Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-07-08
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THE GULNARE DISABLED.
COLONEL PELTON DEAD.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRES.
GEN. GRANT IN LAS VEGAS.
MAYOR KALLOCH'S LIBEL SUIT.
THE IRISH TROUBLES.
LORILLARD'S 1R0QuOIS A WINNER.
GEN. GRANT IN LAS VEGAS,
MAYOR KALLOCH'S LIBEL SUIT
THE IRISH TROUBLES.
LORILLARD'S IReQuOIS A WINNER
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The GrZarsS Vacht aupp.nu n

spectators Three Greek priests performed SER
wee aboard the yacht and afterwards sprtnkled
the vessel with holy water. The duchess of
Hamilton performed the ceremony Of christen-
ing the vessel.
BerthOldis' Statue Of Liberty.
PARIS July Sat the banquet of the commit
Tee or the Franco American union last night,
10 celebration of the Official notification to the
United States of the assured completion OF
Berthods' statue of Liberty to be erected in
the harbor of New York, NJ. Lobaulaye, who
presided, stated that the statue would certainly
be erected by 1888, the centenary Of the Yer
sallles treaty of peace between England and
America and the year of the international ex-
hibition In New York city.
The New Amnesty Bill i'm France.
PARIS, July S.-The new amnesty bill voted
by the chamber OF deputies yesterday, consists
oemned for participating In the instructions
OF 1870 and 1871, and who shall have been par
doned up to- July IA, 1880, shall be considered as
ANNE estfed." AS the government intends to par
don all Without exception, this bill is the same
In effect as the one the senate rejected.
The Irish Fisheries Bill.
LONDON, July SIN the house of commons
last evening In the debate on Mr.. Eugene Col
Inns bill granting loan Of thirty thousand
pounds for the Irish fisheries Mr.. Parnell said
If the Irish had their own parliament they
%oa ad no t5e In % 9Dsn nj this kind
parliament to see that they were not In a worse
position by its refusal OF home rule
The Parliamentary Struggle Over
the Irish Rills
LONDON, July S.-The Dublin correspondent OF
the Times says: The opponents OF the compen-
sation for disturbance in Ireland bill do not In
tend to abandon the struggle. They believe
likely to be misled by the statement that the
bill Is limited fn its range, while the truth is
tnat the measure will cover three-fOurths of the
country. Numerously signed petitions against
the passage of the bill-including the signatures
OF advanced hberals-haye been sent all over
the country.
The Irish Agitation.
LONDON, July S-The Dublin correspondent
OF the Times says: There can be no doubt that
Fenianism is engrafted on the land agitation,
ana ana imIafts to It its most effective organiza-
for those who reside in the west not to feel
| alarmed at the signs OF danger which are plain
| ly visible. There is no reason to doubt that
many of the peasantry have been trained to
move in military order and understand how to
| act together as disciplined bodies, and that
every opportunity is taken to collect arms.
| scotsman says he hears that the government
has received Information from Ireland that
unless the compensation for disturbance In Ire
| Land ON is passed public tranquility viii be
endangered 1t is said that number OF peers
are anxious to substitute for the bill measure
eSSdenalng Sa the Ulster tenant-right system to
Dublin dispatch to the Times Says The
opponents OF the bill believe that II its true
character was understood by the people OF
England 1t would never be allowed to pass, aud
that all that is required is little time in order
| to enable them to fully expose it. They saw
1haS 1haf the q ,s natural inference viii be
to few districts 'vHus1 Where Il there eppis is
extreme distress, and to few landlords of a
very nara type whose powers Of eviction every
the scheduled districts comprise over eleven
million acres Of land while there are only
twenty million acres in the whole country
might be supposed from the statement of Mr.
Forster, chief secretary OF Ireland. Although
only seventeen counties are named In the
schedule other counties may be partially
brought within its operation, for the poor law
unions In many instances overlap adjoining
counties. The bill is also felt to be peculiarly
nard upon small struggling landlords who have
10 deal With tenants whom 1t is meant to pro-
eect. 1t will reduce many Of these landlords to
Indlgence. Those who have given the most and
lost the most by bad times and bad tenants will
sufier most severely, while the class whom
it is intended to restrain, namely, the iron
handed who have used the utmost pressure to
extract rents can afford to wait until the fetter
Mh1ch the act puts upon them Is removed.
They VIII then go to work With vengeance upon
oeIanlters The land committee, who have been
for some time organizing for the defence OF the
landlords are working strenuOusly to enlist
public opinion against the bill, and 1t is contem
plated to give expression to their feelings by
puDlic manifestation"
The Attitude Of Turkey UnsettIing
the European Money Markets.
LONDON, July s.-There was a SENT panic on
the Berlin and Paris bourses yesterday. owing
OF the Porte
The Bend Or and Tadcaster Middle.
LONDON, July S.-The Sportsman this MORN
ing says; AZ the meeting OF the stewards OF the
Jockey Ciuh,. yesterday. the Duke Of West
minister and the owners Of Robert. the Devil
were also present. The Duke of Westminster
produced his private stud book, and It's perusal
showed 1t to have been most irregulariy kept
The question is still In allegiance, as the stew
ards require the presence of the Dukes stud
groom before deciding the matter, though what
is written In the stud book regarding the mark
ing OF Bend Or and Tadcaster when they were
foals certainly favors the idea of a mix having
resulted, yet the weight OF the evidence or other
points shows that the alleged mistake has not
The Porte Hesftates.
LONDON, July s.-A Pera dispatch TO the DAILY
Telegraph says: Great hesitation still prevails
in the cOunsels of the Porte In regard to its at
titude In view OF the conference decisions.
war, Famine and Pestilence.
dispatch from st. Petersburg to the Times
says: The GOlOs raises its voice in view OF the
Chinese difficulty to point to the sad condition
of the country and how much worse 1t Will be-
an NJ upop IT'S aaT al
retarding the introduction of reforms. The
press, has, for several weeks, been full of COM
plants OF ravages by locusts, lilies, beetles ana
worms: the hunger and poverty among the
peasantry, the rapid increase In the prices OF
everything, the Increase of the cattle plague,
the large spread OF disease, etc.
LOrillardsS IrOQuOiS Wins the CheS.
terfield Stakes.
LONDON, July s.-The race for the Chesterfield
stakes for 2-years old colts and f1llies came on
to-day at the New Market meeting, and was
won by Mr.. P. LOrillardS brown colt Iroouois
LORD Roseberrys bay colt Voluptuary and Count
F. oe Lagrange's ch. T. Pantque ran dead neat
Ior the second place. Ten ran.
Ine French Senate Will Not Eat
Crow.
Paris, July S.-L. Parlen,efat, the organ of
senator Duf0ure {republican). says: "We be-
l1eve the Senate win not accept the Illuminating
position prepared for 1t by the chamber Of dep1.