Sacramento daily record-union., 1890-03-09

LONDON, March Sth.-Stanley will not
leave Cairo until April. His doctor advises
against q sudden chsnge of climate, and he
has made up his mind to finish his book
before be becomes entangled in the dissipa-
tons of London season. His book is so
far advanced that the publishers hope to
be ready tor its publication on the day of
Stanley's arrival in England. He will not
come direct to London, but will spend
fortnight at Nice, and proceed thence to
Brussels. At Brussels he will be met by
his four officers, Parke. Nelson, Stairs and
Jephson. Dr. Starks, his colleague, admits
that bad it not been for the doctor not one
member of the expedition would have
come out alive.
Unfounded Rumor.
LONDON, March Sth.-Stories having been
circulated that the London police were cog
nizant of the existence of gang of despera-
does whose object is TO inveigle young
Englishmen of means TO Canada and there
murder them for their money, and that the
Scotland Yard authorities had determined
to dispatch an officer TO Cauada with the
object of cleaning information, caused the
Herald correspondent TO call at the head
quarters of the London police TO inquire as
TO the authenticity of these reports. He
was informed by Mr.. McNsghton, one of
the heads of the Department of Criminal
Investigation, that there was not particle
of truth in the statements.
Frsnce and Dahomey.
PARIS, March sth.-Advices from the
west coast of Africa state that the position
of the French in Dahomey is critical.
Baoul, the French agent, demands that
1900 men be sent to defend the post. He
declares that if the expedition to Aghome,
the capital of Dahomey, be undertaken,
e I.
sary. he considers that an attempt to con-
ouer Dahomey would prove futile. He
holds that it would be preferable TO Sc
cure French rule on the coast.
1t is reported here this evening that the
trouble between France and Dahomey has
been settled.
Indignation Meeting.
LONDON, March Sth.-The meeting to ex-
press indignation at the recently reported
maltreatment and slaughter of political
prisoners in Russia, which will be held on
the Thames embankment tomorrow,
promises to be an enormous affair. In ac-
cordance with the arrangement, an i'm
mense procession will march to the em-
bankment, where stands are erected from
which speeches will be delivered Dy John
Morely, Professor James Stuart, John Burns,
Labouchere, Prince Krapotkine, Step
Will Thrash the King.
PARIS, March Sth.-In the House of Dep
uties to-day Etienne stated that the King
of Dahomey refused to recognize the
French protectorate over the Slave Coast
and had invaded that territory but had
been repulsed. He also said il the King
refused to satisfy the demands of France
il will be necessary to take vigorous meas
ures, not with view of the conquest of
Dahomey, but for the purpose of giving
salutary lesson to the King and his people.
After Eyraud.
CITY OF MEXICO, via Galveston, March
Sth.-Four French detectives have arrived
here in pursuit of Eyraud, the assassin Of
Gouffe, the Paris Marshal, whose horrible
murder in July created sensation through
out France. They are looking for the
murderer in this city and Puebla.
Literary Sensation.
PARIS, March Sth.-A great stir is created
by a book published here called LUX
Verra," by an American layman. The
theme is, Every Man His Own Salvation
ist." The authorship is attributed to both
Theodore Tilton and Theodore Stanton.
Riotous Students.
PRAGUE, March Sth.-A number of stu
dents assem- mbled in the streets here and
marched to the houses of several old Czech
professors and acted in a riotous manner.
The soldiers charged the students with
fixed bayonets and dispersed them.
English Hurdles.
LONDON, March 3;h.-The Kempton
March meeting of the champion hurdle
handicap, two miles, over eight hurdles,
was won by TheodoliIe, Papyras second
and Castilian third.
Duty on Corn.
PARIS, March Sth.-The Customs Com
mittee Of the Chamber of Deputies has
voted to impose duty of three francs on
foreign corn and five francs on corn -four.