May 1, 1889
Two Young Spanish Lovers Succeed in Outwitting the Old Folks.
An extraordinary occurance has taken place in one of the principal churches of Madrid, in the parish of Santa Cruz, says the London Times. A priest had nearly finished his mass, and was in the act of pronouncing the sacramental words, “Ite, missa est,” when a young man aged twenty-one, and a beautiful girl of twenty suddenly approached the altar railing with three middle-aged men, and the young couple cried aloud, “We wish to be husband and wife. Here are our three witnesses.”
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April 20, 1889
Starvation Carries Off a Multitude of Inhabitant in the North of China, While Cholera Claims Over a Thousand Victims in the Philippine Islands.
San Francisco, April 18.—A Chinese steamer arrived Tuesday bringing more ghastly details of the slow starvation of thousands in the north Chinese provinces. In one town on the banks of Yellow river women walked the streets and publicly offered their children for sale, declaring that they couldn’t hear them cry for food any longer. It is estimated that European and American missionaries are now feeding 80,000 people but this is not more than a fiftieth part of the number that are starving. Famine also prevails in Chollas Tao in Corea.
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April 19, 1889
Winnipeg, Man., April 16—The Everest exploring party left for the Arctic Circle yesterday. The party consists of five and is led by A. W. Everest, the wealthy proprietor of a large stock farm. They will go from here to Calgary, thence across the country to Edmonton, and they will descend the Mackenzie river until the Arctic Ocean is reached, and at the mouth of the river they intend to build a vessel with which they will try to round Cape Barrow. They hope to return through the Behring Straits and, skirting Alaska, reach Victoria in about a year’s time.
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April 14, 1889
An Officer Also Wounded, But Not Fatally. A Sanguine Encounter.
For some week complaints have been made to the office on this side of the river that thieves were stealing horses in Mexico and bringing to this side of the river. It was pretty nearly know that the stock was crossed but a few miles below this city near the Chacon Creek. It was decided to watch the river at this point in order to attempt to catch the thieves if possible. Accordingly Sheriff Sanchez detailed Deputies Charo and Lino to watch the river in that neighborhood and have been on duty there for more than a week past. This morning about 9 o’clock a man rode down the river and started to cross to Mexico.
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March 31, 1889
City of Mexico, March 30.—A telegram respecting the alleged error in the boundary line between the United States and Lower California, was shown to President Diaz to-day. He said it was canard unworthy of attention. The treaty is definite on the subject.
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March 30, 1889
London, March 30.—The annual heat race between crews, representing the Cambridge and Oxford universities, was rowed on Thames today. The course was from Putney to Merit lake, four miles and two furlongs. Cambridge won by two lengths.
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