Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-12-28

occurred within twenty-four hours. The
papers print the report, but som e doubt tt e
figures, claiming they are too high.
Ehlers with a detachment of Major
Wissmann's corps, left Pangani for Mount
kilimaDjaro for the purpose OF presenting
Prince Moschi with a gift from Emperor
William.
Thirty odd of the local postoffice clerks
and letter carriers of Baltimore are suffer-
ing from influenza and unable TO work.
Numerous other local cases of Ia grippe are
also reported.
The Countess of Flanders, sister-in-law
of King Leopold of Belgium, Prince Ban
donin, the eldest son of the Countess, and
and the Queen of Roumania are suffering
from influenza.
The hospitals of Vienna are crowded
with patients suffering from the influenza,
accompanied by Inflammation of the lungs,
pleurisy and peritonitis. There are over
100 cases in Prague.
For some days past there have been q
few sporadic cases of influenza at Konigs-
burg but the disease has now become cpl
demic, and some of the cases are of the
most serious character.
The furnaces of the Chestnut Hill Iron
Ore Company, at Columbia, which have
been closed three years, are being repaired,
to be put in blast Immediately. They are
among the largest in Pennsylvania.
1t is stated that the Inter Oceanic and
Mexican Railroads will pool freight and
passenger rates. Work on the Inter Oceanic
road is being vigorously pushed. The line
to Vera Cruz will be completed at an early
| date.
The Secretary of the Navy has adopted a
new design for the flag of the navy, 10 take
effect July /, 1891. 1t will be applied to
both the flag and Union Jack Of the navy
and consists of rectangular arrangement
| of forty-two stars.
| Natural gas has been discovered at Red
field, Sphinx county South Dakota. The
| find is the strongest yet struck in the State
and the quality of the best. The pressure
is so great that it carries sand ard gravel
sixty feet into the air.
E. w. Pierce, formerly Postmaster al
Turlock, who was indicted by the United
| States Grand Jury last month, was arrested
yesterday and charged with issuing fraudu-
| lent money orders. The amount Of money
embezzled is alleged to be $1,000.
The House Ways and Means Committee
resumed hearings on the tariff yesterday
Arguments were presented on the subject
of duty on table cutlery, stoves, gold lea
and bronze powders, anvils, tin plates
crucible steel, wire rods and wires.
Reliable reports from Fort Sully, S. D.
state that there is trouble with the Indians
at that place. Parties say the Indians are
not satisfied with the treaty opening the
reservation, and claim they are not prom
ised sufficient remuneration for theil
ponies 1t is also stated that the Indian:
have killed several settlers near the fort.
A party of six in a sleigh returning Il
Victoria, B c., from a social evening OF
the Fraser river road, Thursday morning
were struck by falling tree and four per
sons and the horses instantly killed TIT
two others had narrow escape. The fou
killed, all young men, were James Lawson
C. D. Campbell, Joseph Lock and ]. V
Bodwell.
Count Alloys Karoiyi Nagi Karoly, form
ambassador to Great Britain and Germany
died suddenly while hunting on his estate
at Pressburg Hungary. Further psrticu
lars of the death of Karolyi state that h.
had been hunting on horseback. Wher
found, his neck was broken. 1t is uncer
tain whether he was attacked by apoplex1
and fell from his horse or whether he wa
| thrown.