Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-04-04
SATURDAYS NEWS.
Dispatches to the ''Record-Un >
in a Condensed Form.

have been proclaimed in state of disturb
ance.
Frank Edwards (coloredl convicted OF wife
murder near Meldon, Texas, last March, ha
been sentenced to be hanged.
William Powell, of the Tenth Cavalry
| killed Mexican woman named Tobia Wei
in a bagnio at Fort Worth Friday night.
Miss Senari, one of the victims of tn
! opera-house calamity at Nice, was the fiance
| of Herbert Reeves, son Of Sims Reeves, th
well-known tenor.
| A slight FIRE at the Union Square Theater
| New York, Saturday evening, caused the su
| dience TO stampede but no one was hurt, ant
the damage was tritiing.
1t is proposed to hold an international con
ference of jurists at Vienna to ventilats th'
| question OF continuing TO grant rights Of asy
lum to political refugees.
Hattie Deuel. began the fortieth day of hel
fast at Iowa City. Ia, Saturday. She wai
more comfortable, sleeps more, and drinks al
ounce of water each hour.
Early vegetation in North Louisiana
Mississippi, Alabama and Texas is consider,
ably damaged by frost, and it is feared the
peach crop is entirely cut off.
Iowa farmers in Convention at Des Moines
Saturday adopted long and strong resolutions
against the barbed-wire fence monopoly,
showing their intention of fighting it.
The great Corliss engine, weighing $50
tons which was on exhibition at the Phila-
delphia Centennial, is now in operation in
the Pullman Car Compauy's works near Chi
cago.
A Durham dispatch says: Many Trans
walters are returning hurriedly to Natal
There is great friction between the Boer
leaders 1t is believed that peace will be
only temporary.
A Boston dispatch says The occasion of
the retirement of Justice Soule will be i'm
proved by Governor Long to tender ex-At
torey- General Devens his old place on the
Supreme Court bench.
An ARRAY has occurred between the people
and police who were protecting process
servers on an estate near Ballaghaderip,
county Mayo, ireland. Two men were killed
and several wounded.
A manifesto is being placarded in every
township throughout Great Britain which
sets forth the great danger arising from the
use of the hog product, and giving directions
for cooking it when used.
Senator Miller has leased handsome fur
nished residence on Connecticut avenue, in
Washington, and Senator Fair is IN treaty
for the purchase of a large and costly
dwellirg-house in the same general neighbor-
hood.
A boiler in Cummings & Firms smelter, at
Denver. Colorado. exploded Saturday after.
noon, completely demolishipg the building.
William Collins, engineer, was probably
fatally injured, and Dan Pickett, James
Keefe and Thomas M. Runim were seriously
wounded.
The publicmeeting convened by the Freiheit
Defense Committee was held at the Socialist
Club in London Saturday night to protest
against the seizure of the plant of the Freiheit
and the arrest Of Herr Most. An English
man presided.
Senator Voorhees, says he is content to let
the controversy between himself and Senator
Malone rest just where it is, and as the fiery
little Virginian is equally satisfied with the
present situation there will be no pistols and
coffee required.
The terribly mangled and lifeless body of
man was found in tunnel, at st. Louis,
Saturday morning. 1t evidently had been
run over by two or three trains. From tie
papers found on the body the mans name is
supposed to be Eugene p. Ellis, carpenter
whose family reside in Emporia, Kansas.
By an explosion of the boiler of saw.
mill at Berkeley, Va, Andrew Brown
(white). Thomas Creek, Moses Conway and
Luke Whitehurs (colored) were scalded to
death, and James and Robert Brown (col-
ored) will also die. Lee Mingo, Lorenzo
Backus and Edward Morton (colored) were
badly scalded.
The Denver (Col. Neacs furnishes informa-
ton that the skeleton of Joseph A1cLane,
who was killed by the Utes in July, 1873,
was found on the prairie thirty miles from
Wallace, few days ago. There was a bull
let hole through the skull. The remains were
identified by the revolver, which was found
with the body.
Severe floods and gales have occurred on
the Spanish coast of the Mediterranean.
There has been considerable destruction of
property in the province of Andaiusia. The
Guadalquiver river has risen 81 meters. 1t
is said the foundations Of the railway station
at Seville are not solid, and consequently it
is feared the whole town will be flooded.
The French troops sent out to protect the
Algerian tribes from the marauding Karowmi
had sharp fight on March 21st with the
Tunias. A number of men were wounded.
1t was a serious affair and lasted eleven
hours. Six tribes were engaged. Several
other tribes are hesitating. 1t is believed
that all those on the frontier are willing to
join the aggressors.
billiard match at New York between the
champion, Slosson, and Schaeffer is now in
the hands of Stockholders. The match is
for $4,000, 5000 points each, and will be
played after the manner of the late Paris
match between Slosson and Vignaux, in a
series of FIVE nights, the games comprising
LOCO points each evening.
The St. Louis Republicans Little Rock
special says: Patrick Thoren, railroad man,
was murdered last night at Gold Creek, Con-
way county. He was found near the rail-
road section house with frightful wound in
the stomach made with knife, and lying in
a pool of blood. Mrs. Mayer, his divorced
wife, has been arrested on suspicion of hav-
ing committed the horrible deed.
General Wilson, President of the Repubti.
can Publishing Company, at Denver, Col ,
George ID. Clark, Manager, and City Editor
Ziegenlas, of the Republican,, were arrested
Saturday on q charge Of libel, and held in
Sc, 600 bail, to answer at the next term OF the
Criminal Court. The suit is brought by an
ex-policeman, who was compelled to resign in
consequence of the Republicans attacks.
The shareholders of the Canadian Pacific
Railway Company held their first meeting in
London Saturday, and completed their or
ganization. From particulars brought by
cable, it appears that they are fully deter
mined to make the best of their opportunity.
Work is to be pushed forward so rapidly that
$50 miles of road west of Winnipeg is ex-
pected to be in operation by the close of this
year.
Agent McGillicuddy, of Pine Ridge, Da-
kota, recently issued warrant for the arrest
of Boone May and party Of hunters for
trespass on the reservation, and gave it to a
party of Indians to serve. The latter have
passed Fort Meade, boasting that they would
take May dead or alive. a party has gone
out from Deadwood to reinforce May, who is
noted fighter of Indians and road agents.
There is probability of trouble.
A delegation of colored men of Baltimore
waited upon the President Saturday, and
presented an address asking fuller recognition
of the claims of colored Republicans of
Maryland. The President replied briefly
that he would examine into the matter, and
that in appointments to public Office the fit
ness and qualifications of the individual
should be considered. The color, whether
black or white, could, in itself, be neither a
recommendation nor q bar