Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-03

engine and made SiZer pull out, and with
parting shot and wild yell dashed of
into the bushes and was soon lost to sight.
A posse has left Flonaton and another has
gone from Mobile in pursuit of the robber.
Several Firemen Seriously Injured at
st. Paul Fire.
ST.. PAUL, September 2d-At an early
hour this morning fire broke out in the
kitchen of house on Hanson street. An
alarm was turned in and the firemen
were promptly on hand. The fire was
not considered particularly serious and
had spread comparatively little so that
the firemen had little difficulty in enter
ing the kitchen. A number of them were
in the room when there was a sudden
sharp explosion, and the whole place was
filled with the flash of burning gasoline
All the men were more or less injured
and four were seriously hurt.
Lieutenant Hynes was so badly bnrned
that there is little hope of saving bis life
Second Assistant Cook had his face liter
ally baked, and will be disfigured for life,
even II he recover. Truckman Macarthur
and Captain Conway were burned and
bruised, but their injuries are not fatal
The accident was caused by gasoline
stove which stood in the kitchen. and
which was ordinarily used for cooking pur-
poses. 1t had remained unnoticed until
the heat become sufficient to explode the
gasoline in the tank which fed the burner.
Killed by Failing Scaffolding.
New ORLEANS, September I'd. - The
Schwartz building, an immense four-story
brick building, fell at 1890 o'clock this
yr1n GO toI q /
killed by falling debris. The building was
on one of the mt ST crowded thoroughfares
of the city.
LATER-It is now found that only the
saffolding of the building has fallen, pre-
cipitating five men to the ground. Harvey.
carpenter, was killed, William Ray and
Henry Albright, painters, were fatally
injured while two other painters were
painfully hurt.
Queer Appetite.
MoNcToN, September 2d-Etta Simpson,
IL years of age, went to sleep one week ago
Sunday and has not vet awakened or taken
any nourishment. Miss Simpson has for
some months had mania for eating
brown paper and would consume large
bag, such as are used in grocery stores at
meal. She has eaten scores of paper bags,
anu it is supposed this mania has some
luluS " uOs VIII utr lllueSS. ABOUT one
year ago she slept for five DAYS, but was
awakened while being bled by her medical
attendants.
After the Outlaws.
HAZARD Perry county, Ky.), September
2d.-The conflict between the troops and
outlaws which has been long expected
took place on Saturday. Lieutenant Bon
tan, who has been in charge of SQUAD of
men in search of indicted outlaws, sue
ceeded in capturing four, and when going
through narrow pass in the mountains
he was ambushed. Although surprised,
the troops rallied and returned the fire,
killing one of the men, upon which the
outlaws turned and fed. The outlaws
seriously wounded one of the soldiers
Senator Sherman to Retire.
New YORK, September 2d.-Ex. Governor
Foster has been interviewed here. He says
Senator Sherman will retire from the |
Senate on the expiration of his term He
has said as much, and | believe him to be
a man of his word" Foster also saws that |
Sherman will not be candidate for the |
Presidency in 1892, and denies that Gros- |
venor was defeated before the recent nom-
mating convention for Congress by For
aker.
Fatal Railway Accident.
SCRANTON (Pa) September 2d-A coal |
train on the New York, Ontario and West |
ern Railroad ran over COW tonight at |
Mayville, fourteen miles from this city, |
and left the track and crashed into small |
hotel standing close to the track. The |
building was lifted from the foundation |
walls, and man named William Lyons, |
who was inside, was killed.
Typothete Convention.
Boston, September 2d.-The annual Con. |
vention of the Typotheta began TO day. |
Various matters were referred to commit |
tees, including the question Of a memorial |
to Congress on behalf of fair national |
copyright law. Delegate Pugh urged the
claims of Cincinnati for the next meeting /
place, and A ] Romins of San Francisco,
seconded an invitation from California.
A Case of Physical shrinkage.
BALTIMORE, September 2d-Death has
ended the career of Alexander Sorden, for
nearly twenty years clerk of the Court of
Carolina county. He has been source of
wonder to the physicians for many years.
Without success they have been examin-
ing into the peculiar physical shrinking
that followed spell of sickness, causing
his stature to become one foot less than it
was during health.
Serious Runaway.
SPRINFIELD (Mass) September I'd AT
Mount Holyoke, last evening, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. R Taintor, their six-year-o daughter,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Smith, all of
Springfield, were driving down the noun
tain when the horse ran away, and the en-
tire party were thrown out. All were
badly hurt, and Mrs. Taintor will die.
Among the Bicyclers.
HARTFORD Comm, September 2d-At
the Hartford Wheel Club tournament to-
day A. E. Lumsden of Chicago broke the |
halfmile record of 1:193, held by Osmond,
the English rider, making it in lib 2-5. |
Kluge, in the final heat of the one mile
safety handicap, made the best record |
(2:39) ever made in competition on the
American turf.
En- Route to the Coast.
GREAT BARRINGToN (Mass), September
2d.-F. A. Hosmer, formerly Principal of |
the High School of this village, leaves
with Mrs. Hosmer tomorrow for San |
Francisco, en- route for Honolulu, to fill the
Presidents chair in the American college /
there.
Another Failure.
BosToN, September 2d.-It was reported |
this afternoon note of the Worcester |
steel works was protested. The capital of |
the company is $500 600, but the Com
mercisl Agencv gives it no rating The |
failure is the outcome of the Potter, Lovill
& Co. failure
Republican League.
SARATOGA On. Y J, September 2d-The |
Executive Committee of the National |
League of Republican Clubs to. day decided |
to indorse the Federal election bill and |
fight the next Congressional campaign on |
the lines of the last campaign.
Strike in Pennsylvania.
MERCER Pa J, September 2d.-The night |
brakemen on the Pittsburg, Shenandoah and
Lake Erie Railroad went a strike to day for
an advance in wages and all freight traffic
is suspended in consequence.