Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-02
An Accident on the Rail.

jects.
An Accident on the Rail.
CHICAGO, March 1st-The Chicago, Mil
waukee and st. Paul fast mail train col
lided with freight train at lakewood, Wis,
at o'clock this morning. The freight wss
running ahead of the fast mail. The en-
gineer reversed his engine, but too hate,
and the engine crashed into the caboose.
Engineer Carroll, the fireman and the
Car brakeman were all terribly cut about
the head and shoulders and Carroll had
his ribs broken. They were taken to a
farmhouse near by. It is feared they can
not recover. The damage to the trains
will exceed $4,000. A wrecking train
from Milwaukee cleared the tracks.
Street Railway Franchises.
PITTsBURG (Ps.), March 1st.-At special
meeting of the Council Thursday the right
of way was granted to ten street railway
companies to build and operate The
franchises granted are as wide as barn
door, and as deep as the sea, and cover al
most every street in that direction, from
the heart of the city to the suburbs
| amounting to some eighty miles of road in
all. 1t is estimated that the franchises are
| worth $50,000,000 to $50 ,000, 900. A pecu-
liarity of the affair is the laxity of regula-
| tons, as any of the ROADS is permitted to
buy any one or all of the other lines if it
sees fit, parallel or not parallel.
The Pepe's Health.
NEW YORK, March 1st.-The Mail and
Express this afternoon prints special cable
dated Rome, which says: The Pope is seri-
| ously i'll, Notwithstanding all denials.
Those well informed think his death is not
far off, and that the recent conclave re-
ceived from the Pope the intimation that
his death seemed to be near. He desired
successor. This step would never have
been taken unless the end was believed to
be near.
Cardinal Ventunelli is of Italian nation
atty, was born in 1884, and received his
nomination in 1887.
Bold Bank Burglar.
VALLEY FALLS (Ks.), March lst.-Late
this afternoon a stranger entered the local
bank and presented check. He had his face
bound up in flannel. and asked permission
to go behind the railing to the stove. Once
there he took from his pocket revolver
and covering Cashier Coin directed him to
leave the building. Cohn left. The rob-
Der then locked the door, secured his booty
and escaped, though closely pursued BY
citizens to whom the Cashier had given
alarm.
That Lottery Bill.
ST.. PAUL March ist.-A Bismarck, N.
D., special to the Pioneer Press says the
action of the lottery people to-day indi-
Gates strongly that they are planning some
scheme, and the rumor now is that the
bill will be repeated with persistence. 1t is
probable that a canvass is being made to
find out whether there is strength enough
obtainable to carry the bill through. If
the bill is introduced it is most likely to be
during the last week of the session.
Murdered by Outlaws.
OKLAHOMA q. IT,, March 1st.-News
from Shawnee, three miles east of this city,
says the dead bodies of man named
Holmes and his wife and children were
found Thursday. They were returning to
their claim when killed. 1t is supposed
that they were murdered for their money
by outlaws that infest the Pottawatomie
reservation. There is no clew to the assas-
sins.
River Rising at Cincinnati.
CINCINNATI. March LIST The river is still
rising at the rate of half an inch an hour
1t stood at Sc feet 103 inches above high
water at 10 o'clock this morning. The in
dications are that it has nearly reached the
maximum. The cold weather checked the
tributaries to fall rapidly.
Fractured His Leg.
CHICAGO, March 1st.-Tom Desmond, an
ex-Sheriff of San Francisco, who at one
time was thought to be in possession of
rested at the time, last night fell on Slip
perry sidewalk and fractured his leg. He
was taken to the hospital.
SybiI Sanderson's Success.
New YORK, March 1st.-Jules Massent
has written to a local musician that the
success of "Esclarmonde" is due to Sybil
Sanderson, who sang at one hundred per-
formancees without taking a day of rest,
and compliments her on her extraordinary
compass and art.
Row in a School-house.
LAMAR (Mo.), March 1st.-During an en-
tertainment at Shorts school, twelve miles
west of here, last night, four men became
engaged in a quarrel. Mrs. Henry Short
tainted and died. She was subject to heart
disease. Six men received painful wounds
in course of the row.
Chauncy Will Take No Chances.
New York, March 1st-Chauncy NJ.
Depew denies that he contemplates resign
ing as President of the New York Central
Railroad to become candidate for the
Presidency in 1892.
Liberal Donations.
SCRANTON (Pa.), March 1st.-MIs. Moses
Taylor contributed 100000 to the Moses
Taylor memorial hospital here. This
makes total of $3.50, 600 donated by that
family to this institution.
Ten Thousand Visitors.
PUEBLO (Col) March 1st.-Teu thou
sand people, one-third the population of the
city, passed through the California Board
of Trades splendid exhibit during the
week.
Chicago Blaze.
CHICAGO, March 1st.-A fire at the suburb |
of KensiDgton early this morning destroyed |
Gaines Hotel and adjacent houses, causing
a loss of $4,000.
Alabama Tornado.
TALLADEGA (Ala.), March 1st-A tornado |
yesterday struck this town, leveled many |
houses and injured many persons, but none |
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