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suffocated in a Burning Store.

PHmADELPHIA, Feb. 23.-The dry
goods and trimming store OF lsidore
Horen at 9l5 South street burned out last
night. The third story was occupied by
Max Schwartz, his wife and three chill
dren. The flames spread rapidly through
the building. and before the fire depart
mens arrived on the scene Schwartz
jumped from a window and came crash
ing through the awning. He ciied out
that his wife and children were in the
third story. The firemen finally succeeded
in rescuing two children, but Mrs, Schwartz
and her six weeks old baby were suffo.
Gated by the smoke, and were found dead,
the babe locked in its mother's arms. The
loss on property is S., 900.
, 1889-02-24
PERSONAL POINTS.

A. A. Gilman is up from Superior,
Neb.
D. R. Castiday, Rawlins, is visiting
Cheyenne.
Hon. A. II. Reel returned from Denver
last evening.
S. t. Hooton, Baltimore, Md, is an
Inter Ocean guest.
Chas. Harlowe, Boston, arrived from
the Fast last night.
Geo. East left for Washington over the
Burlington yesterday.
x-Governor Geo. w. Baxter left for
Texas Yesterday morning.
Mrs. Frank Bond and two children re-
turned from Iowa yesterday.
Mrs. Geo. Lyons has gone to New
Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras festiyi-
ties.
Chas. B.Gray. representing the Deuber
Watch Ca c company, is tarrying in Chey-
enne.
City Marshal Schnitger and wife re-
turned from the East over the Burlington
yesterday.
Il. Nagle returned from Denver yester-
day and will leave for Washington in a
day or two.
Thos. j. Gallagher, the billiard expert
and sporting editor of the Chicago Tn
6une, passed west yesterday.
Robert Law, once superintendent OF the
Wyoming division and now with the Mon
tana Union. was aboard yesterdays east
bound train.
, 1889-02-24
The wesleyan University Explosion

The Wesleyan University Explosion.
New HAVEN, Conn. Feb. 23.-Ad-
vices from Middeltown state that a COM
mittee, including the president and two
members of the faculty, have been invest.
igating the explosion at Wesleyan univer.
sity Thursday and after a hard days
work succeeded in getting at the bottom
of the facts. The hearing was secret and
each member of the freshman class was
called in and subjected to a severe exam
nation. 1t is learned that two of the
men confessed, duplicating six or eight
others. The faculty refused to give out
any information, but from other sources
it is learned that the men who confessed
are w. Ii. Hall and Robert Il. Smith.
The names of the others are ii. ). Rocks
by, Nelson q. Hubbard, q. IL. Pierce, w.
NJ. Douglas, r. M. Grant, Il. j. Lamb
lyn and FL. p. Queal.
1t seems the party had planned to usher
in Washington birthday by firing a salute
with cannon and afterwards to return to
the college grounds and throw bombs INTO
the entries of the various dormitories.
One of the bombs was given to Rooksby
to explode IN the observatory hall, another
to Smith to explode in the north college,
while the third was sent to Hubbard, the
man injured. 1t seems that Hubbard
wishing TO back out of the scheme, invited
several upper class men to spend the
evening with him and after they left his
room the bomb was handed to him with
instructions to explode it when he heard
the reports of the others. 1t is supposed
he became excited and by some way the
bomb exploded in his hands before he
could throw it.
President Van Week las conferred with
States Attorney Elmer with reference tc
the criminal prosecution of everyone i'm,
| plicated in the affair. Should Hubbard
injuries prove fatal it will undoubtedly be
a very serious matter for the young riot,
ers.
1t was also developed hat the dyna,
mite was obtained in New York City
from the father of one of the young mer
implicated. 1t was sent to Middletowr
by express, three of them being used and
three others held Tor future use. Reports
from the hospital tonight show that
Hubbard is comfortable and his physi
clans are confident of his recovery.
, 1889-02-24
lay GonId,s Scheme.

