Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-06-27
nomlcide at the National Capital.

Prominent Rowing Matches.
| New HAVEN, June 25th.-The Yale and
| Harvard Boat Clubs agreed to row on Fri.
day next. The Harvard Columbia race will
be rowed on Monday morning at IL o'clock.
FOREIGN.
| Americans Still Walking Match
and FOotrace This Time.
/ LONDON, june 25th.-Much interest was
| taken in athletic circles in tine first appear.
ance to-day of the American amateur champ
ion, L. z. Myers, of the Manhattan Club,
New York, and Eugene Merrill, of the Union
Club. Boston, at the grounds of the London
| Athletic Club at Stanford Bridge. The lat.
ter hold summer meeting in conjunction
with the Manhattan Athletic Club Large
filled. Owing to the heavy rain, the
cinder track was rather heavy, and
prevented quick time from being made.
The two-mils walking level race was set for
o'clock, when there was about 1000 people
present. Mr.. Merrill. who strained his back
during the passage to England while taking
part in q tug-of war, was not quite fit, but
without the slightest difficulty disposed of his
opponents-Messrs.B eckley, who is scratch
| Highgate. Before going a quarter of mile
the latter retired, and the American,
amid cries by the Stewards of swell
walked, sir" and Beautiful, beautiful"
all over the grounds, won by about
$50 yards. Time, IA minutes 35A seconds.
] When he broke the tape every one burst out
cheering, which was repeated for some time.
Then followed the quarter of mile level
running, which revealed another American
wonder in Mr.. Myers to the English public
for the first time. He was opposed by four
| oc I tl,,k H. ,,oJ
himself very cool on the scratch when wait
! ing for the pistol to be fired. When off his
opponents tried to break the little American
down, but before three parts of the distance
were covered he ran through them, and amid
loud and prolonged cheering broke the tape
ten yards ahead of the second man. Time,
40 As seconds. The prize of both races was
silver cup. The opinion among the rum
ners present is that Myers is like fawn, and
remarkably quick. Many Americans were
present.
The Coming Racing Event.
| LONDON, June 25th.-Sportsmen are anx-
iously looking forward to the third meeting
of Iroquois and Peregrine, which it was
| thought would be at Goodwood, but it is
learned that the latter will not run at the
ducal meeting.
An America Honored In England.
LONDON, June 25th.-Colonel Chester, an
American resident of London, whose careful
and thorough antiquarian and geological re.
searches prosecuted in England during many
years, have won for him the position of
recognized authority in regard to all ques-
| tions touching American family. history, re-
ceived the degree of D. G. L. from the Uni
versity of Oxford on Wednesday.
The Proposed Tunnel Under the English
Channel.
| LONDON, June 25th.-It was announced
the other day that experimental borings for
the tunnel between Dover and Calais had
turned out very successful, but experts say
TIE scheme is visionary one. and eminent
engineers laugh at what they consider wild
freak of imagination on the part of Sir Ed
ward William Watkin. They want to know
how the dirt ia to be removed and ventilation
secured for the workmen. It would be abso.
lutely impossible to work trains through such
a tunnel to make it pay, unless enormous
passenger and freight rates were charged
Sir Edwards estimate that the seven.feet
drift way can be completed in five years is
ridiculed as gross absurdity. The whole
affair is probably meant as an attemptto raise
the wind for the Southeastern Railway, of
which Sir Edward is Chairman.
Aid for Foreigners In Distress.
! LONDON, june 25sh.-The great social at
| traction of the week was the international
bazaar of the Duke of Wellingtons Riding
School at Knights Bridge, in aid of foreign.
| ers in distress. The stalls represented cos
mopolitan street, with houses Of all nations.
The Sultan of Turkey sent presents valued
at e3 600 These were sold by Madame A1u-
suIus, daughter of the Turkish ambassador.
| In the original letter of the Padishah, which
was exhibited, the Sultan took care to assert
| his position strongly He wrote that having
| been solicited to aid the bazaar, the great
Mussulman nation, as well as the Sultan him
self, considered it their sacred duty to asso.
ciate themselves with that work of charity.
| G ants OF money were also received from the
Emperor and Empress of Austria, from the
| Gar Of Russia, the Queen Of Spain, the King
of SaxoDy and Others.
The Condition OF Emigrant Steamers.
LONDON, june 25th.-The special cor
respondent sent over in the steerage from
| Philadelphia to examine into the condition
of the emigrant steamers, telegraphs from
! Queenstown that he found nothing to COM
| pl lin Of in connection with the voyage with
exception Of the lodging houses at Queens
town, in which emigrants are obliged to sleep
before they start. The arrangements made
by the British King, in which he came over,
for steerage passengers, from the American
| side to Europe at least, were as satisfactory
as could be desired or expe ,ted, considering
the small sum paid for the voyage. Further
more, he states that the manager in Phila.
delphia OF the steamship line personally paid
every attention to the passengers up to the
time of the departure of the British King,
and seemed even to be anxious TO do more
for the comfort Of the steerage than of the
saloon passengers. The correspondent wires
good account also OF all the servants Of the
vessel on the voyage, and declares that lie
| could see no cause for any reasonable COM
| plant. He has sailed on his return voyage.
England and Turkey.
LONDON. June 25th.-In the House Of
Commons, last night, Ryland (Liberal), NOV
ing for further papers on the Anglo-Turkish
Convention, contended that in spite of the
failure of Turkish promises of reform, the
Convention was binding on us, and that in
the not impossible event of an Armenian in
| surrection and a Russian intervention, we
should be bound to go to Turkeys assistance
He therefore recommended that we should
Intimate distinctly to Turkey that il we
would withdraw from the Convention, as o
consequence We should have given up Cyprus,
which he strongly advised The holding of
our acquisition of Cyprus, was an infiaction
Of the public law.
Dixie, Under Foreign Secretary, said that
there were no papers which could be laid be-
fore the House. He agreed in much of what
Ryland said in.regard to the An Turkish
Convens ion. but he pointed out that it was
a different thing to condemn the treaty and
refuse Cyprus. To violently upset the Con-
vention might endanger the peace Of the
East. He hoped, therefore, the House
would not press any such course on the Gov
eminent. He agreed there was no analogy
between the acquisition of Tunis and Of
Cyprus, although our example had bad
effect, He warmly eulogized Goschen's ser
II. l. Al IL
Lord Dufferin, the newly-appointed Embassa-
dor at the Court, carried with him instruc-
tons TO put forward settlement Of the
Armenia question.