Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-26
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Trial OF Jews.

LONDON, June 25Eh.-The development Of
further scandals at the trial at Nyrreheg-
hazza, of the Jews charged with numbering
Christian girl, has given rise TO the belief
that the prosecution will be abandoned. Sew
eral Jewish witnesses for the defense claim
| that they had either been threatened at the
| preliminary Inquiry or statements they had
never made were inserted in their depositions.
1t is ELECTED that the girl said to have been
murdered had qusrreled with her mistress,
| shortly before she disappeared, and that
| friends of the girl, when they missed her, had
| an idea that she might have shielded. The
employer of Esther Salomassy, the desd girl,
testified that he met Esther an hour after the
alleged murder.
The magistrates clerk deposod that the
magistrate who examined Moritz Scharf
threatened Moritz with lifelong imprison-
ment il he did not confess, and told him his
father had confessed, thus inducing Moitz to
make a statement that he saw the murder
committed in the synagogue before tins mid.
day meal was psrtaken of.
Bloody ARRAY In Ireland.
DUBLIN, June 25sh.-A terrible affray oc-
Cured Sc Currah last evening between 3
party of County Mayo military and some
English soldiers. Five killed
SECOND DIsPAToA.I
DUBLIN, June 25 h Later intelligence
shows that the Currsgh affair was between
North Mayo and Dublin militiamen, not
between the former and British troops. It
originated in a gambling dispute, during
which Mayo called the Dublin men
"Careys" and "Invineibles" The fight
lasted over an hour. each side using stones
and firearms freely. The conflict was only
quelle1 by the officers threatening to FIRE
upon the men. One Of the men killed WAS
Sergeant Monroe.
Warehouses ln FLAMES.
ST. PETERSBURG, June 25th.-A number of
houses used for storing herrings and cot
ton on the island of Gutsiewsky, at the
mouth Of the Neva, arc burning. Several
vessels ere also on fire. At the tune the dis
patch wes sent it was impossible TO estilnste
tie amount Of damage.
SECOND DIsPATCa.I
ST. PETERSBURG, June 25tb.-Grigorieff's
warehouses aud saw mills, most of the pri-
vate houses, the steam Agur mill belonging to
the Crown chemical factory, bone mill and
cotton store, with three thousand bales OK
cotton, were destroyed. Loss, 1,5e0 600
roubes.
The lfailan Calamity.
DERvIo, June 25th.-The show was in
large hall over q tavern. There we're ninety
persons in the hall. A bengal light was used,
and FIRE and sparks from this set fire to q
quantity of straw and hrewood 10 an ada
cent room. On perceiving the flames the
Snowman shouted Fire" but the spectators
thought the cry was merely realistic detail
of the chow, and remained seated. Cries of
fire were sooH raised outside the hall, and
the audience, thinking an affray had arisen
in the street, barred with heavy table, the
door leading from the hall. They did not
discover the mistake until the fsmts burst
into the room. After the FIRE was ex-
tinguished forty-seven charred corpses were
found near the table, including the bodies of
the Snowman and his wife.
LONDON, June 25th.--A large portion of
the bodies at Dernio are womeR and chill
dren. The wounded wsro hurt by leapiog
through the windows. A child was flung out
of window by its mother, and fell upon =
pile Of straw. This il the only one Of the
spectators in the hs II mt hurt