Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-30

enN1NOs DECEM BER 81
/ business blocks commenced. The authori-
| ties have refused to take any measures to
prevent the complete occupancy of the full
| mile square. There was a skirmish be-
| tween the locaters and half-breeds, and
| about 200 shots we're fired by the latter, but
no one hurt.
If the half-breeds persist in their trouble
they will be jailed by the United States
! Marshal.
Cherokee Council.
ST. LOUIS, December 29lh.-A special
/ from Tahlequah, Cherokee Nation, to the
| Rtpttbtic says: The Cherokee Council ad-
| journed sine die yesterday. Before the
| business finally concluded, letter from
| the United States Commissioners was read.
| 1t said, in substance, the Government be-
| ing unwilling TO be embarrassed in the
| slightest degree by any course which may
| hereafter be pursued with reference to the
! Cherokee outlet by having any offer con-
corning them pending, withdraws the offer
| of purchase made TO the Cherokees, and to
which the National Council has made no
response.
Winter Weather.
ST. PAUL, December 29th = Winter
| weather is reported as having set in gener-
| ally throughout the northwest. A heavy
snow has fallen over wide area, and trains
are delayed at many points. A gentle fall
| of snow, which reached the Twin Cities
| last evening, strengthened into q gale of
| blizzard persuasion later, and ragged furi-
| ouslv until morning.
Huron, South Dakota, reports the nearest
| approach to blizzard since 1887. Snow
| has drifted badly and all trains were held
| there last night and to-day, but will go out
| Tomorrow morning.
A Very Severe Case.
BosToN. December 29th-The influenza
is raging throughout New England. 1t has
| seized the well-known actor Jack Mason.
at present the leading man in the cele-
| brated Boston Museum Stock Company.
Mr. Msson was taken with the grippe so
violently few days since, that only few
hours after first taken he was obliged to go
to bed, and began to sink rapidly. He is
being nursed by his mother, but can
scarcely live out the night.
Murdered in Bed.
BosCoBEL (Wis), December 29th.-Be-
| tween and 4 o'clock this morning Jerry
O'Neil and his wife were shot while in bed
by an unknowA assassin, at Mt. Sterling.
Their two daughters in an adjoining room,
were awakened by the shots, but when
they reached the bedside of their parents
both were dead. There is no clue to the
perpetrators of the crime, as the O'Neils,
who were well-to-do, are not known to
have had any enemies.
Death of Distinguished Lady.
MONTGOMERY (Ala.l, December Goth
Mrs Robert Tyler died this morning, aged
"a. Mrs. Tyler was the daughter of the
tragedian Thomas Cooper and Mary Fair
lie, the celebrated belle of New York. In
1910 she married Robert Tyler. the eldest
son of President Tyler. Upon the special
request of the President and his wife, who
was an invalid, she presided as Lady of
years of President Tylers administration.
Shot Down on the Street,
ATLANTA (Ga }, December 29th.-James
F Woodward, prominent business man,
died this evening. Thursday night Wood
when somebody stepped in front
of him, pushed pistol to his
breast and fired. Woodward walked
to his sisters house, mile or
more away, and told the story. He treated
the matter lightly and thought he would
get well, but relapse to-day brought
death.
Shot His Dying Mother.
BROOKLYN On. W, December 29th-
Frank Bemick, barber at 113 Union ave-
nue., to- night l.illed his mother and shot
himself fatally. His mother had been i'll
for some time, and this afternoon told
Frank that she believed she was dying. He
went and got a pistol, returned and blew
her brains out, and then shot himself. No
cause is assigned except temporary in
sanity.
Very Much Depressed.
BALTIMORE, December 29th.-Robt Gar
rett is in very poor health. at times he is
very much depressed, and occasionally be-
comes very much excited. He is still at
his country home, "Uplan6s," near Cations
Vile. His friends have not been encour-
! aged by the reports from his physicians,
especially as he has been unwell, off and
on, for more than two years.
Her Body Recovered.
LAURENCE Mass }, December 29th.-To-
day the body of Miss Sarah Nichols was
found frozen in the ice on the Merrimac
river. Miss Nichols disappeared from Low
ell Christmas day. She resided in Belvi
dere, and was recently swindled out of
$4,000 by Charles Meicalf, to whom she
had at one lime been engaged. This caused
her dependency aud led to her suicide.
Another Victim.
Boston, December 29th.-George w.
Sawin, an instructor in mathematics at
Harvard College, died this morning at the
Massachusetts General Hospital, aged 30
years. He was seized with an acute attack
of peritonitis Tuesday and on Wednesday
was taken down with Ia grippe.
Accident in Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA, December 29th.-Eight
persons were seriously bruised and shaken
up by the derailiDg OF a passenger car on
the Philadelphia and Reading road in
this city last night. The train was NOV
ing very slowly when the car was de-
rallied and thrown on its side.
Another Wreck.
WHEELING (W. Va.), December 29th.-
Another wreck occurred to-day on the
Chesapeake and Ohio road, at Fort Gay,
Green Brier county. a freight train was
derailed. Fireman Leighton was killed
and engineer Murray severely injured.
Cleveland Has 1t.
CLEVELAND, December 29th.-The Rus
sian influenza is quite prevalent in Cleve
land. All classes of people seem to be
affected, and some are compelled to take
to their beds. No serious results are appre-
hended.
Cold Weather in Texas.
SAN ANTONIO (Tex), December GOTH
The first genuine norther of the season
made itself felt this morning and the mer-
curry has fallen twenty-seven degrees in
tweniy-iour hours.
POTTER VALLEY MURDER.
Story of an Eyewitness to the Killing
of Carter.
UKIAH December 29th.-An eyewitness
to the homicide in Potter valley gave the
following facts: Mr.. Carter, an old and
Eiphlv resnacted citizen of Cenfaru1lle in