Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-11-11
Suicide of a Prisoner.

JACKSON Miss, November 10'h.-Jce
Jackson, one of the Rube Burrows gang,
confined in the penitentiary waiting trial
for train robbery, whose trial was to have
been begun this morning, jumped from
the third floor of the corridor to the
ground, a distance of sixty feet. His neck
was broken. Jackson provided himself
with a large knife, and when the officers
unlocked his cell door he rushed out and
assembled to the upper floor, where for
some time he defed them. Finally the
officers closed in on the prisoner, when he
suddenly plunged from his lofty perch to
the brick floor. Rube Smith, also an al
legged train robber. is now on trial.
The Irish Cause.
BosroY, Novemer 10ih-James 81 Stark
member of the British American Assoca-
| ton of this city, recently made tour OF
| investigation throughout Ireland. He spoke
in Music Hall yesterday. and claimed that
| in Northern, or Protestant Ireland, the
people apparently were prosperous. and
! there was no potato famine. He declares
the suffering in Southern Ireland the result
of the plan of the campaign. He claimed
! that the tenants bitterly regret the intro.
duction OF the plan of campaign, and
would settle with the landlords If they
were free agents.
California Products.
New YoRK, November 10,h.-The out
ward movement in hops this week will bt
| heavy The situation OF the market hert
is unchanged. There is no important new
| demand and no pressure to sell. There i:
a strong indication that growers and dealers
have Only TO be patient to win against thu
brewers.
California dried fruits continue irregular
with chances of higher prices in most line
Of good quality Some difficulty is ex
pecied in securing frsl-class stock at pres
ent prices in the Immediate future.
Hog Cholera Epidemic.
COLUMBUS (O), November 10th.-Th'
State Board of Agriculture has received re
ports of Epidemic cholera among the hog'
in several counties of the State, notably
Franklin, Darke, Butler, Preble anc
/ Athens counties, where swine are dying IL
large numbers. The State Health Depart
ment received no information of the cpl
demic, although sensational stories are
sflat that large numbers of diseased hogs
have been slaughtered and shipped to Phil
adelphia The matter will be investigated
Notion Firm Fails.
CHICAGO November Sth.-The old estab.
lished notion firm of Schweitz3r d Beer,
went into the hands of a Receiver to day,
with assets of $4,000 and Liabilities over
$50 600. Since the recent death of one OF
the partners, Carl Beer, it is said that the
business has been run at loss. Charges
are also made that Beer misapproprIated
firm funds, and the Courts are asked to ap.
ply his real estate and life insurance TO the
settlement.
Knighs of Labor.
DENVER, November 10th.-The General
Assembly of the knights of Labor met this
afternoon. There are already in the city
800 delegates, and 100 more are expected
to arrive tomorrow morning. Tonight
Powderly delivered an address at the
Coliseum on the subject of the Labor
Situation of the Day" before one of the
largest and most enthusiastic audiences as
sembled here for some time.
Two Train Robberies.
AUGUSTA (Ga), November l0th.-TwC
might trains on the Georgia Railroad, on,
Leaving Atlanta for Augusta at 1l:30 P. NJ.
and the other leaving Augusta for Atlantis
about the same hour, were robbed las
night near the same point. Only the ex
press car was entered. One messenger los