Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-24

murder was committed here to-day the victim
being Mrs. Sa ly HobsGD, colored, and the muir
| derer her eleven-y year old boy. Mr.. Hobson was
| away for short time this morning and on re-
turning TO the house found his wiie's body lay
| ing on the floor and her head several feet away
The boy was playing with the other children
and his clothing was saturated with blood. He
at first claimed that the blood came from
! chicken which he had killed, but finally ad-
| mltted tnat he had committed the crime He
said his mother laid her head Gown on a block
and lold him if he did not cut off her head she
4 would XIII him. The boys story is not be-
lteved and he was placed in Jail pending
| further investigation,
| Murder in Missouri.
EvERToN (Mo.), March 2Sd.-For several dsys
| Lucky" Morgan has been missing from his
home vt Dadevllle, a small town in this county
| He was wealthy bachelor and his habits
were SO we'll known that when he did not lurn
| up at his accustomed haunts great anxiety was
| felt by his friends, and a searching party was
| organized.
Yesterday the body of the missing man was
found in well near his house He had evil
| IDENTIFY been murdered and the body then
thrown into the well in order to conceal the
CRIME The throat had been cut from ear to
ear and the face was burned to a crisp and un-
| recognizable. There is no clew to The muir
derer.
The Chinese VIII Fight.
New YORK, March 3d-Chinatown is much
excited over the fight inaugurated against the
| Chinese laundrymep by the American Master
Lsundrymen's Association Cinnamon from all
over New York and viciu ty were to-day con.
gregated on Mott street discussing the question
Henry NJ. Heymann, a lawyer who does a
| large part of the Chinese law business OF this
! city, said the laundrymen, of whom there are
| 3,oOJ III this CITY, would fight
Fatal Explosion.
DECATUR Qnd.), March 23d-A man named
Barr and woman and child were instantly
| killed yesterday afternoon by nitro elycerine
explosion near Stow Station Barr was taking
| the explosive to an OF. well in q wagon and the
! o
| woman and child were sitting at a window of
the house in front of which the explosion oc
| CURED. The horse, wagon and man were
| blown into small fragments.
Woman at the Bottom of 1t.
NORWICH Comm March 23d,-Everett Briggs,
| tne son OF the millionaire cotton manufacturer,
Ira Briggs, OF Voluntown Mill, village sixteen
| miles east of here, shot his hostler Samuel
| Green, dead. mystery envelops the affair
TIE shooting was done N ths basement of the
manson. The young man says the victim
threaten.d q 10 cut his throat and he shot him in
seltdt tense The popular theory is that
] woman is implicated.
AT the Battle of the Boyne.
BALTIMORE (Md.), March 3d. - Francis
| Crook. President of the Equitable Insurance
Company. cousin and intimate friend OF Cen
| eral Crook, has recent letter from the General
| in which he referred to the family legend thst
their great ancestors had fought in the battle OF
the boyne. Of Them one went to Englsnd and
another came over with Lord Baltimore, estab-
fishing the family in this country.
An Unexplained suicide.
MINNEAPoLIs (Minn.) March 23d-George L.
BAKER, one OF the most prominent citizens OF
Minneapolis, an ex-Police Commissioner and
the senior member Of the real estate firm of
Baker, Potter Il Co., committed suicide to day
by shooting himself in the head He left let
ter tor his wife with instructions the dispo-
sition OF his estate and asking her to forgive
him. No cause can be assigned.
Driving Out Chinese.
GREAT FALLS tMont.), March 2Sd.--A crowd
to the Park Hotel, where they demanded that
the two Chinese laundrymen be sent away.
MI Horst, the proprietor; refused to accede to
assembled and varied the mob that if the
Cinnamon were harmed there would be some
sudden deaths. The excitement gradually sub
sided and the crowd dispe rsed.
Immense Glass Works.
KoKoMo Qnd.), March 23i-A party of Ohio
capitalists have purchased 10000 acres of nat
ursl gas land, and VIII build the largt st plate
glass factory in the world at Elwood, and en-
large the present plant here. The output will be
%, 600 square feet per day. The largest factory
now in the United States has monthly output
OF 2O,OO0 square feet.
Gave Himself Up.
GRAND RAPIDS Mich J. March lSd-Clarence
Toot, ex-Casher of the United states Express
Company, whose my,terious disappearance last
November created much speculation until Ii
was learned that he was defaulter returned
home last night and gave himself up to the
He Wants a Big Purse.
BLOOMINGTON (Ill) March 23d- Since the re-
suit OF the McAulffe-CarIoll fight the friends of
Billy Myers are anxious 10 have match be-
tween MYERS and McAulifie. Myers has chal-
leuged McAulife for fight in Texas for S., 500
side. McAuifie refused TO fight for less than
from 60 0O0 to $4,000.
Fatal Explosion.
FOSTER Qa,l, March 2Sd.-A boiler exploded
in saw mill at Jersey City, Wood county,
totally DESTROYING the building and killing the
engineer, piece OF iron having been driven
thr'ugh his brain. Several Others were badly
hurt.
A slight Increase.
BoSroN. March 2Sd.--A table compiled from
dispatches from the leading clearing houses
OF the country show the the gross exchanges Of last
cent over the corresponding period of last year.
Glass-Works Burned.
CANTON tO), March 23d.-The Canton Glass
CompaDy's works are in ruins, having been
burned TO tot the gro ground this m morning. The com
TALLY covered by insurance.
Jake Has Hired Out.
RIcHBURG (Miss.). March 23d.-Jaka Kilrain
has been practically relies ssed, through the eff
forts of Charles "; Rich, who hired Kilrain
prison contract system.
Indiana Gold.
MONROE Qnd.), March 2Sd.-L D. Koontz,
prominent farmer. has discovered gold on his
farm Experts pronounce the gold genuine,
aud a company will be formed 10 develop the
field.
Destructive Prairie Fires.
WICHITA (Ksp.), March 2Sd.--The prairie fires
in Keeche Township Sedgwck county, to-day
burned over eight sections of farming land, de-
stroying everything in its path. No lives were
lost.
Little Brown Men,
DUBUQUE March 23d Sam Lee, Chinese
laundryman, was killed this afternoon by Frank
Fook, his Chinese assistant, who also fatally
shot himself There had been row about
wages
Baseball Note.
CLEVELAND (O), March 2Sd 1t is expected
that Clements. the catcher of the Philadelphia
League team, win be signed by the local Broth
erhood team within few days.
Senator stanford's Horses
SEw YORK. March 2sd.- Senator StanfoIds
sale is attracting much attention. The horses
were visited yesterday by many persons. There
are a few sick ones among the lot.
Coming to California.
NEW HAVEN Comm, March aSd.-Rev. John
+. Todd, for twenty years rastor of the Church
Of the Redeemer. resigned to-day, and will re-
| move TO California.
Colorado Prairie Fires.
CHICAGO, March 2sd.-A special dispatch from
Burlington. Col, says that prairie fires in South
ern Colorado are doing great damage.
| Immense Cargo of Corn.
TOLEDO iO.l. March 2Sd.-The steamer Hadley
will leave Toledo on Tuesday of this week with
| a cargo of 5000 bushels of corn
/ A negro who attempted to rob store at
Palmetto, Ga, thought he would enter By
: way of the chimney. About half way down
{ he stuck fast and yelled for some one to
help him out,