New YORK, Feb. est is said Jay
Gould is still confident of being able to
bring about the agreement among west
ern roads on the plan outlined by the
presidents. 1t is understood that heihas
this scheme TO whip in those who have
not signed: Whenever rates are cut by
one of the outside roads those belonging
to the association will designate one of
thir number to meet the cut, the others to
continue at the old rate and bear a pre-
portionate share of the expense till the
outsider is tired and willing to come in.
, 1889-02-24
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

The Standing Rock stage has arrived at
Bismarck all right.
Stevens, who is going on a mission to
the Interior of Africa, has arrived at Ian-
zibar.
The New York banks now hold $l5,-
100000 10 excess of the legal require
ments.
Prince Rupert, eldest son Of Prince
Ludwig of Bavaria, heir to the Bayarian
throne, Is insane.
At Cleveland yesterday natural gas in
the new water works tunnel exploded.
Eight men were seriously burned.
The body of Edward Boyle was found
in the ruins of the Park Central hotel
yesterday. This makes the twenty-third
victim.
Alfred NJ. Lay, &c years old. son OF ex-
Congressman Lay, committed suicide In
Kansas City by laudanum while tempo
rarily insane.
A dispatch from Berlin says the state
ment that four German ironclads at
Genoa have been ordered Immediately to
sail for Samoa is officially confirmed.
Much anxiety is felt regarding the fate
of the missionaries captured by insurgents
in Zanzibar. No new has been received
from them since they were taken prison
ers.
In response to a resolution Secretary
Villas sent to the senate yesterday a long
report giving the text of his instructions
about cutting timber on the Chippewa
Indian reservation, Wisconsin, and his
reasons therefor to the general effect that
he used his best judgment in the matter.
Sir John McDonold and others con
nected with the Canadian government
say Ben Butterworth exhibited a large
amount of gall in proposing to take
the members of parliament through the
United States free. They declare 1t
would be most humiliating and degrading
to even consider such a proposition.
The Nova Scotian bark Jose Troop,
with a crew of seventeen men, was
wrecked Friday evening at Chicamico-
mico, N. g. The master and ten men
were drowned.
The cause OF the disaster was miscalcu-
lations owing to the thick weather, which
made it impossible to get accurate lights
and bearings. The crew saving station
could see no signs of the vessel until
eleven men had been lost and were barely
in time to save the six survivors.
Thus far only one body has come ashore.
, 1889-02-24
Fen Heir 10 sIo.oo .ooo.

CLEVELAND, Feb. 23.-Mrs. Betsy
Gould, an old colored woman, who re.
sides with her daughter. Mr.. Emma
Rockford, in very humble quarters in this
city, is said to be an heiress to &c..
600, 900. A will that places the inheri.
priscs 1878 acres of land situated in
" est Virginia, Pennsylvania and South
Carolina. She says she is the grand
daughter of John Dimmitt, one of the
iunumerable body servants of George
Washington.
, 1889-02-24

FALLS CITY, Neb., 23r-A good deal
of excitement prevails throughout the
southern part of this county and across
the line into Kansas over the report that
smallpox is raging there. The city coun
Gil held a special meeting yesterday and
quarantined the three bridges from the
south, positively excluding any one from
entering the city from that part of the
country. Rulo has guarded the APP
proaches to hat city from the south, as
the epidemic is raging among the Indians
on the reservation.
DETROIT, Feb. ga case of smallpox
was discovered in the Cass school yes
terday by one of the teachers. There
we're POO pupils in the building at the
time. She locked the doors, sent for a
physician and kept the children until one
arrived. He compelled every child in
the entire building to submit to vaccinna-
tim, and when this had been accomp-
lished he sent the smallpox patient to
the hospital and ordered the rest of the
children to go home and say nothing of
what occurred. The story became known.
however, and the parents Of the pupils
are much excited
, 1889-02-24

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-The house
met at 10 o'clock with a very small attend
ance Under the order made yesterday
the speaker was proceeding to organize
members to call up measures by unani-
nous consent, but the spirit of filibuster-
ing was abroad and Bland of Missouri
submitted a motion for a recess for thirty
minutes. No quorum being present the
matter came TO n standstlll until IL
o'clock, when Bland withdrew his motion
for a recess. The senate bill was passed
TO ratify and confirm the agreement with
the Greek Indians for the purpose OF
opening to settlement unassigned lands in
Indian Territory coded by the Creeks to
the United States.
The senate amendments were concurred
in the house bill for taking the eleventh
census. the principal amendments there
extending to the source of inquiry as to
the number OF soldiers, sailors and their
widows, so as to provide for a~scertaining
the number of negroes, mullatoes, quad.
rooms, %octoroons, and for ascertaining the
record of the Indebtedness of private cor
! poratious and individuals. The house
then yer into committee on the def
cheney Dill.
On motion Of Herbert of Alabama ar
amendment was adopted %appropriatinl
$50, coo to supply the deficiency in the
appropriation for the bureau of con
struction and repair of the navY. Pend,
ing further progress with tie bill the
committee rose and public business was
suspended and the delivery of eulogies on
the late James n. Burnes of Missouri be,
gan. Eulogistic speeches were made by
Randall, Henderson, Long, Butterworth
and others. The resolutions were then
unanimously adopted and the house ad-
iourned.
, 1889-02-24
Postal Service Changes.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23.-In response
to a resolution offered by Senator Chace,
the postmaster general to-day sent to con.
gress a statement showing the number Of
changes in railway postal clerks from Jan.
l. 1885, to Dec. 81, 1888, with the rea.
sons therefor, as follows:
BY death, 1919; by voluntary resigna-
ton, 1927. by removal or involuntary
resignation, 1875, divided as follows: For
physical or mental i~ncapacity, lis; for in
efficiency in the discharge of duty, 1876;
for official misconduct, 263; for personal
misconduct, 3l3; for improper character
OF habits, At; for political causes (parti-
sanship), 729; for all other causes, 95;
for no cause assigned. %.
There were on the rolls Dec. 81 last
1853 railway postal clerks who were il
the service March 5, 1885.
, 1889-02-24

