Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-30
The United States Accused of Sharp Prac
tee.

the Netherlands.
The United States Accused of Sharp Prac-
tice.
LONDON. April 29th.-A dispatch from Madrid
to the Times says: &" American recognition of
the African international Association with the
evident intention of ignoring Portuguese rights,
has caused great irritation in Portugal. Such
recognition looks like piece of very sharp prac-
tice in international relations and hardly con
templated by the international law. If soyer-
eign rights should be ignored because slavery
has been carried on and high protective duties
have been forced, America would stand badly,
as she was PortugaHs best customer in the
halcyOn days when the African slave trade
tOuriShed, and her protective duties are four
times higher than those stipulated by England
in the Angio-POruguese treaty.
French and Italian Row.
LONDON, April 29th.-There was serious
ARRAY near Nice Monday between Frcnchmen
and Italians. Many were wounded and ten
were killed.
The Railroad Disaster at Ciudad Real.
MADRID, April 29th.-Forty-One bodies have
now been eYtricatcd from the recent railroad
wreck. The number of wounded is thirty-eight.
The dead are mostly peasants.
The Situation i'll Egypt.
LONDON, April 29th-A telegram from Berber
says II Is impossible 10 communicate with Gen
eral Gordon. The whole country Is in rebellion.
The tribes threaten Berber and everyone start
ing for Cairo.
SECOND DISPATCH
LONDON. April 2gth-Advccs from Berbcr
state that Hassein Pasha has proclaimed the
evacuation of the town Its inhabitants have
fed and the troops marched out to Join the
rebels.
Serious Railroad Accident.
CITY OF MEXICO via Galveston, April 2gth.-
\ construction train of the Central Railway was
wrecked this morning at Otlera. Two American
employees were killed and ten wounded.
Powder Explosion in Cuba.
HAVANA, April 29th-Eary this afternoon the
whole city was shaken 10y terrible conclusion.
The streets were Immediately filled with fright
encd people who believed the citv had been
known, however. that the powder magazine at
san Antonio on the opposite side of the bay.
had exploded. Many houses in Havana suf-
tered severely.
SECOND DISPATCH1
HAVANA. April 2gth.-The first explosion oc-
cured III the magazine San Jose, adjacent To
the arsenal. in which was stored large number
of grenades and shells The force of the eX-
plosion took the direction of the gas works, and
all the gas heaters of the Havana Gaslght Com
pany, and all but one of those of the old gas
company, were broken. The second shock was
heavier than the first and WAS caused by an
explosion of gas. 1t Is Impossible as yet to say
how many persons were killed or wounded.
Several bodies have already been found. 1t is
known that there were in the magazine de
tachment of twenty soldiers and an artillery
oHicer, VINO niltl Detl occupied several DAYS Ill
removing powder TO the military hospital at san
AnbroSia. The arsenal and other buildings in
the neighborhood suffered the most damage. In
Havana. balconies, windows and shutters fell to
the ground in almost every street within the
Custom-house wall. The hospital at san Lazaro
suffered severely.
Seven Persons Drowned.
MONTREAL, April 29th.-The White Horse ferry,
at st. Alberts crossing of Nicolct river bottom.
broke through to-day and Louis DemeroS, his
wife and daughter, Joseph Gauther and child,
and two other children were drowned.