Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-02-12
FRRREGN NEWS.



NEw York, February 11tb.-A Herald
Paris special has the following from the
Journal dos DeJdtS Al the present. moment
it is not England only who is struck, it ia the
entire YVES eru world. 1t is The whole Of
Christendom. We French are 10 the front Of
| those who are meusced by Ills new Invasion
of barbarism, and we have no other wish TO
form than that of seeing it arrested in its
march
Other Journals say Wherever France gets
into a difficulty in Tonquiu, Madagascar or
Tunis, Eoglishmen rub their hands and APP
! plaud. Whenever we quel the dis u,bsnce
| by force of arms, England calls US cruel and
tyrannical, II we had trca,ed Algeria as En-
| gland treats Ireland, what howl of indigns-
tion would have been raised against poor
| France We have cow very good occasion
to pay back England with her own coin.
England has lost all military prestige.
The situation in Egypt.
| PARIS, February 1lth.-Fi1Gro states that
Ell Nahdi's troops havn taken Sinkat, near
Kassola and Ksvins, small seaport north
| of Suskim. An English gunboat has been
! dispatched TO shell RAyins.
Queen VictOrIa's New Book.
LONDON, February l1th. - The Queens
new book Was distributed TO tbs press this
morning. 1t consists of disconuecte diary
| from August 81, 1862, TO September, 1888,
with long lapse from October, 1879, to the
final date, covering = period of transition
| from the administration of Beaconsfe'd TO
that of Gladstone. The entire book is de-
voted to domestic family affairs, and political
illusions are only l. ci'ental. The illustra-
tions are numerous, consisting Of the portraits
| of the Queen and Processes Eleanor, Louise
and Beatrice; also, portrait of Grant, the
| Queens body-servant and enc of her attend
ants, and John Brown. There are pictures
of two Of the Queens collie dogs, Sharp
aud Noble, and several views of scenes
| in the highlands. from sketches by
Princess Beatrice. In the prefsce the royal
authoress says: Remembering the feeling
with which cur life in he highlands was re.
ceived, the writer thinks the present volume
msy equally awaken sympathy. ss while
describing her very altered life, it shows how
her sad and suffering heart was soothed and
cheered by the excursions and incidents it re-
counts, as well as by the simple mountaineer
from whom shs learned many lessons Of resig.
nation and faith in the quiet and beautiful
highlands"
RradIaush again "sat Down Upon"
LONDON, February l1tb.--HenIy Labou-
chere, member for Northampton, and Thos
Burt, member for Morpeth. accom- panied
Bradlaugh to the table of the House OF Com
mons to-day. There Bradlaugh administered
the oath TO himself and placed q signsd
paper On the table, bowing as he did 20 to
| the Speaker. The latter informed BrsdlauSh
that he had not oonformed TO the rules, and
ordered LiG TO withdraw until bis conduct
had teeu considered By the House. Brad
laugh withdrew under the peers gallery.
Gladstone made motion, whereupOu
Northco moved that Bradlaugh be not per-
uitted to take the oatH. Csrried-2S0 to
262. Another motion was made by North
cote hat Brsdlsugh be excluded from the
precincts of the House. Carried-2SS to BIC,
ThIrty-dve Persons Drowned.
VIENNA, February l1th-While wedding
party was crossing tho river Thisss, near
Donrad the ice broke, and 30 mem bers of
the parry were drowned The party occupied
seven carriages. The vehicles followed each
other too closely, and She ice gave way and
e1gulfed the whole party. Only a gypsy
mu ician was saved, There we e numbers of
witnesses On each bank, but they were un-
abls to render assistance. The screams of
tae victims were heard for some moments as
tie carriages sank in the water.
TrsnsfsrmiDg the sahara Desert into a
Sea.
PARIS February 11sh.-At BANQUET of
leading members Of the Scientific Press De
Lesseps stated the scheme for crestiog q sea
in the Sahara would shortly be realized Rod
naire, the French photographed, who con-
ceived the projsct of cutting through the
dunes which separate the Mediterranean from
the desert 10 order to transform the arid
sands into fertile country, is about 90 start
tor Iunis with hrmsn from the Sultan 20
baein operations
The German Socialists.
BERLIN, February 11th.-The Social Dem
ocrats here are making vigorous preparations
for the coming election. The police yester-
day broke up two meetings of workingmen
The Government, hitherto unconcerDed, is
now closely watching the present movement.
Perils of the Deep.
LONDON, February 11th.-Csptain Gardner
and seven msn of the bark Champion, from
Baltimore for Hamburg, we're washed over
board. The remainder Of the crew were res.
cued by the steamer Sicocco, after being in
the rigging fouT days TithCus food and badly
fr0slbitten.
Suicide Of n POrIuguesecPeer.
LISBON. February 11th-Father Lima,
canon of Evora Cathedral and peer of the
realm, committed suicide to-day 10 the csne-
terry. He was insane. and imagined that lie
was being prosecuted.
Disastrous Conhagratton an Russia.
KARKov, February 11th.-Six warehouses
ia the s1-cslled Moscow Bazaar have been
destroyed by fire, and there is little hopes of
saving the remainder of the Bazaar. The
loss will be enormous.
No Honor Among Thieves
MONTREAL, February I1ih--Duripg the
! races IN the Driving Park Saturday. the pool
box, containing 81. 500, Vso stolen, it il be-
hevs5 BIZ Americans
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