LONDON. Feb. 23.-Advices have been
received here to the effect that Prince
Alexander of Battenburg has been mar
red to the opera singer Louisinger. She
is % years old, of humble pareutage and
n Catholic
, 1889-02-24
Frank LesIie,s Illustrated Sold.

CANoJAHARIE, N. Y. Feb. 23.-Mrs.
Frank Leslie has sold to w. j. Arkell of
the Judge her weekly illustrated papers,
both English and German, the transfers
to be made May |. Mrs. Leslie will re-
lain and personally direct her other pub
locations. Arkell refuses to state the
price paid. He says the policy Of the
weekly will remain the same, aggressive
and independent. The present force will
be retained and new skill added.
, 1889-02-24
The Train Robbery.

DELANo, Gala, Feb. 23.-It is now
stated that but two men were concerned
in the robbery yesterday, and while one
remained on the engine the other made
his way to the express car and by exelod-
ing bombs under the car so frightened
the messengers that they speedily opened
the doors. The engineer, who was prob
ably fatally wounded, is a deputy consta-
BILE here. The amount secured by the
robbers is unknown. A posse will pursue
them from here.
, 1889-02-24

BosToN, Feb. 2S.-Wm. Bassett,
builder, has gone into insolvency. Liza
bilities, 1914 900, of which about S6lS, 900
is secured by mortgages on valuable prop
erty. He offers twenty cents on the dollar
on his unsecured debts.
, 1889-02-24

H
CHICAGO, Feb. 23.-It leaked out to-
day that w. II. Newman, third vice
president of the Missouri Pacific railroad,
has rendered his resignation to take effect
in April. No reason is given for New
mans retirement, but when consid-
cred in connection with the resignation of
Second Vice President A. Il. Hopkins
and the changes that are promised in the
board of, directors. seem to lend color to
the rumor that complete reorganization
of the Missouri Pacific company is about
to occur. 1t has recently been reported
that S. I'll. Ii. Clark, vice president and
general manager, would retire very soon,
but this is now believed to be a mistake.
On the contrary, those who profess to
know something of the relations existing
between Mr.. Clark and Jay Gould ven
lure the opinion that the former will be
made president of the company, Gould
retiring. :.
, 1889-02-24

Vergery Vernon, in l5G2-she being nearly
10 years old-was married 10 Tandle More,
who was but 8.
During tho roigns of Henry VIII, Edward
VI, Queea Mary and Queen Elizabeth, it was
quite customary for persons of oil ranks in
life to marry their children at astonishingly
early ages.
\ record tells of how Gilbert Girard and
Emma Talbot were married at Loigh church,
when tho boys uncle held up the bridegroom,
who was only 5 years old, and spoke tho
words of matrimony for the child's part, and
tho woman-who was not G years Of age-
''spakc for herself as she was taught
William Chaderton, successfully bishop of
Chester and Lincoln, a well known scholar
and distinguished ecclesiastic of the reign of
Elizabeth, did not scruple to marry his
daughter Joan, in 1852, at the age of 0, to
Richard Brooke, then nearly 1i.-Philadel-
phia Call.
, 1889-02-24

What in the world is the reason o will
cough and keep coughing and still keep try
ing inferior medicines when Beggs' Cher
ry Cough Syrup will positively relieve your
cough at once? This is no advertising
scheme, but an actual fact. and we guaran
tee it. For sale by w. N. Hunt, drug
pist.
, 1889-02-24

