Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-08-14

| Cry OF MEXICO. August 18Th Tn
Diari0, the official Government organ, to
! day contains important documents regard
! ing the Cutting case, including the full tex
Of the decision of Judge Zubia, at Paso de
| Norte, which shows clearly and unmistak
/ ably that the Court held Cutting for
/ crime begun on Mexican soil, and eontiu
! ned simultaneously in Texas and Mexico
| This puts q new, phase on the case, as j
shows that Judge Zubia regarded th,
! case as one continuous act. In passing
| sentence on Cutting, the Judge said "Th,
I basis Of criminal proceeding against the
/ defendant was, first, proof before him thai
he committed the otfense, classed as q crime
by law, evidence of which was offered be
yond dispute the The publication which ap-
peared in III CentiHellQ on June 9th, last, a
paper published on Mexican soil
Secondly-That although it was true it was
an act of Cancellation which would have
satisfied the offended party had it been
complied with il was also true that thls
act OF conciliaticn was not fulfilled. and
therefore the crime still stands. Third
Proof of lack Of compliance with the act OF
Cancellation was found in a communication
printed by Cutting in the El Paso SuadGp
Herald, in which he renews the defamatory
charges against Medina, and at the same
time, published an article in FL Centineila,
on the Mexican soil, in which he sup
presses the capital letters, and puis the
name Of Medina in microscopic type. in
order to make its reading difficult. Fourth
A renewal of the charges does not eonsti-
tute an offense, but IS confirmation of
previous charges. Fifth-That this being
so, the criminal responsibility of Cutting
arose from the publication in FL CeRtiaelld,
which was renewed in the Texas paper. his
renewal or ratification not constituting a
new crime, which should be punished
with different penalty than that which
corresponds to the first publication. The
Judge further says, even suppOsing, with
out conceding it, that the crime Of defama-
ton had been committed in Texas, the fact
that Cutting had in FL Paso del Norte cop
les of the El Paso Sunday Herald, of which
Medina complained, and which we're, by Or
der of the Court, seized on the premises of
Cutting on the Mexican soil, constituted
properly consummation of crime accord
ing to the penal code. Judge Zubia says
with special emphasis on the fact, that Cut
ting actually circulated on Mexican soil
his renewal of libel published in Texas.
This renewal Of libel published in Texas
is an .offense, and were the cases reversed,
would be punishable under the present
code in Texas.
The Western Corn Crop.
CHICAGO, August 13th-The Chicago
Times tomorrow will publish a very full
report of the corn situation, covering the
States of Illinois, Kansas Iowa, Missouri.
Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Wis
consin, Minnesota, Dakota, Tennessee and
Kentucky. The report brings out these
facts: That up to the 4th day Of July the
of the Missouri river were excep-
tionally good west of the river
the corn situation, comprising the
States of Kansas and Nebraska, had
been reduced more or less by dry weather.
The corn season so far has been a very pc
culiar one, starting out as it did under
most favorable circumstances during the
month of June, dry and cool, with just
enough moisture to keep the corn growing
and put the fields in condition for unin-
terrupted cultivation, until the first of July,
but ever since that date the corn crop has
been subjected, with the exception of some
limited areas in Ohio and Indiana, to such
extremes of dry weather and heat, that the
general prospects to-day point to crop re-
duced in quantity and quality. The rains
during the last ten days have been copious
in Kansas and Nebraska and further re-
duction to the crop from drought has been
stopped but the season is now so far ad-
vanced that no amount of rain can bring
the corn crop up the condition of July l,
1886, and frosts before the second week in
September would cause more than the
usual destruction to the crop.
Intimately connected to the corn crop is
the grass crop, and the Times report shows
that the crop was a fair one in many To-
calities, but as whole little below the
yield of the grass crop of 1885. The grass
was secured in exceptionally fine condition,
and the quality of hay of this season is un-
The oat crop, owing to the corn
and pasturage situation, has not and will
not move very freely under existing cir
cumstances. The report also brings out
the fact that the winter wheat crop in quail
ity is excellent, thrashing out a little better
than expected before the harvest that the
from thrashing machines never
was so large as it has been during the last
forty days and much larger percentage of
the crop than usual will have been mar
keted before the opening of 1887.
No Fresh Developments.
WASHINGTON, August 13th-It is asserted
at the State Department that there are no
fresh developments in the Cutting case and
that the attitude of the government has
llOl NllduSCu ltl lCsBCCt. lilS NGsC 10
the fruit of natural friction or antagonism
between the systems of Government of two
peoples who differ radically in character
and customs. The position we have taken
is based upon the assumption that all ma
terial facts and legal features of the case
are as they have been set forth in CORE
spondence and reports already made public;
but in the matter involving possible war
fare it is held to be incumbent upon US to
make sure that there is nothing of import
ance beyond the official information al
ready on hand. and to this end both efforts
of the Department are turned to the found
alton. Once firmly laid the decision will
have to be made, whenever the difference
shall be found to exist, and shall be recon
ciled through further efforts of diplomacy
or by war, but in no event will this Coy
ernment assent to the doctrine that an
American citizen can be arrested, tried and
punished abroad for an offense committed
within our own domain.
The American Turf.
BRIGHTON, August 13th.-The first race
Leonora won. Fawn second, Restless third
Time, 1.43l. The second race, three
quarters of mile, Lady Loud won, Musk
second Brewer third. Time, 117l. The
third race, three-quarters of mile, Red
NOu. 1uiCAduCS ScNOlu, OIll tulTu.
Time, 1:17l. The fourth race, seven -eighths
of mile, Aleck Ament won, Bill Sterret
second. Berlin third Time, 1904. The
fifth race, one and half miles. Ten Strike
won, Adonis second, Bahama third. Time,
211. The sixth race, one and one-six-
teenth miles, Oliyette won, Elizabeth Sec
ond; Calero third. Time. 1861.
The Anarchist Trial.
CHICAGO, August 13th.-In Judge Garey's
Courtroom this morning Zeisler resumed
his address, and began by impeacning the
testimony of witness Waller, which, he
said, was untrustworthy, first, because it
was paid for. and second, because the con-
duct of the conspirators was not such as
il would have been had the word Ruhl y
meant what he said it did, or if the pris-
oners were aware of its alleged significance.
There might have been grain of truth,
the speaker said, in what Zeisler and Wal
Ter testified to- but most of their stories were
concocted by them. Zeisler concluded by
DECLARING that the States attorney was