Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-04-19
FOREIGN NEWS.
Catholic Church Matters.

ROME, April 1Sth.-Inan encyclical letter
oft Pope, to be published next week, Leo
NH. lays especial stress upon Freemasonry
and the means to be employed to defend
the city of God" against the "city of
Satan" The plan of secret societies, he
says, is no longer mystery. Ii is strug-
gle against the Church, and the various
Popes have very properly communicated
Freemasons. The Papacy is placed in an
intolerable situation Masonry does not
avow its real object; ii deceives the innocent
by varnish of liberation. The press, mar
riage, education, the sovereignty of the peo-
pie, atheism of the State, radicalsm, COM
munism-all tend toward return to pagan
ism. Masonry flatters princes in the hope
of having them for auXiliarieS. The Gov
ernments should choose between Masonry
and the Church
Rev Dennis Bradley has been created
Bishop of the new diocese of Manchester,
New Hampshire.
The Dynamite Business.
PARIS, April 1Sth.-The dynamite taken
to England is conveyed by persons who
conceal the explosive between the lining
and cloth of their coats The dynamite is
wrapped in oiled paper, in cakes like black
ing. The cakes are an inch thick and five
in diameter, and are left at one place in
G1IlSldiiu anu IbIileO llIlO one IlstSS. one
section of dynamiters complain that the
recent explosions were unworthy of the
great cause. They think that public build
ingS should have been blown up. The mani
festO of Patrick Joyce is not considered Sc
rous, as manifeStos are contrary 10 the spirit
Ofthe Clan-na-Gael. 1t is denies that joyce
is Secretary of the Fenian brotherhood.
The actual chief, it is said lives in Paris,
and is not connected with the Clan-na-
Gael, and repudiates its violence.
The Irish National League.
DUBLIN, April 1Sth-The Convention Of
the Irish National League was held ut Kill
kenny to-day. Resolutions We're adopted
reaffnning allegiance TO Parnell, and pro-
mise is made to subscribe to the proposed
fund for the pay ofmemberS of Parliament
There are rumors of the early retirement
of Parnell from the leadership of the Irish
Nationalist party. Two reasons for this are
assigned-one that heis tired of Parliament
tary life and another that the party is
wearied of him. Hisretirement is obstruc-
ted, however, by. his recent acceptance of
900.
Summoned to London.
LONDON, April -Trevelyan, Chief
Secretary for ireland, has arrived in London
He was summoned by the Government and
guarded by detective.
Cholera Increasing.
SUEz, April 1Sth.-The cholera at Calcutta
is increasing. There were 257 deaths there
from the scourge last week.
Crown Prince Rudolph Honored.
CoNsTANrINOPLE, April 1Sth.-The Sultan
has conferred on the Crown Prince Rudolph
| of Austria the Grand Gordon of the I'M
| perial Order of 0smanieh.
The RangOOn Fire.
LONDON, April 1Sth-The fire at Ram
COON ragged two days, and destroyed forty
one houses. Loss, 81 100000.
Emperor Williams Illness.
BERLIN, April 1Sth-It is feared that a
return of the Emperor's Illness may prove
| fatal, owing to his great age.
Death of an Author.
| LONDON, April 1Sth.-John Henry Blunt,
| author of many volumes on church work
and politics, is dead, aged 60 years
Indian Outbreak Feared.
W1NNIpEG (Manitoba), April 1Sth.-It is
| feared that another Indian outbreak has oc-
Cured in the Northwest Territory a dis
patch dated the 18th from Battleford re-
ports 1000 Indians there, and more coming
in The operator there had left his office
and can't be raised since. The nearest tele-
graph Office to Battleford is about 100 miles
distant.
SECOND DIsPATCH.J
WINNIPEG, April 1Sth-The Saskatche-
wan operator, with escort, has been sent to
Battleford, and expects to reach there Sun
day noon. There is no way of accurately
obtaining the details of the Indian trouble
| until then