Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-22

and elsewhere. Its Board of Directors for
! the first year are George FL. Robinson, Jose
/ M. Munoz, Albert O.. Chenic, Charles n.
| Yallas and John T. Sprouli.
A Furnace Company Fails.
READING tPa.), August 21st.-This after
noon the keystone Furnace Company,
which operates two large furnaces here,
with capacity of 450 tons per week. made
an assignment for the benefit of their cred
itors to-day. The President of the COM
psny, Henry Bushong, attributes the fail
ure to dizziness in the iron trade. The
assets of the company consist of the two
furnaces and some land, probably worth
| altogether 100000. Mortgages are re-
corded against the company amounting to
$3.50, 900, and floating obligations, some of
| which mature to morrow, amount to be-
tween $50 900 and $4,000.
| Red Lake Reservations to be Opened.
ST. PAUL, August 21st.-There is no
longer any doubt that the Red Lake
reservations IN Minnesota and Wisconsin
will be opened to settlement. Ex-Agent
Sheehan arrived tonight from Leech Lake
with news that the Chippewa Indian Com
mission had secured all the signatures
necessary (nearly 200) at Leech Lake,
where the strongest opposition TO the Nell
| sui Dlil was ndue. 1ne OOIuHllSSiOu las
| gone to Mile Laos Lake, where the recent
outbreak occurred, and where the Indians
| will sign to man. The reservations con-
sist of upward of 100000 acres of the
| finest land in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Corporal Tanners Daughter Removed.
New YORK, August 21st.-A Washington
special to the Brooklyn Eagle says: On
account of the deficiency in appropriations
it becomes necessary to reduce the force of
| clerks at all pension agencies throughout
| thecountry. Several discharges were made
| at the agency here to-day, and the first
name among the removals was that of Miss
| Tanner, eldest daughter of Corporal Tan
ner. She was appointed over year ago
under Commissioner Black, and should
not be mistaken for the younger daughter,
who is the Pension Commissioners Private
Secretary.
Dissolving Copartnership.
New York. August 21st.-Judgments for
$5S,5l6 have been entered against Comegys
| IL Lewis, the contractors Lewis is at
Chile, where a year ago he obtained a con-
tract to extend the railroad system to the
extent of $17,000000. The North and
South American Construction Company
was formed to carry out contracts. A
representative of the firm said that the
| judgments were taken with the view to
settling up the partnership of Comegys &
| Lewis, and that Comegys would continue.
He added that the firm did net owe S., 900
unsecured.
| Judge Cooley's Idea.
| CHICAGO, August 21st.-Judge Cooley, OF
the Interstate Commerce Commission, ar
rived in Chicago to-day after a five weeks
trip in the West. Speaking of the Cana
dian Railway, he said their competition
was injurious to the American roads and
| to Chicago. He thinks the roads will make
the best rate possible, and shippers ought
to meet them hall way, and not aid the
rivals in business to the detriment of Chi
cago, which is dependent upon the rail-
roads to large extent.
| He Deserved 1t, if True.
| MERIDIAN Miss, August 21st.-It is re-
/ ported that negro named Sherman Lewis,
living near Luccalena, was hung by un-
known men last Monday night. He was
| found Tuesday morning hanging to limb
with placard on his breast bearing the
words: He pleaded guilty to the charge"
1t is thought that he pleaded guilty to hav-
ing committed an assault upon O white
lady and afterwards hung her in well,
and it was for this crime that he met death.
| Impolite Haytians.
New YORK, August 21st.-The British
steamer Alene, from West Indian ports,
reports that on August 9th the American
schooner Lizzie May. while at anchor at
Jeremo, was run into by the Haytian man
of war Toussaint LOuverture and had a
large hole stove in her starboard bow above
the water line. The man-of-war left the
same night without even ascertaining what
damage had been done TO the schooner.
The schconer's Captain made o protest
| thr0Iph the m
1t Was a Hoax.
| HELENA on. IT,, August 21st.-The al
legged uprising of Flathead Indians has
| been grossly exaggerated. II was learned
/ from citizens who came in from Rayalli
that the uprising was another such hoax
as occurred some time ago. The trouble
was caused by whisky, and the citizens are
| in no danger. No further news has
reached this city concerning rumored
| troubles since early this morning, and it
was then reported all quiet.
| Contagion Among Cattle.
| 9ANKToE (Dak.) August 2lst.-Yankton
| county stock-raisers are excited over the
outbreak of a contagion among their herds.
| Over 500 head of cattle died within two
days; also $50 hogs that had fed on the
carcasses of the cattle. The Territorial
Veterinarian and corps of twenty assist
ants are now on their way here, as the To-
cal force is entirely inadequate TO check the
| epidemic.
| Woman Suffrage Did 1t.
GUTHRIE Qnd. Ty.), August 21st-The
Territorial Convention broke up in row
this afternoon. While hearing the report
| of the Committee on Special Rights aud
Privileges, q boomer delegate moved to in
sert woman suffrage provision. The mo-
ton was bombshell. An excited debate
| ensued, which eliminated in fight at the
door. The crowd went out pell-mell
through windows and every possible exit.
| Steam Yachts Collide.
| SYRACUSE IN. ", August 21st.-The two
| steam yachts, Wide Awake, of Beaverton,
aud Jessie Land, of Phoenix, collided this
| afternoon. The Land sank, and all on
board, about twenty-five persons, went into
/ the water, but all were rescued by the
| Wide Awake, except Miss Clara Won
| Wormer, of Phoenix, who was drowned.
A Town in Flames.
| BLOOMINGTON (Ill.), August 21st.-The
| hourishing city of Colfax, in this county.
on the Illinois Central, twenty miles north
east, is in flames, and it is believed will be
entirely destroyed. Bloomington has been
| telegrapbed, asking for aid from the fire
department. No particulars are likely to
| DC OoioiHcu IuT SOLue Tune.
| Death of Samuel Dexter Hoadley.
Boston, August 2lst.-Samuel Dexter
Hoadley, one of the few remaining organ
lists of the old school, contemporary with
Lowell Mason, A. N. Johnson, J. B. Wood
| bury, George Webb and others, died in
Somerville to-day, of Bright's disease, in
his seventy-third year.
| Still Another Record Broken.
LOUISVILLE, August 2lst.-The largest
sale of tobacco ever made at auction in one
day in the United States, and possibly in
the world, was made here today. The
total number of hogsheads sold was l COZ
| This amounts to about million and half
| pounds, worth, in hogsheads, over $I00, 600
Begging for Food.
CHICAGO, August 2lst-The wives of the
| Spring Valley striking miners have organ
lied themselves into committees to visit
the principal cities of the State to beg pro-
visions for the support of their families.
At Galesburg committee of citizens was
appointed to raise money for them.
Chicago is In Earnest.