Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-31
SATURDAYS NEWS.
DOMESTIC.

DOMESTIC
Extensive prairie fires have occurred in
Kansas, doing great damage.
An ice gorge at St. Paul, Mimi, threat
ems to sweep away costly bridge.
Six men were killed Saturday by the ex-
plosion of dynamite in the Rspauuo chemi.
cal works at Thompson's Point, n. J.
Jacob Schaefer, champion billiardist,
says he will accept Slossons challenge, and
will play him in Chicago on or about
Thursday, May 9TH.
On Saturday the stalwart Republicans
carried every ward in Utica, n. Y, with
thu exception of the Eleventh. The dele.
gates favor Roscoe Conkling for President.
Secretary FrelingtHysen received tele-
gram Saturday evening from United States
Minister Astor, in Italy. stating that the
American College at Rome is exempted
from the Propaganda sale.
The case of Senator Kellogg was up be-
fore Judge Wylie in Washington Saturday,
who fixed the trial for April Dist. IN the
meantime continued search will be made
for Walsh, who is wanted to testify against
Kellogg.
Governor Cleveland has signed the bills
providing for the election of the Comptrol-
Ter of the city OF New York, and for the
election by the people for an Alderman at
large, who shall be President of the Board
of Aldermen.
The skeleton of the Forthcoming river
and hsrbor appropriation bill has at last
been completed and aggregates in the
neighborhood of Sll, 900, 600, to be divided
among the Mississippi, Missouri aad Ohio
rivers, and the Atlantic, Pacific and Calf
harbors.
1t is stated by authority of the President
himself that the report circulated to the
effect that Secretary Folger will be ten
dered the Berlin mission is incorrect. His
zane has not been considered IL that con-
nection, and il is known that Secretary
Folger would not accept it if offered
A special from Savannah, Ca, says ::
Five children of James Wilson, colored,
living near Brunswick, Glynn county, ate
pork for dinner and subsequently became
i'll. After lingering in great agony for sew
eral hours they died. Their parents claim
that they were victims of trichina in the
pork, and planters in the county are much
exercised in consequence.
On the receipt of Secretary Frelinghuy-
sens telegram informing him of the com.
Ilmentary manner of his transfer to ST.
Petersburg, and the unanimous confrma-
ton of his nomination by the United States
Senate, Minister Sargent cabled the Secre-
tary warm expression of his gratitude for
the approval of his course in the Lasker
matter, and Tor the action of the President
| and Senate in comforting upon him the
Russian mission, but adds he could not
| accept it, and wished TO resign his post at
Berhp.
State Senator Griggs, who has just re-
turned to st. Paul from the CUur d'Alene
regions, says The yield of gold the COM
ing season will be extraordinary. One
miner, few weeks ago too poor to buy his
! own outfit, has taken out s., 900 from a
place six feet square. Another has sold a
quarter OF his claim of five acres for Sl0,-
600 cash. A miner at Rathdrum has sent
81 200 in gold to the United States minis.
He showed me three nuggets worth Sl67.
a merchant at Spokane Falls has taken
$40, 900 from the mines in exchange for
supplies.
1t is now probable there will be dead
lock between the House and Senate upon
the naval appropriation bill The Senate
committee, which has now in charge the
bill passed by the House, has decided to
ingraft the bill for the new cruisers, which
has passed the Senate, as an amendment to
the general appropriation bill. Their ac-
ton will probably be sustained by the Sem
ate. This will be in direct antagonism
with the position taken by the House, and
there is not much chance OF conference
committee acting very tremendously upon
the subject.