Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-05-22

pC4ASNS uuFe eHlliely exhausted all
sources in the fishery matter. passed through
! the Senate day or two since a law authorfz-
! ing The President to retaliate by closing our
PorLs against canada, and as attached to it the
| House shipping bill, think it viii become law
/ IN few days. Congress can do nothing more
Inc entire responsibility is now with the Presi-
Gent ana Secretary of state They move very
slowly All diplomacy is timed and slow going
That the Administration wants a Commission
or a reciprocal treaty, have no doubt. but de
| Senate may call a halt. / am certainly clear
that your vessel cannot be forfeited under the
! treaty of lSlS; and that, under the laws of
| Great Britain and this country she had a right
| to purchase that which she wished to supply
! herself with. Or course she must Weld obedi-
ence to the Customs laws OF Canada. am
yours very truly, WM I. FRYE.
ARMING FOR PROTECTION.
| BosToS, May 21st.-There has been some
excitement along the waterfront over the
report that a fishing schooner had been
arming in this harbor. The story is as fol-
| lows The schooner Augusta Herrick.
Captain William E. Herrick. left New York
four days ago on fishing trip to the Bay
of Fundy. Hearing of the seizure of the
| Portland schooner by the Canadians, the
owners of the vessel decided that some
| thing must be done to protect their prop
: erty. The Herrick accordingly put into Bos-
! ton harbor, and her Captain went ashore
He purchased two 36-inch yacht guns.
which were delivered on board, together
with large amount of ammunition and
small arms. The schooner then headed
down the bay on her voyage to the fishing
waters along the Canadian shore. The
| Captain, when asked by the gun dealer
what he proposed to do with the guns, re-
| piled: I" am going a fishing in the Bay
J OF Fundy, and ! don't propose to have any
cheap Canadian pirate seizing my schooner
| THE GOVERNOR OF MAINE SPEAKS.
PORTLAND (Me.) May 2lst. - Governor
Robie said to-day To my mind, the seiz-
| ure of the David }. Adams and the Ella NJ.
| Doughty was blunder on the part of the
Canadian Government, an outrage on our
flag, and gross injustice TO fishermen and
owners. ] am very confident that there is
in Maine but one sentiment We desire
peace. We regret that the shadow
of war should have been for a mo-
ment cast upon us; but at the same
| time we desire to have the rights
! OF our fishermen respected and
we ask of the national Government the
same protection to our property when in
| Canadian waters as when al home. Wise
craftsmanship will be demanded to carry
us through the present trouble without loss
of dignity or sacrifice of right. We look
to Washington for that craftsmanship. The
Administration has got 10 declare its
! policy. | have no criticism to make III ad-
! vance of that declaration
Continued Labor Troubles
New YORK, May 21st.-In the threatened
! lockout of tailors, 100 shops have closed up
| so lar, with about l 500 men out The
closing of the shops IS said to be a neces-
sity, having no button-hole operators. If
the men do not return to work by Sunday
morning, ii will be necessary to close 600
more shops, throwing out of work about
1000 men. The contractors cannot agree
with the men on three points-the button
hole question, the weekly system, and the
recognition of the Operators Union.
| ELECTRICIANS ON STRIKE.
Three hundred and fifty men employed
in the shops of the Edison Electric Com.
pany in this city are on a strike. The
company conceded them an advance in
| wages and reduction in hours from ten to
nine Now they demand that only Union
men be employed, and that no employe be
required to attend more than one planer
instead of three. as heretofore. The COM
pany threatens to close down, and have its
work done by contract.
The PrelIer Murder Case.
ST. LOUIS, May 2lst.-Fhe interest in the
Maxwell case continues undiminished At
the opening of proceedings this morning
| the crowd OF curious spectators exceeded
! that in attendance at any previous day
This was due, perhaps, to the fact that
\ witness was to be examined who had
positively identified the body found in the
zinc trunk at the Southern Hotel as that
of Preller. The witness proved to be j. A
! Frazer, of Toronto, Canada, for many
years a photographer, but now a portrait
painter and sculptor. Frazer was placed
on the sJand, and testified that he had met
! Preller in Torontoa year ago last February
He described Preller as he knew him then
and exhibited q portrait which he had
painted, and it had been pronounced an
excellent likeness. He was shown by Nc
Donald, of. the prosecution, during the
| latter's visit to Toronto, a post-mortem
| photograph Of Preller's body, and he made
! a portrait from il. Witness described his
! visit to st. Louis after the murder He
had visited the cemetery in company with
| one of the counsel for defense He had
seen the casket in which Preller's body
! had been placed exhumed and recognized
the body without doubt as that of Preller.
He recognized the corpse by the face and
a scar on the left eyebrow. He considered
the body to be in a remarkably perfect
| state of preservation. The witness identi-
! fled two different photographs of Preller
| The croSs-examination failed to confuse
witness, and as he stepped down from the
stand it was evident that Jurors and
spectators alike entertained no doubts as
TO the identity of the body found in the
! trunk.
The Death Penalty.
BUFFALO, May 2lst-Peter Louis Otto. .
wife murderer, was hanged this nIorning.
PLUMMERsvILLE (Ark.j, Nav 2lst.-Lee
Barnes was hanscd here to-day for killing
Charles iollman last November The
! murder was committed for the purpose of
robbery.
RALEIGH On. c.. May 21st-This after
noon Louis Kilgrave (colored) was publicly
hanged at Hendersonville for the murder
last fall of Matte Henderson.
SIDNEY (Neb.) May 2Ist.-James Reyn-
olds was hanged here to-day for the muir
der OF James and John Pinkston-father
and son-thirty miles north of Sidney,
September l6, 1885. In a letter to his
mother, written last night, Reynolds ac-
knowledged his crime, but claims that the
Pinkstons and himself had dispute over
a settlement of money matters between
them, and in the fight he killed them both.
Frightful Death of a Child.
GREENSBORO IN. c., May 2lst-Intelli-
gence of the horrible fate of a 6-year-old
girl has reached here from Thomasville
She was feeding a drove of hogs with
bread, and in order to reach them better,
she had got in the corner of a fence The
hogs crowded around her. and one of them
accidentally bit her hand The smell of
blood seemed to excite the animals, espe-
cially as the child had no more bread They
grabbed at her bleeding hand, and the
child, in her terrified attempt to get away,
stumbled and fell to the ground, where
upon they tore her to pieces, fighting with
each other for the reeking fragments The
horrible occurrence was witnessed by a
paralyzed old woman, who was unable to
| render any assistance.
A Husband Wounds His Wife and Kills
Himself.
SPRINGFIELD (Mass.) May 2lst.-This
afternoon Andrew ]. Wiggin. aged so
years, a bricklayer, and his wife, who is %
years old and very pretty, were walking
in Dwight street, when suddenly Wiggin
drew a revolver, and stepping back, fred
three shots at his wife, one shot taking eff
feet in her hip, the second in her
arm and the third in her hand A
crowd at once started in pursuit
| of Wiggin, who ran down an
/ alley. As the crowd gained upon him he
appeared to become frightened, and after
| looking backward two or three times
placed the muzzle of his pistol 10 his tenn