"Ecrbort is the only Bismarck who works
dcccntly,r snid tho chancellor to DR. Chry-
sander IF | had worked as much in my
younger lays some good might have come Of
me. too. ut last"
, 1889-02-24

For tine watch repairing.
David Miller, Idelman Block.
, 1889-02-24

|rica1 Dept; Cheyenne, Hyo.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-02
A LINGERING DEATH.
A Peach Pit In the Intestines for Three
Years,

Years.
The physicians of Red Bluff made a post
mOrtem examination on the body of Omar
Steuart at P. NJ. Friday They found a
perforation of the bowel. which caused the
fatal attack of peritonitis. His affliction
was invested with peculiar interest to the
physicians here, from the fact that the
cause had existed for over three years, and
he had been examined and treated by the
most eminent physicians and surgeons of
Washington, New York, Philadelphia and
San Francisco.
His affiiction dates from September, 1885.
when he accidentally swallowed q peach
kernel. Two weeks later he started from
here with his mother for their home in
Washington, d, G. At Rocklin, Cal. he
was attacked with typhlitis Tan infamma-
ton OF that part of the bowels where tie
small intestines join the large, being
treated by various physicians en- route, and
after his arrival home was attended BY four
of the eminent physicians of Washing
ton. For several weeks bis condition
was extremely critical, and after the
inflammation subsidized an induration or
swelling remained at the seat of infamma-
ton, which was source of constant pain
and repeated attacks of peritonihs since.
Whether the peach kernel lodging in that
part of the intestines was the cause of the
first attack of Inflammation and suisse
quent affiiction was a matter only of con-
lecture among the medical attendants.
An operation upon the diseased part in-
volved imminent danger to his life, with
out positive assurance of permanent relief
| and the surgeons did not urge it, The post
| mortem examination revealed the fact that
| the peach kernel was the cause of his long
illness, the frequent attacks of inflamma.
| ton and final perforation and death, and
that any surgical operation for its reno, al
| would have been of no avail That he
| lived from last Sunday morning until Fri
| day after the fatal perforation, and the
grave symptoms Immediately following, is
particularly interesting to medical men, as
such cases are anomalous.-Red BluG SENT
mel
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-02

LIVELY ESPERANZA.
Good Water supply secured-The Town
Growing Rapidlv

Growing Rapidly.
The correspondent of the RECORD UNION
at Esperanza. in Capay valley, under date
of April 30th, sends the following notes OF
progress
The Water Works Company made test
of their well at this place to-day and found
a supply that more than met their expecta.
tons. The well is down to depth of $50
feet, with l6-inch tubing. The party con-
sisted OF Messrs. George D.. Fiske, Joseph
Craig, Miss Gosiliner and Miss Gregory,
whom we had the honor of entertaining in
our capacious depot. At p NJ Miss Gosi-
liner, stepping upon the platform of the
engine stand, turned the throttle and the
first water that is to supply this already
thriving town gushed forth, ana for nearly
an hour kept up the supply that it started
with.
The hotel, which was started about a
month ago, is up to the second story. with
from six To eight bricklayers at work daily.
The Madison Warehouse Company have
completed their $50 foot warehouse and
Mr.. l.. f. Craft, the contractor, will start &c.
| morrow 10 burn brick with q force of FORTY
men. Excavations for Mr.. Levy's store,
opposite the hotel. will be started this com.
ing week, and many other buildings are
being contracted for. This place is not
booming, ii is not crowded with Eastern
people. there is no excitement, but there is
steady, substantial growth that means
business to anyone that sees the place. and
ii is by people who know the country and
who can appreciate good soil and fine
climate. While the Eastern people have
OF course, been advised of its advantages
| they Will have to make good time toward.
this section or they will come too late.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-02
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL.

