Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-05-05
F0REIGN NEWS.

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FOREIGN NEWS.
Adjournment Agreed Upon.
BERLIN, May 3d.-The President of the
Reichstag has had conference with Bis
marck, at which it was settled that the House
would adjourn on the 11th of May.
The Anfi-sociaIist Bill.
BERLIN, May 4th.-In the debate on the
second reading of the anti-Socialist bill to-
day, the Reichstag rejected the amendment
proposed by Leichens Perger, that the law
should continue in force one year only, and
adopted the bill by vote of 10 to "a in the
form decided upon at the second reading,
rrolonging the operation of the law until
September 80, 1884, and providing that the
law empowering local authorities to refuse
the right of residence to persons already ex-
PEELED by them should not apply to members
of the Reichstag, or of other Legislatures,
who should remain at the seats of their re-
spective Legislatures during several sessions.
During the debate Liebllnecht was called
to order for insulting Deputy, and Herr
Hassellman for saying that German working
men were being forced to act the same as the
Russian anarchists
The COasting Trade Bill in the German
Reichsfag.
BERLIN, May 4th-In the Reichstag to-
day Hoffman declared that the Bundesrath
would scarcely approve of the coasting trade
bill, as amended, and it was agreed, there
fore, to remove the bill from the order of the
day until it was put, if possible, into more
acceptable shape
The Political Crisis in Italy.
ROME, May 4th.-The Government has
published, in the form of a report to the
King, what is really an address to the con-
stituences. blaming the Opposition for delay
ing legislation, and pointing out that the dis
cussions which have been held in foreign
relations, internal affairs and military reor-
ganization have demonstrated the necessity
of such majority as will place the Govern
ment in position of real authority. The
Ministers have agreed to favor an early abo-
lition of the grist tax and an extension of the
suffrage.
The PhyilOXera Pest.
NAPLES, May 4th.-The phylloxera has ap-
peared in the vineyards on Mount Vesuvius
and on the opposite part of the Gulf at Puz-
zuloli and Pianura. Much alarm is felt, and
precautions are being taken. The phylloxera
has hitherto been confined to Callanizetta. 1t
is now reported near Messina.
Freedom OF the City.
DUBLIN, May 4th.-Captain Potter, of the
United States ship Constellation, was to-day
presented with the freedom of the city Of
Dublin. Lord Mayor Gray presided at the
ceremony He stated that the distress in
Ireland was as great as ever, and he feared
that during the next three months it would
prove most severe. Captain Potter signed
the Burgess roll amid cheers. He returned
thanks to the citizens. The crowd cheered
Captain Potter and his officers as they were
leaving the City Hall.
The English Labor Troubles.
LONDON, May 4th. Upwards of 1000
iron workers are on a strike in the north
of England against the five per cent. reduc-
ton of wages awarded by the arbitrators.
A ballot was taken by the iron workers at
Corsett to-day. and a majority of four to one
favored continuance Of the strike.
BURNLEY, May 4th-The masters, in order
to support Blackburn masters in their notice
to the spinners and card-room hands of re-
duction in wages, have decided to suspend
the rules requiring notice before aischarg-
ing their hands.
Montenegro and Turkey.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 4th-According to
the trustworthy intelligence received from
Cettenje, the Prince of Montenegro declares
that he has no intention of fighting with the
bands which have taken possession of the
evacuated territory, and that if war unfor-
tunately be necessary. it will be declared
against the Turkish Government, which is
the real author of the resistance to the execu-
ton of the convention. This accusation OF
completely on the part of the Turkish au-
thorities with the leaders of Albanian agita-
ton is fully confirmed by intelligence from
Scutari. 1t is an open secret that resistance
to the advance of the Montenegrin troops
was organized by Hodji Osman Pasha and
Hodi Beer, both officers of the Turkish
service and in intimate relations with Izzet
Pasha, Governor-General of the province.
An Editor Sentenced 10 imprisonment.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, May 4th.- Whitaker,
the editor of the LerGHt Herald, has been
sentenced to seventeen months imprisonment
for publishing a new number of his journal,
notwithstanding its recent suppression.
The American COaling station on the
Lsthmus.
PANAMA, April 24th.-The Star and Herald
says We are informed that General Guardia
recently visited the commander of the steamer
Adams at Colo Dulce and was assured that
his orders were very explicit to select a proper
place for coaliDg station; to survey it. clear
away timber and otherwise prepare the
ground and deposit as much coal as he could
spare from the bunkers of the Adams. He
was further directed to remain at the place
until relieved by another United States ship.
But in case he was likely to run short of food
or other supplies, he was ordered to leave the
station in charge of natives of the country,
who were to be employed for account in the
interest of the United States In the event
of meeting with opposition from the authori-
ties on shore, the Captain was advised to use
his own Judgment as to the amount of resist
ance he would employ, but under all the cir
cumstances to report the matter to Washing
ton. There was no attempt made or DISPOSE
ton shown to hoist the Stars and Stripes
over the new coaling station, but rather to
survey and denoupce piece of land under
private name in the ordinary way, and treat
for its acquisition afterward as public prop
erty. At least this is the idea which prevails
in Costa Rica, where the people are much ex-
ercised over an affair so mysterious General
Guardia has decided to send a special envoy
to Washington to investigate the matter
The United States steamer Adams is still at
Colo Dulce, and report from Costa Rica has
it that a coaling station has been taken up.
but not in public way or in any manner to
cause offense to the authorities of Costa Rica
or Colombia, both of which claim Jurisdiction
over the territory and waters of the gulf.
Surveys of an eligible site were made, but
the flag was not planted over it nor any
deposit OIL coal mace IN Jne name OF the
United States Government. The plat of
land selected was to have been denounced as
private property and taken possession of as
such in the usual way. Its employment for
the erection of building and storing of coal
would be carried on by private persons, who,
of course, would enjoy the rights and privi-
leges granted by the country to American
citizens. Considerable uneasiness exists in
Costa Rica on account of the affair
The Canal Scheme NJ neral Develop.
ments = Change OF Cabinet Panama
Railroad.
PANAMA, April 24th.-The Star and Herald
very severely comments on the action of the
San Francisco Board Of Trade regarding the
interoceanic canal. In New York, Boston
and other cities of the Union De Lesseps
found no difficulty in convincing scientific
men of all classes of the excellence of his
project. Not SO the wiseacres of the COM
mittee of the San Francisco Board of Trade.
Their opinions were already formed. They
formed themselves into a sort of rival insti-
tuition to the Paris Congress, and did not care
button about long -winded reports written
mostly in a foreign language.
The peaceful Inauguration of the new ad-
ministration of Rafael Minez has already had
a beneficial effect on the business of the
country, particularly on the west coast and
In the State of Cauca. Gold mining is now
receiving attention, and with the removal of
unfavorable legislation. under the new regime,
many mines which have been practically
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