Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-11-03
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.

LONDON, Nov. s.-Two large land meetings
were held In county Galway, ireland, on Satnr-
Parnell and Mr.. Mitchell Henry. home r,le
members OF the House OF Commons for Weath
ana Galway respectively.
Extending the Time.
Inc German admiralty has agreed to extend
70 lne eho OF the year the contract time for
raising the German iron clad Chosen Kurf,lst
Wilhelm OF Sandwich on sis OF Nav. ISIS Ths
leak being completely stopped the contractors
will attempt to raise her by the middle of No
vember.
LONDON, Nov. s.-karl schwartz, proprietor OF
the cotton spring mills, at Erlangen, Bavaria
has suspended. His liabilities are estimated at
G103,eoO.
Spain and her Colonies.
LONDON Nov. "a dispatch from Madrid TO
the Standard says: The representatives In the
Cortes from cuba and Porto Rico have held a
meeting TO discuss the ministerial policy. It
was decided to unanimously name a deputation
to ask the ministry TO present TO the legislature
simultaneously with the bill for the abolition OF
slavery bills for the reform OF the tariffs and the
commercial relations between Spain and her
colonies. II the demands are not conceded. the
members talk of withdrawing from the next
legislature.
Nitkiiist Sentenced.
dispatch from st. Petersburg TO the Ddily
Net says: Al the political trials at Kien on the
Esth OF October one man was sentenced to be
hanged, two men We're senteaced to be I'M
prisoned at hard labor for ten years, one to six
years, two 10 four years. one TO one month and
two 10 one week Imprisonment.
IEac 'EranSyaaI TrOUbles-
The disturbance at Middleburg in the Trans
vaal among the Beers which was mentioned In
a Cape Town dispatch of October l5t,l, arose on
the occasion OF the trial OF Il Boer for aSSluting
a native. After the adjournment OF the court a
party Of armed Beers forcibly took G,iantityof
ammunition from "A store leaving the value OF
the ammunition on the counter. This was In
violation of an order of Sir Garnet Wolsely, for
bidding the Rocrs 10 purchase ammunition until
they had paid their taxes. A later dispatch from
Cape Town says the offenders are known and
Will be prosecuted. The presence OF Colonel
Lanyon with detachment of the lst dragoon
guards Will be sufficient to preserve order.
IsOnapartist Meeting.
The correspondent OF the Dam Telegraph at
Paris says that at a Bonapartist meeting at
Riom, in the department OF Puy-De- Dome, under
the presidency of NJ. Rouher, all the leaders OF
the Bonapartists In that department were in
attendance.
An African Expedition Plundered.
dispatch from Berlin to the Times says
Prof. Nacbtigall, the African traveller, residing
here, has received n telegram from Malta stat
ing that Prof. Gerhardt ROhlf'S expedition, sent
out by the German-African society, having ex-
plored the kutara Oasis, was there set upon and
PEELED to return to Benghasi, though he hoped
to receive help and compensation from the Tur-
ktsh provincial government
English Municipal Elections.
LONDON, Nov. 3.-At the municipal elections
throughout England on Saturday last. wherever
political considerations were involved, the lib
erals were mostly triumphant In one or two
very important boroughs the balance OF power
was completely reversed in favor of the liberals
In Liverpool. where the town council stood AZ
conservatives and 90 liberals, it now stands 81
conservatives and 80 liberals.