Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-09
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NEW JERSEY ELECTIONS.
Republican Gains.
A MISSISSIPPI TOWN BURNED
BRITISH DISASTER IN AFRICA.
Convoy Surprised by ZuIus.
ENGLISH STRIKE NOTES.
NEW JERSEY ELECTIONS.
Republican Gains.
A MISSISSIPPI TOWN BURNED.
BRITISH DISASTER IN AFRICA.
Convoy Surprised by ZuIus.
ENGLISH STRIKE NOTES,
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

LONDON, April 9.-Tbe Times correspondent
at; at faris says: 'There are real signs OF return
Ing animation on the Paris bOurse. Greater at
Ientl0n Is being bestowed upon foreign stocks
Dy the investing OF public and home rents
IN o99ougn sun rising are becoming less an object
OF Speculat'on." The Times, In its financial ar
ucleS, says: atlantic and Great Western rail-
way ponds are frmer on the report that an In.
nuent1al committee has been formed to reor-
foreclosure, and to oppose the lease to the Erie
Railway company"
German Revenues.
BERLIN, April 9-The amount OF revenue
Wnlch tne German government estimates will
DE derived from the new protective duties is
one hundred million marks, not one hundred
thousand.
The Disaster to the British Convoy
in Zulu Land.
LONDON, April 9.-Addittonal advices from
Cape Town about the disaster to the British
report that besides the troops it is thought that
foiiy wagon drivers and followers were killed
twenty-five Zulu cOrpseS were found on the
were drowned. The zuiu's had ar ample time to
get news OF the convoy, as it WAS delayed at the
tort three days by heavy rains. The ford was
only four miles from Luneburg. 1t Is thought
that there was great carelessness in selecting
the position OF the camp and In neglecting to
send larger force from Luneburg to meet the
convoy.
Col. Pearson Safe Yet.
Col Pearson signals from EkoWe that he can
hold out ten days longer, It'll the 4th OF Apri);
Inat ms provisions only are short. and that he
has plenty OF ammunition. The dispatch giving
these particulars says nothing of sickness ia
MS command, which is only mentioned by the
Da.ty Ners correspondent. Scouts who arrived
at the camp OF the relieving column lust before
the departure of the last advices, report that
the Zulus are concentrated In large masses II
miles north OF the Tugcla river. They are hid
den In depse jungle so their numbers are un-
aScerta1nable.
Undergoing Repairs.
Ine transport City OF Paris, which struck
bottom at the entrance to Simons' Bay, is un-
The New Egyptian Ministry.
LONDON, April "a Paris dispatch TO the
Times says: Nubar Pasha has received friend
Egypt. The names OF the new Egyptian min
tstry are published. The only thing known In
Europe concerning the various Pashas compo-
sing 1t is that several OF them were denounced
by the commission Of inquiry last year as being
responsible for excesses and misgovernmentn
Strike Riots i'm England.
Ihere were serious riots last night at several
setta sixteen policemen, who were PROJECTING
non Strikers, were injured, and a house was
wrecked.
The New Russian Loan.
AS regards the rumOrS OF a new Russian loan.
the Frankfurtor Zeitung says that rumors simI,
lar to those current in Paris have reached it
from Amsterdam. 1t merely records them,
eno9 dno9gn u they proceed from good sources: Ac;
Immediately after Easter. Apother says rather
later.
The Mixed Occupation Negotiations.
II, The Da'ty Ne.cs' Berlin correspondent writes
seriously fnterfered with.
Renewal OF the Strike Riots.
A telegram from Consett reports renewed
disorder and lawlessness viii become general
among the strikers, who are rendered desperate
oy the certainty that their strike cannot sue
Kinw AIfo,,sn o., H~ rv~~a
PARIS, April 9.-The approaching visit Of the
Austrian Crown Prince to Madrid Is believed to
ioreshadoW the marriage OF King Alfonso to
Archduchess Maria, daughter Of Archduke
Charles.
M. Blanqui.
~ rAkis' april 9.-in view OF the possible cleo
uOn OF M. Blanqu1, on the second ballot, at
deputies, the radicals are urging the govern
and acrimonious discussion In the chamber Il
Blanqui is elected and not permitted to take
his seat.
Threat Of Russian RevOlutiOnists.
LONDON, April 9.-The Standards CORES
pondent at Berlin says: s'The Russian revolt
tionary committee have sent letters to all the
imperial dignitar1es at st. Petersburg saying
Car, they will not cease to kill his attendants,
especially heads OF the police department. SO
long as the treatment Of political prisoners is
unameliorated."
Strikers Threatening Property.
LONDON, April "a dispatch from Seaham,
county OF Durham, states that the miners In
the Houghton and Graham districts have de.
termined to destroy the property of the owners
and managers. A hundred police are Sta
toned In Graham hall and a conflict is immi-
nent. The colliery managers are leaving or
barricading their houses.
Gone to Paris.
Mr. Bourke, under secretary OF foreign af-
fairs, has gone to Paris to confer with the
French government about the Egyptian crisis
A Mississippi Town Burned bv I'm.
cendiarieS.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, April "A special dispatch
from Cofeevile, Miss, this morning, says the
greater portion Of the business nart OF that