F. P. Tuttle. of Auburn, is in the city.
! W. A. Gett has returned from his trip to Orc
vile.
Mrs. n. D. Rideout came up from the Bay yes
! terday.
| Superintendent j. B Wright and F. D. RYAN
came up from San Francisco on the noon train
yesterday.
I; Among the visitors in the city is N Kuma-
] gaya, OF Toxic Japan, a native Japanese GENTLE
man. who speaks the English Language fuently
Calvin NJ. White and Miss Rosa E. Coates were
married in this city yesterday, Rev Mr.. Need
ham officiating. ihe bride has been highly
esteemed and efficient teacher in the public
schools Of this City. The bridal party left for
| Chicago on last evenings train.
The Rev. DR.. Frost. formerly pastor of the
First Baptist Church of this city. after a brief
, visit in this part of the state, has returned to
| the South. While here he delivered the ANIMAL
sermon before the Baptist state Convention.
Alter the convention, ne with Drs. Reed and
! Pendleton, of Los Angeles, led grand Bible
| Readers Conference in Oakland On the 18th
he delivered his lecture upon Yosemite " at
place on the following Sabbath He now re-
| sumes his labors at San Bernardino having de-
clined call to Seattle, w. I.
Arrivals at the Golden Eagle Eotel yesterday
\. kum saag.i, Toxic; G. A. Brophy. Chicago:
Mead, Nobel G. Mead, George Kerr. New York;
A. s.. Maecubbin, Philadelphia; Wm. Taylor
New York; l. II; Titus. Alhambra; r. McMur.
Oliver, South Bend; F. +. futile, Auburn; Geo
1; Whedon,. ". H. Silverhon. E. T. Parson
Cleveland; J. c. axe and wife, wionas; ]. E.
| Culver and wife, Wadsworth; Dr. J. f. Dickson
and wife, Oakland; r. A. Lacy, Fresno: /. l.
Allen, J. OConnor, l. j. Lillis, E. 7. Lindsey,
| San Francisco.
The ladies of the Westminster PRESBYTERIAN
Chnrch rendered 10 Mrs Lou Auerbach a fare
well reception last night in the church parlors
The rooms were beautifully decorated with flow
ers, and the following appropriate expressions
of their kindly feelings towards the lady were
hung on the walls in letters of gold, in English
and German: "Lebe Wohl, Glueckliche Reise,
Froehliches Wiedersehen -" Farewell A
pleasant journey: Happy will we meet again."
| Mrs Auerbach leaves tonight for New York.
and will there join the york party, which left
this city a week ago, and sails Tor Europe on the
18th OF May. Mrs Auerbach will be gone about
| a year and a halt, and will be the guest of Ru-
dolph Auerbach, Sr.. of Leipzig, Saxony.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-02

ONE of the officers of the United States
Government who was recently installed
has been ordered to vacate the rooms he
had taken in leading hotel in Washing
ton, and he has complied. The reason
for the strange proceeding is novel and
shameful. The Treasurer of the United
States is an amiable and well-conducted
citizen; his family is well-liked, and the
landlord of the hotel they vacate says he
never wants better group of people in
his house than Mr.. Huston and his family.
But the Treasurer, who was Chairman of
the Republican State Central Committee
of Indiana, is so beset by ofiice-seekers
that the presence of the crowd of men at
his heels has become a nuisance, and the
landlord saw ruin to his business and his
carpets if the hungry horde continued to
tramp through his house from dawn until
the midnight hour. All which proves
that while MIR. Huston is probably fully
competent to be Treasurer he is lacking in
the frmness that enables a man to say
no." 1t is none less disgraceful, however,
that he should be so annoyed as he is re-
ported to be. 1t does not speak well for
our system that the greed to serve in office
is so rapacious as the troubles of Mr.. Hus-
ton illustrate it to be. This Unsuitable
craving for place indicates lack of self
helpfulness a remarkable enlargement of
the hanger-on class, and an unhealthy
stimulation of the desire to dabble in poll
tics that may well create feelings of uneasi-
ness. II the disposition now manifest con-
tinues to augment, the time will come
shortly when it will be absolutely neces-
sary TO reform the whole system by which
Government servants are selected. The
"spoils" system is responsible altogether
for the disgraceful rush for place that the
country has witnessed since the 4th of
March. II the civil service reform idea is
ever carried into our system to the extent
that It's virtues warrant, there will be
remedy for these annoying pilgrimages to
the National Capital. And the time will
come, it is impossible to avoid it, when in
defense of the administrative system of the
Government the people Of the United
States will be compelled to accept the
civil service reform scheme as the only
agency through which the ofiice-seeking
class can be diminished and kept within
reasonable bounds.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-05-02

TIDE accident at the display of fireworks
in Chicago on Tuesday night, by which a
number of people were injured, was due to
incompetent management, and it should
rank as criminal neglect. The pyrotech-
mist knew that the serpentine pieces he
discharged were liable TO take an erratic
course, and he should have provided
against any possibility of their reaching
the vast throng of people packed in the
streets. Il would be good thing to make
an example of the men who so recklessly
fire these machines. There was no reason
on the part of the PEOPLE to expect the
rockets to dash through the streets; they
were, therefore, wholly rnprepared for the
advent of the fiery monsters, and that a
greater panic did not result is a matter to
I've thankful for.