Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-25
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was never heard from until Tuesday last.
save that late in 1851 there came a foreign
letter, In strange hand, announcing that
| the Captain, whose name was Aaron Har-
vey, had died.
The mother assumed the care and main
tenance of the family, refusing from time
| TO time all offers of marriage until twenty
one years had passed. Then she married
| q Mr.. Cham plon, and settled twenty miles
away from Bangor. To her married
daughter, Elizabeth, came an aged, gray
haired man last Tuesday, saying that he
was her father, who had been wrecked in
comparatively isolated portion of the Pa
CHIC Ocean. An attempt has been made to
suppress the story.
The Tennessee Turf.
| MEMPHIS, April 24th.-The dav was de-
| lighttul, the track a little slow from the
mornings shower, and the attendance over
| 1000.
The race for all ages, three-ouarter mile
heats, was won by White Nose, Mute sec
opd, Red Leaf third. Time, l:16 and 1l73.
| The race for two-year- -olds, five-eighths of
a mile dash, was won by L. H. Myrtle Sec
ond, Bliss third. Time LOG
| The three year-old dash of one and one
eighth miles was won by Strdeaway,
Spokane second, Hypocrite third Time,
1:574.
The three year-old dash of one mile was
captured by Entry in 1;4S, Ben. Harrison
second, Los Webster third.
| Rain, Hail and Death.
ATLANTA (Ga.), April 24th.-One of the
heaviest rain ano hail storms ever known
here began to fall at 4:30 this afternoon. Ii
| was a ve;itabie cloudburst. at the time il
began members of the fire department
were inside the Jackson building, which
| was burned on Saturday, and the walls of
| which were still standing. A fire had
broken out among some of the debris aud
| the men were there to put it out. The
storm burst so suddenly that before they
could get out one of the walls fell. killing
two and iniuring others. The Ivy-street
| Mission was blown down and completely
destroyed, and other buildings were con-
siderably damaged.
Regular Virginia Style.
LYNCHBURG (Va.), April 2ith.-A report
received tonight from Bickley's Mills
says: While the election on the l;quor
license question was progressing, William
Porter walked up to Howell with a re-
| volver in his hand saying, Pm going 10
shoot you,'' and fred before Howell made
an attempt to draw his pistol. Howell
| received the shot in the left breast
but it is thought that he will
recover. Porter was shot three times and
| expired in few minutes. Joe Sargent and
Martin Johnson were mortslly wounded,
and another man slightly, while interfer-
| ing. The trouble grew out of an old grudge.
Presbyterian Missionary Society.
PHILADELPHIA, April 2fth.-The nine
teenth annual assembly of the Women's
| Foreign Missionary Society of the Presby-
| terian Church began in this city to-day
About 800 delegates were in attendance
from all parts of the country and from for
eign lands The Home Secretary's report
| told of AZ auxlliarles and 1874 branches hav-
ing been added during the year. The Oc-
cidental Board, representing the societies of
California, which has hitherto acted with
this society, has taken steps towards sep
arate organization, and will hereafter re-
port directly to the Board of Foreign Mis-
sions of the Presbyterian Church.
"Inaecurate and MisIeading.n
CHARLESTON IS. c., April 24ih.-Con-
cerning the recently published statement
in Southern papers that Grover Cleveland
declared in an interview he would not ac-
cept the Democratic nomination in 1892
and that his public life was ended, Cleve-
land writes denial 10 the editor of the
Charleston World, concluding his letter
with the following sentence: . will con-
tent myself in this case with the state
| ment that the report of the interview
which occurred while l was en- route to
Florida was very inaccurate and mislead-
ing.
The Missouri's Cargo.
BALTIMORE, April 24th.-In speaking of
any financial loss resulting from the throw
ing overheard of the Missouri's cargo in
rescuing the passengers of the Danmark,
Baker, one of the owners of the Missouri
said Our company will not charge one
cent for the trouble caused by the action of
/ OF it faE
lot to pay for the cargo thrown verboard
we will pay the bill without murmur
The course of Captain Murrell is approved
on the same grounds as it would have been
disapp, owed had he acted differently"
Cutting Down Drinking Places.
PITTsBuRG, April 24th.-Ju6ge White OF
the Common Pleas Court handed down his
decision in the liquor license applications
for Allegheny county tonight. He granted
ninety-three retail and forty-three whole
sale licenses in this city, against total of
over 700 two years ago and 274 last year.
The decision created intense excitement
among the liquor dealers. Many of those
refused were among the heaviest and most
prominent dealers in the county.
Conference of Charities.
| DETROIT, April oath. THE Executive
Committee of the National Conference of
Charities and Corrections met here TODAY
to Fix the date OF the next conference which
is to be held al San Diego and San Fran
cisco. 1t was decided to leave Chicago on
Wednesday, July 29th, reaching San Diego
in time to open conference August 81, and
after a session of four days to reconvene at
San Francisco and possibly at Portland,
Or
A Destructive Landslide.
New YORK, April 24th.-Advices from
Panama says: A fearful land slide recently
occurred al point through which tunnels
on the Oroya RAILROAD were cut, to enable
the Verrugas bridge to be thrown across
the chasm from tunnel to tunnel. A cloud
burst caused a mass of rocks and
earth to crash down and swept away the
bridge, which cost S5000 900. 1t was 575
feet long and 260 feet in hight.
Potato Crank.
New YORK, April 25th-Geerge Francis
Train has q new idea. He proposes to
abolish poverty and death by showing that
man can live on 10 cents worth of pota-
toes and one cup of coffee daily provided
he takes a Turkish bath. He is putting the
idea to practical test, having lived for the
last six days on this diet. He has, how
ever, lost two pounds of flesh daily.
Cheap Freight to Mexico.
New YORK, April 24th.-A reduction of
so per cent. in freight rates between New
York and Mexico has been made by the
railroads from this city. Rates are now 65
cents. The break was caused by the action
of the Ward line of steamships, which is
taking freight as low as ten cents. 1t was
forced TO this by the competition of the
Mexican subsidized Lopez line.
His Name WAS Murphy.
ALBANY. April 24th.--In the Senate this
morning Pierce asked for the privilege of
, the floor for Hon. Oliver Mowat. Premier
of Ontario, but Murphy objected. saying
that under the rules q friend of his had
, been refused admission, and aside from
that, he objected 10 any courtesy being ex-
: tended to any dependent of the British
Crown. Mowat was excluded.
Patriotic Mayor.
CHICAGO, April 24th.-Mayor Cregier TO-
lday issued a proclamation recommending
1.-THE celebration of the Centennial of the
Inauguration of Washington, by general
closing of business and the holding of re-
llgious services and public exercises.
Defeated by Large Msjority.
II Boston, April 24th.-The returns are