Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-15

the funds of the lodge to the amount of
S6.OO0, and warrant has been issued for
his arrest.
LATER.-The warrant for the arrest of
Hill has been recalled. 1t was found that
he had only mixed the lodge money with
his own, and there was no embezzlement
The Alleged Opium smuggler.
OGDENsBURG On. W, February 14th-r
Erwin Gardner, under bail to answer
charges OF opium smuggling, was arrested
again to-day on like charge. Dispatches
received from Special Agent Aver at San
Francisco say that Gardner, who claimed
to be Government employe acting under
Myers instructions, was an impos or, and
! another Pacific coast official telegraphs that
the prisoner was once the leader of SNUG
Cling band on the coast
Depew as q Candidate
New YORK February 15th.-A. M.-The
New York World, which is prone to pick
ing out candidates for the Republican
party, is working up the chances of Chaun-
cey NJ. Depew, President of the New York
Central Railway, for the Presidential NOM
ination by the Republicans. 1t publishes
the views of number of Republicans ap-
proving of Depew. Many are prominent
men, but are not active in the councils of
the New York Republicans. Depew him
self says he is not candidate
The Warning Railroads.
CHICAGO, February 14th.-The Burling-
ton road to-day carried out its threat and
put in reduced grain rates from Nebraska
points and the Missouri river to Chicago.
It is understood the ST. Paul, Rock Island
and Northwestern will combine to keep up
the old rates on corn and ignore the cuts.
The rates on horses and mules in carloads
is reduced by all lines from Kansas City to
Chicago, and from Council Bluffs and
Omaha they were reduced to $50.
Coming to California.
copyTigAt, 1888, by he California Assocatsd Press
ROCHESTER, IN. W, February 14th.-The
third of the popular California excursions,
composed principally of the people of
Western New York, will leave Tuesday
next for Los Angeles county, on the new
Pullman buffet car under the management
of c. Il. Culver.
Reward for Japanese Rescuers.
Icopyght, 1855, 6ythe California 4ssociaea Press.
WASHINGTON, February l4th.-Mr. Nor
| row to-day reported favorably from the
Foreign Affairs Committee the bill intro
duced by him to provide gift for the
| Japanese who offered suecor to the surviv-
Cholera and Poor Paper Money.
WASHINGTON, February 4th-The United
States Consul at Callao reports that the
cholera is abating at VALPARAISO and San
tiago, and that owing to the lack of conf
dence in the Peruvian Government the
paper money recently issued by it has so
deprecated as to be almost worthless.
Chicago Has a New Chief.
Co,to;,, Co.
w. Hubbard was this morning appointed
Chief of Police to succeed Frederick X
Ebersold, resigned. The new Chief has for
some time been Captain OF the Central de-
tail, and has been connected with the force
for fifteen years.
Louisville Spring Meeting.
LOUISVILLE, February 14th.-The Louis
vile Driving Park Association to-day de-
termined to hold a spring trotting meeting
beginning May 9th and continuing four
days. The purses and programme will be
announced next week.
The sick Bank -wrecker.
CINCINNATI, February 14th.-B. F. Hop
kins is quite i'll with dropsy of the bowels.
His physician says that if a new trial is
not granted he will make an affidavit that
1t will be dangerous to his life to remove
him to the penitentiary.
A Determined Woman.
Boston, February 14th.-Mrs. Robinson,
under sentence of life Imprisonment for
poisoning, refuses to eat, and declares her
intention to starve herself to death.
Mob Law in Illinois.
PINCKNEYvILLE (Ill.), February 14th.-
Early this morning mob lynched Alonzo
Holly (colored), who was in Jail for crimi-
nally assaulting a white woman two
months ago.
A Michigan Election.
MARQUETTE February 14th.-The latest
returns indicate that Seymour mas been
elected to Congress over Breen by about
1000 majority.
The Mardi-Gras'
New ORLEANS, February 14th-The
mardi-gras opened to-day with gorgeous
pageant.