Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-06

| ern section of this city IN the person of Mrs
Am Anna coates. coiored. she was born near Port
/ her birth. but was 20 years Old when Washing
| ton died, in december, 1893. This would make
| her 1l0 years old. She has good memory and
| remembers Washingtons funeral and the inva-
| sion of Washington City by the British in 1914.
| She has two living sons over rs years of age
| She works every day at Washington.
Sorghum Experiments.
| WASHINGTON, May 5th.-Chemist Milen OF the
| Agricultural Department left tonight for the
purpose OF selecting sites for stations to conduct
experiments in growing ana manufacturing
sorghum. He expects 10 establish stations at
Rio Graude, New Jersey; Venner Louisiana
Cedar falls, Iowa and at Startling and other
! points in Kansas. During The past week he
| has established station in Mary land, on the
| gounds of the Maryland Agricultural College,
he is sanguine OF the successful results of the
experiments.
An Extra Session Probable.
| WASHINGTON. May 5th.-Senator ingalls, says
thai, il his opinion, there will be an extra ses-
sion OF Congress called next fall, probably about
| the middle of October. This course has been
deemed judicious with view to organizing the
| House OF Representatives and getting the legis-
| lation in shape before the holiday recess. Con-
| gressmen Reed, Cannon Mckinley and Hender-
| the Senators and members generally the opin-
| ion all drifts that way.
An Irrepressible Crank.
NEW YORK, May 5th.-George Francis Train,
who has been fasting for sixteen DAYS, deliv-
| cred one of his characteristic lectures at the
| Union Square Theater this evening, to fair
| sized audience. He was dressed in queer and
ancient style. The speaker explained that his
other clothes did not tit him. There was no
particular connection in his remarks, but some
of his points were aimed at the late great cele-
bration in this city, which he called a fizzle.
Diamond Contests.
| CHICAGO, May 5th-The games of baseball
played throughout the East to-day resulted as
| At Cincinnati-Cincinnati l2 Louisville 5.
| At Columbus-Columbus s. Baltimore TO-
At Kansas City-Kansss City l., st. Louis r.
| At New York-Athetics s. Brooklyn l.
| At Baltimore-Baltimore 10, Columbus s.
Justice Gray to Be Married.
wAsHINGToN. May 5th.-The marriage of JUS
tice Gray to Miss Jeanette Matthew'S will take
place early in the present month. The Supreme
Court will adjourn May 11th, and it is probable
| that the date for the happy event will be on the
! following Wednesday. the 18th instant. Owing
TO the recent death Of the brides father. Justice
Matthews, the event will be strictly private.
A Military Inspection.
CHICAGO. May 5th.-Secretary of War
Proctor and Adjutant General Dfumm arrived
in the city this evening. together with Generals
SchCfield Crook and Williams. They will leave
to morrow for the regular inspection of the mil
Isaay lItaaay posts in ,he West going first to sock
Denver, Cheyenne Omaha and st. Paul
Coming to California
WASHINGTON, May 5th.-Lieutenant Sumner
c. Pane, U. s. N, under orders to join the
United statessvessel Iroquois at the Nayy-yard.
Mare Island. Cal, arrived in this city Tuesday
from his h me in Bangor, Me-, and is stopping
with his father-in-law, Prof. j. H. Cotfersus. at
1901 street, northwest. He will report for duty
ABOARD the Iroquois on the 18th inst.
A Run On a Bank.
MINNEAPOLIS, May 5th.-There was run on
the Anoka National Bank yesterday. caused by
the rumor that the Washburn Mill Company
has assigned. The bank had plenty of cash
| and paid the deposits as fast as ca led for.
senator Washburne is the President and largest
stockholoeT. He says the rumor was ground
less.
PalatisI Residences.
WASHINGTON, May 5th.-chief Justice Fuller
lat er's residence property on Fourteenth street
fronting Thomas circle, between Vermont ave-
nue. and NJ streets, for Slo0,000 The Chief
Justice will take possession of the property
next autumn.
In America at Lnst.
NEw YORK, May 5th.--The passengers of the
steamship Danmark, which foundered at sea,
who had been lett at the Azores by the steam
ship Missouri, were landed at Castle Garden
from the steamship Wieland to-day. There
were $40 of them.
A Double Murder.
LYKINs Pa.), May 5th. - An Englishman
named Ware snot and killed two persons here
last night during quarrel over agame ofcards.
murderer was arrested.
The French Centennial.
New YORK. May 5th.-The French people of
this city today celebrated the centennial ami
yersary OF the dawn of the French revolution
by a mass meeting in Webster Hall.
A Sr. Louis Blaze.
ST. LOUIS, May 5th.-A fire to-day destroyed
the Harrison Wire Works and the Crown Car
fridge Ccmpany's factory adjoining, together
with five small dwellings Loss, $4,000.