Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-01-04

PROVIDENCE (R. /. }, January 3d.-William
Lacrosse, aged IA, was drowned to-day while
skating.
NANTIcK (Mass.), January 3d--John Barker
aged l6, was drowned to-day while skating on
Lake Cochituate.
SOUTH FRAMINGHAM (Mass.}y January Sd
John Ryan and Charles and Fred stephens
were drowned while skating here to-day.
Time Alone win Show.
CHICAGO, January 3d.-Parson Davies said
this evening that he had been misquoted re.
garding the matter of Kflrain fighting jackson
the colored pugilist. Kilrain desires to meet
Sullivan first, and after that viii meet Jackson.
Should the negotiations with Sullivan fall
through, he will meet Jackson anyway. Kilrain
wants it understood, the Parson claims, that he
is fighter, and will meet the winner of any
fight N his class, regardless of color.
A Rate War Inaugurated.
KANSAS CITY, January 3d.-The agents of the
Rock Island road to-day offered tickets to Den
yer, Pueblo and Colorado Springs for SO, which
the scalpers made as good as So so over the
same road. he Union Pacific agents received
orders and met the rates This afternoon. The
Santa Fe met the same rate, and it is said the
Missouri Pacific follows suit to morrow.
Boucicault's Sale stopped.
NEW YORK, January 3d.-The sale of Dion
BoucicaulJs plays in the Madison Square
1heater was stopped to-day by the protest OF
said he had made an agreement with him two
years ago for the use OF twenty-seyen PLAYS
Boucicault said he had never received a cent
from Walton Tor the use of his plays.
War on Sabbath breaking.
MINNEAPoLIs tMinn.) January 3d.-The Pres
byterian ministers assembled in Rev. Dr. ].
BurrelPs study at Westminster Church on The
1st and made some New Years resolutions of an
interesting character. 1t was decided to wage
war on Sabbath-breakipg and strike Tor an era
OF better laws and better enforcement of the
existing statutes.
Fate of Practical Politician.
KANSAS CITY, January 3d-Postmaster Geo.
NJ. Schelley received official notice of his re-
moval this morning from the President and
Postmaster-General Dickinson. Scheley served
Kansas City as Mayor for two terms, and has al
ways been prominent in the local Democracy
as practical politician.
Leviarhan War Vessels.
New YORK January Collaboration was re.
ceived at Castle Garden to-day of the launching
recently of new war-ship by the Italian Gov
ernment. The vessel is called the Roumbert,
and her displacement is 1925 tons, or ,35S tons
more than the Trafalgar and Niie England S
two largest war ves sells.
Divorce-Law Reform.
NEW YORK, January Sd.-Governor Hills mes
sage, calling attention to the necessity of a gen.
eral divorce law. and suggesting a conference OF
all the states for that end, has attracted great
attention among divorce lawyers, and many adj
vocate an amendment to the Constitution of the
United States.
About the Size of 1t.
ALBANY, January 3d.-Dr Wm H. johnson. a
colored member of the Republican State Com
mittee, thinks the agitation of the question OF
calling colored man TO the Cabinet is designed
to embarraas Harrison. He says all the colored
people ask is the enjoyment OF equal civil and
political rights.
Terrible Rrsults of an Explosion.
RALEIGH q. C.( January Sd. = To-day al
Clinton, the boiler in the hoop factory of John
Ashford exploded instantly killing two sons OF
Colonel Ashford and negro and fatally iniuring
Ashford himself, who is now in dying conui
tion. man named W. II. Britt was also per
haps fatally wounded.
a Mayors saloon Raided.
BURLINGTON Qa.l January 3d-The Sheriff
to-day seized $40 barrels of whisky and wine
from the wholesale liquor house of DE La Hoye
d Purdy The saloon of the duncan House. OF
which Mayor Duncan is the proprietor, was also
raided.
Murphy Defeats Hagan.
PH1LADELPHIA, January 3d.-The fight to
night between Frank Murphy and Jimmy
ply at the end Of the tenth round. The specta
Tors were divide III their opinions as 20 which
had the best of it.
A Crooked Treasurer.
ST. LOUIS, Janusly 3d.-A special from Gaines
ville Tex, says that Z. W. Gilorease. Treasures
counts. A meeting of the County Commission
ersis now in session considering The matter.
Brutal Outrage by Strikers.
WEST SUPERIOR (Wis) January 3d.-Lass nigh
a number of dock strikers attacked and anmer
cifully beat with climbs ten ScanGinavians wht
accepted the reduction of wages made by sew
eral coal companies yeste1d ay.
Hears Re- EIe ction Certain.
BosToN, January Sd There is practically NJ
opposition 10 the re-elestion os Senator GeOrg
+. Hoar, whose erm expires March 4th. Tn
chances are that he will be chosen again Wit
! few dissenting votes.
| He VIII Probably Leave.
! OMAHA. January 3d.-A. Roberts. arrested ,
| Genoa for insulting women, was taken from til
! jail by masked N en- and hanged until alrao
dead. He was then cut down and given a wri
| ten order to leave the country if he survived.
! Thrifty Fforidans.
ROCHESTER, January Sd. = LETTER fro,
Tampa, Fla, says that the money sent from ii
! North for the yellow fever sufferers is beir
used to iuaprove the streets of Jacksonville.
He Is in Capada.