Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-03

When posse of tea men organized al d
| followed the band of Indians. The latter
fired into them from ambush. Some ffty
shots were exchanged. One Navajo was
! killed, but the cowmen were compelled to
retreat. Citizens fear that the encounter
Will lead to more serious results.
Shot by Mistake.
CINCINNATI, January 2d-Edward Sher-
man, mschinist, was awakened early this
morning by sounds of some one working
| at the lock of the door of bis room. Think
| ing it was burglar, he fired through the
| panel, and upon opening the door found he
had mortally shot W. r. Phillips, a real
estate agent, aged seventy three, who occu-
pied the adjoining room, and had gone to
Sherman's door by mistake
They Had No Quorum.
HELENA, January 2d.-After a long and
diligent search, the Democrats managed to
get together twenty-eight members of the
House and Senate and went through the
form of voting for United States Senators.
Martin Maginnis received thirty votes for
the first Senator and W. A Clarke of Butte
received twenty nine for the second Sen
ator. w. w. Dixon of the same place re-
celTed one. No quorum was present.
all About . Girl.
GRAND ISLAND (Neb }, January ID
When on the way home from a party last
night, John Nelson quarreled with Nels
Christianson about girl for whose hand
they were rivals and drawing a revolver
shot him in The head, infiicting fatal in
jury
Semi-Annual Dividends.
COLUMBUS (O.) January 2d.-The Direc-
tors Of the Columbus and Cincinnati Mid
land Railroad to-day declared their semi
annual dividend of three per cent. To-
morrow the road will probably be leased
to the Central Ohio Railroad Company.
Strike Ordered.
CINCINNATI (Ohio), January 2d.-Infor.
nation received here tonight is to the
effect that a strike involving the entire
Mackay system of railroads has been or
dered in the morning. All the lines of
that system in Indiana are now on a strike
Dangerous Wires.
ST. LOUIS, January I'd Yesterdays
storm prostrated number of electric light
wires, and many pedestrians narrowly
escaped death by coming in contact with
them. Several persons received severe
shocks, and horse was killed.
A Barmaid's Disgrace.
New York, January 2d.-Richard K
Fox has cabled from London stating that
Sldfilll tue puSillsl, Is dDOul 10
marry Edith Slater, a Margate barmaid,
and will bring his bride to this country.
Official Shortage.
CINCINNATI (Ohiol, January 2d-Expert
Williams tonight notified the Board of
Directors of the Ohio Building Association
that the shortage of the late Treasurer
Peters and Secretary Topp is $4,000.
An Old Firm Collapses.
BELLEFoNTE (Pa), January 2d.-Theiron
firm of Curtin g. Co, of Roland, this
county, has assigned. Liabilities, about
100000. The works were established
about 1910.
A Young Murderer Sentenced.
CLEVELAND (O), January 2d.-Otio
Leuth, a 17-year- old boy was this morning
sentenced to be banged April 10th, for the
murder Of Maggie Thompson.
Idle Men.
CHARLESTON (Ill.), January 2d-Seventy-
five men are idle here on account of the
brskemen's strike on the Toledo, st. Louis
and Kansas City road.
a Most Excellent Law.
FRANKFORT Ua.), January 2d-The law
prohibiting the sale of cigarettes within
the city limits went into effect yesterday.
a Prison Attacked.
ALBANY, January 2d.-There are over 400
cases of influenza at the prison at Clinton.