Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-04
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Admiral Hewett has started for Mssso.
wah, en- route to Abyssinia.
The Crown Prince Fredelick William of
Prussia has arrived at London.
The Utah Central Railway has defaulted
on its April quarterly dividend
A Berlin dispatch says that Emperor
Williams health is much improved.
Elsie Lansing Hail. mother Of ex.Mayor
A. Oakley Hall, died in New York Nednes-
day, aged So years.
The London Daily N5rs says the Gov.
eminent considers 1t unnecessary to dis
patch British troops to Khartoum.
Queen Victoria has expressed her thanks
to Parliament for the resolutions of condol-
ence on the death OF Prince Leopold.
The steamship Neptune has arrived at
St. Johns, n. F., with the largest catch on
recocd-4l.500 seals, valued at ST. 200, 900,
taken in 100 days.
An Invincible at Tubbarcurry, Ireland,
has turned informer, and given the names
of several landlords whom the society had
decided to murder.
The editor 90 % Journal q Madrid
mas been sentenced iu eight ,uals' im-
prisonment fer Publishing an offensive car.
soon of KING Alfonso
The London Tines correspondent at
Alexandria says he possesses positive proof
that General Gordon expects British troops
to be sent TO koartoum.
Mrs. Gale and daughter, two victims Of
trichina, died in Latrobe. Pa, yesterday
morning, and the father and another daugh-
ter are not expected 10 recover.
General Gordon. ex-senator from Geor.
gia, now in New York, bosom friend Of
TildeD, told . reporter Wednesday that
TIlden viii not run IL any event
At a regular meeting Of the Irish Ma
tional League ia Dublin the Treasurer re-
ported that since last meeting there have
been received Il, l73, including S coo from
Detroit.
Archer Russell Platt, recently appointed
Consul to Che Foo, China, took the oath of
office IN New York yesterday and gave
bonds in $50, GOO. He will sail for China
on Saturday.
Prince And5onikof aud NJ. Seigheiff.
overseer of tue st. Petersburg powder
mills, have been aTrcssed on a charge Of
NIhilism. TIE Ninilists killed q police spy
at Petrokotf, Poland.
The steamship San Pablo, froal New
York March 18Th for Chine, Japan aud
California, arrived at Port Said. Egypt,
Wednesday, the quickest run on record.
her average speed was l2l knots.
Major c. G.. Thurman, prominent mem
Der OF the Cotton Exchange and a well
known cotton operator, suicided in Shreve-
port, La, Wednesday night by shooting
himself through the heart Cause, fiaan-
cisl embarrassment.
The Postmaster at Chicago has received
from Washington q package of water.
stained letters found in mail sack picked
up by an English fisherman in the North
sea, having hesn lost on the steamship
Cambria last January.
The President has made proclamation
restoring to the public domain sll the Tur-
tie Mountain Indian Reservation in Da-
kota, with the exception OF townships l62
and 1853 north, range II west, which are re-
served for the benefit of the Indious
The date for the National Wool.growers
Convention at Chicago has been changed
from May 7th to May l9sh, in order that
the delegates may be present and partici-
dustTial Congress which will be held in
Chicago May 2lst
Miss Clara Barton, President of the Red
Cross Society of the United States. who
has chartered the steamer Hattie Bell of
st. Louis for the food relief expedition
down the Mississippi river, left Evansville,
Ind, for st. Louis Wednesday night The
boat will leave that city to-day, and 90 as
far as New Orleans.
The Government of Germany intends to
enlarge the frontier defsnses of the Em.
pire. The forces at Alsace will remain as
at present constituted. 1t has baen de-
cided to make at Dantzic the third great
fortress on the second line of defense.
Dockysrds, arsenals and agreatfUrtiied har-
Dor will b. constructed.
At a meeting of the American Associa-
tion of Basel ball Umpires held in Chicago
Wednesday, it was decided to change para
graph of rule as go as to assess S. to SIC
upon pitchers for striking batsmeu solidly
with the ball, instead Of giving the bats.
men bases. Paragraph 5, rule 3, was
changed so as to forbid a man to run after
three etrikes, fair hit, or seven balls, in OF.
der to mako the double play in such cases
possible.
The caucus of Republican Senators in
Washington yesterday morning was not
very fully attended. The educational bill
was the only topic of discussion, and aeve-
rel amendments were proposed by the Cau-
Gus Committee and were approved by the
caucus. Chief among them was one de-
clining to reduce the aggregate spportion-
ment TO between SO. 900. 600 and $50, ,O0O,-
Coo The bill in its present form calls fer
Sl05, 600, GOO.
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