Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-14


| There were nineteen deaths in Havana from
| yellow fever during the past week.
Earl Cairns has made another fruitlesS effort
| TO compromise the Garmoyle Fortescue case.
1t is reported that the Parnellites will advise
Irish electors in the United states to vote for
Blaine.
The cholera epidemic is creating great alarm
in Europe and reports from France are far from
reassuring.
The Canadian Government refuses to permit
the eXtradition of Emo, the absconding bank
President of New York.
In an interview Nine. Christine Nilsson said
il was doubtful If she returned TO America this
fall eye has offered her 5000 night. but if
Patti was worth $1,000 Christine Nilsson was
worth 5000.
A peaceful settlement of the Franco-Chinese
difficulty seems likely in spite OF the bellicose
articles of the French press. The representa-
tives of China adopt a conciliatory tone and are
| understood to offer fair reparation.
At West Manchester Ontario on Saturday,
Beachs -four mills, Chambers carriage works,
Alexanders grocery and several dwellings were
burned. The fire originated from the explosion
of a barrel of coal OIL The loss is 100000.
The Prince of Battenburg was excluded from
the table of his wife at st. Petersburg, few
days ago because he is not of royal birth, as the
| Marquis of Lorne was turned few years ago
out of royal supper-room in buckingham Pa
| lace and Louise had to drink her champagne
alone.
England has again justified her supremacy
! for the savagery and severity of her sentences
| by the condemnation of five prisoners to an
aggregate of thirty-ye years penal seryitude
| for stealing two ducks, four bullocks, seven
fowls one apron and three small pieces of
jewelry.
A Shanghai correspondent of the London
| Times says: Sir Robert Hart, Chinese Customs
Inspector, is trying to negotiate with the French
The Minister of Foreign Council seems to be
blind to the dangers of IL war of rebellion.
| Prince Chun trusts TO u Boosting fanatic and 10
l9,a;a1 ,t,p hn vGn1a Ii
| ton of the coast. Ignorance, treason and
| treachery render the situation critical.
The cholera scare has attacked the court at
| Lisbon, and the King of Portugal has been dis
| suaded from his projected visit to Nichy. The
entire Cabinet united in a remonstrance against
| the visit representing that a sojOurn at fash
| onable watering-place in the middle of France
| would be most imprudent at this time, whent the
cholera has spread to the southern parts of that
republic and may at any moment make its APP
pearance at Nichy.
Pacific Coast.
Democratic ratification meetings were held in
various parts of the State Saturday.
| Martinez sends solid pledged delegation for
| J. Mckenna to the Congressional District Con-
vention ut Benicia on Monday next.
| The Utah Commission are busy making up
their lists of judges to serve at the general cleo
ton the first Monday in August, nearly 400 in
| number
The residence of Joseph Cadd was burned to
ing at o'clock, nearly all the contents being
destroyed. The loss was about $500; uninsured.
DR.. W. W. Stillwagon, a pioneer of Napa
county, died ut his residence in Napa Saturday
morning. DR.. Stillwagon settled in Napa i'll |
1880, and represented that county in the Legis- |
lature in 1911.
J. r. Spencers grocery store. on the corner of |
jefferson and Eighth streets, Portland, Or, was
destroyed by fire Friday evening. Loss, 500; |
fully insured Building owned by William |
Wadhams Loss, 81 900: insured.
Ramon VilleranO, convicted of assault to |
murder and Rudolph Lewis for burglary in the
second degree, were sentenced at SAN Jose FRI |
day morning in the Superior Court TO the State |
Prison for five and two years respectively.
Frank C. Parks, formerly employed by the |
Oregon Improvement Company, shot himself |
through the head at Walla Walla, W. T., satur-
day. lie bore an excellent character, and no |
cause is assigned for the deed. He was on the |
street half an hour before the act was com
mitted.
Last tuesday evening James Widdson, of |
the Nineteenth Ward Salt Lake was bitten |
under the eye by an insect and suffered great |
PAIN from il until Saturday, when his wife |
squeezed the place and worm three fourths of |
an inch long and one-eighth OF an lncn thick |
was elected.
is rumored in railroad circles at Portland, |
Or, that the Northern Pacific has secured the |
lease of the Oregon Railway and Navigation |
Company, and that President Harris, of the /
Northern Pacific, who Is now en- route to Port |
land comes for the purpose of experimenting |
the formal transfer
Frederick b. Heubner. formerly chiefmuseian |
of the Twentythird Infantry. committed sui |
eide at Vancouver W T. on Thursday By |
shooting himself i'm the head with n revolver |
The discovery was made when he was called to |
breakfast. He had been diSsipating of late, and |
was under Indictment for sending obscene liter
AZURE through the mails. lie was Il very fine |
musician.
The Republican County Central Committee of |
Butte county met at oroville Saturday, and Sc
lected the following named gentlemen as dele |
gates to the Republican state Convention, which
assemblies at Sacramento on August 23d, viz |
Hon Josiah Bouchee, Hon John c. Gray, c. L.
Pond, J. c. Noonan. Matt. NJ. Pence Floyd
Taber c. c. Mason. William Fareman, Sol |
Davidson and Ed. HarknesS They are also en-
powered TO act rs delegates 10 the Congressional
Convention of the Second District
Great preparations were made at Ogden, Utah,
Gor the reception of Governor Eli III. Murray of
Utah Accompanied by his family, he arrived
there Saturday evening from Washington. He
was met at the depot by the Weber County Cen
trail Committee, headed by Major NJ. III. Boards |
lev Chairman, and, accompanied by band of
music, escorted TO the Broom Hotel where a |
banquet was served to the Governor and a num-
Der of local notables. In the evening the ova-
ton was continued by "a large torchlight pro
ceSsion and parade of the Fire Department and
other local Organizations, after which General |
kimball delivered a stirring address of vel |
come. which was responded to by the Governor, |
whose remarks were enthusiastically received. |
Short speeches were made by General Bane, J. |
W. kinslcy and others.
The Solano Republican County Convention |
met at Fairfield Saturday and nominated the |
following Legislative and county ticket Sena- |
tor, VI. j. Wright; Asscmblymen, d. G. Barnes |
and X. c. Carter; Sheriff. James Rooney: Treas |
ureY. w. h. Hoyt; Clerk W. J. Costigan; Auditor, |
owen Moran; Supervisor. Judge T. j. Buckle; |
District Attorney, Oscar Dobbins: Recorder F. !
=. Weinmann; Coroner, j. ID. Egery; Surveyor, |
H. T. Merrill The delegates to the state Con |
yention are as follows; o. II. Butler, J. II. Tate
o. II. Hilton A. :. Carman, Thomas Mckay. E.
W. Hutehinss.t II. Worth, ). 6. Little. T. Emigh,
the Congressional Convention are; W. l. sar.
gent s b. Hammond NJ. j. Wright, c. J; Mosely.
.iohn Lynch, I. j. Perkins, :. 9. Little, ". y.