Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-07-25
Fire and Explosion in New York.

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the contlagration an explosion from an I'M
| known cause blew out several doors and
| windows, injuring six firemen. John
! Driscoll was the worst hurt, receiving
| compound fracture Of the right leg, and
other wounds. The loss is estimated at
$250,000.
Hanged for Murder.
OMAHA (Ncb. J, July 24th-A special from
| 0sceOla, Neb, says: William w. Smith,
| the wife murderer, was executed this morn
| ing in the presence of 5000 people The
| murderer on the scatfold denied his guilt
The fences surrounding the place OF execu-
ton were demolished by mob early this
morning.
FOREIGN.
The Husband of Princess Beatrice.
New York, July 24th.-The Tines special
! from London says Of Prince Henry. 1t is
not charged that he IS vicious or specially
| bad but i'll Germany he is spoken of al
ways as q "schOfskODh," and in England
every one Al least thinks Of him as dull
| Dutch beggar. Berlin held itself erimly
aloof from the wedding, and Potsdam
snubbed Windsor openly. 4 request was
made that Victoria Adelaide and her hus-
| band, the German Crown Prince, should
attend, and that their younger daughter
should be included in the list Of brides
maids. The refusal is said to have been
extremely curt Every body feels that Ber-
In, in this refusal, rebukes the marriage as
q mesaJiance. The Battenbergs are a fam
lily Il poor adventures and Prince Henry,
in particular, is a numbskuN. 1t IS known.
too, that the Prince Of Wales was vastly
indignant at the match, and only bore his
part in the ceremony because he could not
help it.
Tile Lonsdale- CIetwynde Array.
NEW York, July 24th.-The SIMS Lon
don special has the following on The Ions
dale-ChetWynde affair: The fight has been
the principal subject OF conversation to-
found this afternoon posing on the door
step Of his residence on Grafton street, with
his carriage waiting TO take him for a drive
| in the park. He was smiling and aGable,
and bore few marks of the melee. He said
the quarrel arose out Of an expression
which he had used respecting q certain
| lady while riding with Lonsdaie in the
| park last Tuesday, and which Lonsdale
! considered insulting. Lonsdale said moth
ing more then, but afterwards wrote Sir
| George some offensive letters, 10 which Sir
| George said he replied courteously. He
met LOusdaie again in the park yesterday,
until the Duke Of Portland and Sir W
Cummings separated them.
'' You can see added Sir George, Sc that
| am not injured, ana don't believe Ions
dale is much hurt. a dozen reporters
have been seeking Mrs. iangtry to-day, but
she left town last night, and the secret Of
her present whereabouts IS ZealOUsly kept
by her friends. Lonsdale has q black eye
and a cut cheek lie is keeping himself
closely secluded, and is under the care of
doctor at his residence. He has had numer-
Gus callers during the day, but refuses to
see even his most intimate friends.
Frightful Disaster in Cologne,
COLOGNE, July 24th-Two houses here,
tenanted by sixteen families, collapsed to-
day. Three dead bodies and seventeen
persons, more or less seriously injured,
have been recovered from the ruins Fifty
more remain beneath the debris. The
police and fire brigade are helping 70 eEtri
cate the victims.
LoYDoy. July 2fth.-Another account Of
the accident at Cologne says: Forty-five
persons have been killed and twenty-five
others badly wounded by the fall Of q row
Of buildings in this city.
Public Scandal in Denmark.
COPENHAGEN, July 24th.-The Conserva-
d
volVing Professor in the University, the
President of leading scientific society,
most eminent author of Denmark several
wealthy merchants and some members Of
the Magistracv. They are accused of hay
ing criminal intercourse with young girls.
Ten Of the culprits have been arrested, and
two committed suicide The exposure re-
suited from an attempt 10 extort money,
which was resisted.
Reached Terra Firma in Safety.
PARIS, July 24th.-Gower, the aeronaut,
previously supposed to have been carried
out to sea and drowned, is safe
Abduction Charge Not Proven.
NEW YORK, July 24th.-The suns Lon
don special says The Baronet who IS
charged by Mrs. Wilkinson with having
abducted and ruined her daughter, when
she was only - years old. is Sir George
Orney Wombwell, SIS years old. The magis-
trate discharged him on her own evidence.
Can They Deliver the Goods?
ST. PETERSBURG, July 24th.-The SCet
military Organ) reports that q firm in
Texas has offered TO General Komarof the
services of 100 cowboys in the event of war
between Russia and England
First Prize for an American Girl.
LONDON, July 24th-Miss Moore, an
American, has taken the first prize for
singing at the Paris Conservatoire.
The Zulfikar Pass
ST. PETERSBURG, July 24th.-The Suet
says it is authorized to state that Russia
will not renounce her claims to the Zulfi-
kar Pass.
The Canada Pacific TeIegrapIic System.
MONTREAL, July 24th.-It is stated here.
on what is considered reliable authority.
| that the Canada Pacific Railway will verv
soon open its immense telegraph system to
the public. The Western Union and its
attachment in Canada, The Great North
western, have for some time been most
diligent in their attempts to "gobble up
this company's wires, but their efforts have
been Intellectual. A cable from British
Columbia to Australia is spoken of, and
Government aid has already been asked
by firm of London capitalists interested
in the venture At the recent session of
the Dominion Legislature nearly ST. O00, 900
was voted as an additional subsidy to Can
ada's Transcontinental Railway, for per-
fecting its telegraph. The system is now
said to be in a position TO compete with
other corporations.