Sacramento daily record-union., 1881-06-15

their places the business of the day COM
menced. For an hour before the Prince OF
Wales stakes was begun the horses were pa
raded in the paddock. There was great
rush and inquiries after Ircquois. The pop
ular furore seemed entirely with the Ameri-
cans, one gentleman remarking, " / shall
break the Americans. Their luck is dead at
present" When Iroquois appeared he was
fairly mobbed. A crowd followed him
around, and the general opinion was that he
was greatly improved since the Derby. Since
last year the stewards, under the presidency
of the Earls of Cork aud Orrery, have done
much to increase the attractions of the meet
irg and have expended about e15 600 in at
fractions and improvements. leaving but little
in the way If comfort to be desired. The
amount added to-day to the various stakes is
about 81. 400. Iroquois would have met
Peregrine to-day in the Prince of Wales
stakes, but the latter horse was scratched last
night.
The Achievements OF Eoriilard and keene.
LONDON, june 14th.-The Telegraph says:
Lorillard has achieved what the late Lords
Derby, Glasgow and Exeter spent long lives
and much money to win. Keene. again, is
not less to be folicitated, in that within little
more than year. when his first batch of
horses landed in England, he has been sue
cessful in the greatest race upon the conti-
nent of Europe. We entertain no manner of
doubt that the two American victories will
be productive of important results Already
we hear that the Messrs. Dwyer. of New
York, perhaps the finest judges of stock of
all kinds that the new world contains, are
about to send to this country their celebrated
four-year-old Luke Blackburn, together with
his costly yesrling brother, and also their fine
three-year-old colt Hindoo, by Virgil, who
has Just won the Kentucky Derby. To them
and to all comers the old country gives q
hearty welcome, even though, which is far
from impossible, the result may be that we
shall soon be beaten at the game of which We
are the original inventors.
"t Never Rains but &c Pours."
LONDON, June 14th.-At Alexander Park
the race for the Enfield Park trottipg stakes,
distance one mile and half, one heat of
which was won yesterday by McIntyre's
American pony Aleck, was concluded to-day,
aud won by Aleck, who secured the last two
heats-the final one by eight lengths.
Grand Prix Admission Receipts.
PARIS, June 14th.-The admission receipts
at the Longchamps course, on the occasion of
the Grand Prix de Paris race, amounted to
nearly 50000-the greatest amount ever
taken at the course.
The Irish Trouble.
DUBLIN, June 14tb.-0ne hundred and ten
arrests have been made under the Coercion
Act up to the 9th of this month
LONDON. June 1itb-Forster denied in the
House of Commons, last night, having ex-
pressed regret that the troops and police had
not fred on the people during the New Pallss
riots. He produced his instructions, showing
that he had ordered an avoidance of extreme
measures, except when necessary to enforce
the law.
LONDON, June 14th-The warrant under
which the Catholic priest, Father Sheehy,
was arrested at Kilmauock, County Cork,
charges him with being reasonably suspected
as principal in the crime of assembling with
others and unlawfully attempting by threats
to compel persons to quit employment.
CORK, june 14tb.-Mrs. Henry O'BIs-
honey of Ballydehob has applied to Consul
Brooks for his intervention in behalf of her
husband, arrested last week, and who claims
to be An American citizen. Documents from
Erie county. N. ", show that O'Mahoney
served some time in the United States navy,
and became q citizen last year.
Important Disclosures Expected -e'Den.-
ovan Rossa's Story Secuted.
LONDON, June 14th.-The Government has.
undertaken the prosecution of McKevitt and
McGrath for attempting to blow up the
Liverpool Town Hall. Important disclosures
are expected from both prisoners.
The naval authorities are satisfied that
O'Donovan Rossa's statement is not true, that
explosives were placed in the hold Of the
British sloop- ofwar Dotterel, which blew up
in tie Straits of Magellan.
Boiler Explosion.
LONDON, June 1Ith.-Three men were
killed and ten injured to-day by an explosion
of the boiler of the steamer City of Rome.
The Exodus from Germany.
BERLIN, June 14th-Iu the Reichstag yes
terday, some Conservative members expressed
apprehensions relative TO the Immigration of
Roumanian Jews into Germany, and begged
the Government to try to divert the enor-
nous stream of German emigration to the
Danubian regions instead of to America.
Herr Richter. Progressist leader, said that
during the month of May last the exodus of
Germans was the greatest that had taken
place in the last ten years. 1t was because
The laboTers and artisans are shamefully i'll
off in all respects.
Verdict OF the JuPy IA the Victoria Dis
aster near Spring Bank, Ont.
LONDON (Ont J, june 14ih.-The jury find
that the steamer Victoria capsized from
water in her hold, which probably leaked in
through hole made by stone or snag.
The boiler was not securely fastered, and
the stanchions supporting the upper deck
were too slender and weak. The engineer
was grossly negligent in not telling the cap
tain of the dangerous condition of the boat.
The captain is blamed for being wheelsman
and captain, having too little time for both
positions, and blamed for not properly ex-
amining the boat before leaving Spring
Bank. The manager failed in his duty in
not employing enough hands for the boat,
and in not having it inspected, and the boat
inspectors are to blame for passing boat
which was so unfit to carry large load of
passengers. The jury urge the Government
to be more stringent