Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-06-03
FROM FOREIGN SHORES.
ADMIRAL J0UETT CHOSEN AS A
MEDIATOR.
Emperor Williams Health . The
Berber Railway-Literary For
geries - Italy and Zanzibar
ESPECIAL DISPATCHER TO THE RECoRD-usIos.l


OONSTANTINOPLE, June ZQ.-Slr peter
Lumsden, who has just arrived, foresees
future complications from the boundary
having been brought across the desert.
With neutral line of eighty miles of
waste country for the Russians to cross,
better safeguards against Russian advance
could have been had than are any prom
Uses to respect the new Afghan frontier
Russia is Row able, through the possession
of the Penjdeh district, to provoke fresh
complications whenever it suits her policy
TO veX England, for instance, by supporting
Turcoman claims to some further paStur-
age, or the use of watersheds, thereby
bringing about a collision with the At
ghans Russia wants an ethnogIaphical
frontier. proposed a geological one. The
Ameer has now $4,000 men at Herat, but
when the Russians first advanced that place
was quite open, and it would have fallen at
once, for the population were and even
now are, to some extent, siding with the
Russians
Literary Forgeries.
New YORK, June 2d.-A Suns London
special says: A new method of literary
persecution has come to light in London.
Letters bearing the signature of John Rus
kin, the famous writer on art, recently APP
peareSi in great numbers in the newspapers.
he ltllClS nave llGdlCu VI Il NOuueIluI
range of subjects, and all contained certain
characteristics of the great critic. but most
of them have displayed tone of mingled
petulance and arrogance which tended to
the belief that the author was getting
querulous with advancing age. This flood
of letters on all conceivable subjects at
tracted considerable attention. The mys-
terry was solved to-day by letter from
Ruskin's solicitors, who state that the let
tiers are all forgeries and they have discov-
cred the mandatory from which they
have emanated. They have traced go of
these forgeries, including scores of letters to
newspapers, invitations to social friends
orders to tradesmen and florists for goods,
and even letters of introduction to famous
artists The motive of these forgerS APP
pears to have been pure mischief, as it can
not be learned that they have ever obtained
a shillings worth of goods or credit on the
strength of Ruskin's name, while, on the
other hand, their expenditure for mono
gram paper, printed letter heads, postage,
etc, has been considerable.
Emperor Williams Health Improved.
BERLIN, June 2d.-The Emperor'S condi-
ton is much improved. He slept last night
without morphine, and during the last As
hours had no new attack. In view of this
improvement, Bismarck has decided to
leave for kissingen to-day.
Castaways Rescued.
LONDON, June 2d.-The steamer Missouri
has arrived at Liverpool bringing the cap
tain of the bark Themis, his family and
crew, in all sixteen persons, who were six
days and nights in a small boat before be:
ing picked up and were discovered in an
exhausted condition, owing to their terri
BILE suffering. The Themis had been lost
in collision with icebergs.
The French on the Congo River.
PARIS, June 2d.-The Government is
now prepared to carry out the projected or
ganization of its possessions on the Congo
river into a French colony. De BraZza, the
ril al to Stanley in Central African explora-
tons, will be made Governor.
New Commander in Tonquin.
PARIS, June 2d.-General Roussel de
Courcy has taken command in Tonquin, in
place Of General de lIsle.
A Free Gift
LONDON, June 2d.-The Berber Railway
plant has been offered the Government OF
Cyprus as free gift.
Draft of Commercial Treaty Agreed
Upon.
ROME, June 2d.-The Governments of
Italy and Zanzibar have agreed upon the
draft of commercial treaty.
Cholera in Prison and Garrison.
MADRID, June 2d.-Cholera has broken
out in the prison at Valencia and among
the soldiers of the garrison at Albacete.
Cholera Spreading.
BOMBAY, June 2d.-Cholera is spreading
at Rindli, near Quetta.
The Earthquake in India-Two Hundred
Lives Lost.
SERINAGAR, June 2d.-The mosque in the
little town of Sopur, twenty miles north of
here, was demolished by the earthquake,
and 300 persons killed.
Serious Embarrassment to Railroads.
CITY OF MEXICO via Galveston), June
2d.-The new law providing for second
inspection of merchandise at interior
points, is causing serious embarrassment to
railroads At Laredo the Mexican Central
road is blockaded with freight awaiting the
movements of the CuStom-hOuse officials
The merchants complain loudly, and the
road mentioned, through its local repre-
sentative, contemplates protesting to the
Government and asking for the abrogation
of the law.
The Colombian Trouble-Admira1 Jouett
to Mediate.
WASHINGTON, June 2d.-The following
dispatch from Admiral Jouett, relative to
the trouble between certain of the Colon
bian States, has been received at the Navy
Department: The President of Colombia
empowers me to mediate between the con-
tending parties. The Barranquilla Govern
ment grants the insurgents reasonable
terms. Successful mediation is probable,
which will end the revolution. | shall
make an earnest attempt to settle the
trouble"
The Fighting in Peru.
LIMA (via Galveston) June 2d.-Dis-
patches from the interior confirm the news
of the victory obtained by the Government
troops over those of Caceres at Huanncayo.
The battle lasted two hours The Govern
ment forces numbered only 400 Caceres'
troops were in miserable condition, nearly
starving, and quite unable to resist the at
tack of disciplined troops. After the battle
General Mas, wishing to avoid further
bloodshed, sent note to Caceres, propes-
ing the latter's surrender, with full guar
antee; but Caceres only recommended his
retreat toward the pampas. He was fol-
lowed by tribes of Indians, who were only
awaiting the success of an attack on Huann-
cayo to sack the town. Prisoners say that
CacereS was wounded