Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-07-31
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Condensed Telegraphic Dispatches From
All Parts of the World

Condensed Telegraphic Dispatches From
All Parts of the World.
The Dublin Express says the surplus of
the Parnell indemnity fund exceeds s40.-
200. Only 100000 has been used.
The British bark Mailsgate, for Newcas-
tie, n. S. W., from San Francisco was
wrecked on the Middleton reef. Part of
the crew is missing.
The body of Colonel A. E. Jones, the
murdered man, was buried with military
honors yesterday at Cincinnati. Governor
Foraker and staff were present
The T. Cannon Fruit Commission Com
pany's block and Wichita Grocery Compa-
ny's building, at Wichita. Kansas, were
burned yesterday. Loss, $4,000.
The residence of Deputy United States
Marshal Danzieg, of Portland, Or, was
fired by incendiaries early Monday morn
ing. Loss, $1,000; insurance, 5000.
H. F. Mueller was treated to a coat of
tar and feathers at Kent, w. T., the other
night, after which he was ridden out of
town on rail. He was accused of felon-
ious assault.
La Presse, the Boulangist organ, accuses
the Government of classifying 10000 vot-
ing papers at the elections on Sunday.
elected in twenty-three cantons.
Advices from Assouan state that the ad
vance of the Dervishes is continuous
though slow. A skirmish occurred Mon
day between the Egyptian patrols and the
Dervish outposts. Sixty Dervishes were
killed.
A dispatch from Nagasaki states that a
dreadful earthquake occurred on the west
ern portion of the island of Kiousiou.
The town OF Kumamto was destroyed
Many people persisted. A vast amount of
property was destroyed.
The trial of Tom Thompson and six
other men who were alleged to have tarred
and feathered Gus Braman at San Pedro a
few months ago was concluded in the Su-
perior Court at Los Angeles on Monday,
the jury finding the defendants guilty of
simple assault
Pat killen, the Minneapolis pugilist, who
is now at Portland on his way to San Fran
cisco 10 fight Joe McAuliffe, got on ear
Sunday morning and used his fists indis-
criminately, knocking out several men.
He was arrested Monday night for knock
ing down a boy.
Mrs. Althea B. Cook of Raway, San
Diego county, has sworn out a warrant
against Samuel Crossen, her brother in law,
charging him with criminal assault upon
her nine-year-old daughter. Crossen has
fed, but officers are in hot pursuit The
little girl is in critical condition, and fears
are entertained that she will not recover
At the Ministerial Council held at Con-
stantinople, it was resolved to send a new
Commission to Crete to endeavor to settle
the difficulties there; also to dispatch eight
battslions to the island. Italy advises Tur-
key to attempt to conciliate the Cretans,
and if necessary, resort to the mediation of
European powers. Italy will assent to the
annexation of the island by Greece.
Ten saloon proprietors of Suffer county
were charged Monday in the Justices
Court OF 4uba City with selling liquor
without a license They entered pleas of
not guilty. By consent the case of ]. H.
Miller was set for September ID, and the
other cases will not be tried until it is de-
cided. The League of Freedom of San
Francisco is paying the expenses of the de-
tense.
Mrs. Lightfoot of Clearwater was before
the Commissioners of Lunacy at Los An
geles on Monday. Years ago she was
Mother Superior of convent in Louisiana,
but returned to the world She declines to
give the reason for the step, but says her
heart is burning up with a great grief, the
cause of which she will only reveal on her
deathbed. She was committed to Stock
ton.
Henry E. Abbey, who returned from Eu-
rope Monday, said in an interview: MARY
Anderson is improving slowly and surely,
and l have not the least doubt that she will
ultimately recover completely and she will
be able to act again. She is now living
very quietly, and avoids all undue excite
ment. Still she drives, goes to theaters and
receives friends. All the stories about her
being in madhouse, or having been con-
fined to any such institution, are fabrica-
TONS"
The Billy Wilson combination is now in
Seattle. Tom Jefferson, the hacker of Will
son, the noted colored pugilist of ST. Paul,
Mimi, says Wilson will arrange with the
California Athletic Club to fight Peter
Jackson. the colored champion, to finish,
for So 900 or more, and Harry Morgan, the
financial hacker of the Tacoma Globe, and
several other prominent sporting men have
offered TO raise $4,000 as part of purse to
be competed for somewhere on the Pacific
coast. Wilson challenged Jackson at He.
lena.