Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-01-25
Heavy Failures.

Heavy Failures.
New YORK, January oath. = Reports
reached here from Buenos Ayres, via Lon
don, of great financial smash in the
| Argentine Republic. One firm of Rupela
Palpaglioni & Co., jobbing house
| in hardware and provision with a large
warehouse and shipping interests, failed
for six million dollars. Other failures foot
up an additional four millions. A total of
| ten millions Confrmatory dispatches
| have been received. Gold at the time of
| failure was 232 and to-day was quoted at 21S.
Horrible Outrage.
| WILKFsBARRE (Pa.), January 24th.-The
Polish Church war at Plymouth was re-
newed Wednesday evening. The Polish
| faction went to the cemetery and dug up
| the bodies 'of the Lithuanians buried un-
! der police protection Wednesday. The
| collins were broken open and the bodies
| dragged all over the ground and thrown
over the fence. Two bodies were horribly
| lacerated with pickaxes used in breaking
| open the collins. When armed Lithuani-
ars arrived on the scene the Poles fed.
There is talk of lynch law.
Massacred Russians.
BUFFALO On. ", January 24th.-George
| KEENAN, OF Siberian exile fame, tonight
which had evidently Travelled clandestine
route before reaching him in this country.
Ii comprises eighty-six pages of micro
scopic chirography, of which KEENAN, has
deciphered enough to prove to his satisfac-
ton that the rumored massacre OF exiles by
Russian soldiers at Yakutsk, which has
been vigorously denied by the Government
is an indisputsble fact.
New Chief for the Utes.
DENVER, January 24th.-A Times special
from Price Station, Utah, says: Old Sappo-
vo-na-ro, head chief of the Uncmpahgre
Utes, died at his village on the agency jan
uary 18th of an abscess of the liver. Charley
Shavenau was chosen head chief. He is
an intelligent fellow, reads writes and
talks English quite well, and is a pro-
nounced friend of schools and education,
and the tribe no doubt will be greatly.im-
proved under his rule.
The UrsuIine Sisters.
| PITTsBuRG, January 24th.-The Ursuline
Convent property is to be advertised for
sale in few days. The purpose of the
sale is to raise money with which to pay
the deposed superior, Mother Alphonse
and her adherents $4,000 each in accord
ancs with decree from Rome. Each of
seven Ursuline sisters according to the de-
cree, will receive 500 .. The property is
valued at 100000. The deposed nuns will
return to France.
The Last Payment.
MINNEAPOLIS, January 24th.-The third
and last payment on the Pillsbury d
Washburn Mills by the English syndicate
which bought them some months ago will
be made February 10th. At that time
there will be formal transfer of the prop
erty to the new owners, and the business
for the first time will be conducted under
the name of the ''Pillsbury- Washburn
FIGURING Company"
The Court of Inquiry.
WASHINGTON, January 24th.- In the
Court of Inquiry appointed by Secretary
Tracy to investigate the charge that naval
officers intend to secure a lobbyist to have
! their pay increased, number of wit
nesses were examined, who testified to be-
ing asked to assist and also to receiving q
letter from Congressman Thomas, tender
ing his services to secure the passage of the
bill for certain monetary consideration.
Colored Delegates.
! WASHINGTON, January oath. = About
thirty delegates to the Convention of col
cred men, which meets here next month,
have already arrived. The Convention
will probably demand the protection of the
rights of the negro and the passage of the
Blair education bill Among the delegates
that have arrived are the following F. W.
Clark, Helena, Mont; John n. Gonna, Ia
coma, Wash.
! Immense Banking Capital.
WASHINGTON, January oath. -Yalente,
the Brazilian Minister, to-day received a
cablegram dated Rio Janeiro from Ruy
saying the capital for great national bank
ing institution, to be known as the National
Bank of the United States of Brazil, was
subscribed to-day within four hours. Capital,
s100o00.000.
Must Serve His Time.
New YORK, January 24th.-The general
term of the Supreme Court has affirmed
the conviction of Herr Most and his SEN
tence to one years imprisonment in the
Penitentiary. Most was convicted of using
language tending to excite riot during
speech at an Anarchist meeting in Novem
Der, 1887.
TOPEKA (Kans.), January 34th-Jsmes
w. Hamilton handed his resignation as
State Treasurer TO Governor Humphrey to-
day He has been appointed General Live
Stock Agent OF the Santa Fe road.
New Postof8ce.
WASHINGTON, January 24th. A new
Postoffice has been established at Manton,
Tehama county, Cal, with William 7.
| Hewitt as Postmaster.
Hanged in jail.
| MONTGOMERY (Aia-), January 24th.-
Green Braxton, negro, was hanged in jail
| here to-day, for the murder of Lewis Pugh
| (white), in this city, in May, last year.
Costly Fire.
CHICAGO, January 24.h.-A fire in Au-
strian Wise & Co.'S wholesale clothing
house tonight destroyed goods to the value
of $50 OO0.
| Killed by Snow-slide.
IDAHO CRY, January 24th.-E S. Goetz,
| a mail-carrier between Rocky Bar and At
J lanta, was killed by g snow-slide yesterday.