Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-05-07


L. Bentley, the man whom General Clay.
ton suspects of having killed his brother.
Bentley is Deputy Sheriff of Conway
county, and claims to have been in Nor
rilton on the night Clayton was killed at
Plummerville. To-day he brought in
papers to corroborate this claim Chair
man Lacy dictated to Bentley letter re-
ceived by the town Marshal of Morrillton
after the killing, signed Jack the Ripper
No |, !" and containing many dire threats.
There was no similarity whatever between
the handwriting of the letter and that of
Bentley.
Carroll Armstrong to-day apologized to
the Committee for the strong language used
by him last night.
Their Last Demand.
PHILADELPHIA, May 6th.-Letters were
sent to-day to the master builders NOTIFY
ing them that if they did not, by 10
o'clock tomorrow morning, concede to
the demands of the strikers certain plan
which has been formulated would be put
in operation. This plan Is said by the
officials of the Carpenters Brotherhood to
be sort of cooperative arrangement by
which the building trades, including every
thing from stone-masons to frescoers, would
form one grand organization, employing
thirty thousand men. This organization
would make contracts, erect buildings, pay
workmen and divide the profits among the
men themselves.
@. F Clarkson Dead.
Dies MONIES, May 6th.- Hon. C. F. Clark
son, father of First Assistant Postmaster
General Clarkson and r. II. Clarkson, of
the State Register, who has been sick for
several months, grew rapidly worse to-day
and died soon after midnight.
/ Mr.. Clarkson was born in Maine in 1910,
and moved to Indiana in 1920 and lived
there until 1856, when he came to
Iowa. He was elected to the State Senate
in 1868. Since his SEVENTEEN year he has
been connected with the newspaper busi-
ness, and for the past twenty years has
been agricultural editor of the Register.
Murderous Tramps.
ST. LOUIS, May 6th,-A number of tramps
have been camped along the Iron Mountain
road between here and Desoto for several
days, and have caused much terror to the
train men. Sunday night conductor Mel.
son attempted to eject three men from his
train and was shot in the hand. Conductor
Boahnier, who went out on Nelson's train
last night, found tramp on box car and
ordered him off. The tramp drew re-
volver and shot Boahnier in the breast, in
f1icting fatal wound. A tramp named
Charles Denisan was caught at Desoto to-
night, and he admits having done the
shooting.
Tired of Her Chinaman.
New HAVEN Comm, May 6th.-The
wife of Yam Phon zee has begun suit for
divorce, alleging infdelity in San Francisco
and Portland. This Chinaman graduated
from Yale College with honors, and his
shining example was used in the East to
oppose California arguments against Chi
nese exclusion. He succeeded in marry
ing Miss Elizabeth Ward Jerome, an
heiress to 100000 in her own right. The
names of the persons who are respondents
are not given.
Turned On the Gas.
CHICAGO, May 6th.-A farmer and his
wife. Mr.. and Mrs. Alonzo Edwards, of
Lake county, were found in room of the
Legrande Hotel this afternoon suffocated
by gas. The man soon died, and the
woman cannot live. In the farmers
pocket was found warrant committing
his wife to the Northern Illinois Insane
Asylum. 1t is supposed he was on his
way to that institution, and it is thought
the woman turned on the gas in a crazy
| freak.
Sweeping Democratic Victory.
ST. PAUL (Minn.), May 6,h.-The city
election to-day resulted in sweeping VIC
Robert A. Smith, Mayor; George Refs,
Treasurer, and Henry W. Cory, Municipal
Judge. each by over 1900 majority, and
thirteen out of seventeen Aldermen. The
eiection;was held under the Australian sys-
tenn of balloting, which has given general
| satisfaction.
Murder and Suicide.
OMAHA, May CHA special from Free
port, Banner county, says young man
| named Charles Clark, who had been
| counting Miss May Mcintyre, daughter
| of wealthy parents, proposed to her, and
| when she rejected him he shot her in the
shoulder and chest. He then blew out
his own brains. Doctors say the girl will
| die
Rough on Bookmakers.
ELIZABETH (N.J.) May 6th.-Judge Van
| sickle this morning directed the Grand
Jury to bring in indictments against all the
| bookmakers doing business at the race
tracks of the New Jersey jockey Club and
the Linden Blood-Horse Association.
| Horse racing" he said, lis not against the
laws of New Jersey, but bookmaking is"
! Brought Back From Honduras.
| New ORLEANS, May 6th.-The steamship
| Strama, which arrived from Spanish Hon.
duras, had on board Edward Crawford, an
express defaulter, in custody of two Pinker-
| ton detectives. He is the defaulter who
| robbed an express company in New York
of large sum. w. A. Pinkerton came
down from Memphis to meet him.
| Murdered His Daughter.
RoxBoRo (Mass), May 6th.-A man
named Cromack murdered his daughter,
aged ID, and then committed suicide to-day
by shooting himself The tragedy was dis
covered by Cromack's son late this after
noon when he returned from fishing trip.
Mrs. Cromack is employed in factory in
the village. No cause is assigned for the
deed.
They Blew Out the Gas.
GRAND ISLAND (Neb.), May 6th.-C. NJ.
Burt and bride of Fairfield, who were
stopping at the hotel here on their wedding
tour, blew out the gas last night. They
were found in their room in an uncon-
scious condition this morning. Mrs. Burt
is dead and the husband cannot live.
Trustees Fined.
CHICAGO, May 6.h.-The trouble in the
| Humboldt Park Evangelical Church grow
ing out of the split at the late Conference
came up in the Police Court to-day.
Trustees William Sodman and Edward
Hintz were fined 500 each for forcibly
ejecting Pastor Vetter from the pulpit.
Chicago Strikers.
| CHICAGO, Nav 6th.-~he striking carpen.
tiers and New Bosses Association signed to.
day treaty of peace, and the men will
begin work on Thursday. The terms con.
cede eight hours per day and IS cents an
hour till August Let, when the rate will be
81 cents.
Coal Miners Strike.
CHICAGO, May 6th.-There now seems tc
be no prospect OF a settlement of the coal
miners difficulties, aud general strike oil
the 5000 coal miners in the State is ex.
pected. The miners demand an increase
OF ~ cents per ton, which the operators re-
fuse to give.
Cruiser Philadelphia.
PHILADELPHIA. May 9th. - The new
cruiser Philadelphia steamed down the
Delaware river to-day from Cramps ship
yard on her preliminary trial trip. She
will proceed to sea tomorrow, when thu
test of her speed will be made.
Youthful Murderer.
J UNIoSNILLE MOI. May 6th.-John
Stearns, aged twelve, and James Archer
J aged sixteen, quarrelled to-day over triy.
ial matter, when Stearns opened q Jack
knife and plunged the blade into Archer.
heart. killing him instantly.
Pfener's win.
PHILADELPHIA. May 6th.-The will O.
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