Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-26

ing Eve for several years, and all on ac-
count of the weather. To-day the weather
is cloudy, with frequent rainfall 1t is
probable that snow will fall before the day
is over.
Rough Thanksgiving Weather.
New YORK. November 25th.-Advices to
the Associated Press are to the effect that
heavy sncw-storm prevailed to-day in
northern New York and northern and
western Pennsylvania. At Binghamton,
N. Y, the Pioneer Rink was crushed by
the weight of snow on the roof An enter
tainment was to have been held there and
a large number of people were going to the
place. About twenty persons were inside
at the time, but all escaped. In this city it
rained heavily, with occasional sheets of
snow.
NEW JERSEY ELECTRIC STORM.
PHILADELPHIA, November 25th.-Rain,
accompanied by cyclonic manifestations,
swept over the center of Gloucester county,
n. j., this afternoon. In the vicinity OF
Pitman the wind blew with the force of a
tornado. The Glassboro accommodation
train had narrow escape from being
wrecked. The thunder, lightning and bail
were terrific, and at several points the cleo
tricity touched the branches of trees along
the streets, and the electric current was so
strong as to set fire to the trees.
FURTHER RAvAGEs OF THE TORNADO.
CAMDEN On. J J, November 26th-A. M
A wind and rain-storm from the northwest
swept over this city at o'clock last even
ing. Along the river front windows were
broken and trees blown down. A cyclone
from the southwest passed over the north
edge of Glassboro at p. NJ The engine
house at the West Jersey railroad station
was blown from its foundation, fences
were demolished by wholesale, and trees
uprooted. AT Pitman Grove a new store
building was unroofed, two small cottages
blown from their foundations, and a cutter
and buggy upset and demolished. A train
ran into the storm above Pitman Station
and the engine was badly damaged, the
cab being completely torn off.
Cummings, the Ubiquitous.
KANSAS CITY, November 25th.-The Jour
mats Moberly, Mo-, special says; The Head
light received to-day a characteristic letter
from the alleged Jim Cummings" the
description and handwriting correspond
with that of man who swindled several
persons during the fair here last autumn.
The letter is dated at Omaha, and was
mailed at Council Bluffs. Cummings
says he is having good time, and still has
most of the stolen express money.
Why Do People Live There?
MANDAN (Dakl, November 25th.-Two
children named Meisal were frozen to death
ten miles north of here while looking for
lost stock, and two young men, brothers,
named Sims, were frozen to death while
returning from work.
AND YET ANoTHERi
nj
Joseph Hazelting was lost in the blizzard
on Monday night, and when found was so
badly frozen that her recovery is doubtful.
Who Owns the Malaria?
WASHINGTON, November 25th.-The At
torney-General tomorrow will institute a
suit in the Supreme Court of the District of
Columbia to settle title to the Potomac
Flats, and especially that portion of them
which has been known for years as the
Kidwell Meadows. The list of defendants
| is very long, numbering forty-nine, and
they are distributed over wide range OF
territory.
Narrow Escape for the Goddess.
New YORK, November 25th.-The heavy
cloth curtain which, during the daytime,
covers the electric light lenses on the Statue
of Liberty, caught fire on Monday night,
and fell on the light woodwork of the
staircase in the interior of the statue. 1t
was only by the hardest work that serious
fire was avoided and They're statue saved
from ruin.
Almost Calamity.
CHICAGO, November 25th-The Cont
mental Hotel was found to be on fire early
this morning in six different rooms. The
Fire Marshal declares the fire was un-
doubtedly an incendiary's work. The
hotel has nehundred guest-rooms, and the
guests were thoroughly panic-stricken,
rushing into the street in their night cloth
ing. The damage to the building was
slight
Death of Erastus Brooks.
New YORK, November 25th.-Erastus
Brooks, formerly General Manager of the
Associated Press. and part proprietor of the
JfdH and Express, died this morning at $50
O'Clock
[Erastus Brooks was born in Portland,
Me, in 1915. He became editor of the New
York Express in 1886, supported the Amer
lean Native party in 1855 and 1856, and
afterward joined the Democratic party.]
Point Gained for the Anarchists.
BLOOMINGTON Qll.), November 25th.-At
IL o'clock this morning Judge Scott granted
a supersedeas in the Anarchists cases. At
torneys Black, SWEET and Solomon start at
once to Ottawa, to have the Clerk OF the
Supreme Court issue an order in pursuance
of Judge SCOTS instructions. The effect of
the decision to granta supersedeas is 10 stay
the executions set for December Sd, at least
until the Supreme Court can pass upon the
motion for new trial.
Stretching their Limbs.
New York, November 25th.-The Hare
and Hounds Club have their annual paper
chase over historical ground. The meet
will be at Orawaupum Hotel, on the spot
occupied by the American troops in the
battle of White Plains.
Big Storm in the East.
PITTsBuRG, November 25th.-It has been
showing and raining here since daylight
On the mountains east of here a sleet-storm
is raging and all the wires are down for
thirty miles between Derry and Conemaugh,
on the Pennsylvania Railway Telegraphc
communication has also been interrupted
between this city and Washington, d. c.
Coal and Iron.
New YORK, November 25th.-The city is
full of persons from Tennessee and Georgia
who are interested in the development of
the coal and iron resources of that section.
New developments are reported every day.
Four Men Killed.
New York, November 25th.-The boiler
of the tug Sunbeam lying near pier on
East river, exploded this afternoon. The
owner and three men on board were blown
up and killed.
The " Doodle" Trials.
New YORK, November 26th-A. M.-Dis-
trict Attorney MARITIME said yesterday that
the trial of Alderman lfcQuade would GER
tainly proceed on Monday He did not
think there would be any delay arising
from the request for Commission to take
testimony in Canada, as such a motion
could only be made now for the purpose of
delay.
Yesterday was more than formal
Thanksgiving to the " Doodle Aldermen.
The least pious of them was willing to adj
nit this as he ate his dinner and thought
how much better his prospects of escape
were than they seemed few days ago.
Crushed Out.
New YORK, November 26th-A. MA
Pittsburg special says: THE National
Psraffine Company is pulling up its plant in
the Eighteenth Ward" said Edward Hous-
ton, of D. II. Reihart & Co., last evening.
They can no longer get oil to make par