Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-12-25
The Connecticut Elections.

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The Connecticut Elections.
NEW HAVEN, December 24th.-Intelligence of
importance as bearing on the contested Gov
ernorship has just been received here. II is the
decision of Judge Hail. Republican, in a case
at East Lyme. He decides that paster put on
& b ank space under the title, Judge of Probate,
in the Prohibition State ticket, makes the bal
lot illegal under the State ballot law. In
almost all the Prohibition ballots in this
State the Judge OF Probate candidates. were
left blank and a name written in for each Pro-
bate District. Under Judge Halls ruling this
in the State and elect Morris DEM by large
majority. Judge Halls decision is the more
significant as it gave the Democratic candidate
the contested office in the East Ly me District
Weather Bulletin.
WASHINGTON, December 2ith.-The tempera-
ture has fallen iGo to 20o in the upper Mississippi
Valley, the Lake Regions and New England.
There will be further fail in the temperature
in the Lake Regions and the districts on the
Atlantic Coast. Light SHOWS have occurred in
the Lake Regions, but the weather will probably
clear during the day. and the conditions are
favorable for fair weather Christmas day in all
the districts on the Atlantic Coast and the Lake
Regions.
THE TEMPERATURE.
CHICAGO, December 24th.-The temperature
this morning at O'Clock was as follows:
Chicago, 100 above; Cincinnati go; st Louis, 24o;
Winnipeg, iSo below.
Two Prize Fights.
MINNEAPOLIS, December 24th.-There were
two prize fights to finish last night in the
rooms OF the Twin City Athletic Club here.
The principal event was match Tor a purse of
81 600, $500 TO the winner, and 500 to the loser,
between Johnny Van Heest, of Buffalo, n. Y,
and Tommy Howard OF st. Paul. Van Heest
finished his man in the tw enty.seeond round.
The other fight was for purse OF 500. between
Charley johnson of St. Paul, and Jimmy Griffen
of Minneapolis, well-known middleweights.
GIiffen was knocked out in twelve rounds.
Oklahoma's Legislature.
GUTHRIE 70. IT,, December 24th.-Oklahomas
first Legislature adjourned tonight. 1t has
passed complete code of laws-the compost.
tion of Dakota, Indiana, Nebraska and Illinois
statutes. The capital question was the upper
measure was secondary, but when they found
that Governor Steele would not approve the
capital removal bill they get down to work in
of laws best suitable to the people of Oklahoma
Looking for His Children.
GAINESVILLE (Tex.) December 24th.-John
Delaney, OF San Diego, Cal is in this city in
search OF his wife and two children and a man
named Frizzsll, who eloped with Mrs. Delaney
short time ago. There was no clue to the
fugitives until draft was returned from New
York. This showed they had been here, but
when Delaney arrived, he found they had en-.
tered Indian Territory. He armed himself and
followed, saying he would have his children
or die.
Important Court Decision.
DETROIT, December 2ith.-The Supreme Court
of Michigan to-day handed down an important
decision establishing the validity OF the Graded
Railway Fare act. This provides thst all Mich
lgan roads whose gross passenger earnings are
5000 per mile per annum are limited to cents
q mile; the earnings between S2.G0) and So 900,
~ cents, and all others cents, special pro.
vision being made, however, for the upper
peninsular roads.
A Handsome Gift.
New YORK, December 24th.-The Garden
CITY Cathedral and schools have DrOparfy
worth g, 900 coo and q total endowment of ST.
100000 Ex-Judge Hilton, in APRIL turned over
at one time thought OF bequeathing to it in his
will. Hilton's gift has been kept secret un-
til now, and it is understood that he did not
wish TO have it publicly known.
Railroads to Dabble in Politics.
CONCORD IN. H., December 24th.-The Noni-
from United States Senator Chandler, charging
in substance that the managers of the Boston
and Maine Railway contemplate gigantic con-
with New Hampshire politics in the interest OF
the Democracy, and by the corrupt use of
money obtain control of the Senate.
Fatal Boiler Explosion.
CLEVELAND (ohio), December 24th.-A boiler
exploded in the drili-house at the works of the
United Salt Company in this city this morning.
Martin Schearny, was killed, Frank Geiner
perhaps fatally scalded, and Thomas Fox, the
engineer, scalded ana both legs and one arm
feared he was blown into Lake Erie.
The Country's Railway Mileage.
NEW YORK, December 24th.-Statistics COM
piled by the Engineering Neacs shows the total
addition to the country's railway mileage during
this year 10 be $500 miles, about Z miles more
than in 1889. The total amount of railway now
completed is 167, ,l72 miles. Of this 9l2 miles or
over y per cent, was constructed during the
last five years.
Bogus Divorce Lawyer Arrested.
Hughes, lawyer, who ran a bogus divorce
mill on Broadway, was arrested this afternoon
on bench warrant issued on the complaint of
ex-Mayor Pendleton, of Fort Worth, Texas, ne
OF his victims. 1t is intimated that Campbell
and Buttner, Hughes ex-partners, will be ar
rested soon.
The Cherokee Strip.
ARKANSAS CITY (Kas J, December 24ih.-A ru-
President Harrison had issued proclamation
opening the Cherokee strip to settlement, and
some 2Co families have moved over the line and
staked their claims. They learned to. night, to
their regret, that the rumor was untrue, and
will move back in the morning.
Christmas Presents Ruined.
CHICAGO, December 2ith.-The continued set
Ting of the walls OF the Government building
pipe and the flooding of the basement with
water There is a vast quantity of Christmas
mail in the building, and thousands of Christ
mas presents, many Of them costly, have been
ruined.
Safe Blown Open.
PEORIA Qll.), December 24th.-At 2 O'Clock
this morning the safe of the Oatmeal Milling
Company was blown open and robbed of large
amount of money. The watchman, Philip
Smith, who caught the robbers at work. was
bound and sack put over his head, and he
was tied in chair.
Good Steel.
READING (Pa.), December 24th-At a test of
the steel manufactured at the Carpenter steel
works, in this city, a One-inch bar was broken
at strain Of 2S3 S33 pounds, being 20. .000 pounds
in excess of the highest record authoritatively
known. The test was made under the super
vision OF Government officers.
Stricken With Paralysis.
INDIANAPoLIs, December 24th.-Information
was received tonight that Judge Cyrus c.
Hines, for thirty years a resident of this city,
Harrison, at Ludlow, N. H., to-day was stricken
with apoplexy and will die.
Wife Murdered by Her Husband.
NEW. YORK, December 24th.-Mrs. Bridget
Donnelly was murdered by her husband, Henry
Donnelly, this forenoon, in tenement house in
Brooklyn. The murderer was arrested. The
cause OF the crime was the wOman's refusal to
live with her husband.
Natural Gas.
WILKEsBARRE (Pa.), December 24th.-There is
great excitement at Newton Center, Lacka-
wanna county, over strike of natural gas,
volume of gas gushed from the bore-hole, and
when 1t was lighted it illuminated the whole
neighborhood.
Negro Murderer Lynched.
RICHMOND (ya }. December 2sth.-Kinch Free
maR, negro, charged with the murder of N.
B. Adkins and his mother, was lynched this