Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-26
Death ofa Philantbropist.

ST. Louis, August 25th.-Henry Shaw,
the venerable philanthropist, died this
morning aged eighty. Henry Shaw was
an Englishman by birth. He came to
America and located in ST. Louis in 1909,
amassed fortune and retired from bust.
ness. At the age of forty he went abroad
and visited nearly every quarter of the
globe. Upon his return he commenced
the study and cultivation of plants and
flowers, and II was in the prosecution OF
these studies that the now world. famous
Shaw Botanical Gardens had their origin.
He made his gardens and beautiful estate
free to the public. With the death OF
Henry Shaw the famous botanical gardens
become the property of the State of Mis-
souri,.
Another, and perhaps q more valuable
benefaction, was the gift TO the city OF
Tower Grove Park, resort of peculiar
beauty: His estate is valued at two and d
halt millions.
Why They Desert.
ST. LOUIS, August 25th.-The Post Dis.
patch prints page article giving the expe-
rience of reporter who enlisted as sol
dier and investigated the causes OF so many
deseruous. The story alleges that the en-
listed men in the United States army are
treated worse than slaves. Many of them
worse even than dogs.
The reporter claims the officers, and es-
specially the nOn-commissioned officers,
are neeolessly cruel and Extensively tyran-
niCal; that the food furnished is unfit to
eat; that the vermin makes the soldiers
couch unfit to sleep upon that the recruits
money is absorbed by the suttler, and
charges that private soldiers have been
murdered by non. commissioned officers,
without so much as an investigation.
High Prices at Hotels.
MILWAUKEE, August 25th. th.-Preparatious
for the encampment are complete. The
city is alive night and day with arriving
delegations. Hotel accommodations are
limited and the rates are enormously high.
The California delegation is almost unan-
imous for Alger to succeed Warner.
Five hundred veterans are expected from
Indiana, and as many more from Ohio.
Tue New Hampshire and Vermont delega-
tions arrived last night, also Department
Commander Fowler of Arkansas. Private
Dalzell is hard at work. He says that rank
and wealth count nothing in the Grand
Army of the Republic, and is confident of
success.
Canadian Marauders.
RUTLAND vt }, August 25th.-Dr. Henry
D. Mcintyre, Superintendent of the Fish
cries Of the Alaska Commercial Company,
says that the Canadian sealers arranged be-
fore leaving Victoria to rendezvous tSand
Point Ounaga Island, where there is
neither port of entry nor customs officers.
There they transfer their sealskins to the
steam tender Wanderer sent from Victoria
for that purpose. These Canadian marau.
ders have greatly injured the seal fisheries
during the past few years. Said McIn-
tyre: "The number of seals on the islands
we estimate at one-third less than six years
ago, when the marauders began their
work"
Frederick Douglass.
WASHINGTON, August 25th.-The State
Department has no knowledge of the oppo-
sition of the Haytian Government to the
appointment of Frederick Douglass as
Minister. Leading officials of the Depart
ment said tonight: I'VE shall not be in
any hurry to send a new representative to
Hayti, until we are satisfied that stable
government has been established. We
cannot tell at present to whom to accredit
him in the present unsettled condition of
things there. We think it would be better
for our present representative to remain
there until order is finally brought out of
chaos"
ST.. PAUL, August 24th.-The J. II.
Mailer Company, extensive iobbers in
wagons and buggies, made voluntary as
signment to-day for the benefit of their
creditors to ex-Congressman Mcdonald of
this city. The company has been in
trouble for three months. To day several
thousand dollars worth of notes fell due
and were allowed to go to protest. 1t is
supposed their liabilities are about three
quarters of million and the assets about
the same. The failure is the heaviest that
has ever occurred in st. Paul.
Killed by His Brother.
JACKSON (Miss.), August 25th.-A fight
took place to-day at Newman's Grove. War
rem county, during a primary election to
select Democratic candidate for Sheriff.
w. 81. Brabston was killed by his brother,
w. T. Brabston, who was mortally
wounded. Hawkins Todd and James
Gamer are reported wounded. Bishop G.
B. Galloway of the Methodist Church in
this city was summoned to the scene, as he
is relative of the Brabstons. All the par
ties are prominent citizens.
Heavy Loss by Fire.
KANSAS CITY (Mo.), August 25th.-The
warehouses of Swift q Co., located at Ar
mourdale, one mile south of the Missouri
river, were burned this morning. Total
loss, $150,0O0, fully insured. L. f. Tate,
an employe of the company, lost his life.
Several others are seriously, if not fatally,
injured. The fire started in the smoke
house, and owing to a break in the water
works connection, gained heavily and
soon destroyed the three largest warehouses
with all their contents.
Another Kentucky Tragedy.
CINCINNATI, August 25th.-This after
noon, near Independence, KY, Levi Rice,
a farmer, met the wife, daughter and
son of P. T. Beers, with whom he had a
quarrel of many years standing. Rice
assaulted and severely beat Mrs. Beers, and
the son and daughter screamed for help,
and Beers, who was in farm house, hear
ing the cry, rushed out and shot Rice dead.
The injuries to Mrs. Beers and her son are
said to be severe.
Another Account.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 25th.-At late
hour last night Edward Azmann of Gin
cinnati cut the throat of Bertha Elf, a
young woman living in this city, and then
walking few steps away he attempted to
take his own life in the same way. Az
mann was taken to the hospital to-day.
The physicians announced that he would
probably recover. Jealousy was the cause.
The two were old lovers although both
were married.
Fire in Columbus.
COLUMBUS (0), August 25th-A fire
started at midnight last night in candy
box store on jay and Hight streets and
spread to the adjacent six-story building
occupied as lodging house above and
confectionery below. The flames en-
veloped the lower door, driving the occu-
pants to the top floors. Many women
were rescued by ladders from the roof and
top floors. No one was seriously injured.
Loss, Sl75,000
Cigarette Photographs.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 25th.-It is re-
ported E. w. Halford, the Presidents Pri-
vate Secretary, has begun suit against a
firm of cigarette manufacturers to prevent
the use of photograph of his daughter
Jeanette in cigarette packages. 1t is said
that photographs of this young lady have
already been sent out by some cigarette
manufacturers, but none of them have
yet appeared in this city.
Death of Noted Lawyer.
ST. PAUL, August 25th.-Philemon Bliss,
Justice OF the Supreme Court of Missouri
and Dean of the Missouri Law University
died in this civ this morning AGED sev.