Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-10-07

Chambers as at present instituted some
thing like the old Convention of 1888. The
loss of seats by the Republicans will lead
to . reconstruction of the present Ministry.
1t seems doubtful at this moment whether
the Ministry can gather about it working
majority in the new Chamber Shrewd
observers, in fact, believe that the new
Chamber will be short lived, that no Min
istry can be patched up that will long COM
mand support, and that consequently there
will be another dissolution and another
general election in the near future.
Resigned Their Seats in the Cabinet.
PARIS, October 6th.-MM Mangon, Wal
deck-Rousseau, Legrand and Herault, who
were defeated in the elections, have re-
signed their seats in the Cabinet
Making Seapegoat of Ferry.
PARIS, October 6th.-The number of Con-
seryatives elected is 1S3. 1t is believed that
the second ballotings will raise the num-
argues that the Republican defeat is due TO
the Tonquin expedition, and that it is
therefore necessary to guillotine Ferry the
first thing. The Republican newspapers
generally are disposed to make scapegoat
of Ferry.
1t is expected that provisional ministry
viii be formed, including NM Clemenceau
and Floquette.
The Irish Land Question.
DUBLIN, October 6th.-John t. Dillon,
presiding at meeting of the National
League to-day, warned tenants who con-
templated the immediate purchase of land
not to pay more than the amount of ten
years rental of the same. The people, he
said, must either pay or fight for land and
the price he indicated was in his opinion
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was announced that the parliamentary
fund amounted to $4,000.
An Unsatisfactory Proposition.
PHILIPPoPoLIs. October 6th.-The pro-
posal to make Prince Alexander merely
the Governor of Roumelia causes dissatis-
faction here. 1t is considered an impracti-
cable proposition, and is likely to prevent
pacific settlement of the trouble.
The Situation in Peru.
LIMA, October 6tb.-Advices from the
Government expeditionary force state that
Carceres has evacuated his almost impreg-
nable positions at Canta, retiring on
Tacoma. His unwillingness to face
the Government troops even in
such advantageous positions, is ac-
cepted as proof of weakness. Several
officers and men of the Cacerist force have
deserted. The rebels are reported in a
deplorable condition, being without food
or money.
Another Riot in Montreal.
MONTREAL, October 9th. = About 800
rioters attacked the guard at the Exhibition
grounds tonight, and threw stones at the
cavalry, when the full guard of mounted
garrison artillery turned out. and the mob
was soon dispersed. Two cavalrymen
were injured, as was also Lieutenant How
ard, of the garrison artillery. At midnight
everything was quiet.
Not SO Great Lake After All.
OTTAWA, October CHA p. Low, of the
Theological Museum, has returned from
Lake Mistassini, where he completed sur
vey of that sheet of water Instead of the
lake being of greater proportions than Lake
Superior, he found that it was only 125
miles in length, and from 10 to 20 miles in
width.
a Prostitution Wheat Region.
WINNIPEG, October 6th.-A thorough
canvass of the wheat belt in Manitoba and
the Northwest Territories, and the north
ern tier of Dakota counties, shows con-
clusively that the cereal in this belt is in
jured beyond repair by the killing frosts of
August last, the wheat being frozen in the
milk