The record-union., 1894-09-22
Special to the REcoRD-Ux1ox.

! SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 21.-A Chinese
| patient committed suicide at the Receiy-
ing Hospital this morning. He beat him.
self to death by hammering his head
against the dull edge of piece of the
! flooring OF the cell in which he was con-
! fined.
| The Chinaman's name and address are
not known. He was arrested in China
town yesterday afternoon on a charge of
insanity. y policeman found him ''act-
ing queerly" in Ross alley, and when he
was spoken to the coolie only laughed
and muttered disconnected sentences.
/ None of his fellow-countrymen seemed
to care anything about the unfortunate,
but one who followed him to the City
Prison said that he had recently come
| from the country, where he had been
working on q ranch,
The prisoner became too violent and
| crazy to be kept in JAIL and last evening
| was taken to the hospital, to be declared
| insane formally by the Commissioners
and sent to an asylum. During the night
! the Chlnamau Wept or crouched on the
| tlOor in moody state.
Early this morning when the steward
! looked into the padded cell which the
| Mongol occupied, the patient was crawl
| ing arounde the floor, apparently looking
for something. When he was asked what
| he had lost he did not answer. He found
what he wanted, however. The door is
1 not padded. but is made OF plain boards,
! ~ flat half-inch board is also nailed
across the flooring near the iron door,
| and on an edge OF this the Chinaman beat
the back OF his head when no one was
! around.
! He got down flat on his back and con-
tinued knocking his head against the
board until he had beaten himself into
1 n TlS SfslN Nv1g, L. 4
out about Z o'clock there was only a
slight scalp wound discernible and
scarcely any blood.
Charged With obstructing Mails.
Los ANGELES, Sept. 2l.-The trial of
c. T. Buchanan and Thomas C. Gallagher
in the United States District Court.
charged with conspiracy in the obstruc-
/ ton of mail trains during the big strike
/ Of July lst, was resumed this morning.
| w. Is. Beamer, superintendent of the
! Southern California road, told of the ex-
! perIence OF his company during the
! strike, and how the trains were tied up
! and traffic brought to a standstill. Super
! lntendent j. a. Muir of the Southern Pa
| ellie was then called and related his expe-
| rlenee with the defendants, his testimony
bearing directly upon the specific charge
| against them. The defendants also testi-
hed In their own behalf, and arguments
| Will be made tomorrow.
Yolo County PopuIists.
! WOODLAND, Sept. 2l.-The PopuIist
! County Convention met in this CITY to-
day, with large attendance. Harry
Knox was unanimously nominated for
Sheriff The ticket is as follows: Joint
! Senator, IL. B. higgins; Assemblyman,
! >. b. Dunton; Clerk. c.. G. Jefferson;
| :
| ID. h. Watkins; Assessor, d. V. Rollins;
| superintendent of Schools, J. G. Ken
nedy; Recorder, II. a. Hill; Treasurer,
j. r. Mitchell; Public Administrators, C.
! A. Hill; Coroner. B. Bost; Supervisors,
! r. b. Bruuson and j. 3. Rollins Thos'
! V. Gator addressed ratification meeting,
as did several local speakers.
a Sailors Death.
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 21.-Captain James
Garriocll of the British ship Elisland re-
/ ports the death of an ordinary seaman
on July 18th in latitude 43o south. lonpi-
! tude So SO west, on the voyage from Car
| diff to this port. The seaman whose
name was W. Ufen, German, aged 10,
was sent aloft at 2:30 \. NJ, on July Dist
| to furl the upper maintop gallant sail, and
he fell from the port yardarm to the main
| deck, distance of ninety feet. He was
! conscious when picked up, but died four
days later, being buried at sea.
Destructive Fire at Red Bluff.
RED BLUFF, Sept. 2I.-A disastrous
fire visited Red Bluff this morning. One
dwelling, eight barns and a number OF
other outbuildings were destroyed. The
hre caught III an old shed, and as a strong
! wind was blowing, swept everything
| before it, Forty tons of hay one horse,
| three head of cattle and considerable
| fencing was destroyed. The loss is esti-
mated at 5000.
Grass Valley Mine Troubles Settled.
GRASS VALLEY, Sept. 2l.-The. Miners
Union and President w. G. Ralston of
the Osborn Hill Company amicably set
tied the differences existing this morn
ing. The miners will work the schedule
time of the district, and not be compelled
to board at the company's boarding.
house. Superintendent Schnabel will re-
turn.
Restored to His Command.
VANCOUVER (Wash.) Sept. 2l.-Captain
w. G. Goodwin. Company G, Fourteenth
Infantry, who was recently court
martialed on a charge of drunkenness.
has been acquitted on every specification,
and was tonight restored to his COM
mand, by order OF Brigadier- General
Otis.
Democratic Nominees at Bakersfield.
BAKERSFIELD, Sept. 2l.-Atter a large
procession this evening Messrs. Jeter,
Phillips and Budd addressed a large out
door assemblage. Mr.. Phillips made all
kinds of promises, if elected Mr.. BudG
followed with great effort to refute MIR.
Estee's speech on State expenditures.
Murder and suicide.
PHGNIx (Ariz.), Sept 2l.-Thomas
| Secrist. an engineer at the Mammoth
mine, murdered his wife tonight, shoot
ing her in the breast and back, and then
committed suicide by lodging a bullet III