Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-08-18
THE DEMOCRACY.
Candidates Vigorously Presenting Their
Claims to the Delegates.

Candidates Vigorously Presenting Their
Claims to the Delegates.
SAN Francisco, August 17,h.-The Dem.
ocratic politicians of the State are all here
tonight, and the various headquarters are
crowded. The delegations are in from all
parts of the State, and are being button
holed by the candidates and their friends.
The followers of Pond. Coleman and Eng
lish all pretend to be certain of the nomi-
nation of their favorite. The Office and
court yard of the Palace Hotel is crowded
with politicians.
Pond keeps to his room, and his friends
take the delegates there, while Coleman
and English mingle with the crowd in
democratic style.
Russ Stephens is everywhere, and has
captured large number of delegates dur
ing the last twenty four hours. 1t looks as
though he would be nominated for Con-
troller on the first ballot unless some COM
bination is made in the Gubernatorial
fight to upset his plans.
By tomorrow night all the delegates will
be at San Jose. The Manhattan Club will
escort the San Francisco delegation to San
Jose in a special train tomorrow evening.
Stage Held Up.
LINKvILLE (Or.), August 17th.-The Lake
View and Linkville stage was held up and
robbed by two masked men two miles west
of Lake View yesterday morning. The
robbers secured the express box, mail bags
and $40 in money from the passengers
aboard. The amount contained in the
express and mail is unknown, but it is
supposed to be small.
Mysterious Shooting.
SAN Francisco, August 17th.-The police
have been working all day on the mysteri-
Gus shooting of Samuel Jacobson Oterly
this morning. They do not credit the story
that the shooting was done by footpads.
Frank HecOx, janitOr of the Cooper Medi-
cal Institute, says he passed the corner of
California and Webster streets not ten min
utes before the shooting was done. He saw |
two men crouching in the shade of Jacob |
sons house. and few minutes later heard |
q shot fired. Jacobson is dangerously |
wounded. and his injuries may prove fatal. |
Four People Drowned.
SAN FRANCISCO, August 17th.-Four peo- |
pie were drowned this afternoon in Crystal |
lake, one of the reservoir lakes of the |
Spring Valley Water Company. Albert |
Lawrence, Superintendent of the upper |
lake reservation; Philip Quinn, builder |
of San Mateo; Miss Mcnamara and Miss |
Lizzie Garn went sailing on the lake. The
boat was struck by squall and capsZed !
None of them could swim. and all soon |
sank. Miss McNamara's body was the |
only one recovered.
Rain in the Interior.
SoNoMA. August 17th-A heavy rain fell
here last night, and continued until early
this morning
PETALUMA, August 17th-It commenced
raining here at o'clock last night and
continued several hours. Nospecial injury
was done to fruit or crops. Neary all the
hay was in, and potatoes reaped benefit. |
SHASTA, August 17th.-A heavy shower
of rain fell at this place this afternoon,
lasting nearly an hour.
National Educational Committee.
PORTLAND, August 17th.-State Superin-
tendept of Schools McElroy has been ap-
pointed member of the National Educa-
tional Committee of the United States for
Oregon, California, Montana, Washington
Idaho, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico. |
The work of the Com missioners will en-
brace the preparation of an educational ex-
hibit for the Worlds Fair.
Steamer on Fire.
STOCKTON, August 17th.-The steamer |
Mary Garret, which plies between Stockton |
and San Francisco, caught fire to night, it |
is thought, from the explosion of lamp. |
The tiremen succeeded in keeping the fire
above the main deck. The loss is esti- |
mated at $4,000; no insurance. Twenty !
kegs of powder were safely removed from
the boat during the fire.
Death of Wealthy Oaklander.
OAKLAND, August 17th-Dr Samuel |
Merritt, probably the wealthiest citizen of
this city, died to day, aged 6S years. He
acquired vast property, both in Oakland
opd Con Eropriscn