Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-09-01
Hooking valley Road.

New YORK, August 31st-The Stock
holders Committee of The Hooking Vail V
Railroad. in which the Charles Crccker es-
tate is largely interested, have accepted the
resignation of President Shaw, which was
asked for by the Directors, and Samuel d.
Davis elected President to succeed Shaw.
The new President of the Hooking Val
ley road is of the family of the late Chief
Justice Waite, and was formerly General
Manager of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and
Dayton road. After the election to-day
the Board decided 10 pay the interest on
the consolidated per cent. bonds, due
Monday. The effect is that the compauy's
bonds have advanced or per cent and
the stock 3 per cent.
The Cronin Murderers.
CHICAGO, August 3lst.-The attorneys in
the Cronin murder trial resumed the work
of securing a jury this morning and are
making very slow progress.
The proceedings in the Cronin trial to-
day made it apparent that the selection of
the jury will take week or more Both
sides are searching in their questions and
many jurors who appear at first to be quite
eligible, prove upon minute inquiry to be
wholly incompetent under the law The
result of the two days work SO far is that
eighteen jurors have been examined, of
whom fourteen were excused for cause, one
peremptorily challenged by the State and
three, having been rendered by the State,
are awaiting examination.
Enforced Liquidation.
NEW YORK, August 31st.--The Wall street
Daily News says: A gigantic trust has
been made, and for the next four months
fully one half the capital stock of the Ore
gon and Transcontinental Company may
be said to be in quosi liquidation. At the
end of the period mentioned it is more
than probable that the Oregon and Trans
continental affairs will be wound up. The
people who are now at work, and who
have been for the past three days, buying
Oregon and Transcontinental, feel confident
that between this and the end of November
the stock will be entirely absorbed by
themselves, and then enforced liquidation
will be easy.
Story Not Credited.
New YORK, August 31st.-The CONNER
cidL AdUertiSer in an editorial says: Once
more it is reported from China the elestial
authorities intend to expel all Americans
now employed within Chinese territory, in
retaliation for our immigration laws. No
more importance is attached TO this intelli-
gence now than al any other time 1t is
highly improbable that China will ever act
IN the way indicated. Americans in China
are, as a rule, distinct benefit to that
country; but the case is the reverse with
the Chinese in the United States.
Killed by Burglars.
BIRMINGHAM (Ala.), August 31st.-At
Montwallo last night John Lawrence saw
a hight in his uncles store and went to see
about it. Burglars were inside and
opened on him with their pistols He
fred three times, but when all was over
the burglars were gone, and Lawrence lay
dead, shot through the heart. One man
has been arrested charged with the offense.
Killed in a Fist Fight.
BoscoBEL (Wis.l, August 30th.-In order
to settle long-standing feId, two young
men, named Patsy German and Frank
Kelley, sons of neighboriug farmers, rs-
siding north of Excelsior, Richland county,
had a fight this morning, during which
Frank Kelley was killed by his adversary
Under Il Burning Wall.
SPRING CRY, August 31st.-One of the
large buildings of the American Wood
Paper Company was burned this morning.
The wall fell, killing one man. Oliver Min
shower, and iniuring several others.
John Grass Seriously Ill.
MINNEAPOLIS, August Slst.-A special
from Fort Yates, n. D., says that John
Grass, the Great Chief of the Sioux, is seri-
ously i'll and no: expected 10 live.