Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-04-07
Six Chinese Beheaded.

LONDON, April 6th.-Letters received
from Hongkong report another wholesale
execution in that city recently. The con-
demned in this case numbered SIX and
were the last of the miners convicted of
inciting revolt at the koutsin mine in
Yunan.
Before the prisoners were executed rich
banquet was served them by the mandarin
consisting of roast pork and duck, fish and
rice, with abundance of Chinese wines.
The condemned men were then freed from
their fetters, their hands tied behind their
backs, and they were led to the place of
execution. surrounded by troops, who fired
volleys into the air from time to time
On their arrival the death sentence was
read to the prisoners and they were then
given over to the hands of the executioners.
Charges Against a Minister.
CHARLoTTETowN (P. E. L., April CHA
committee of sixteen members OF the Bap-
tist Church in this city reported to the
congregation finding charges preferred
against Rev. Edward Whitman, the late
pastor of the church. The eX-pastor has
been found guilty on the following counts ::
Associating with young women under an
assumed name, misappropriating church
funds and unfaithfulness.
Whitman was pastor of the church here
for seven years, and is now pastor of a
large church at Joliet, Ill. He came here
few days ago to receive his letter of dis
missal, which had been refused by the con-
gregation until the charges are disposed of.
Mexican Notes.
CRY OF MEXICO, April 6.h Work on
the Camelia Railroad route will = be COM
menced next month, as the money to build
the road is now ready.
Civ oro
gold mines IN Altarzone and Sonora pre-
paratory to making report of their condi-
ton.
General Haro, formerly CHIEF of the Gus
toms Officers of the northern frontier, is
dead.
A Steamers Close Call.
LONDON, April 6th.-The fog signal
prematurely exploded last night at the
famous Bell Rock Lighthouse off the east
coast of Scotland. The dome was shattered
by the explosion and the light extinguished
for the first time since the lighthouse was
built in 1911
After its explosion a passenger steamer
had narrow escape from being wrecked
owing to the absence of the light.
Bad State of Affairs
LONDON, April 6th.-A dispatch from St.
Petersburg says the Minister OF Education
and Professor Mendeliff of the University
have both resigned their positions, after
having had quarrel. The dispatch adds
that disorders among the students continue
anc that the prisons are overtlowlng with
inmates.
Emin on Stanley. -
LONDON, April 6th.-Father Schynse, who
returned 10 the coast with Stanley and
Emin, publishes dairy. He declares that
he has Emin's authority for the statement
that Emin, after talking with Stanley, be-
came imbued with the belief that the latter
aimed less at his rescue than at the possess
sion of his province and his stores of
ivory.
Fatal Fall.
MoNcToN (N. b., April 6th.-Judge
Botsford tainted and fell backward through
! a second-story window in the Moncton
Club last evening and sustained internal
injuries which resulted in his death to. day.
He was II years of age and pioneer mem
Der of the Royal Arch Mssons, belonging
to the lodge bearing lis name.
No English Need Apply
LISBON, April 6th.-The Portuguese Gov
ernment has invited one firm in America
and several firms in other countries to
make tenders for the construction of four
new cruisers. No tenders from English
| firms are invited.
General Renwiclx Dead.
LONDON (Ont.), April 6Ih.-Generai Ren.
wick, Senior General of the British Army
| is dead, aged 90 years He was a residen,
here for nearly forty years.
Fell Dead on the Street.
| LONDON, April 6 h.-Rev NJ. f. Toulson
President of the Primitive Methodist Con.
| ference, fell dead on the street to-day.
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