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

additions included in the city corporation
A mass meeting of all the residents is tc
be held Thursday night, at which favorable
action Is expected to BE taken. This vii
add several thousand 10 the city's popala.
ton and largely increase the taxable p17ap.
erty. These additions are included in the
boundaries of the Fresno School District
and they helped 10 build the Contra!
school-house, and vet ii is only bv suffer.
ance that their children can attend the
schools in the city.
A company with $1,000 capital has
formed for the manufacture of ice. Work
on plant of five tons a day capacity begun
to-day.
The Kings.River Storage and Irrigation
Company have filed articles of incorpora.
ton with the Secretary of State.
Governor Ferry's vetoes.
OLYMPIA (Wash.), April Sth.--On Thurs
day, April 10th, the time expires for Gov
ernor Ferry TO veto the bills passed by the
recent Legislature. The Senate Act pro.
viding for the bridging of navigable streams
outside the line of navigable waters, is to
be returned unsigned to the Secretary of
State. The specific objections thereto has
not yet been made known. The Senate
Act granting the right OF way to railroad
companies over lands belonging to the
State will take the same course.
The Board of Public Works will hold a
meeting Thursday TO confer with the agent
of the Union Pacific Railroad for connec-
uons here. The Northern Pacific and
Port Townsend and Southern Railroad
companies also view this city as an OBJ
Jectlve point, all of which causes increased
activity in the sales of water front real
estate.
More Coolies Coming.
SAN DIEGO, April Sth-Miss Laura F.
Preston, OF Perris, to-day brought a civil
action for $50 600 damages against Sarah f.
and Edward Fry for SANDER and defama-
ton OF character. Miss Preston and the
Fry family are prominent in Perris circles.
The charges on which the complaint is
based are to the effect that Sarah F. Frv
and her husband at divers and sundry
times made allegations rejecting on the
virtue of plaintiff.
Word was to-day received from Tia
Juana that six Mongolians were observed
last night about two miles south of that
place, heading for the United States They
went up the river six or seven miles and
crossed in the dark unobserved. They
have not been captured.
Seattle Notes.
SEATTLE (Wash.), April Sth.-Last night
William Ray was stabbed and seriously in
jured by man named Johnson, bar
tender at the Acme saloon, at Ballard, in
this county. Ray was drinking at the bar,
and the two men became engaged in a
quarrel, with the result that Johnson struck
him over the head with bottle. following
up the assault by plunging knife into his
side. The wound may prove fatal. John
son is in custody.
This afternoon Lawrence McMickin sold
to the Southern Seattle Land Company
5000 acres of land near the city. The con-
sideration is said to be 5000, 200. 1t is ru-
mored that the purchase was made in the
interest of the Union Pacific Railroad
An Inhuman Act.
DIXON, April Sth. - John Sterling, a
young Norwegian, attempted to commit an
outrage on the .year-old daughter of John
Sieber, farmer living six miles west of
this place, Sunday, but was frightened
away before he could accomplish his pur-
pose and escaped in the darkness Sieber,
frantic with rage, headed search party
armed with double barreled shotguns, and
threatened to kill Sterling on sight. The
officers think they have located their man
at Winters and he will be brought here for
identification. Sterling had been in the
employ Of Sieber for some time.
Looks Like Persecution.
CoLUsA, April Sth.-The trial of Paul E.
Miller, charged with manslaughter in hav-
ing killed Robert McMartin at Maxwell,
September goth last, was commenced in
the Superior Court to-day The taking of
evidence has commenced. 1t will be re-
membered that McMartin's dying state
ment exonerated the defendant, who was
acquitted at the preliminary examination
Defendant and deceased were warm
friends, and it was plainly shown that the
shooting was accidental.
Regents of the University.
SAN FRANCISCO, April Sth.-The Regents
OF the University having been legally ad-
vised that they have no title TO the 466
acres of land in Contra Costa county
claimed by the Western Pacific Railroad,
relinquished their claim. In executive
session the matter of requiring the pro-
fessors to reside at Berkeley was discussed,
but no action was taken. If the Regents
decide they must reside there, President
Horace Davis will resign.
The Rocklin Strike.
RoCKLIN, April Sth.-The Lincoln Branch
of the Quarrymen's Union, at a meeting
held to discuss the strike question. passed
vote of thanks to F. Frotcher, T. Coffey,
Byrne Bros. and ]. w. johnson, who have
conceded to the demand for nine hours day;
also to the stonecutters for indorsing their
actions.
1t Would Not Work.
OAKLAND, April Sth.-In the case of
Knott, one of the Enterprise gang on habeas
corpus, to get out of the county Jail in San
Francisco on sentence of one year for con-
spiracv, Judge Gibson this afternoon dis
the proceedings.
senator Caminetti.
SAN RAFAEL, April Sth.-Senator Cami-
netti addressed the Board of Supervisors of
Marin county day in the interests of the
State Board Of Trade. The proposition
was favorably considered. Marin will af-
fliate with the State Board.
The Charleston.
VALLEJO, April Sth.-The war vessel
Charleston will go to San Francisco to. NOR
row afternoon at o'clock
Eighteen Hundred Seals.
VICTORIA (B. C.), April Slh-Advices
from the seal-isheries report catch up to
pri 1St of 900 Soolc