Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-05
AT NEW ORLEANS.
Wholesale Eyictions.


MAY LANDING IN. j., April 4th.--The
misfortune which came upon the farmers
near the town of Germania causes intense
excitement ali over southern New Jersey.
Over fifty families are now homeless
Sheriff Johnson of Atlantic county sold
within the last two days 200 farms, 10 sat
isty mortgages which had been foreclosed.
One of the farmers evicted is George Lang.
His misfortune made him crazy, and he set
fire to his home and burned it to the
ground, dying himself in the flames. An
other farmer, Fred Werrbo. barricaded
himself in his house and announced his
intention to keep possession or die.
The Mercantile Trusts Foreclosure.
New YORK, April 4,h.-In the foreclosure
proceedings of the Mercantile Trust Com
pany against the Missouri Kansas and
Texas and Missouri Pacific roads, Judge
Lacombe to-day ordered the payment BY
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas to its Re.
ceivers of $23.S .Si1 for certain services, ad-
vances, etc. Upon these payments being
made, it is ordered that the Mercantile
Trust Company transfer to the Missouri
Kansas and Texas Company securities held
by it, and that the railway company be au-
thorized TO pay and discharge the claims
and liens against it.
The Telegraph Companies Step In.
CHICAGO, April 4th.--The telegraph CON-
panies took hand in the Board of Trades
bucket-shop fight to-day by raising the
rates on commercial messages go per cent
The companies claim that the increased
cost of handling messages recessitated the
the change, but a member of the Board of
Trade claims that the change was made in
retaliation for the order removing the tele-
graph companies from the floor OF the Ex-
change.
This being Good Friday, both the Board
and Stock Exchange were closed.
Revenue Officers at Work.
CINCINNATI, April 4lh.-A special from
Flemingsburg SAYS lawlessness has again
appeared in Rowan county. Ky, growing
out of the manufacture of illicit whisky.
The revenue officers made sweep, destroy
ing all the stills. For giving information,
Edward Cooper, Sam Cooper. Burt Bau-
gartner, George Hogg (son of Sheriff Hiram
Hogg), Roberts and Evan were shot, Hogg
and Roberts fatally.
Sugar War.
PITrsBuRG, April 4th.-The Sugar Trust
| is shipping 4 600 barrels Of sugar from New
| York to this city at u cents per 100 pounds
f! freight. This is three cents below the reg
/, ulariy quoted rate and one cent less than
| from Philadelphia, which is ninety miles
| nearer. 1t is done to cut Philadelphia and
outside refneries out of the Pittsburg mar.
| ket.
| Pursuing the Horse-thieves.
| CHEYENNE (Wyo.), April 14th.-All the
northern Sheriffs are on the trail of the
desperate gang of wholesale horse-thieves
The freebooters, finding themselves closely
| pursued, cut the telegraph wires. The
| thieves have by this time reached Montaps
| with 200 head of Wyoming horses.
Probably canard.
/ Ell PAso {Tex.), April 4th.-There is nc
truth in the rlmor that Eyraud, the Pari!
assassin, was caught at Paso del Nor;e
| Officials on both sides Of the river deny it
If he was captured at all, ii must be at Pre-
sido del Norte, Texas.
Afraid of Yellow Fever.
BALTIMORE. April 4:h.-The ship Mccall
lum, from Rio, is detained at Quarantine
During the voyage three sailors have died
One, it is known, died from yellow fever
The Captain claims that the other two di,
not have it.
Cameron Colliery Fire..
SHAMeKIS Pa, April 4ih.-The fire il
the Cameron colliery is beyond control
The entire mine, comprising twenty-fiv
miles of galleries, have been flooded. !
will take nearly year to repair the dam
age.