Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-10-09

Land Decisions Affirmed
WASHINGTON, October Shin the case
of Hugh Briody vs.. the Central Pacific
Railroad Company, on appeal, the Secre-
tary of the Interior affirms the decision of
| the Commissioner of the General Land Office
| in rejecting Briody's application on file for
pre-. emption derlaratory statements for
| land in the San Francisco district, and the
| Secretary also atnrnls the Commissioners
decision in rejecting David l. Murry's ap-
! plication to make a homestead entry for
land in the Seattle, Washington, district.
Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.
New YORK, October Sth.-The Duke and
| Duchess of Marlborough were among the
Teutonic's passengers. The Duke says his
! trip is only for pleasure. He may go West
| for time but il has not been decided.
| The accumulated rents and profits from the
| Duchess estate in this country amount to
| S175 600, and it is rumored that the visit is
due to the urgent necessity to obtain
| funds
Joseph Pulitzer and Senator Stanford
| were also among the passengers.
General Time Convention.
New York, October Stb.-The General
| Time Convention opened this morning
Many leading railroad men of the country
were present, representing III 900 miles of
road. Reports were received from various
committees. The Committee on Car Serv-
| ice advised the further establishment of the
Car Service Bureau. The Committee on
| Safety Appliances recommended the adop-
| ton of the Master Car builders standard
| form Of automatic coupler.
Attempted Assassination.
LITTLE Rock (Ark.l October Sth.-Pri-
vate adyices received to-day assert that
| while ex.Congressman Breckenridge was
! making speech at Center Ridge, Conway
county, Monday night, an attempt was
made to assassinate him. cap being heard
| to snap behind him outside of the window.
Later in the night a citizen named Norman
was assaulted with slung shot. There is
no clue to the miscreants.
Ocean Steamships.
New YORK, October Sth-The Teutonic
and the City OF New York, which have
kept company on several successive trips
across the Atlantic, arrived this morning.
The Teutonic was sighted off Fire Island
at A. NJ. and the City of New York ar
rived off Sandy Hook light-ship at 6:23.
Both sailed from Queenstown October I'd,
the City of New York at 1:55 and the leu
tonic at $50.
Association Games.
CHICAGO, October Sth.-American Asso-
citation games were played to-day as fol-
lows:
at Philadelphia-At l, Rochester
Z.
At Baltimore-First game: Baltimore 5,
| Syracuse 6. Second game: Baltimore 4,
Syracuse 6; eleven innings.
At Louisville-Toledo 8, Louisville s.
At st. Louis-St. Louis 6, Columbus IL.
Killed by an Unknown Assassin.
NoRMANDALE (Ga.), October 8th.-Last
evening ]. G. Forsythe, Secretary and
Treasurer of the Normandale Lumber
Company, and one of the best-known men
in Georgia was killed by an unknown
assassin, who fired through window
Forsythe was the principal witness against
Luther A. Hall, a lawyer, whose trial for
perjury is pending in the United States
Court here.
Killed by an Employe.
CHEYENNE (Wyo.), October 8th. "A
private telegram announces that George 3.
Henderson, manager of ''seventy-one cat
tie outfit" was killed by one of his EN-
ployes. There are no further details. 1t is
supposed that Henderson had been as
sassinated, owing to bad feeling for years
betN cen the big cattle companies and
mayerickers.
Supply of Coffee.
New YORK, October Sth.-The visible
supply of coffee in the world on October
1st was Stocks in Europe, 1,024,739 bags;
in Rio, $4,000 bags; in Santos, 302, 600
bags; in the United States, 1876, 305 bags;
total, l,676, 044 bags; while there are ahoat
for Europe and America 538, 500 bags, max
ing the grand total 8, 214 544 bags, as against
2,193, AIS bags on September LIST.
Catholic Union.
WAsHISGToN, October Sth.-At to-day's
session of the Catholic Young Mems Ma
tional Union, T. C. O'Suliivan of New
York, spoke on the subject of the undi-
ocesan unions. In the course Of his re-
marks he severely scored the people who
say the American Catholics ara not loyal to
the county and the national Government.
Acquitted of the Charge.
New YORK, October Sth.-Meyer JON
assen received a cablegram from Berlin
that his son Joseph has been acquitted of
| the charge made against him by three
drunken students, who accused him of say
| ing, II sneeze at your Emperor" This is
a political crime, with a penalty of ten
years Imprisonment.
Death of Prominent Politician.
SAVANNAH (Ga.) October Sth.-James
| Atkins, a lawyer and prominent Republi
can politician, was found dead in his office
! this morning. He was formerly United
States District Attorney for the eastern
district of Georgia and Collector of Gus
| toms for Savannah. He died Of heart dis
| ease.
Contractors in Trouble.
| MINNEAPOLIS, October 8th.-Forestal
| Bros, st. Paul contractors, made an assign
ment to-day with liabilities of 500 600 and
estimated assets of $4,000. They have
had large paving and sewer contracts, espe-
cially in West Superior. where last spring
serious strike was responsible for most of
| their trouble.
The Hours for Grain Trading.
New York. October Sth.-The New York
grain traders have thrown aside the con-
sideration of widening the hours of grain
trading TO $3.50 P. NJ, since Chicago sends
word that its Board will not trade later
than lis P. NJ. or before $50, which brings
the time within the limits of business here.
Licensing Captains and Pilots.
! New YORK, October Sth.-The National
Board of Steam Navigation to-day passed
resolution giving local inspectors discre
| tionary power 10 license captains and
pilots. This will apply not only to the
| West, but to the whole country.
Boiler Explosion.
MUSHROOM (Mich.) October Sth.-At the
Ducey Lumber Company's sawmill this
morning Iour OF the SIX boilers exploded,
| wrecking the mill. Six men were injured.
The cause of the explosion was low water
in the boilers. The loss is heavy.
Iron and Steel Congress. &
PIrTsBURG (Pa.) October Sth.-The dele.
gates to the Iron and Steel Congress spent
| the day in inspecting the works at Altoona,
| Johnstown and other points along the
Pennsylvania Railroad, and reached Pitts
burg this evening.
Fatal Explosion.
BOULDER (Col.), October sth.-By the
accidental explosion of giant powder at
the Humboldt mine to-day, Mike Miles,
| Hugh Morgan and Harry Atkinson were
| killed and another man seriously injured.
Carey Resigns.
WASHINGTON, October sth.-John T. Ca.
rey, District Attorney for the Northern
| District Of California, has sent his resigna-
ton TO the Attorney-General.
No Signs of Strike.
New York, October Sth.-There are no
| signs yet of the rumored strike on the Erie
road. Vice-President Thomas promised
reply to the mems demand tomorrow,