Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-04-26
WIRED WORDS.

A case OF smallpox is reported in Sar
Francisco.
Rio Baker has been appointed Postmas
ter at Antioch.
Prince Ferdinand will succeed to the
throne of Roumania
The New York Senate yesterday passed
the election reform bill
A railroad collision yesterday killed q
conductor and q brakeman.
The American Samoan Commissioners
left London for Berlin yesterday.
Mrs. W. w. Benedict dropped dead al
her home in Pasadena yesterday.
John L. Sullivan took a benefit at the
Brooklyn Casino Thursday night.
Albert NJ. Frey, the pool champion of the
world, died in New York yesterday.
The Rockaway Beach Hotel, which cost
81 600 900, has been sold for $40, 900.
James G. Blaine was reported better yes.
terday, but still confined to his room.
The Princess of Wales handicap, FIVE fur.
longs, was won yesterday by Borlock.
T. "A. Smith has been appointed Post.
master at Gladstone, Los Angeles county
A constitutional prohibition amendment
Will be submitted to vote of the people in
Connecticut.
Mrs. Josephine Kirkham, wife of prom
lnent divine in Chicago, was yesterday ar
rested for shop-ifting.
Governor Eli H. Murray denies that he
is member of filibustering expedition
which has designs on Lower California.
Gustave Brennan was tarred and feath-
cred at San Pedro on Thursday night for
being too familiar with another mans wife.
The Empress of Austria is insane. Dur
ing the last century there have been twenty
seven cases of insanity in the Bayarian
royal family.
The yacht Coronet arrived yesterday at
New York from successful trip around
the world. r. 7. Bush, the owner, and
family were on board.
w. f. Dulmage, timber inspector at Rat
portage, has skipped. An inspection of
his accounts reveals the fact that he is an
embezzler to the extent of $4,000.
Ben Jones, who killed Dick Cooper at
Colony ranch, near Winnemucca, a few
days since, committed suicide Thursday bv
shooting himself through the head.
A rising of Indians is reported on the
border on account of disappointed boomers
having squatted on Indian lands Troops
49, w oNNh SNot W ttiC oSCAC VI tfOuClc.
Emmett Mcdowell of Philadelphia de-
feated Robbie Wood of New York in FIVE
mile roller-skating race for the champion
ship OF the United States. Time, 16:455.
President Harrison walks on Pennsyl-
vania Avenue unattended, while the Car
OF Russia is quaking in his boots for his
personal safety, although surrounded by q
body guard.
Private Secretary Halford informs the
New Gork Centennial Committee that Pres
ldent Harrison's address next Tuesday will
be very brief, and probably will not be
written in advance.
A. n. Polymoth, jeweler of San Diego,
has been sentenced to pay fine of $500 for
unlawfully OBTAINING and searching a
woman and her husband, whom he charged
with stealing rings.
In sn interview Boulanger denied the re-
port that he would Immediately issue
manifesto explaining his intentions. As
yet he had no thought of doing So He is
being lionized socially.
E. B. Cowgirl, State Sugar Inspector, SAYS
that number of new sorghum sugar fac
tories will be started in Kansas this year,
and that the sugar product will be many
times greater than last year.
Mr.. Wanamaker has appealed to the
President to rescind so much of President
Cleveland's order as places the Postoffice
inspectors under the Civil Service Act, but
Mr.. Harrison declines to rescind it.
Not only on the Michigan Central, but
on all the Vanderbilt roads, freight trains
will be stopped on Sunday after May LIST.
The experiment is to be made at the ur-
gent request of Cornelius Vanderbilt.
The Senate Committee on Our Relations
with Canada will start for the Pacific Coast
within few days. There will be fifteen
people in the party. including Senators
Hoar. Hale, Allison, Dolph, Pugh, Butler
and VOORHEES, and their ladies.
The warm weather of the past few DAYS.
says Winters dispatch, has done wonders
for this section. The outlook for the fruit
crop is much better than it was early in the
season. A few more days of warm weather
and apricots will be ready to pick.
The United States Grand Jury at Port
land, on Wednesday, indicted B. Coffey, the
democratic Agent at the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, for embezzlement. Coffev is
charged with having converted about $S8
OF Government money to his own use.
Criminal proceedings were instituted yes
terday at Les Angeles against James, the
deposed Long Beach minister, by his wife
on charges of lying, fraud and obtaining
property by false pretenses. Divorce pro-
ceediDgs were also commenced by her to-
day.
Hon. Elijah NJ. Haynes, of Waukeegan.
H., an old and prominent citizen, ex-
Speaker of the State House of Representa-
tives, died this morning. He had just COM
pleted treatise on the Indian races and
6lalpptQ Of A m Qrina 10 xrhf nb nc Ind
quarter of century of research.
The Government Fish Commission
steamer Albatross arrived at San Francisco
yesterday after cruise of few months
along the Southern and Lower California
coasts. Captain Tanner reports having dis
covered number of facts relative to fish
ing banks and habits of fish that will in
terest fishermen.
The corvette Brooklyn has arrived at
New York one month after being spoken
near the West India Islands. The Monon-
gahela will probably turn up all right at
Samoa after a similar drifting passage.
The newspapers have been worrying about
both of them, but in naval circles no ap-
prehension has been felt.
Alfred Cummins, a young man of %
years, fell from chair in a saloon at Albu-
querque, n. NJ, Tuesday night and expired
few moments later. The Coroner's jury
returned verdict that the deceased died
from exhaustion superinduced by the ex-
cessive use of strong stimulants. He had
wealthy relatives in Baltimore.
A man named Monroe, an ex-convict
from the Manitoba Penitentiary, recently
died in England. In his will he makes
requests of S250.0O0 to people in Manitoba,
including 100000 to Dedson, the Warden
of the Manitoba Penitentisry, $4,000 to a
Winnipeg lawyer named Vivian and like
amount to Rev. Canon Matheson.
At meeting of the San Diego Republi-
can City Central Committee on Tuesday
night, at which ten members were present
set of resolutions were adopted, by a vote
of 6 to A. to the effect that State Senator W.
w. Bowers, the Chairman of the County
Republican Committee, is politically I'M
worthy the confidence of the Republicans
of San Diego. One of the resolutions
ended with demand for his resignation or
removal from the Craftsmanship of the
County Committee
A CALIFORNIA SENSATION.
[Petaluma Courierl
Itisreported that the sales of the California
Remedy Joys Vegetable sarsaparilla, have