Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-09

annual regatta of the Mississippi Valley
Amateur Rowing Association.
Only two contests were attempted. The
trial heat for single sculls (seuiorl Dona.
hue of Toronto won. The trial heat.
double sculls, Nsgle and Pelkington of New
York won. The remainder was postponed
until tomorrow.
Johnstown Notes.
JoHSsTowN (Pa), August Slh.-A meet
ing OF the business men was held this even
ing to take steps toward determining the
! liability of the South Fork Fishing Club
for the great disaster. Committees were
appointed and fund will be raised 10 help
make the suit of John Thomas & Sons
against the club a test one.
The body of a tifteen-year- old girl was
found near the business part OF Main
street this evening. II was remarkably
we'll preserved.
Constitution Completed.
BISMARCK (Dsk.) }, August Ssh.-The Con.
yenuon to-day adopted the report of the
Committee on Legislative Apportionment.
The school land section was also adopted.
The Convention will be prepared to sub
nit everything TO the Committee on Revis-
ion and Adjustment tomorrow, and il is
expected an adjournment will be taken on
Iuesday, when the committee viii report
ana the Constitution in its entirety Will be
adopted.
Anxious Locomotive Engineers.
CHICAGO, August Sth.--C Considerable anx-
Iety exists among the members o! the
brotherhood OF Locomotive Engineers in
this city regarding the outcome OF the next
Convention, which will be held in Denver.
IN October. 1t is believed that the late
strike on the Burlington road will engage
large share OF the attention and that tne
result may be dissolution of the Brother
hood.
Sugar Trust.
PHILADELPHIA, August Sth. &C. A.
Spreckels specifically denies the statement
that Claus Spreckes has made an arrange
ment with the Sugar Trust. He says the
Fehnery will be finished September 10th,
ana work on the new buildings won't be-
gin immediately. Harrison, Frazier & Co.
also deny having an understanding with
the Sugar Trust
Death of Noted Attorney.
CHICAGO, August Sth.-Hon. James r.
Doollttie, Jr. well-known lawyer of this
city, died to night after long illness.
Doolttle was prominent in educational as
well as In legal circles, having been for
many successive terms a member of the
Chicago Board of Education. He YVES the
son OF ex. United States Senator Doolittle,
of Wisconsin.
1t Was Not Tate.
LOUISVILLE (ky.), August Sth.-Governor
Buekner to-day received a photograph of
the man arrested at Scottsborough as ex-
treasurer Tate. The only resem blance of
the tOgitive was in his mustache, and men
who have known Tate for many years say
he could not possibly be tie man CORE
spending to that photograph
Total Abstinence Union.
CLEVELAND (Ohio), August Sth.-Dele-
gates to the Annual American Catholic
Total Abstinence Union finished their bus
iness day.
The following officers were elected: Pres
ident, Rev. ]. NJ Cleary, of Kenosha, Wis |
First Vice President, Rev. Morgan NJ.
Sheehy, of Pittsburg. The next Conven-
ton is to be held at Pi;tsburg.
st. Louis to the Front.
ST. LOUIS, August Sth.-Two hundred
thousand dollars have already been sub
scribedsby half dozen citizens in advance
OF the subscription solicited for the Worlds |
Fair here. Richard c. Kerens will proba-
bly, be Permanent Chairman of the Com
mittee of Two Hundred.
Pleaded Guilty.
New York, August S;h-Allen, Presi.
dent OF the Forty. second. street Railroad
Company, to-day pleaded guilty to issuing
fraudulent certificates of stock to the
amount of $4,000 He has been held TO
appear before the Grand Jury. Another
arrest is expected in connection with the
case.
Stupendous ForgeFies
MINNEAPOLIS, August sth.-The stupen-
dous series of forgeries committed by ].
Frank Collum is still the reigning sensa-
tion in Minneapolis. Collum was arrested
late this afternoon upon a warrant sworn
out by F. F. Davis, attorney for MI: Bais-
dell.
Arrested for Conspiracy.
New YORK, August Sth,-Ferdinand w. |
Hoefle, partner of President Allen, of the |
Forty-second street road, who was arrested |
as conspirator with Alien TO dispose of |
the forged securities of the company, ad- |
mits receiving $3.50, 900 of the stock of the |
company in pay for patents.
Urges Them to Attend.
KANSAS CITY, August Sth-There was |
received at the G. a. r. National Head |
quarters here to-day, a circular from Com |
mander Booth of the Department of Kan
sas, in which he strongly urges all veterans |
to attend the National Encampment at |
Milwaukee.
The Strike Successful.
EMERSON kHa.), August Sth.-Ihe great |
coke strike is ended, with victory for the |
men with an advance of ~ per cent. This |
was brought about by the conference of the |
labor leaders, which lasted all day with the |
three large coke firms.
appointment Revoked.
ANNAPOLIS, August Sth.-A telegram has |
been received by Secretary of State Le- |
compte from Governor Lowry of Missis- |
sippi, stating he had revoked the appoint |
ment of detective Norris, who was here |
trying to arrest kilrain.
Typhoid Fever.
CHICAGO, August Sth.-0ver one hundred |
and fifty cases of typhoid fever, said to |
have been caused by impure drinking |
water, are reported in the city.
The CoIored PusiIist.
New York, August 8th-Peter Jackson
will have four-round bout with William |
Baker, of Hoboken, this evening. Jack
son sails for Europe on the 18th instant.
Death of an Old whaIer.
New BEDFORD. August Sth.--Jonathan |
Boume died here last night. He once had |
the largest whaling interest in the world |
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Condensed Telegraphic Dispatches From |
All Parts of the World.
Three more bodies have been taken out |
of the ruiUs near the lower end of Johns |
town, Penn.
The Vienna Political Correspondence states |
that the Porte has decided to proclaim a |