Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-06

| Gratis called for the ayes and noes, and de-
| clared the motion carried. The Democrats
| were dumbfounded.
The Senate is now considering the Re-
| publican House bills.
Horrible If True.
WILKEsBARRE (Pa.) February 5th.-
| There is fire in tte Petiibone mine shaft,
| and it is feared 100 men are roasted to
death. The fire department is at the scene
of the mine fire, pouring water from the
Susquebanna into the burning mine. The
colliery was operated by the Delaware and
| Lackawanna and Western Road. At
o'clock the air shaft building fell. Loss to
the mine, $4,000. There are no tidings
| from the imprisoned miners.
Brooklyn Burning.
BROOKLYN, February 6th.-Greenleaf's
match works caught fire at midnight and
| quickly spread to three adjoining frame
dwellings. There are fears of loss OF life
| The flames are spreading.
LATER-The factory and three houses are
destroyed. Loss, probably Sl50,000. Choir,
| fireman, was hurt by falling walls.
There were many narrow escapes.
Mysterious Suicide.
TERRE HlJTE Qnd J. February 5th.-
Cashier Crawley OF the Farmers Bank at
Sullivan, Ind. yesterday went in mis- barn
and set fire to il, and tneu lay down and
cut his throat.
His body was found in the burned build
ing. His accounts are straight and his
family relations were pleasant. The cause
of the suicide is mystery.
Fatal Row at a Church.
SPARTA IN. c., February 5ih.-During
service in a church across the line in Vir.
ginia last Sunday the preacher. Rev.
I Strooke, accused Thomas Coleman of inf
deity to his wife. A riot followed and
| Coleman seized stick of wood ard used it
with fatal effect. A man wrerched the
weapon from Coleman and hit him a fatal
blow. Two were killed and three seriously
injured.
Spurious Silver Dollars.
New YoRK, February 6th.-The Sun this
evening returns to the charge that large
quantities of spurious United States silver
dollars are circulating near the Mexican
frontier, but says the matter has been more
fully Investigated, and it has been con-
cluded probable that the dollars are made
in New Mexico instead of Mexico, as pre-
viously reported.
Graphophone Syndicate.
New York, February 5th.-A syndicate,
among them D O. Mills. has purchased
the foreign graphophone patents for $780,
600 in cash, and have made a combination
with Edison By which the new company,
which is being formed, will control all ma
chimes in all the countries outside of the
United States and Canada.
Kelley's Successor.
PHILADELPHIA, February 5th.-The Re-
publicans of the Fourth Congressional Dis
trict to-day nominated State Senator John
E. Reyhurn for the vacancy in Congress
caused by the death of William D. Kelley.
The election will De held on the 18th inst
The district is s rongly Republican.
Goodbye Castle Garden.
New YORK, February 5th-Collector
Erhart this morning received communi-
cation from the Secretary of the Treasury
in which it was stated that Governors
Island had been decided upon SIS the land
ing depot for immigrants. Castle Garden
will now be abandoned.
EndeavoriuS to Compromise.
DEs MONIES Qowa), February 5th.-In
the Honse this morning the Republicans
rejected the Democratic proposition of yes
terday, but agreed to set the Conference
Committee at work to effect compromise
The House then adjourned
viii Drop the Matter.
COLUMBUS (O.), Februsry 5th.-Lamp-
son, the Republican Lieutenant Governor,
who was ousted by the Democratic Senate,
has decided, after consultation with his at
torneys, not to carry the case 10 the Su-
preme Court.
VIII Resume Business.
New YORK. February 9Th Conrad n.
Jordan announces this afternoon that the
Lenox Hill Bank will resume tomorrow.
All the banks which were in the hands of
| u, fIa-, bo osr
again.
An Iowa Blaze.
MARsHALTowN tIowa), February 5th-A
fire at Belle Plaine this morning burned
the Phoenix Opera House and other build
ing, causing loss of twenty five Thousand
dollars. 1t is partly insured.
Three Boatmen Drowned.
MARGNE CITY mich }, February 5'h.-
James Bury, Fred. Young and Frank Chap
man. of Som ora, while cut in boat last
night were upset in squall and all of
them were drowned.
New York Legislature.
ALBANY, February 9TH The W r,d's
fair bill as amended by the committee was
killed in the Senate by vote of 13 to s.
This does not however, finally dispose of
the matter.
The Navassa Rioters.
BALTIMORE, February 5th-The third
trial of the Navassa rioters has begun.
The cases of three principals and fourteen
accessories to the murders have been con-
solidated.
North Dakota Wants 1t.
New ORLEANS, February 5th.-The
North Dakota Legislature to-day passed a
bill authorizing the transfer of the Loulsi-
ana State Lottery from New Orleans to
Bismarck.
Union Pacific Earnings.
BosroN, February 5th.-The Union Pa
cifc's net earnings for the year ending De-
cember 31st, was S12, $40 65S, an increase of
s651 $40 over the preceding year.
Seriously Ill.
PHILADELPHIA, February 5th.-Samuel
Randall is critically ill.
PORTLAND THREATENED.
Water is Said to be Flooding FIRST Street
Knee Deep.
CHICAGO, February 9Th = For several
days the city of Portland and other points
from teiegraphic communication.
From telegram received this afternoon
by the Postal Telegraph Company at Mon
treal by c. B Hosmer, of the Canadian Pa
cific, and forwarded by him to the Associ-
ated Press, it would seem that Portland is
in danger from floods.
The message is as follows: Water is now
flooding First street knee deep. All traffic
in the streets is suspended, the only means
of communication being by small boats
The Pacific Postal Telegraph Office floor is
covered with water. The river is still ris-
ing. There is no news from the SOUTH
The situation at Portland is undoubtedly
due to the rapid rise of the Willamette
river 1; flows into the Colunbi river Just
above Portland, and for nearly month
past the hills and mountains Of Oregon,
through which the river flows, have been
piled with continually falling snow. The
drifts in some places are fifteen and twenty