Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-11-30
home AND ABROAD.
MURDER AND PILLAGE BY LOUIS
: lana OUTLAWS.
A Warrant for O'Brien-Matters in
Bulgaria-TheN New Cruisers
The Kentucky Horror.
Especial DISPATCHES TO THE REcoRD-usIos.l
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Contracts for the New Cruisers.

Contracts for the New Cruisers.
WASHINGTON, November 29th-The Sec
retary of the Navy to-day accepted the fol-
lowing bids for the construction of new
cruisers and gunboats: Cruiser No. 2, the
Charleston, Union Iron Works. of San
Francisco, at 81 OH 800 cruiser No. 3, the
Baltimore. Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia,
at 81, 5000 gun-boat No. 2, the Column
bia, Iron Works & Dry Dock Company, of
Baltimore, at S247, 600. In the case of gun
boat No. no decision has yet been reached
as between the bid of Reeder e. Sons and
the bid of Cramp & Sons. Although the
Union Iron Works. of San Francisco, put
in the lowest bid on cruiser No. /, the
Newark, yet, as the figures exceed the
maximum amount fixed in the appropria-
ton bill, the Secretary was unable to ac-
cept their bid. He will probably refer the
matter to Congress, with statement of the
facts, and recommend that the appropria-
ton for the construction of cruiser No. be
increased, or that the Government be au-
thorized to ouild the vessel at one of the
navy yards.
A GREAT THING FOR CALIFORNIA.
The construction of a modern ship-of-
war on the Pacific coast, Mr.. Scott thinks,
marks the beginning of new and very
important industry in California. The
Union Iron Works propose to build ship
that will not only be a credit to the Gov
eminent, but will show Chile, Japan and
China that they need not hereafter send to
the Clyde for ships of war and repairs
thereto, but can have their navies built and
repaired on the Pacific, thus avoiding the
expense of long journey around the
Horn from Great Britain. The contractors
have figured very closely on the Charleston,
and while they are at greater expense for
material and labor than Eastern ship
builders they have other advantages that
their Atlantic rivals do not enjoy. Labor
is the chief element of cost in building
ships, and men can work better in the
equable climate of San Francisco than in
the severe winters and hot summers that
are experienced in the Delaware shipyards.
woman's Appeal for Temperance and
Purity.
CHICAGO, November 29th.-In accordance
with a resolution adopted at the recent
Minneapolis Convention, an address was
issued by the National Women's Christian
| Temperance Union to " all Knights of La
Dor, Trades Unions, and other labor organ
| izations" 1t says the Women's Temper
ance Union is in sympathy with their
methods as involve cooperation, arbitra-
| ton and the ballot-box. They rejoice in
the broad platform of mutual help which
recognizes neither sex, race nor creed, and
the elevation to their rightful place of
women. They mention with joy their hos
tile attitude toward the saloons. and the
vow made by the newly-elected officers of
the Knights of Labor at Richmond, Va,
when they pledged themselves to be
total abstainers throughout their terms of
office. The address states that they do
not believe that it is over-production so
much as consumption that grinds
the faces of workingmen. The Temper
ance Union calls attention to its white
! Cross pledge of equal chastity for man
and woman, and of pure lives. The ad-
dress asks for the help of the labor organ
izations in the efforts to secure adequate
protection by law for the daughters of the
rich and the poor alike from the cruelty of
base and cruel men also, their endeavor
| to preserve the American Sabbath with its
rest and quiet. An appeal is made to the
voters to cast their ballots only for such
measures and such men as are solemnly
committed to the prohibition of every
brewery, dis.illery and dram-shop in the
nation. The address is signed by Frances
E. Willard, President, and Caroline B..
Buell., Corresponding Secretary.