Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-16

talleI.i report of the losses sustained, or to
as Jertzin the amount of insurance, but the
eotal loss will probably amount 10 st least
$500, 900, fairly covered by insurance. The
| factories gave employment to at least
| : 600 persons, and much suffering must
ensue unless immediate aid be rendered.
II is raining heavily now, and the fires are
| extinguished. All the insurance agents
records were burned, and nearly all the
! safes were destroyed, with their contents,
| including many insurance policies. Prob
ably not three safes protected their contents
| from fire The Passamaquoddy Hotel,
| Island House, Frontier House and Ameri-
can House were burned. The Savings
| Bank the Frontier and National Banks
| and Custom house were all brick buildings
and were totally destroyed. The Frontier
| Bank building was supposed to be fire.
proof. The Custom-house, Postothce and
| United States Signal Service records and
books were all burned.
That Undertaker's Bill.
New YORK. October 10Th The San
prints a letter from Colonel Grant, in
| which he saws: From your paper of
yesterday my mother learns you have paid
| $500 10 settle the bill of Holmes & Co.
| Naturally, this news is painful to her and
her family Mr. Merritt was the only I'M
dertaker authorized by the family to take
| charge of General Grants remains, and on
| the day of the Generals decease he did
take charge of them in person in response
| to telegraphic instructions. The family
were not aware that any one rendered any
| such services in the time of their atfiiction
as are charged for in the bill of Holmes q
| Co., except the persons employed by Mr..
Merritt, whose receipt in full they hold.
However, my mother cannot consent,
under the circumstances, to have any one
! but herself suffer through the actions of
| this firm, and therefore she bids me send
to you her check for $500, the amount
which you claim to have paid Holmes &
| CO..
Paul Dana acknowledges the receipt of
| the letter, but declines to accept the check.
I declaring that the only object in paying the
bill was to prevent the continuance of the
| controversy concerning the funeral Of a
great soldier. He also says that if the bill
was not a meritOrious one the Generals
family should not pay it, and he will stand
the loss.
P1TTsBuRG, October 15th-The claimants
to Harlem Commons, in New York, have
finally completed all the details necessary
| to begin their legal fight, and within ten
days will file in the United States Circuit
Court i'll New York, a stupendous bill in
! equity. One heir from Louisiana viii ap-
pear as plaintiff, and the other 400 known
heirs will appear as respondents. The
prayer of this bill will be, primarily, for
| partition of the property among the claim
ants, and incidentally for citation on each
heir to show on what ground he bases his
claim. This proceeding will occupy at
least six months, and will greatly
reduce the number OF heirs. 1t
| is estimated that OF the l,400 who
! will go into the contest not over
| 500 Will be able 10 trace their lin
cage back TO the proper source. After
| this has been accomplished the nexs step
will be TO enter ejectment suits. The
claimants do not anticipate that any of
| these suits will come to trial, as they ex-
pect to compromise with the present hold
ers of the property. The valuation of the
land is S30,000000, and they will be willing
to settle upon basis Of twenty per cent.
of this amount by special agreement.
-Four lawyers-Judge Knox and Mr.. Cros-
by of New York; Judge Bredin, of But
Ter, and J. P. MCCreery, of this city-will
receive one-third. Among the l 400 claim
ants are residents of every State in the
Union, also of Nova Scotia and New Bruins
wick
hip-BuiIders Active
WASHINGTON, October 10TH Secretary
Whitney said to-day that the reports that
the ship-builders of the country take no
interest in bidding upon the proposed new
naval vessels are erroneous. just the
contrary is true, he said. Every ship
building concern of consequence in the
country has asked for the specifications,
and they are being supplied with plans as
fast as they can be printed ! think that
sixteen concerns have already asked for
detailed plans, with view of bidding, and
there never before has been so much inter-
est displayed in a matter of this kind" In
speaking about the published reports that
it has been recently discovered that the
new cruiser Atlanta is structurally defect
i've, and that her displacement is excessive,
the Secretary said that he knew nothing of
the matter, for il had never been brought
to his attention. The only definite thing
that he knew of, he said, was a miscalcula-
ton on the part of Chief Constructor With
in, resulting in excessive displacement, but
that he had not learned of any such error.
Eastern Racing.
CIECINNATI, October 15th.-The first race
! to-day at the Latonia meeting, seven fur
! longs, Watch En- won, Phil. Lee second,
Monarch third. Time, 1871,
The second race, six furlongs, Bobby
Swim won, Matte second, Probus third.
! Time, 1:1S
The third race, one nile and sixteenth,
| Littlefellow won, King George second, Ath-
lone third. Time, 1924.
The fourth race, one mile, Hattie Carlisle
won, Wanderoo second, Hettie third.
| Time, 1:45.
The fifth race, for wo-year-olds, five fur
longs, Banbury won, Katie a. second Van
third. Time, l:03l.
FoREcAsrs FOR TO DAY.
New YORK. October 18th The Sporting
World selections for Prospect Park to-day
are First race, Herbert first, Una B. sec
| ond second race, Nellie B. first, DAILY Oak
! second third race, Himalaya first, Saxony
second fourth race. Ferona first, Bonanza
second fifth race Sapphire first, Florence
NJ. second.
Captain Eads.
DENVER, October 15th-Captain James
B. Eads, the famous engineer of the Mis-
sissippi jetties, arrived at Denver this even
ing. He is accompanied by Colonel James
Andrews, Secretary of the FL Bancos Min
ing Company, of Durango, Mexico, and
Lieutenant w. A. Saylor, Treasurer of the
company. The purpose of the party in
visiting Denveri is to purchase mining ma
chinery for their mines in Mexico. Cap
tain Eads, after finishing his business, will
leave for the mouth of the Mississippi to
look after the jetties, while the others VIII
return to Mexico.
The Episcopalians.
CHICAGO, October 15th.-At the Episco-
pal Convention to-day the consecrating of
DR.. Gilbert to be Assistant Bishop of Mime
sofa was approved by the House of Bishops
The Bishops also sent a communication in
reference to the proposed resolution of the
House of Deputies to the Congregational
Assembly, which declares that the House
of Bishops assures the House of Deputies
of their profound sympathy with the
spirit of the resolution.
Female Anarchist.
CLEVELAND, October 15th.-Lucy Par
sons, the colored wife of a. r. Parsons, the |
convicted Chicago Anarchist, addressed
small knot of people on a prominent |
downtown street tonight The hall had |
been rented, but the proprietor refused to |
permit her to use it. She leaves tomorrow |
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