Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-25
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Condensed Telegraphic Dispatches From
All Parts of the World.

Condensed Te1egraphic Dispatches From
All Parts of the World.
There is prospect that the miners in
Belgium will insugurate general strike
next Monday.
Admiral Gill;ss notifies the Navy Depart
ment that yellow fever is spreading in
ing the coming summer.
President Won der Abe, of the st. Louis
club, says the American Association will
Join the League in lighting the Brother
hood of Ball Players scheme.
The highwayman arrested at Port Town.
send Saturday, and who gave his name SIS
Jim Smith, has been recognized as the
stepson of hardware merchant at Wood
land, Cal.
A reward of 81 600 has been subscribed
by citizens of Portland. Or, for the appre-
hension of Gibbs, the murderer of young
McDevitt. The total reward. including
what the Sheriff offered, is 1900.
Two hundred Cinnamon have left New
York via Vancouver, bound for China to
return no omore Many are going home to
join the national army aid others are
F.npiiip7fGs 70 work on the new railroads in
The British steamship Hondo, from
Grevtown and Belize, has arrived at New
York and is detained at quarantine. VIM.
Burns, a saloon passenger, died after the
vessel reached this port, and yellow fever
is suspected.
Andrew B. Clark, convicted of the mur-
der of Garrett Fitzgerald, at Ukiah, Cal,
has been sentenced to fifteen years in San
Quentin. The homicide grew out of dis
puted grazing grounds, claimed by Clark,
on which Fitzgerald was driving stock,
when he was shot dead.
An explosion took place in the gas-house
connected with the Lockwood Cotton Mills,
Wednesday. The front of the building
was blown out and the roof lifted off. The
ruins at once took fire. Henry +. Wash
burn, aged thirty, in charge of the gas
house, was burned to death.
The great ocean race between the City Of
New York, the Inman Line flyer, and the
White Stars crack steamship Teutonic
from New York to Queensland, ended in
the defeat of the latter by the small margin
of one hour and half. The time of the
City of New York's arrival here was 5:5C
A. NJ and that of the Teutonic $40.
Ex-Mayor Ames, of Minneapolis, whose
remarks about Priest-ridden Ireland, on
his return from Europe lately, caused such
a revulsion of feeling among Irish admir-
ers, has received five threatening letter:
signed Irishman," Catholic, Clan-na
Gael" etc. They warn him that if he doe'
not leave the country he will suffer thu
fate of DR.. Cronin.
The Grand Jury at Santa Rosa has created
a sensation by summoning large number
of well-known citizens before it to givt
evidence against certain parties who are
supposed to have been dealing faro in thil
city. About fifty witnesses were examined
1t is said that no case has been made out
as there was no evidence that the game ha:
been conducted here for a long time, i
ever.
The State Department is in receipt of al
off eial letter from the Russian Government
offering prize for the best essay on Johr
Howard and his work on prison reform
the essay to be read before the Prison Re
form Congress next year. A gold media
and 1000 francs in silver will constitute
the first prize. Three other medals will
also be offered.