Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-18
NO, He 7vas s15yt Lypched.

SPoK NE FALLS Wash. > \. December 17ta.-Th,
| report that Blanton, the z3mderer of Geek a
Colfax yesterday, was lynched last nigh5 is nn
| founded. He is lodged in iail and his rial i
set for next week. Beanton lives at Oaseiale
| His reputation is thatof very bad man. Hi
| townsmel speak strongly against him He /.
! 54 years OF age. He win probably hang, az
| many me1 will swear that he made fre gUen
| threats to Eli Bobie and Click On the d " ht
went TO Colfax he said: II the Grand JURY
finds true bill against 1ae I'll fix them all .
Weeping Visitors.
| CHICAGO. December 17th. There was sound
| of weeping N the visitors cage this morning
| Friends OF the four men convicted yestertiay
| called on them and deplored their fate Burke
| alone received no callers lie preserves the
same careless-deHeanor he Las exhibited Stree
| the trial began.
| Little Kunz had recovered his spirits. The
| fact is all the prisoners, now that the surpense
| is over, are looking forward With hope to the
possibility of a new trial.
Where Did They Geesthe Key?
J ST. PAUL, December I7th.-An organized raid
was made upon the street letter boxes at s..
| Anthony Hill by two thieves early this morn
| ing. They were detected by all officer, and in
giving him the slip they dropped nearly one
| hundred valuable letters. The thieves had
key to the boxes. 1t is thoughtthey got away
I with a lot of checks and drafts. The matter
was reported to Wanamaker.
Justifable Homicide.
JEFFERSON CITY mo J, December I7th.-The
|
| justifiable homicide in the case of Miss Epper-
| son. who yesterday shot and killed julius
| Hotfer, her fathers farm hand. 1t developed
| at the inquest to-day that Hcffer had endeav-
ored to criminally assault the girl and only de-
sisted when the other hapds came to dinner.
Then it was that Miss Epperson got revolver
and killed him.
A Car Famine.
CHICAGO, December l7th.-Every railroad east
bound from here, reports th-t the December
wOnld ord ba
roads had sufficient supply of cars Careful
inquiry among nineteen roads centering here
shows scarcity of each line of from 500 to A.,
COO cars The grand total will exceed 100000.
Several lines have been compelled to refuse 10
cal shipments of grain.
Majority and Minority Reports.
New YORK, December 17th.-The Executive
Committee of the American Bankers Associa-
ton have decided to report against St John's S
proposition 10 substitute silver certificates for
legal tender and national bank notes mi
nority report favoring the proposition was also
received from three members of the committee.
Blown to Atoms.
ISHPEMIHG (AIich.) December 17th. = Two
brothers named Berglund were instsntly killed
in the Cleveland mine by a charge of dynamite.
They had descended the shaft for TIE purpose
of attaching new fuse TO charge which had
failed to explode, when the explosion suddenly
took place.
For the Benefit of His Creditors.
today for TIE bee1fBf 1is dfeuf0rs- IPatt1
ties, $4,000: assets about half that amount.
About $4,000 is due creditors in New York, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia and Baltimore
Stabbed to Death.
Ell PAso (Tex.), December 17th.-Captain
Webster, an Englishman, Superintendent of the
lie Blanca mine near Pachuoa, Mexico was. on
Tuesday, waylaid and stabbed to death while
passing through Santa Gertrudes canyon. The
English Minister is investigating thematter.
Brooklyn Academy Burning
BROOKLYN IN. W, December17th hand
some Adelphi Academy is burning. The loss
escaping gas. The janitor and his family, who
were asleep, narrowly escaped death.
Murdered His Father.
ST. LOUIS, December 17th.-George Genther,
aged 20 years, was to-day fatally beaten by his
son Emil aged II. The boy bears a bad reputa-
tion. A quarrel arose over the refusal of his
mother to furnish him with money.
Cleaning Out the Augean Stable.
CHICAGO, December 17th.-Chief Hubbard be-
gan to-day to clean out the Clan-na Gaels from
the police force. Detective John Stiff and Red
mond Mcdonald, friends of Dan Coughlin,
were the first to go.
Arrested For Forgery.
TOLEDO (ohio). December 17th.-Charles Sci
ner, proprietor of the Sunday Herald ard Times,
has been arrested for forgery. He was unable
to give BAIL and is now i'll Jail.
Fatal Lamp Explosion.
LOUISVILLE, DeCemDef lltn-by Lne eNp!O
| sion of lamp last night Mrs; Charles Il Tefer
was fatally and her three children seriously
burned. One of them cannot recover.
Death of Famous Lawyer.
| SARATOGA (N. W, December 17th.-oiver L
| Barbour, the famous compiler of Law Reports
| and authority on the same, died here this even
| ing, aged 79 years
| DIR. Nichols Dead.
NEW YORK, December 17Ih.-Dr. Chas. Henry
| Nichols, Medical Superintendent OF the Bloom
ingdale Insane Asylum, is dead. Aged 60 years.
Killed by Cave.
| DANvILLE tIll), December 17th.-D. c. Patton
| aud James Daggett were this morning killed by
! falling slate in the Kelly mine at Grape Creek.
Forty Horses Burned.
PUEBLO (Col). December 17th.-The United
| States Livery Stable, at Trinidad, Colorado was
| burned with other buildings last night Forty
horses perished. Loss, SIS 900; insurance, $1,000
A Chief Killed.
| CITY OF MEXICO, December 17th.-It is certain
| now that Lorenzo Yaqui, the Chief who re
fused to surrender, has been killed.
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