Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-06-21

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of the northern forces, and the continued
defections from Legitime's forces. Several
of the latter's best officers have been
| captured.
1t is claimed that not single place in
| the army of three departments of the
north is now occupied by Legitimes
| forces. At Port-au- Prince it is stated that
| the Archbishop and other friends of Legi-
| time begged him to leave the country so as
| to insure peace, but he refused.
Probably Another Ocean Horror.
NANTUCKET Mass }, June 2Oth.-Papers
| and wreckage in considerable quantities
were picked up at Ocean Side, near Smith s
| Point to-day. The papers include bills of
| lading, apparently not long in the water.
| Those in the center of the package are
hardly dampened. The fact that bills of
| lading from two steamers are found leads
to the theory of collision between the
steamer Haytian Republic and the British
of the latter's bills being dated Fiume, Oc-
tober 20, 1888. Pieces of doors and a small
| writing desk are among the wreckage
found. The opinion here is that an ocean
disaster has occurred.
Diamond Dust.
CHICAGO, June 2Oth.-The following is
throughout the East to-day:
At Cincinnati-Cincinnati 5, Kansas City
t.
At adelphia-Athletics 6, Columbus
7.
At Brooklyn IA, Baltimore 3.
AT Cleveand-New York /, Cleveland O.
At Louisville-No game; rain.
At dianapolis-lndianspo g. Wash
ington 4.
At Pittsburg-P -Pittsburg l. Boston ..
At Chicago-Chicago ,, Philadelphia 5.
Election Rogues Punished.
INDIANAPOLIS, June GOTH Hiram W.
Miller, ex-Treasurer of Marion county, and
Smith Williams, Superintendent of the
County Poor Asylum, were indicted for
voting idiotic and insane inmates of the
County Asylum at the last election.
They pleaded guilty before Judge Woods
to-day. Miller who, as election inspector,
in the precinct disrcgarded the challenges
in receiving the votes of the unfortunates
was fined $3.50, and Williams, who con-
spired with Miller to vote the paupers,
! was fined $50.
Prohibitions Waterloo.
PROVIDENCE, June 2Oth - The fifth
| amendment to the Constitution of Rhode
Island-the prohibition amendment-was
| to-day repealed by vote of 5,469 more
| than three-ffths of the total vote necessary
| to carry the amendment. The total vote is :
Approve, IS, 449; reject, 9,S53. In 1886,
when the amendment was adopted, the
vote, which was about 14,000 smaller,
stood Approve, 1918; reject, 9,230. The
vote will be officially counted on or before
July 10Th, and will be announced by procla-
nation on or before July Goth.
| Nicaragua Canal Company.
DENVER, June 20th.-The stockholders
| of the Nicaragua Canal Company held their
annual meeting in this city to-day. The
! engineering corps sent out a year ago to
make a preliminary survey for the canal
made their report, which was considered at
| some length and accepted.
| The following Directors for the ensuing
/ year were then elected A. G. Cheney, H.
| G. Taylor, A 0. Cheney, r. Sturgis, Ed
ward Holbrook, ]. ". Miller, A. T. Heddes,
| A. NJ. Hoyt, r. A. Lancaster J. 0. Shaugh-
messy, w. L. Scott and Daniel Jeffers.
| Curran Brothers on Trial.
| WAUPAscA (Wis.), June 2Oth.-The trial
of the Curran brothers for the murder of
| lawyer Hazeltine. at Stevens Point, was
| began to-day. Juror Grain admitted that
he had been approached by a lawyer in
| the interest of the defendants.
| The confession of Pat Car, now in Jail,
was produced, in which he stated he muir
| dered banker Mead, in 1882, and that the
Curran brothers were accessories.
| O'SuIlivan May SqueaI
| CHICAGO, June 2Oth.-P. O'SulI1van, the
| ice man, was to-day removed to the So
| called boys department of the jail, the
recognized haven for "squealers."
| 1t is asserted that the ice man has offered
to make a clean breast of everything he
| knows His motive for being willing now
| to confess is alleged to be fright over the
| arrest of Burke and the search for Cooney,
the latter's partner.
| Not at all Frightened.
Boston, June GOTH - The brother OF
| Arthur Gorham was asked to-day whether
the draft drawn by young Williams would
| be honored. Mr.. Gorham said he spoke
for his brother when he replied: "No, sir;
that draft will not be recognized under any
circumstances. Williams will again have
to go to Jail. He's bad egg. AS for that
scandal which Williams hints at, my
brother laughs at it, and says he is not
| afraid of anything Williams might say"
| A New Through Line.
ASHLAND (Wis), June 2Oth. In the
literal sense of the term, through line
will be completed in few days between
Chicago and the Pacific coast. Work has
been begun by the Northern Pacific road
on the connecting link of track uniting the
terminus of its leased lines, the Wisconsin
Central and its system here, and within 3
few days there will be a continuous line OF
| railway between the West and East.
Official Returns.
PHILADELPHIA, June 20th-The official
returns are in from every county in the
State except Armstrong and Greene. From
these counties careful estimates are given
on the prohibition amendment On the
| suffrage amendment no estimate is received
from Armstrong county. Majority against
prohibition, 1S5, 49, against the suffrage
amendment, which provided for the repeal
OF the poll-tax qualification, 225, 729.
Big Wheat Prospects.
ST. PAUL (Minn.), June 2Oth.-The rain
| last night and this morning covered about
one-half of the Northwest territory.
A better feeling now prevails among
| wheat raisers and grain men, and the out.
look points to good crop, conservative es.
Inmates made on Change to- day placing
the wheat crop for Minnesota and Dakots
at from 10000, 900 to 100, 100000 bushels.
Shot by Scoundrel.
LINCOLN (Neb.), June 20th.-A special tc
| the Journal from Neligh Neb., says Dick
Foley, a prohigate character, fatally shot
Mrs. Pomery Clark, and seriously wounded
Mr.. Clark, at their home near Neligh last
| night. Foley had been ordered away from
the house on account of his unwelcome
| attentions to Mrs. Clark sister, The mur,
derer is still at large.
| Destructive Wind in Dakota.
VERMILLIoN (Dak.), June 10Th. = A
heavy wind-storm struck this place this
morning, doing considerable damage. Col
onel kimball's new residence, the Catholic
Church, and building on the fair grounds
were total wrecks. Several houses were
moved from their foundations and other
| damage was done.
A Circuitous Route.
| New YORK, June 2Oth.-Among the
curiosities of commerce is the unloading OF
a lot of copper ore. The ore is from the
bark Iceberg. 1t had been transported
from the copper mines in Montana to San
francisco, thence by the Iceberg hither.
1t will be taken to France,
| Mail Pouch Stolen.