Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1880-08-24
FOREIGN NEWS.


| FOREIGN NEWS.
Personal.
! PmmApELrluA, August 23. Aleko Pasha
las arrived from Constantinople and was en-
| Enthusiastically received
COmerOf' Assassin.
PEBA, August %. The Porte has received
note from the Russian ambassador insisting
on the execution of Col. Comero.f : assassin.
Russia and China.
ST. PErER>BuRG, August %. A telegram
| from the Russian minister at Pekin states
pending local claims have been satisfactorily
decided. Chung How was liberated on
representations of Marquis Tseng.
The Murder of DIR. Parsons.
LONDON. August %. 4 correspondent at
Bucharest gave the following additional de-
tails of the murder of DIR. Parsons. American
missionary: One of the assassins placed the
muzzle of his rifle close to DIR. Parsons SER
want fred and killed him instantly. DR..
Parsons then started up, but before he could
say or do ANYTHING bullet pierced his heart.
The two Circassitns threw the bodies over a
prccipice. at the foot of which they were
found in few DAYS. An American tele
grapEed the facts To GO>chon. the British
ambassador. who communicated them imme
diti,lv to Heap, the American consular
general \ squad of soldiers was sent to the
Circassian camp and they threatened to
sh,nt the entire tribe unless the murderers
surrendered. Whereupon the murdercrs
were delivered to the authorities. The affair
caused great CONSERVATION at Constantinople,
and the people travel armed, and if possible
with an armed guard, when riding or driving
in the suburbs.
Death.
Louis Charles Henri Vouder Pfordten, the
eminent German lawyer, is dead.
Miss Nelson's Property.
The greater part of Miss Nelson's proper
ty, which is estimated at $40, 900. is left by
will to Rear Admiral Henry Car. Glynn, c.
B.. ami Edward Compton received legacy
of Fl 900
Crop Reports.
Reports from agricultural districts show
that wheat is below the average. Barley is
above Oats and beans little above and
peas little below. A large crop of pota-
toes is expected. Wheat is considerably af-
fected with blight and mildew. few sec
tons declare the general state of the crops
as bad as last year, but for the country at
| large the prospects-though not as bright as
some sanguine writers reported-are much
better than at this time last year. French
! harvests will be above the average. In Bel
| GUM and Holland the harvest is excellent.
| The rye crop in Saxony, Pomerania Baden
burg and Holstein is about half an average,
but in Bavarian provinces and Suabia the
rye crop is magnificent Wheat throughout
Germany is fairly good. though there is con-
| siderable rust aud mildew. Accounts from
Austria, Hungary, Spain and Italy are uni
formly good.
Affairs in Ireland.
/ Hon. VIM. +. Forster. chief secretary for
| ireland. stated to-day that government do
/ not think it necessary to ask for exceptional
power for preservation of peace and pro-
lection Of life and property in Ireland. They
do not know whether they can rely during
the coming autumn and winter on the COM
mon law. They do not fear a rising, but the
/ condition of the country is precarious, and
should necessity advise, the government
would not hesitate to summon Parliament, in
order to obtain additional power, but they do
not think the occasion likely to arise.
Mitchell Henry moved to adjourn, for the
purpose of raising debate on the use of buck
shot by the police at Dungannon, which he
| strongly denounced.
Forster said government was responsible
for that action. 1t had authorized the use of
buckshot as more humane than ball. Police
only FIR ID and charged upon the rioters when
absolutely necessary. If they had not done
so Dungannon would have been sacked.
Sir Patrick O'Brien. liberal, and Messrs.
Finnegan. ODpnneli and O'Connell, home
rulers. protested against the of buckshot.
Parneli hoped Forster would rescind the
order. which in the case at Dungannon had
a most unfortunate result
From Afghanistan.
News from Cabul is seanty, chiefly because
the tribes there have closed in on the British.
The Hisarkas and kheijianiss had severe
fight at Bezean. Many were killed on both
sides. At last accounts the Ameer was still
at Shrpur. Mushki Alan daily breaches on
his behalf. On the whole. the situation in
northern Afghanisiar is very satisfactory.
CALCUTTA, August %. Troops in Kumur
valley will not be withdrawn for the present,
The question Of permanent occupation Of
that valley is still undecided, and the balance
of opinion seems against its retention.
Turkish Affairs.
j CoNsIASTrSoPLE, August 49, Disconten
r of the population is increasing. Outbreak
at Aleppo are feared, and there is great agi
tation at Damascus and Diorbekr. TIL
movement is political and fanatical