not have been molested.
The Labor Situation.
New York, May 24th-Four thousand
men and women, forming the United Tai
lors Union and Buttonhoie-makers' Union
who have been locked out because of their
demand for 4 new scale of prices declare
that the contract bosses entered into a con-
spiracy with large manufacturers of cloth
ing for the purpose of breaking up the
journeymen' organization. The Central
Labor Union is giving its support to the
locked-out employees
The Bakers Progressive Club demands
that after May Goth seven hours shall con-
stitute q days work, and that wages must
be increased and an apprentice system
adopted.
a Father Kills His Daughters seducer.
CINCINNATI, May 24th.-The adjoining
village of st. Bernard was the scene of a
tragedy this evening, in which two promi-
nent citizens of the place took part. For
some time past Frederick Kylins, a married
man. and proprietor of a drugstore. has
been on intimate terms with the daughter
of VIM. Bode. Several days ago the daugh-
ter disappeared, and to-day her mother
went 10 kylins' drugstore aud asked him
where she was. He replied, It's none of
your d-n business where the girl is" This
evening Bode armed himself with a re-
volver and walked down to the drugstore.
Kylins, who was standing out on the side
walk, saw him, and walked inside Bode
approached, and as Kylins was running to
the rear of the store, fired, and Kylins
dropped dead. The murderer Immediately
surrendered himself at the Cumminsyille
police station.
A Wisconsin Town in Planes.
MILWAUKEE, May 2lth.-Late this after
noon fire broke out at the town of Wau-
sau. Wis. The telegraph was soon cut off.
and nothing whatever is now to be learned.
The W. o., Milwaukee and st. Paul Rail-
way and the Lake Shore and Western Rail
way wires to Wausau cannot be made to
work, and the belief is that the greater
part of the town has been DESTROYED Be
fore telegraphic communication had been
stopped assistance had been asked for from
the adjacent towns, and several fire engines
had been started, but the last word received
that the railway bridge was
burning, SO that it is probable that little or
no assistance could be given by engines
from outside towns
LATER.-The house and depot of the
Lake Shore and Western road
We're destroyed. Plumber q Co. lost about
{, 100000 feet of lumber. and had no insur-
ance, while Stewart & Co. lost about 1000
600 feet, on which they had about $50 coo
insurance. No mills were DESTROYED. the
fire being confined to the lumber wards en-
tirely.
Prospective Billiard Mach.
New YORK, May 24th.-The billiard
match between Harvey Mackenna, the
champion straight-rail player from Califor-
MIA, ana Rudolph Heiser begins tonight in
Brooklyn. The game will be eight-inch
balk-line, 1900 points-i00 points to be
played each successive evening. The con-
test is for purse of SlG0 presented by DAILY
and all the money taken at the door. Hell
ser is the favorite in the betting.
Floods in South Carolina.
COLUMBIA, May 24tb.-The sea of waters
which for three days has covered the low
lands Of South Carolina is subsiding. II
has been one of the most disastrous fresh
cts ever recorded, and the damage to the
agricultural interests is incalculable Thou
sands of acres of the best lands planted in
cotton and corn have been flooded and the
rice planters in lower Carolina have suffered
greatly. The railroads have sustained great
loss, and travel mas been almost suspended.
The destruction of cattle and live stock of