Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-01-28

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FOREIGN NEWS.
House of C0mmons-Forsfer's Coercion
Bill.
LONDON, January 27tb.-In the House of
Commons tonight the debate on Forster's
coercion bill was resumed.
Land Leaguers Davitt, Brannan and KEEL
len were among the spectators IN the gallery.
Labouchere advance Liberal) spoke strong
ly in opposition to the measure.
John Bright said he deeply regretted that
coercion is necessary. Ii the land bill had
not been promised after the coercion bill he
would not now be in the Ministry. He had
received letters from Ireland showing that
during the last four months Ireland had been
drifting from bad to worse. The Land
League might boast OF their power but he
doubted their wisdom or patriotism. The
leaders of the League had to a large extent
demoralized the people whom they professed
to defend. IL was only under a solemn sense
Of duty that the Government had introduced
measures Of coercion. He trusted that when
the land bill was introduced it would be
found to be a great and comprehensive
measure, which would prove durable mon
ument to the memory of this Parliament and
the Ministry.
Those Terrible Fenians.
SHEFFIELD, January 27th-Owing to the
advent of 200 supposed Fenians, precautions
have been taken against popular disturbances
SHEFFIELD, January 27th.-Investigation
shows that the suspected Fenians are laborers
seeking relief
The Thaw Extending.
LONDON, January 27th.-The thaw has ex-
tended to France.
Advices from Germany.
BERLIN, January 27th.-The Federal
Council adopted Bismarck's bill establishing
biennial budgets and quadrennial Parlia-
ments.
In the Lower House of the Prussian Diet,
Herr Windthorst's resolution declaring the
celebration of mass and the administration
of sacraments exempt from penalty, came up
for g second reading, and was reiected-254
to 2l5.
Bismarck. opening the new Prussian
Economic Council, said whenever of late
years inquiries were made into the causes of
retrograde movement in the economic life
Of people, essential differences of opinion
had been apparent; therefore, it had been
thought desirable to establish single central
organ, whose members should possess technical
knowledge in order to give opinions with re-
gard to the necessity and practicability Of
new laws. The Prussian Economical Council
must bear in mind that it is to pave the way
for the future Economical Council of Ger
many.
The COlliery Difficulty.
LONDON, January 27th.-It is reported
that a mob which endeavored to modest the
golfers who had returned to work in Ather-
ton district have been dispersed by cavalry.
designations Called For.
| Cork, January 27th.-The Land League
passed a resolution summoning Shaw and
| Colthurst to resign their seats in the House
of Commons, for seeding from the Parnellite
party.
or His Own Motion.
| DUBLIN, January 27th.-Mackin, the jury
! man on the Irish State trials, was proposed
| for membership in the Land League at his
own request.
| Successor OF HIS Father.
EDINBURGH. January 27th.-In the cleo
ton in this city to-day, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of Duncan Nc
Laren Niberal), his son, Right Hon. John
McLaren, Lord Advocate of Scotland, was
returned by majority of 7.450 votes over
Jenkins, the Independent Liberal candi-
| date.
The War Will, the Turcomans-HOnOra
Conduct.
ST. PETERSBURG, January 27th.-An Off.
cial telegram in regard to events prior to the
capture of Geok-Tepe states that in conss-
| quence Of the large number of corpses OF
| Tekke- Turcomans more or less decomposed,
! lying before an behind the Russian positions,
and in view Of the impossibility of buryine
| them without mourning fresh losses, General
| Skobelof proposed to the Tekkes, from o
| tower of observation eighty yards from the
main rampant of the fortress, that they should
remove their dead, hostilIties to be suspended
for an hour; and in order to avoid misunder.
standing, proposed to the Tekkes that they
should afterward reoccupy their positions,
and should be first to reopen fire. This was
| done after due warning was given the Rus.
SLAMS. the Tekkes taking care not to fire until
| the Russians, who had temporarily left theiI
| trenches, had returned into them. The con.
| duct of the Tekke-Turcomans was altogether
honorable. Fighting was afterwards renewed
with the former fury.
a crush with fle Esoers.
DURAN, January 27th.-A patrol from
| Pretoria surprised and captured Boer Laa
ger after severe fighting. The Beers lost q
killed and many wounded. The enemy aban
doned their stores. The British loss is foul
killed. All well in Pretoria.
Deaih OF Countess Ven H2iZfcldt.
! BERLIN, January 9th, - Countess Vor
| Hatzfeldt, mother of Count Won Hatzfeldt
is dead.
Death of Cardinal.
| VIENNA, January 27th-Cardinal John r
Kutochker, Archbishop Of Vienna, who suf
| fered a stroke of apoplexy, is dead.
| Blockade of CaIIaO Raised.
LONDON. January 27th.-The blockade Of
Callao is raised
May be Imported and sold.
MONTREAL, January 27th.-The Court O.
Queens Bench has given judgment which
virtually asserts that the American edition o.
| the Encyclopedias Britannica may be i'm
ported and sold in Canada.