Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-05-15
Telegrams to The Star
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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NEW CASTLE ON TYNE, May 15-At confer
eey@een OF the masters ana
e0 Dy each side, to whom and an umpire the
dispute concerning wages In the Durham coal
mining district viii be left for settlement. The
strike OF the employees OF ten iron manufactur-
els IN London, which was begun some months
ago under the auspices Of the amalgamated so
ciety Of engineers, has completely failed A
similar strike at Belfast, Ireland, has resulted
in like manner.
Emigration Of English Cotton Oper.
LONDON, May IS sMTSe :rSes; Allan line steamer
Polynesia, which sailed to-day from LIVERPOOL
for Quebec and Montreal, carried out among
her passengers sixty cotton operatives from
There were 500 applicants for the 60 places.
No Complaint from the u. s. Govern.
nent.
LONDON, May ia dispatch from Berlin to
fngton, ID. c., to the postmaster general here
denies the assertion made some time ago In the
reichstag by Herr Leibknecht, social demo-
crat. that the q. s. authorities complained that
letters from the United states to Germany were
broken open or tampered with.
Bad Weather In London.
LONDON, May 15.-The weather is inclement.
nal! storm, accompanied by thunder and
Hghtnlng, occurred here yesterday with much
ram ana a high cold wind throughout the night
Spanish Finances.
Madrid to Nay y IA special dispatch from
been created in financial circles by a news.
paper article, showing that In the next bndget
ued ar9 the exemption Of the recently
Pesetas above the present vote for the dsbt
charge. beside which the military, naval and
direct taxes are falling OF through the crisis in
Catalonia and the high price of food. But the
customs receipts are sensibly increasing.
How the Duke Of Medina, Cell.
Killed Himself.
The circumstances Of the death OF the duke
OF Medina, Cell, which was announced yester-
day, were as follows: Accompanied by hts
gun was accidentally discharged and the con-
tents lodged in his abdomen. He died In few
hours.
The Political Situation i'm France.
LONDON, May 15.-The Paris correspondent of
the Manchester Guardian says: The disposition
OF the members OF the chamber of deputies to-
Ward the government Is generally good. A
Gambetta regards the situation as excellent.
He denies the probability of differences on any
crucial question which the chambers win have
to decide.
The Greek Frontier Question.
The Republique Francaise joins the Journal
Des DebGts in fndlng fault with the conduct OF
England on the Greek frontier question, and
says II persisted In 1t is likely to destroy the
countries.
Incendiarism i'm Russia.
st: ST PlIERsBURG. May 1s-seyeral conflagra-
causing great distress. Seventy arrests have
been made In OrenburH, on charges OF incendi-
arism. -Four male and six female prisoners are
undergoing court-martial at KEN, including
three nOblemen, one Prussian subject. and a
daughter OF prfvy councillor. Among the
other arrests are titled lady and leading
nfhflist. The streets OF Kien, near the court
house, are to be closed during the trial. Another
f1re occurred at Tebit on the 18th inst -Four OF
the poorer quarters were destroyed.
American Cattle I'm EmxIaud.
NEW YORK, May ia private cable despatch
says:-An arrangements have been completed
at Monmouth dock, Bristol, England, for re-
ceiv1ng and slaughtering cattle, under the ex-
istfng regulations OF the prfvy council.