Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1881-10-31
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Cerman Elections,

Pvp,1x october 29tb.-The results known
IN 936 election districts are analysed as fol-
Iowa. Elected. % Conservatives, IA Free
Conservatives. rs members OF the Center
party, % National Liberals. q Secesslonists,
so Procressists, 6 members OF the Party OF
the People, IL Poles and II Protesters and
Particuiarists Eighty-nine second ballots
will be necessary Altogether, between 20
and so Social Democrats pelled sufficient
number of votes to necessitate holding q Sec
ond ballot It is not doubted at least half of
these will be returned. Herr Barber will
again go to the poll in the second ballot in
Dresden as well as in Berlin. Herr Lasker is
reelected; also DIR. Forkenbeck and DIR.
Fallk. Herr Banningsen, Clerical, defeated
Won Moltke in Essen, but the latter may be
returned for Memel. DIR. Lucius, Minister of
Agriculture, has apparently been beaten by
the Secessionists. The most remarkable
feature Of the election is the triumph of those
Liberals who are specially obnoxious TO Prince
Bismarck. Thus Eugene Richter, at Hagen,
obtained majority Of 700. and Carl Mayer,
who had been bitterly prosecuted by the Con-
servatives, gained decided victory at Stuff.
CART. Count Won Moltke is indisposed and
fconfned to his room. Herr Hoecker has been
defeated in four electoral districts.
The Irish Difficulty.
DUBLIN. October GOTH The Freemdn,s
Journal publishes a letter from Parneil,
dated in Kilmsinham jail, deprecatlng the
plan of evadiug the recent proclamation OF
the Government by the formation of tenants
| defense clubs and associations to replace the
Land League organizations. Parnel says
"Such associations would be tolerated by
| Gladstone SO long as they appeared to be dis
posed to carry out his views, and would be
mouprel reactionary associations, such as
were formerly condemned by Davitt. Every
| man in Kilmainham is willing to remain
there any number Of months or years that
may be necessary"
The farm buildings ard several stacks of
wheat and hay belonging to DR.. Thompson,
which had recently been harvested by the
emergency men, have been maliciously de-
stroyed by FIRE at Ballyduff, Waterford coun-
ty. A large crowd looked on, but made no
attempt to save the property.
A telegram from Armagh says cells have
| been prepared in Jail there for Parnell and
forty others.
LONDON, October 29sh.-At the receiving
Offices in Athlone, Moate, Mullingar, Ros-
common, and other towns in the west of Ire
land, large numbers of tenants have paid
| their rent in accordance with Attachments,
despite the Land Leagues advice not to do
so
LONDON, October 29th.-A crowd of 700
persons attacked the police while serving
summons at Bellmulle, County Mayo. The
police fired upon the people and several were
wounded.
The rumor is current in Dublin that Earl
Spencer Lord President of the Council, will
replace Earl Cowper as Lord Lieutenant of
Ireland, and that Lord Derby will replace
Earl Spencer in the Cabinet.
Adventures of a shipwrecked Crew.
HAVANA, October 29th-Captain Peter
sen, of the Norwegian bark Walkuren, has
arrived here. His vessel sailed from a port
in Mexico the 23d of September with ma
hogany freight, and on the och was lost on
coral reef. The crew escaped in boats, and
reached small island, where they found a
party OF Americans. nine in number. engaged
in digging and collecting puano. The crew
remained on the island until the 18th of De-
tober, receiving assistance from the Ameri-
cans, and two days later arrived at Tampico,
Mexico. The Mexican authorities learned of
the Americans being on the island, and sent
gunboat there and arrested the whole party,
bringing them to Camreachy, where they
arrived October 22d. The Americans de-
posted with Captain Petersen various letters
to friends, with Instructions to mail them in
New York The Captain, however, delivered
the letters to the American Consul here, and
the latter will forward them to the State De-
partment at Washington.
Terrible Fate Of Mother and Child.
HALIFAX IN. ST., October 29.h.-While
Mrs. Bethune was cooking over stove to-
day her dress caught fire. She rolled on the
floor, attempting to extinguish the flames.
Her child crawled towards her, when its
clothes caught fire from the burning carpets,
and both were burned to death.