Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-08-12
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
.rrc1AL DISPATCHES TO THE EEoozD-UyIos.l
The Queens speech Proroguing Psrlia-
ment,

The Queens speech Proroguing Psrla-
ment.
iovpoy. August uth.-Lord Salisbury
has drafted the Queens speech proroguing
Parliament. His aim Is to make il a man
ifcs-o in favor Of tie Conservatives. The
speeeh will refer 20 Che quietude Of Ireland
without coercion the successful issue of
the Egyptian loan, the revival of peaceful
relations and friendly alliance with foreign
powers. and the activity Of legislation since
the Tories came INTO Office as a matter for
national cpHgratliatiol.
Plot to Assassiuate che King of Spain.
IoSpoN. August llth.-Paul Angulo and
o5hes Spanish refugees IN London are I'M
d. surveillance. the Spanish Government
lfa.iHg received information that plot 20
asS..,sinate King Alfonso has been ar
7auzeI in England, Ili that enissaries
have let. England via France, for the
Sl.uisu frontier The Madrid Government
IS ,1si ieyius whether or moi ia demand
liz arrest ol Augulo on charge of muir
der General PFim ami I'll the leading
Republicans, Including CASTELAR,, Saline
r9:; Sorri 'laan3 Marqua!l, declare at they
lFr O. rIaHtihE win Tie AugulO party.
yre Gioi,, Caste!lar's organ, declares that
Ansuio should be classed among die COM
Iaon criminals, and the ProqrcsyO demands
that he be brought to justice.
a Small Triumph for Sir Charles Dixie.
NFw NoRE. August llth.-C Cable specials
from london state Jh;.t the only note
worldly iusiacu. of the evening session
% ,hc House WIS the first appearance Of
- Charles Dixie as Sped,.er since thc ex-
pios;pu u. the scandal in which iic was in
VOWED. His speech consisted Of only few
words and was of no interest or import
ance. Despite the scandal, his appearance
wss the i-ndl for a round of cheers from
the Wings ana Radicals, which were an
sWeFed by ironicl cries Of Hear, hear"
fTJle the Tories Considering the small
number oi members present il was quite q
respectable triumph While il lasted The
Liberals were largely in the majority, and
their cheers Eradually drowned the voices
Of t3e Tories. The iucidea, was somewhat
Significant a. Showing that he Liberals are
deLerninei 90 stand by Sir Charles, and TO
condOnc his private vices while he is under
Ift from the common enemy
Death of lord Houghton.
L1NDoN, August llth Lord HuuEhton.
The poet and critic IS dad.
.naron Houghtun. the Right Hon Richard
NockiUu Mines, ,. G.. J.. \. x. = was born
June -, lS9. being tie only son Of Robert
fembertpu Mines. OF ENstou Hail. BaWtry
A-s--i anu NFftL lfNGltG, 1NfE~flitt
10y the Ron. Henrietta Maria, daughter OF Rob
s1-iry The iith Siscount Galway. Lord Houghton
graduated VI. \. AZ Trinity College, Cambridge,
IN lsH. He vas elected VI. r. tor PoltefFact in
1871, and retained hi- seat until his elevation 10
the peeTagc, August %, 1853. Il. entered Parli-
4nlrnt a. y follower of Sir Robert Peel, whom
he supported IN his repeal Of the corn laws: but
"is-fWai-lc Ipia-t me party O! Lord JOhu Rus
sell. He declined 70 become n member of the
Government OF Lord PalWcrslOu, but gave Il his
c1tire support. ills attention i'll Parliament was
no
o. English penal Institutes He brought in the
LikL tltl iot tAC establishment Of juvenile re
iorI@tore5 IN l7iG and was President Of Il
great Telorlnai9fy establishment and also Of the
Newspaper Press Fund. In 1873 he presided
over the NOrW lch meeting Oi the Social Science
Congress and IN 1851 accepted the Presidency
81 ne London Library, made vacant BY the
death OF Mr Carlyle. He has written several
volumes of poems under the tide of Poems of
d-ly Years " Palm Leaves, : Ctc., aud many
peitlca. pamphlets. Ills last work was d" Mon
ographs-PcrsonG and Social published in
An old Fashioned Bull Fight.
INV YORK. August I1th-A cable spe-
CD. gives the particulars of bull fight at
Mines. France Sunday, under the direction
al the famous Tourador Frascuelu, which
lasted three hours, and was witnessed by
large number of spectators. Ten horses
and numerous buds were killed in the
arena. FrascUclo himself was badly in
jared in the thigh, and was carried out be-
lore the conclusion of the sport His
brother Francisco then took his place, and
killed the animal which wounded Fras-
cUclo. The Spectators described the scene
rs sickening. The ground was literally
covered with the blood OF the gOred horses
Tie Project who authorized the bull fight
gSas sickened by the disgusting sight, and
was obliged 10 leave the scene in the mid
die Of The performance.
The Government and the Salvation Army.
LONDON. August 11th.-Sir Richard \.
Cross, Home Secretary, in answer to an in
quiry made by r.. Hon. George A. Ben
annex, Conservative member for Whiteha-
ven, concerning the 13-ycar-old daughter
~ Mrs. Eliza Armstrong, alleged to have
been decJyed from home by an agent of
the Salvation Army. and then held in du-
ress by Mrs Booth, for the purpose of ex-
Eilitiug Der IS Il minor saved by the Army
iron g wicked life, said the Government
hal submitted the evidence so far obtained
iH The case TO AttDiuey-General u ebSter.
IAls statement was entered.
The international Telegraph Conference.
BERLIN, August llth.-Tle International
Telegraph Conference opened lis session
Yesterday. Stephan, Imperial Minister OF
Posts and Telcgraphs, was chosen Pres
iGcnt. Tie rules OF procedure observed at
the International Telegraph Conference in
london were adopted. Two committees
were appointed, one to consider the various
propositions placed before the Convention
respecting tie telegraph tariff, and the other
on technical questions connected with the
working Of teiegraphs.
The Dixie Scandal.
LONDON, August l1th.-The French wo-
man who was formerly the mistress ot-Sir
Charles Dixie has been cited Tor the plain
til in the Crawford divorce case. She, it
is alleged wifi be the leading witness to
prove the iiasOu of Sir Charles with Mrs
Crawford
Lord WoIseiey Elevated in Rank
LONDON, August 11th.-Lord Wolseley
has been elevated to the rank of NisCount.
Captured Bandits Shot.
HAVANA, August 11th-Colonel Angel
Rodriguez, the party of Limbano Sanchez.
and SIX bandits belonging to the party of
Tarre Jiminez, have been shot at Matanzas.
They were captured while negotiating for
an outward passage.
orer Ten Thousand Christians Massacred.
PARIS, August 1lth-Further adyices
irom Tonquin say that Bishop Quimbon
reports that over 10000 Christians have
been mastered in the provinces Of Biendih
and Phyycn Murders and incendiary fires
are of daily occurrence. Nicurate has been
annihiluted.
The Russians on the Afghan Frontier.
TEHERAN, August llth.-Cholera and
dysentcry are causing great mortality
among the Russians on the Afghan from
tier, especially at Penideh. Twenty-eight
thousand Russian infantry and 5000 cav
airy are now in Traus-C4spian territory.
The Cholera situation.
@ARsEILLEs, August IIth.-There were
thirty-nine deaths from cholera in this city
to-day. Fourteen new patients We're adj
mitted to pharo Hospital. Several cases of