Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-07-28
FOREIGN.
Important Capture OF swindlers
Fever and SuiaIi.nnN.


HAVANA, July 27tb.-On the arrival here
of the steamer Alicante from Vera Cruz the
police Immediately went on board and ar
rested Louis Gil and Ignacio Oogal Her
nandez, defaulters of the Mstanzas branch
of the Spanish bank; also two brothers
named Ibanez-one brother in Havana, the
other at Matanzas-and the first engineer of
the steamer. in whose charge was the money
and securities, amounting to $4,000, includ-
ing $40, 900 in specie, gold and various drafts
on Mexico, and draft on New York for
800, 600. The prisoners, who were elegantly
attired, had small sums Of money concealed
in their boots, hats and other parts of their
clothing, and even in their match-boxes.
Captain General Blanco opened negotiations
with the Mexican Government for the cap
ture and surrender of two more accomplices
known to have sailed for Vera Cruz on the
18th instant. The Mexican Government
aided the Spanish authorities in most graf
flying manner. The Mexican war steamer
| Lealtad was ordered to protect the Alicante,
as an attempt had been made at night to
take the prisoners from the vessel by per-
son pretending to be District Judge of Vera
| Cruz.
During the week ending the 23d, twenty
| FIVE deaths occurred from yellow fever and
nine from small pox.
LONDON, July 27th-An English resident
of Kovisk, Russia, writes, denying, on the
authority of the Governor of that province,
the statement that 119 men aud girls were
shut in barn for refusing to work and
burned to death by village mob setting fire
to the building. He said shed was burned
in which number of women were quartered,
but nobody was killed.
The siberian Plague.
ST.. PETERsBURG, July 27th.-The Siberian
plague is decreasing in the Government of
St. Petersburg. Altogether seventeen per-
sons were attacked with the disease at New
Londoya, of whom eight died.
The Mexican Debt.
CITY OF MEXICO. July 27th.-The Gov
eminent has information that unauthorized
parties in the United States and England are
endeavoring to form a syndicate to readjust
the national debt held in England. The
scheme is a private speculation, and is repu-
dated by the President and Secretary of the
Treasury. Nobody has been authorized to
make any such arrangement The question
will be considered by the Government at an
early date through official channels, when sat
isfactory arrangements viii be made.
Disastrous Thunderstorm.
BERLIN, July 27th.-A thunderstorm in
the western part of Russia and Poland has
greatly damaged the crops.
Harvest Outlook In Prussia and Holland.
WASHINGTON, July 27th.-Consul Dubois,
of AK la Chapelle, writes that if there be
not c0pious rainfalls at an early date the
| farmers will only realize one half, and in some
places one third of their wheat crops. The
latest information from Holland shows that
| hundreds of acres of wheat have become
worthless from the effect of the unfayorable
weather, and have been plowed up and
sown with wildcats and barley.
The Persecution of the Jews.
LIVERPOOL, July 27th.-The London CORE.
spondent Of the Courier says he ia informed
that the United States Government has init
mated its disinclination to join in the proposed
/ general representation on the subject of the
treatment of the Jews in Russia, on the
ground that it has already instructed its
Ministers to Russia on the subject.
A German Newspaper and Free Trade.
BERLIN, July 27th.-Prompted by election.
eering necessities, the North German Gaeettt
is now producing a series of articles
| intended to pursuade its constituencies that
| free trade is delusion, which is rapidly being
exploded. The first course of articles on the
Golden Club says: 1.-THE club is really
colossal machinery for provoking political
agitation abroad" The Gazette concludes
"These principles, called by Golden, with
horrible blasphemy, Gods international
| law of peace. have, wherever they have been
applied, ruined the agric1lsurists and de-
graded the workmen TO mere machines"
The Indemnity Question Between Spain
and France.
! PARIS, July 27th.-In reply to the Spanish
/ note, the French Government declines to ad-
nit the claims for indemnity made by the
Madrid Government on behalf of the Span
ish residents of 0ran, and 5000 fugitives
who returned to their native country after
the Arab raids in June. 1t declares itself
ready, however, to pay blood money. or COM
pensation to relatives of victims, as in the
previous Arab rebellions. The sums would
be paid to the French and Spanish colopists
alike, and recovered later from the Arab
tribes.
Heavy Emigration.
| BERLIN, July 27th.-The emigrst ton re.
turns from Bremen show that ~ $O3 persons
/ left there for America during the first half Of
/ 1881. 1t would not be astonishing if Ger
many lost 1888, 600 subjects during the year.
Vessels Wrecked and Lives Lost.
CAPE Town, July 27th.-A telegram from
! East London states thst o terrific gale &C.
Cured there. Three vessels were wrecked
and thirty persons drowned.
Amendment Rejected.
LONDON, July 27th.-In the House Of
| Commons to-day Parnell's amendment to the
report on the land bill relative to absentees
was rejected-115 to 30.
Conservative Gains.
BERLIN. July 27th.-The Saxon elections
| to the Landstag show a Conservative gain Of
seven. The Bavarian Conservatives were
still more successful. The ministerial pres:
is very sanguine of the other elections result.
ing similarly.
| Killed for Life.
CoYsTANTINoPLE. July 9th idhat Pasha
I and all the Others convicted of the murder OF
the late Sultan except the two actual assas.
sins, and Izzet Pasha and Seyd Pasha, who
were implicated in the crime, embarked Mon.
day for Ell Hedisz. Arabia, where they will
remain in exile for life