Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-28
Foreign,

The Liberal demonstration at Manches-
| ter, Eng, Saturday, was great success.
The report that a case of cholera existed
in Liverpool caused general exodus from
that city.
| The damage caused by the fire at Madrid
in the timber and oil warehouses Saturday,
amounts to 100000 pesetas.
| statue of Robert Burns, presented to
the city of London by wealthy Scotch
man named Crawford, was unveiled Satur-
day by Lord Roseberry.
The cholera is decreasing in Toulon and
| Marseilles, but the former city is almost
depopulated. The disease has appeared at
La Spezzia Italy, and two deaths have oc-
cured.
Charles Moneypenny, a linen manufac-
turer, was found Saturday night in car
riage of the night train between Paris and
| Brussels, with his brains blown out. 1t i.
| supposed he was murdered.
The harvesting of the wheat crop in the
central part of Francois proceeding actively,
| farmers being unable to find sufficient
number of reapers. Burroughs have been
( freely granted to soldiers who will assist in
the gathering Of the crop.
Minister Lowell, having nominally re-
| covered from the govt, has fallen victim
| to a violent rheumatism. The second
stage is worse than the first, and his phvsi-
clans have insisted that he should leave
| London for health resort
| A Madrid correspondent says: Negotia-
| tons between Spain and America relative
| To the new commercial treaty, are at a
standstill. The pretensions of America
clash with Spanish interests in Cuba Spain
| is reluctant about allowing closer CONNER
| cal connection between her colonies in the
| West Indies and America.
| The latest information about the plans of
| the Irish Nationalist indicates that they are
all ut sea on the subject of the Irish
! American National League Convention to
| be held at Boston next month. Parnell,
who was coming, now says he is not strong
enough to stand the ocean voyage Sexton
and Redmond will therefore be deputed to
| represent the National party, and will sail
August ID.
Some alarm has been created by the
| occurrence of two robberies at Windsor
Castle in rapid succession, and the society
papers take advantage of the occasion to
correct the reports in the papers that Fran
| els Clark, victim of one of these robberies
is one of John Browns successors. Clark
attends the Queen in her rides and walks,
and performs some of the other functions
of the gillie, but has not John Browns per
quisites and privileges. The chamber
where the great lamented dead is sealed up
bears brass plate recording the date of his
death and the many virtues ascribed to
him.
At 10 4. NJ, Saturday the Greedy relief
squadron steamed out of the bay of ST.
Johns, \. +. The flagship Thetis led, fol-
lowed by the Bear, the Alert and all the
harbor steam tugs and launches, with the
flags of Great Britain and the United States
at half-mast. The vessels were crowded
with leading citizens. On all the public
buildings and mercantile premises the flags
were draped. The vessels in the port dis
played the national colors in mourning.
Thousands of spectators from the shore
waived adieus by banner or handkerchiefs,
which situations were gracefully returned
by the receding squadron. Lieutenant
Greedy and the other survivors are enjoying
tolerable health.
The English sections of the National
League are urging Parneil to have the CON-
ing convention of the league held at Liver
pool instead of Dublin. They assert that
IT the convention is held at Dublin, a num-
Der of English branches will not be repre-
scented. The Irish members of the league
have received warning that Chief of Po-
lice Jenkinson viii send female spy to
personate Miss Ford sister of Ford of the
Irish World. She is to introduce herself 10
suspected prisoners as Miss Ford, and is 10
pretend she just came from New York, hay
ing been delegated to act as a medium for
the conveyance Of letters between the Irish |
Invincibles and American lodges Her
identity was discovered by an IIish-Aneri- |
can who knew her in America.