Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-04-29
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Hanlan and HawdOn.

FOREIGN AFFAIR.".
Hanlan and HayydOn.
LONDON, April 29.-Hawdol !, though betsar
old not go out upon the water for practice ves
,eIday. Hanlan is now all right: his condition
for ppse,c aaiy e he ,G was out twice yesterday
| ano taken on him.
General Sir Garnet Wolsley.
s,onar Sir Garnet Wolsley, high commis-
| comes ana commander-in-chief OF Cyprus,
J oTas COMES 70 England at the request OF the war
1 vsn.e 70 serve upon military commission.
kn'ioi Loss OF Life by AN Earth.
An Official report TO the Persian o,ovo-,,,.r,
vi tne earthquake at Mianeh on rhe ood os
insaS,1 says mat twenty-one villages were
| killed. '''''es were
Uncas Ha. Not Gone Amis~.
l The Sportsman denies the TINES stafamen,
that Mr. =. Lorillard's bay colt Uncas has gone
! amiss for "Wednesday. eoHo
French Beet Crop a Failure.
PARIS, April 29.-The cultivators and manu.
factuTerS OF beet root fear a short crop In con-
sequence OF the prolonged cold and wet
weather.
The Zulu War.
LONDON. April pa dispatch from Cane
Town, dated April S. by way or Madeira, saws:
"Col. Pearson and the Ekowe garrison reached
Tugeia yesterday. Lord Chelmsford comman-
der-in-chef OF the British forces aDd his stan
are on their way to Durham. IL is stated that
I Zulus now occupy Ekowe. but that King
Cetewayo himself has retired beyond the Black
Cmvolosf river. The rumor that the Beers In
tended to detatn Sir Bartle Frere, governor and
commander-tn-chief OF the colony OF the Cape
OF Good Hope, is unfounded.p
Reign OF Terror i'm So. Petersburg.
PARIS, april, 29-The st. Petersburg CORES
pondent OF the Cnirers, IN letter 10 that Jour
nal says:-"The police are openly arrestiug peo-
ple by patches at all hours or the day, whereas
apprehenstons were hitherto made al night. On
the slightest suspicion against any person his
whole family are arrested and domicfliary visits
are PAID 10 all their acquaintances, these lead
ing TO further apprehensions on the most frivo-
louS grounds. Eighty-three furnished lodging
keepers are In prison for not reporting within
twenty-four hours the latest arrivals NJ Jakov-
lef1, government official. living In the winter
palace, and his son, an officer fn the guards are
among the PEI sons In custody. Baron Bistrom,
Ilson, and General Gildenstube comm inder
OF the MOSCOW garrison have been su.
Eerseded for insufficient enthstasm towards
Lhe new order OF things. There are few pc
destrians or carriages In the streets but an
endless line OF porters are seated On stools at
every door with stout sticks. Covered prison
mounted beside the driver, and Gen Gourko
9rlves round in an open drosky escorted by
ta1fs Sr @ @cpacklng their whips. The inhabi-
are palmetto spectators"
Death OF n Spanish Prsnces..
cba!sian' bM!hpakdD' APRIL 29.The death OF Princess
lne DUKE de MontpenSier, sister OF the late
queen Mercedes, and cousin of the present King
OF Spain, occurred In Seville at O'Clock yestere
day. The infanta's remains win be plaoad near
those OF the queen in the Escuifal The court
WIZ go into three months mourning
Swiss Finances.
LONDON, April, 29.-The revenue of Swftzer-
land In ISIS exceeded the expenditure by 6,5ss
francs instead or leaving the estimated deficit
OF z,S'6,ooo francs.
An lnccndiary Lynched I'm Mfssfs-
siPpt.
MEMPHIS, TENN, April ga telegram from
Starkviiie, Miss, says:-On the morning OF the
z4tn inst: large barn belonging TO Jordan
Moore, who resides five miles south OF this city.
was burned TO the ground. Suspicion pointed
70 negro named johnson Spencer, wAo was In
the crime, but on examination was acquitted
there being no proof OF his guilt. Last night
MT. Moores other mammoth barn, containing
etc, was discovered tn iames This nMpep aiaoe r.
tncendiary was caught, who proved to be a
negro named Nevln Porter. He confessed, and
To day about hundred men heard his COMES
SION and then hung him to q tree.
Deaths i'm New Jersey.
MoRRIsrowE, n. j., April 29.-George l. Hail
late city recorder died suddenly this mornino
OF disease OF the heart. Jacob vannatta, ex.
lawyer and democratic politician, died at his
resloence, In this city, at O'Clock this morning
Two Bullet Holes i'm his Rreass.
MEMPHIS, TENN, Aprl 29.-The muttlated.
oecompOsed remains OF negro was found few
days since In swamp, ten miles north OF this
the negro who shot Attorney j. L. WOOD az
weeks ago. When discovered two bullet hoIeS
were found In the breast.
Fatal FAN from a Train.
PITTsBuRG, Pa, April 29.-Thomas McCune a
dain runner on the Pennsylvania Coal Com
falling from train, ~