Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-07-16
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REBELLIOUS RED MEN.
They Try to Drown an Agent.
BEACONsFIELD's VICTORY,
A Warm Welcome Home.
ELECTION EXCITEMENT IN GERMANY
FOREIGN AFFAIRS,
Election Excitement i'm Germa,

Election Excitement i'm GERMANY
ton LONDON, on July ib.-Canyassing in Germany
1or the elections for members OF the reichstaG
Mhlch are TO take place on the 30th OF the
present month: Is becoming quite heated
i ne struggle VIII be severe, especially in the
larger towns, where daily meetings are now
being held. Opinion is divided about the gen
eral result, but II seems improbable that Prince
bismarck VIII be strong enough in the new
parliament to dispense with the assistance of
the national liberals, on whom he has hereto
lore been entirely dependent.
Reac0nsfeld's Welcome Home.
LONDON, July l6.-A number of lords and
members OF the house of commons will 90 TO
Dover today to welcome the Berlin plenipo.
tentlarleS, who are expected TO arrive there at
2:22 o clock this afternoon. The mayor and
coIporatlon OF Dover will present Lord Bea-
conSheld with an address Of cOngratulation,
ana the special lraln provided for the plenipO-
tentlarleS VIII reach the Charing Cross rail
way station at IL! o'clock. Lord Henry Len
noX has charge of the organized demOnStra-
non Of welcome on the arrival of the train
from Dover. Tickets have been already issued
ior ION as aoy many persons as the railway station
VIII accommodate. All the metropolitan con
ServatIve associations will be represented. bur
no address will be presented. All the minis,
lerS VINO can be absent from parliament will
be on the platform at the station. MANY lib.
era members of parliament have also applied
Tor ucke-S TO the platform. expressing the
WISH 10 make the demonstration of national
character. Seats for five hundred friends of
the hISt lord of the admiralty have been cree
t6d Wlthln the admiralty enclosure in White
Hail. Downing street will be reserved fOr
members OF Parliament. Between Charing
cross and Downing street the general public
Will he admitted, SO that the Spuntaneiry and
warmth of the welcome will have 10 be Judged
by TIE demonstration at this point of the
route. Nehlcular traffic will be stopped frOm
1iteen minutes past o clock until Lord Ben
cOnSileId ) carriage passes.
he ministerial banquet at the Mansion
House VIII take place the Sd Of August. The
date OF the complimentary dinner rendered by
the Carleton Club to Lord BeacOnSteld has n0t
yet been determined on. The western plat
form OF the Charing Cross station, down which
the carriage road runs, has been partiriOnei
on, and While rows Of raised seats skirt one
SIDE, banks OF rare flowers rise on the other
Along. the SIDE of the carriage way the plat
form Is entirely hidden by flowers, and the
walls of the station and entrance way are dee
GRATED with the flags of the nations who par
tlcIpated in the congress, and clusters of ma
tiOnal devices and emblemS.
BeaconsGeld's Victory.
The Times in a leading editorial article this
morning says: Lord BeaconSlield will be
welcomed III London to-day As the chief actor
III one OF the most honorable triumphS of the
modern diplomacy of England. To the fame
of distinguished English statesman, he has
added that Of a Singuiarly successful foreign
minister. and it would be hard to say what
greater distinction can remain for him
See the COnquering Hero Comes!
LONDON, July Ii, $50 p.m.-LOrd BeacOnS-
heId ahghted at the Charing Cross railway
station at 20 pm. After a brief handSh&k-
ng Lord Beac0nStield and Lord and Lady
salisbury entered their carriage As they
drove along the west stand there was one CON
tlnUOuS cheer and showers of bouquets by
hundreds from the crowd and the houses
The crowd followed the carriage cheering
and throwing foWers all the way TO Downing