Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-12-04
TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIEs.

In Havana there were fifteen yellow fever deaths
last week.
severe snow-storm is prevailing throughout the
northeast OF England and along the coast. Tele-
graph and cable wires are seriously affected.
mob of two hundred assembled at the Gov
eminent House, Calcutta, and Kissed the Marquis Of
Ripon and his wife when they drove TO the gate.
The Trades and Labor Council of Toronto Can,
in a memorial to Hon. J. II. Pope, the Minister OF
Immigration, complain of the grievances caused by
excessive immigration.
The Ghazias attacked General Kennedy's explor-
ing expedition to Tukhti Suliem, Afghanistan.
Twenty Of the assailants were killed The expedi-
ton suffered no killed.
Mrs Mary A. Miller, of New Orleans, applied for
license as master of steamboat. The supervising
inspector Of the district reports her competent but
debars her because OF her sex.
The excess in value of the Government exports
over imports Of merchandise for the month of octo-
ber 1888, W 8 SIS 0Sl, $50 for the twelve months
ending October 3lst, Sl62, ilO,9i4.
The remains of Samuel Piercy, the actor, who
died in the smallpox hospital at Canterbury year
ago, will be taken up and placed in metallic sealed
coffin and taken to san Francisco for interment
John A. Stevens and Frank b. Murtha, the lessees
Of the Windsor Theater, New York. recently burned
have purchased the lease OF the New Park Theater
from Knowles Il Morris, paying $4,000 therefor.
The New York World prints an interview with
TIlden, in which he stated that under his will the
Grsmercy Park house and his splendid library and
collections will be left in trust to the city for pub
lie library.
The Washington CAPITAL insists that President
Arthur should to it that something is done i'm
med;atey to secure for the United States the excu-
sive right to construct canal across the Isthmus
either at Panama or Nicaragua.
The case of Frank James, charged with the Blue
Cut train robbery in 1881 up in the Criminal
Court at Kansas City Mo, to-day. it is considered
likely that the defense will ask that the tria! be de
ferred until early next month. James, all app ear
ance, is nearly in his usual health.
Duncan c. Ross won the three days wrestling
tournament at Cleveland, o., and becomes the
owner Of the championship medal for mixed wrest-
ling. He challenges anybody in the world for mixed
wrestling or is willing to wreste any style an hour
and then an hour at his own CHOOSING.
The decrease of the public debt during November
was S172I 676; decrease since June Both, SAL 306-
l46; cash in Treasury, 1864 1885, l3; gold certif
Gates S859,329 %; silver certificates s0l, 1872 81
certificates Of deposit sl4 465 COO refunding cert
Gates s3I5, $50; legal tenders, S3i6,63l, Ol6.
E. s. Martin, the former business manager Of the
Boston Ideal Opera Company. and defendant in
civil suit at Cleveland, brought by Miss ODER dis
robed in railroad train early yesterday morning
near Utica, n. y, and threw out his clothing. His
name pinned on his clothing, with request 10
hold postmortem. Martin was arrested. His
mind is upset.
Among the indictments found by the Grand Jury
Of the District Of Columbia are the following: Jen-
kins A. Fitzgerald false pretenses in the prosecu-
ton OF pension cases; Gould p. Austin violation OF
the pension laws Francis Gilece false pretenses in
pension cases; August r. Donate and George NJ
Dupue, libel against Stilson Hutchings, Of the
Washington Post: j. Alley, violation Of the pension
laws The libel cases Of Donate and Dupue arose
from the efforts OF number Of Union printers to
boycott" the Post. The libel consists in certain
publications having their origin in the Craftsman
relecti on the method OF conducting the Post