Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-03-17

Menu0nea OF Brazil, one of the committee mr.
| pressing the grateful appreciation by the visit
ing oelegstes of the many courtesies and
hospitalities, proposes that the delegates
| from Central and south America inaugurate a
| movement for the erection in Washington as .
| gift to the people of the United States OF a
monument TO commemorate the gathering of
| the FIRST Congress of all the nations of the Wss,
| ern Hemisphere.
| The Crevasse Widening.
VIcKsBURG (Miss.) March l6th-This evening
| the c1evasse al Raleigh was 200 feet or rnors
wide ana the ends were cavipg rapidly The
leyee is nearly fifteen feet high. and an i'm
| mense volume of water is delivered II may he
estimated by the fact taat in twenty Our hours
| ending this evening, the river has fallen three
| inches at Nicksburg and four inches a, Lake
| Providence, though rising steadily prior to the
| crevaSse.
The water from the crevasse viii overflow
| fully one-fourth of East Carroll Parish and the
greater pant of Tensas and Madison Parishes,
The crevasse has excited much CONSERVATION
in these parishes and the stock is being re,
| moved.
Three Desperadoes Killed.
| DENVER (Coll, March l6th-A special from
| Monte Vista, Col, says: Thursday hight John
| MeCann, Charles Harris and Thomas Gallagher,
Sheriff when he came in to give them their
| evening meal and escaped The prisoners
started up the Rio Grande river. Friday morn
| ing Sheriff Hecker with posse started in pur
| suit
This morning at daylight they discovered
their camp, The fugitives were called upon to
| the posse. The Sheriff returned the fire, shoot
| Ing three times and killing his three men
None of the Sheriff's posse were injured
Attempted Murder.
| GREESLEAFroS (Minn). March l6th.-Two
prothers, named Williams. yesterday made
| brutal assault upon Rev. G. Blumerithal the
iresbyterian minister of this place. Blumen-
thal married sister of the Williams and
recently his wife, who has been insane for sew
WAS roll Snl ~
cured. The brothers attempted to abduct her
as they hoped TO gain possession of large
amount OF property. Her husband interfered,
and was shot in the forehead The would.be
| assassins fled to Cresco, Ia. where they were
captured and brought back here for tIial
Blumen.hal will recover.
Laying Out a Town.
WILLOW SPRINGS q. IT,, March l6th-Neither
| troops to oust the boomers have yet been re-
ceived here, consequently the boomers are still
arriving in their prairie schooners. Many town.
site boomers are here, and considerable of a
town is being laid Off and surveyed
The boomers held meeting to-day and or.
ganlzed the town of Willow Springs. The fe-
male boomers were accorded the privilege of
making the first and second choice of corner
lots.
Abject Misery.
DULUTH (Minn.), March l6th-Asel C. Ander-
| states that on Saturday he came across twenty
| five haifstarved Indians twenty-five miles
northwest of this city. The camp con-
sisted sisted OF six SIX bucks; five fquaws and
misery than was presented by the camp and its
occupants 1t would be hard TO realize. Mr.. An
derson says something must be done at once to
| relieve them of further want.
Assistant Bishop.
| PHILADELPHIA, March l6th-Rey DR.. Nichols
| of the st. James Protestant Epicopal church of
this city, announced to his congregation today
that he had accepted the election as Assistant
81
DR.. Nichols will virtually be Bishop of Cali
| fornia, as Bishop Kip has stated he would
| turn over the entire management of the diocese
| to him in case he decided 70 leave the East and
accept the position OF Assistant Bishop.
Boomers Leaving the Strip.
