Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-03
EOrIE AND ABROAD.
LIBERTY,S TORCH LIGHTS UP
THE HARB0R.
Seizure of Bogus Butter-Hostilities
Expected at Varna-Another
Express Robbery.

ESPECIAL DISPATCHES To THE RECORD uS1oN.l
DOMESTIC NEWS.
The illumination in New York Harbor.
NEW YORK, November 2d.-The torch that
Liberty holds high above the bay blazed out last
night and flood of white light was thrown
around her. Thousands of yards from Bedlow's
Island the goddess revealed perfect outline,
but was not sharply defined. Even at this dis
lance the arm that holds the torch was in a
shadow. At a half mile the pedestal doomed up
as bright rs if it were at stones throw, but the
head and arm had disappeared, and there was
a shadow over the statue q mile distant. The
glory of the pedestal quite eclipsed that OF the
figure. At the Battery, which Is two and one
quarter miles from Bedlow's Island, the specta-
tor who had not seen the goddess by day was
not able TO make out her outlines But Lieuten-
ant Mills, who invented the system of lighting,
said last evening that the lighting of the outside
of the statue is III an experimental state, and he
expects to improve il until it will reveal the fig
ure perfectly. Whether it will be possible to
illuminate so large surface of bronze and pro-
duce a sharp effect, without painting the
bronze a light color, is question to
be solved. As early as 6 o'clock last
night there set in steady stream of people
going Batteryward. II met and bumped into
and jostled the crowd that was going homeward
from walk until the sidewalks on Broadway
were damned full and overlooked intn the gut
tiers. There was an open place kept cleared in
the rear OF the Battery wall, where the fireworks
were to be let Off The crowd, as it arrived,
dashed vainly against the strong Gordon of
policemen which had been drawn around this
reserved space, and jammed in close against the
line and quickly spread back in compact mass.
Just before the hour to light up the statue sew
eral steamers silently arrived IN the darkness
and took up their positions i'll great semicircle
around the island First one steamer set up
thslra 1NyoC
earthly rumpus so deatening that people on the
island had TO yell 10 each other to understand
what they were saying. AS the tiny spark in
the torch grew and grew until It flashed across
the bay a shower of rockets bombs, fiery
fountains of green, yellow, blue and white fire.
balls, with swapping fiery serpents, sputtered
about at intervals in the air. The display on
the Battery did not begin until the two other
spectacles had closed. 1t opened with mag
nitcent light of one hundred rockets, all let of
in a bunch. This was followed by Il series of
similar ones to those on Governor and Bedlow's
islands, except that long. starry procession OF
balloons, made to represent the stars and stripes
and the tricolor of France, was sent trailing
high up in the air over Long Island way, drop
ping red green and white fire-balls as they
went. The torch was kept alive all night. 1t
will be lighted every night for week The
present system is only on trial for that time.
Mrs. Stewards Benefactions.
NEW YORK, November 2d.-People who have
been anticipating big requests for this or that
little satisfaction from perusal of the docu-
ment. The Episcopal Cathedral of the Incarna-
ton, at Garden City, had princely provision
made for its maintenance, but no other lnstltu-
ton is mentioned nor is anything said that by
the remetest intimation could confirm the report
so widely circulated at the time OF Mrs Stewards
DEATH that her palatial marble palace in Fifth
avenue was to be donated to the city of New
York as a public art gallery. In more than one
of the Episcopal churches in the diocese of Long
Island feeling reference was made TO her death,
accompanied by eulogisms of her liberal bene-
factions, not only to churches but private charl-
ties, of which it was said only those who dis
pensed them on her behalf were cognizant.
Trouble with Negroes.
RALEIGH a. C). November 2d.-The incen-
diary speeches of negro in Randolph county
last week caused much excitement and led to
his arrest. There were current on Sunday re-
ports of his lynching. This morning Governor
Scales received q telegram from Captain W. Z.
Johns of the Third Regiment State Guard, at
High Point, that a negro insurreetion was i'm
minent, and offering the services of his company
there Governor Scales responded, lnstructing
him to hold his men in readiness, but to take
no action until ordered to do So The Governor
telegTaphed for particulars.
Another Express Robbery,
TOLEDO (O.), November 2d.-The United States
Express Company has another mysterious rob
berry on its hands. On the arrival OF the Lake
Shore train from Chicago last evening it was
discovered that something wrong existed in the
car lIldJ IuIlS ClosGu dliu
between Chicago and New York. An examine
ton developed the fact that the car had been
entered, and that sundry packages containing
valuable merchandise had been opened by the
robbers and all unknown quantity carried away.
Election Bribery.
HARTFORD Comm. November ID Patrick
McGovern, Chairman of the Republican Town
Committee. was arrested this afternoon on a
charge of bribery at the polls. He was released
on bail
What Huntington Thinks.
NEW York November 2d.-C. P. Huntington
Yesterday re turL ed from his visit TO the Pacific
coast He is quite enthusiastic about the bust
ness prospects in that quarter and says nego-
tiations for a settlement of the tranScontinental
war will be set on foot
Bull-Butter Confiscated.
ST. LOUIS, November 2d.-Under the rev oleo
margarine law which Went into effect yester-
day, many seizures of bull-butter were made by
the Internal Revenue officers. They began their
work early in the day, and went from house
to house, testing the butter and confiscating all
but the genuine article. Before the day had
closed seizures were made at twelve different
places.
Suicide of Theatrical Agent.
New ORLEANS, November 2d-John Hooley
advance agent for the Rag BABY" Company,
committed suicide by cutting his throat in his
room at a hotel here this evening. 1t is believed
he was insane. Deceased was about % years of
age.