Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-10-26

WARY n. HoOuUIluSe, OF OnlO; treasurer
Miss Esther Pugh. Mrs. Woodbridge has
reappointed as Assistant Secretary Mrs. L
| NJ. n. Stevens, Of Maine
The Episcopalians.
CHICAGO, October 25th.-At the afternoon
session of the Episcopal Convention the
| following action was taken In the rubriC
prefxed to the Apostles creed, it is per
mitted to use, instead of the words, " He
| descended into hell, the words, " He went
| into the place of departed spirits" In the
same creed the word again y is inserted
after the word rose" In the order fol
evening prayer magnificent" and "nunC
dimittis" " are inserted. In the Litany there
is inserted the suffrage: THAT it NAV
please Thee to send forth laborers into
Thine harvest, we beseech.' etc. In the
communion service, when more than one
celebration is had the same day, the saying
of the Decalogue may be omitted at the
earlier service, provided the whole office be
used once that day. Tonight the House OF
Deputies formally concurred in the eleva-
ton of DR.. Kirby to be Missionary fol
Utah and Nevada, and DR.. Talbot for Idaho
and Wyoming.
Specially Dedicated TO Stockton Conven-
ton Democrats.
WASHINGTON, October 25th.-The Su-
preme Court day rendered decision in
the case of the Wabash, st. Louis and Pa
cific Railway Company against the People
of the State of Illinois, brought up on a
writ of error from the Supreme Court The
case was one of alleged unjust discrimina.
ton, i'll violation of the State law of 1871
revised in 1873. The decision is in effect
that State law designed to regulate
charges cannot apply to interstate traffic, as
such application would touch upon the
constitutional powers of Congress. and be
damaging restriction of the freedom Of
traffic. The ruhng of the Supreme Court
OF Illinois is reversed.
Gold and Silver in Massachusetts,.
BosToN, October 25th.-H D. Ward, who
| has been prospecting for gold, silver, cop
per and sulphur about North Adams fol
years, and who started explorations in the
place where sulphur, gold and copper ar;
now being mined successfully, has struck
gold AMI silver ore, it is announced, on
Loves farm, situated at the foot Of Grey
lock Mountain, near mine worked by tht
| Quakers seventy years ago. The State As
sayer writes that it assays $51 a ton, anC
| Ward has bought 400 acres of land adjoin
| ing. Other land in the vicinity cannot bt
| bought for any price. A company will bt
formed Immediately.
A Negro Fiend.
VALLEY FALLS (Kansas), October 25th.-
| Cy. Lafferty, negro, who so brutally bea
his wife and then set fire to her clothing
after saturating them with coal oil, a
Leavenworth last Friday night came to tht
residence of his brother-in-law, John Mar
tin, near this place, last night. He got hole
OF a large butcher knife and made desperate
off to Ii "a :,
his throat four inches long, completely sev
ering the windpipe. He was brought tc
town for medical treatment, and this after
noon the officers started with him back Il
Leavenworth. Lafferty will probably dit
from his wounds, if he is not lyncheC
meanwhile.
The Coffee Market.
New YORK, October 25th.-The Telegram
says: The Importers and Grocers' Ex.
change to-day was the scene of much
excitement On account of the unsettled con-
dition of the coffee market. The sharr
upward turn in prices which took place or
Saturday caused fears of disaster to many
dealers. Operations were heavy, and there
was desperate struggle between the bulls
and bears. A strong effort is being made
to break the corner. 1t was reported thai
European spectators had purchased oyel
100000 bags of rice.
Death of Mrs. Stewart.
New YORK, October 25th.-Mrs Cornelia
NJ. Stewart, wife of the late millionaire dry
goods merchant, A. T. Stewart, died sud
denly this morning at her residence, Thirty
fourth street and Fifth avenue. On Friday
she took dinner with Mrs. Henry Hilton
and on her way home she contracted &
heavy cold. On Saturday she was so ii
| that she was compelled TO GO to bed, anC
DIR. Miner was sent for yesterday. Mrs
Stewart grew worse, and Dr. Miner re-
mained with her all night AT half-past c
O'Clock this evening ex-Judge Horace Rus
sell called at the Stewart mansion and was
Informed that, although Mrs. Stewart had
spent restless night. she was feeling bet
ter, and was able to sit up in bed without
any great effort. At few minutes after 1C
O'clock Judge Russell was surprised to learn
from messenger that Mrs. Stewart was
dead.
A Jealous Youth Kills His Rival.
LOUISVILLE, October 25th.-A Courier
Journals special says: Alex Hoard and
John Paxton, schoolboys ard rivals in
love, stood in q store at New Frankfort
Ind, yesterday, as their sweetheart, Miss
lneZ Hollis, passed by going to school
Hoard threw q kiss to her, and Paxton en-
ragged, knocked him in the head with q
stick, fractuIing his skull, and then stamped
his face to jelly. Paxton seemed like a
mailman, and toamed at the mouth and
before he could be captured rushed to the
woods, waving his hands and shrieking
Hoard will die. Both are sons of promi-
nent farmers of Scott county. Great ex-
element prevails. The young lady remains
by the bedside of her dying lover
Lost on the Lake.
ST. PAUL (Minn) }, October 25ih.-Winni-
peg news has just been received here that
the brigantine Commodore Owen, belong
ing 10 the Hudson Bay Company, was
wrecked near Fort Churchill August 30th,
with her cargo. The loss is estimated at
100000. The crew and passengers, sonle
twenty persons, chung to the wreck until
help could be sent from shore, forty miles
distant
Made a Good job of 1t.
BURLINGTON (Ia.), October 18th - 4
strange suicide occurred on the farm OF
William Kidney. near here, last night. E.
J. Wilcox, aged 60, waited until the other
members Of his family had retired and
then stepped outside the door and ex-
ploded dynamite cartridge under his arm.
The report was terrific. The fragments OF
hi9 bOhs hNic cSsitltiSh ill SFNiy h4lSNtAOAl-
Blaine to Speak IN New York.
PITTsBUBG, October 25th.-To-morrow
morning Mr. Blaine starts on his tour
through the anthracite coal regions. From
there he goes to New York, where it is said
he will speak in behalf of Theodore Roose-
welt, Republican candidate for Mayor.
Too Good tor Him.
MEMPHIS. October 25th.-James Haynes
(colored), who murdered Mary Jackson
(also colored), last Friday, in Bolivar
county, Miss, and afterward mutilated her
remains, was taken from the Jail at
Brownsville, Miss, last Saturday night, by
mob OF colored men. and hanged.
a Terrible Death.
DENVER, October 25th.-At noon to-day
Thomas Arkell. engineer at the Albany
Hotel, while oiling machinery on the top
of the fourth story, lost his footing and fell
to the stone tagging, seventy feet below.
He killed instantly, and when he was
picked up every bone in his body was
found broken.
A Juvenile Horse-thief.
DETROIT, October 25th.-A Free Press
special says that a 13-year- old glrl named
Len Fairbanks was sent TO the Reform
School for horse-stealing.
FestiSe OmcfaIs