Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-07

equally difficult to discover any good reason
for expecting Kingston to be defeated in the
suburban with only 12l pounds to carry
In such quiet private betting as now goe!
on between individual turfmen, Hanover
is the favorite for the Brooklyn handicaI
and Kingston for the suburban The Tri
bune thinks Kingston should carry 12t
pounds in the suburban instead of 121.
Featherweight Notes.
MINNEAPOLIS (Minn.), February 9th. =
Ike Weir, the Belfast Spider" has re
turned from Duluth $1,000 better off for hi.
fight with George Siddons He has ar
ranged match with Tommy Burke, the
champion featherweight of the Pacific
Slope, to come off next week at the Co
mique. After that he will fix up match
with Harry Gilmore.
Threatened Strike of 5000 Men.
MCKEEsPoRT, February 6th.-The EN-
ployes of the National Tube Works met to.
night and refused to accept the 10 per cent
reduction ordered by the company, buI
they will not strike until conference is
held with General Manager Flagler, who is
now in New York. The National Tube
Works Company exploys about 5000 men
Heaviest Plates in the World.
copyright, 1855, Jybe Cali fornia Associated Press
PITTsBuRG, February 6th.-The Bessemel
Steel Mill of Carnagie, Phipps & Co., al
Homestead, will soon be able to make the
heaviest armor plates in the world. The
best record so far has been made in Eng.
land, where plates have been made weigh.
ing 10000 pounds each.
An Appeal for the Famine-Stricken.
BosToN, February 6th.-Secretarv Smith
of the American Board of Commissioners
OF Foreign Missions, appeals for $25, 600 to
help the starving people in central Turkey
The money is to be sent to Langdon s.
Ward, Treasurer, No. l Somerset street
Boston.
C. p. Huntington's Art Treasures.
Copyright, 1855, by he California A,soctated Press
New YORK, February 6th-Among the
pictures exhibited at the Union League
Club tonight, were four by c. P. Hunting.
ton, landscapes by Carot and Rosseau, and
female head by Kraus.
A Baseballist Engaged.
BosToN, February 6th-Treasurer Bill
ings, of the Boston Baseball Club, has re-
ceived dispatch from Tom Brown, late O.
Pittsburg and Indianapolis, agreeing tC
play right field for the Bostons the coming
season.
Death of a Prominent Tennesseean.
MEMPHIS, February 6th.-Dr. Z. Miles
Willet, Supreme Medical Examiner for the
Catholic Knights of America, died sud
denly this afternoon of heart disease, aged
81 years.
Killed by Dynamite.
MARQUETTE (Mich.), February 6th.-Ar
explosion of dynamite in the works of the
Hancock Chemical Company this after.
mn fy.l
Adam Ytisala.
Banker Who Won't Decamp.
CINCINNATI, February 6th.-The Metro
politan Bank Directors passed resolution:
tonight to suspend the bank. 1t is now in
the hands of the Government. Vice Presi
dent J. K. Decamp has been arrested.
Crowding the Record Close.
BosToN, February 6th.-It is reported
that John C. Crowley, who left for Europ,
some time ago, is defaulter to the extent
OF $4,000, mostly in trust estates.
Frozen to Death in Mexico.
BROWNSVILLE, February 9th. - Alber
Garquz, Felix Gomez, Feliciano Comptres
Antonio Blanco, Arnold, woman, nam,
unknown, were frozen to death on the 10Th
ultimo near Tampico.
His Sad Mission.
New YORK, February 6th.-Among tht
passengers on the Aurania, which came III
to her wharf yesterday, was Samuel New.
ton Brooks, father of Hugh NJ. Brooks
alias Maxwell.
Death of Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes
BosToN, February 6th.-Mrs. Oliver Wen
dell Holmes, wife of DR.. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, died this morning. She was 6
years of age.
Good Reason for Dismissal.
CINCINNATI, February 9Th. - Charge.
against Charles Hopkins and Mrs Butler
were dismissed in the Police Court for lack
of testimony to convict