Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-09

vince the committee beyond anv question
! that breckenridge seat should be declared
} vacant. Mr.. Breckenridge will be present
! at the inquiry, and his friends claim that
! tae investigation viii demonstrate his cleo
! ton.
Richard Proctor Insane.
ST. JosEPH (Mo), April s,h.-There is
much excitement here over the strange
| actions OF Richard Proctor, the only son of
tne late famous astronomer. Proctor. who
| Is young man OF y, about two months
| ago began 10 act strangely aud took s de-
hght IN wandering about st night and hurl-
lSS stones through windows of private resi-
oshCes' AT his own home he frequently
deors into the street. He believes he is
very wealthy and owns all the real estate
IN 81. Joseph. He contracts large debts.
which are with difficulty paid bv his mother
ana sisters, who are poor. Ii was decided
/ this afternoon TO have him committed to
an insane asylum. He has been prominent
in society.
Comparative Neracity.
NEW foRK, April Sth.-Chu Foug and
another Chinese accused lawyer Seth Il,
johnson of lusuucting them how To forge
notes, under which several thousands 0f
dollars were frsud1lently obtained. Ohm
Fong was injected Or forgery and set this
up IN defense. johnson sued the two Chi
nese firms for ST see, the amount of one of
Chu FoDgs' notes. This brought up the
question OF comparative veractiv between
Chinese and white men. Chief Justice
McAdam, of the city Court. to-day decided
the case IN favor of johnson, and said the
Chinese asked the Court to believe too
much.
Heavy Failure in Kansas,
KANSAS CITY (Mo.), April Sth.-Tbe Man
haitian Bank of Kansas closed its doors to-
day and John w. Webb was appointed
temporary assignee. The bank, in connec-
tlon with other large and varied business.
has been conducted by q. B. Purcell. Mr..
Purcell is a Director in tie Santa Fe Rail
road, and has had largely the maparement
OF the roads affairs politically and other
wise in the State of Kansas. He was re-
garded as the wealthiest man in the State
ana his business failure is general sur-
prise. The extent of hisliabilities has not
oeen scheduled, but at any time within the
last month Mr.. Purcell would have been
fa'eu as worm several millions of dollars
Trains stopped by she Wind.
CHEYENNE, April Sth.-The wind has
suosloea here after blowing continuously
at high speed for thirtv-six hours. At
6 o'clock this morning all the Union pa
CHIC freight trains for 200 miles west of
cheyenne were held at sidings on account
of the breeze. The east bound Burlington
train which left at s o'clock last night was
abandoned at midnight.
For several miles in northern Colorado.
and hundreds of miles east of this place
the track Is covered with sand to the depth
of from eight inches to three feet. The
track will not be cleared for several hours
yet.
Canadian Diplomacy.
OTTAWA, April Sth.-The Government
has decided to renew the tisheries modus
vlvendi, which expired February 18th. An
Act to carry out this intention will be in
troduced at an early day. This action is
taken because at this particular juncture it
Is ilkely TO have its effect upon the negotia-
tions going on at Washington, and will be
evidence of Canadas desire for an AMIGA
BILE settlement of the fisheries dispute, and
strengthen Mr.. Tupper's hands and bring
ABOUT conclusion satisfactory to both
countries.
Murdered by a Crazy Man.
MEDFoRD (Wis), April Sth.-Wiuiams
Willard, known here as Cray Kelly.r
to-day went TO the residence of Miss Maggie
Pritchard, young lady, niece of one of
most prominent citizens, and asked if that
was her name. When she responded that
1t was, he pulled out revolver and shot
her dead. He then placed the revolver at
his own head and blew ont his brains No
reason can be given foI the tragedy, except
that II was crazy freak of Willard
Killed His Father
LITTLE Rock (Ark.), April Sth-Near
Morrillton, small town about forty miles
from here, last night, J. d. Williams shot
and Instantly killed his father, Isaac Will
iams The latter attempted to whip his
grown daughter with a crutch, which so in
cersed young Williams that he drew re-
vnlvpr and dot 10 fot
entered the head and death was almost in
stantaneous
Raising the Fares.
CHICAGO, April Sth. - The Michigan
roads will raise passenger rates from 2 to 3
cents mile in plain violation of the Mich
igan State law. The railways claim that
the decision of the United States Court in
the case known as the Granger Minnesota
case, that State has no right to compel
them to make two-cent rate, and they in
tend to fight the matter in the proper
Courts.
The Metropolitan Theater,
DENVER (Col.), April Sth.-The Metro
politan Theater, which has experienced
some very hard luck since it was opened
last fall, was last Saturday put into the
hands of receiver. To-day it was leased
for long term by ex-senator Tabor, pro-
prletor of the Tabor Grand Opera House.
Mr.. Tabor installed Dick Mays as manager
until the return of Colonel Peter McCoult
from New York
Democracy Triumphant.
KANSAS CITY (Mo.) April Sth-At the
city election to-day the Democrats swept
the city. Hulmes the Democratic candi-
date for Mayor carried every ward in the
city over Davenport the Republican and
present incumbent, by majority of about
$500.
Feather-Weights Matched.
NEW YORK, April Sth-O'Rourke, the
hacker of George Dixon, the coored
feather-weight champion, has accepted the
offer of the Pelican Club for fight to
finish with Nunc Wallace, the feather
weight champion of England.
Tailors Out on a Strike.
YOUNGSTOWN (O), April Sth. = The
Journeymen Tailors' Union OF this city
made demand for an increase in wages
to-day. A satisfactory settlement not be-
ing arrived at they are out on strike.
Bank Goes Under.
DENVER Coli, April Sth.-A Republican
special from Fort Morgan says the bank at
Fort Morgan made an assignment today
for $40 600. The Liabilities are reported to
be in the neighborhood of $50 0O0
Two is Pretty Good in Texas.
Ell PAso (Tex), April Sth.-The munic-
ipal election here day resulted in a
sweeping victory for the Democrats. Only
two Republicans on their ticket were
elected