GUTHRIE Il. T.) March 10th The Presidents
proclamation ordering all the settlers on the
| Cherokee strip to vacate is already having its
received by General Merritt at Fort Leaven.
worth to use the troops if necessary to eject the
| boomers, has already caused considerable ex-
| trains loaded down with boomers have been
| leaving the strip.
| Bitten by Mad Dog.
| NEW YORK, March 16th.-A mad dog ran
| through the streets to-day and bit two boys and
man. The injured persons had their wounds
| dressed at the hospitals. The dog had been
made mad by boys who plagued it. 1t ran
about four miles and is thought to have bitten
| numbers of persons, but the cases of only three
| OF the victims were reported to the police.
| Troops Ordered Out.
| FORT LEAvENwoRTH (Kas.) March 10TH
| General Merritt has ordered six troops of cav
airy to proceed to the Cherokee strip and ouss
the boomers thlye. a concentrated movement
| on the settlers will be made from Guthrie
| Under no circumstances will forcible measures
be taken unless the boomers after being given
full opportunity to vacate. refuse to leave.
Woman Frozen to Death.
| TESToS va March 18th Charles hot flor
| and Ida Condal were found lying in au open
| field Ill the snow near town yesterday. Both
were unconscious and the woman's body so
| badly frozen that it had begun TO turn black.
| Shaifers life may be saved, but the woman
died soon after being found. They are supposed
to have lost their way in the storm.
The Lottery Money.
NEW ORLEANS Qa.) March 16th-Governor
Nichols having declined to receive the S1O0.0 900
donation rendered by the / ouisiana Lottery
| Company, the Board of Directors to-day decided
to offer the fund direct to the various levee dis
| tricts. AS the money is needed all along the
line the probabilities are the parishes will ac-
| cept it.
| Almost a Panic.
CHICAGO, March 16th.-A fire on the main
| floor of the House of the Good Shepard in this
| city, at early hour thi, morning, created a
| wild panic among the inmates. The Mother
| Superior and sisters, however, managed by great
effort to hold the girls in check, and no one was
| hurt.
| The fire was extinguished with slight loss.
| Troops Preparing to Move.
] ST. LOUIS, March 16lh.-Word reaches here
that there is great activity i'll Fort Leavenworth
| in preparing TOR the departure of troops to ex-
| pei the boomers from the Cherokee strip. There
| are five companies of infantry, four of cavalry
| and one OF artillery at the fort and all except
! the artillery are expected to go to the strip,
| An Alleged En bezzler.
| CHICAGO, March leth.-Wm. NJ Craig the
| confidential man of C. J. L. Meyer u Sons, is
| missing, aud it is alleged by local paper that
| the company books show irregularities on his
| part amounting TO thousands OF dollars. He is
said to have been specializing heavily in real
estate.
| Situation at New Orleans.
! New ORLEANS, March 16th-The temporary
levee erected along the city front, it is expected
Will keep the streets clear OF water now. No
further disasters are reported to-day, except the
| enlargement OF the Raleigh crevass. near Nicks-
| burg.
| Death on Lake Michigan.
| CHICAGO, March 10TH - Three fishermen,
Andrew Sorensen, Andrew Nelson and an uu
| known man, who were on Lake Michigan in q
storm triday night were given up to-day as
lost. 1t is believed they were caught in an ice
| foe and either frozen to death or capsized.
| Shot to Death.
| GADsDEN (Tenn.) March 16th.-This evening
| Henry Williams, colored, was taken from the
! Jail by mob and shot to death for all attempted
| assault on Miss Tetder, an aged white lady, on
| January 18th. Williams was captured Saturday.
| A Cold Wave.
| CHARLESTON Is. C.), March 16th.-A cold wave
| struck us this morning. In twelve hours the
| mercury fell from 40 to 24o Potatoes, peas and
| berries are badly damaged.
Death from Heart Disease.
ST. PAUL, March 16th.-Captain Jonathan R.
| jerks, clerk at the headquarters of the Depart,
| ment of Dakota, Q. S. A, died this evening oi
| heart disease.
! PATRIOTIC PUPILS.
Arbor Day and Flag Raising at the Pleas
| ant Grove School.
Arbor Day and raising the American flag
was celebrated by the pupils of the Eagle
District in very appropriate manner on
Friday last. at 10 O'Clock the parents and
friends gathered together at the school
house to listen to the following entertain