Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1880-12-15
TelegranlS to The Star,
MASSACHCSETrS ELECTIONS.
The DEMOCRATIC Majority I'm Ha> ian


The Democratic Majority i'm Boston.
BOSTON. Dec la.-Full returns OF the num-
.lpa! electton beid yesterday give Prince tdemN
Ior Mayor p. 266. and Stebbins (rep) ~. 55i,
fIlhces majority, 5l2. In the board OF alder
! men The democrats elect members and the
rep0pncans ;. The council stands ~ repubf-
! caRs TO &c democrats.
Republican Majority i'm Lowell.
| LOWELL. Mass, Dec l5-The NepuOltcans
\ have a ma ioTity In both branches on the city
! government and on the school committee.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
/ Protection of Foreign Residents at
Lima.
ROVE, Dec. iS..ln view Of the approaching
attack or Lima Peru the Gillian government
has acquainted the Italian charge d'affaires al
santiago with the measures taken for the pro
lection OF foreign residents.
The Duel off.
PARIS Dec. Is. - The difference between
Baron Kicker Harden, late editor OF l. Treblu-
/ LEI. and Arthur Meyer. chief editor OF the 6HU-
IonS. has been adjusted. and the duel 10 which
! the latter was invited recently by the baron,
/ Will not take place.
J The Dult fgnO Question Revived.
LONDON, Dec: IA dispatch from Sutorman
OF Prince Ntkita, OF Montenegro. went 20
Scutarl 10 arrange the question of the posses.
sion OF two villages near Dulcigno which the
J Turks refuse 10 surrender. He has however
left without erecting an arrangement. and he
refused 10 sign the declaration formally taking
! possession or Dulcigno.
ireland and the Vatican.
LONDON, Dec. l5.-The correspondent OF the
| DdRg Ne,ns ar Rome says he gathers from
conversation be had with a high Official OF the
vatican, that the agitation In Ireland receives
scant sympathy from the vatican. The Holv
See while sympathizing with the Irish In their
distress, deplores the excesses compromising
! their cause. The Official seems particularly
suspicious of the countenance OF agitation re-
ceived from America and expressed the con-
viction IL was chiefly fostered by returned emf
grants from America imbued with revolution
airy IDEAS.
The British Cabinet CounciIs.
LONDON, Dec. I5.-The Ddiig 6e,rS in lead
Ing editorial article TO day says: The details or
the government Irish land bill are the subject
or consideration by the current series OF cabi-
net councils, and the ministers nope that the
measure Will be ready TO submit IA a complete
form when parliament opens. Itwill be neither
small and temporary compromise nor revo-
lutionary scheme"
Defendin. VIZ. GIadstone-s Admin
istratiOn.
Right Hon. Fawcett, postmaster general.
speaking TO his constituents at Hackney last
night, expressed the conviction that not the
government, over which Mr.. Gladstone pre-
sides, will be terrorized into making unwise
concessions nor provoked into a departure fro n
the strict paths OF justice.
Failure at Manchester.
LONDON. Dec. i5.-W. and w. kemplay, yarn
agents and merchants at Manchester have
failed. Their Liabilities are stated at c90. 600.
british Gold for America
LONDON, Dec. Is, 4:S0 p.m.-The amount OF
bullion withdrawn from the Bank OF England
for shipment 10 America today Is 52,0lj-the
entire withdrawal
Reform i'm RUSSIA.
LONDON, Dec. l5.-Tne ST. Petersburg CORE
spoDdent OF the Cologne Gazette renews the
rumor, current some weeks since, OF the trans
fer OF the Cars authority TO q council under
tue presidency OF the CZarewitch. and ADDS
The marriage OF the Princess Dolgorouki with
the Car viii be declared legal, She receiving
the title OF Duchess OF Holstein- G. 1ttorp and
her children viii be princes and Processes OF
that title. The Car and his family Will retire
to Llvidia, ia Crimea he remaining Emperor In
name-the actual authority, however, residing
In the CZarewitch."
The Grievance Of an English Land.
lord i'm ireland.
LONDON, Dec. l5.-Mr. VIM. BencejOnes, an
Engltshman, and large land owner, residing
at Lisselane County Cork, writes TO the Times
! that he has expended e25, ,O0s on the improve
| meht OF his property, and has hitherto enjoyed
! good relations with his tenants but because he
re fuses TO accept Grifith's valuation his ten
ants have been deferred by threats from paying
! their rent. BE is Threatened that his grave
will be dug opposite his door, his laborers are
compelled TO leave him, and none dare buy his
produce, and when IT, is sent TO market It is
surrounded by bowling mob.
Panama Canal Puff.
LONDON, Dec. I5.-A dispatch from Paris D
the Times says the success OF the Panama
Canal enterprise is enormous. The organize
! tion OF the undertaking is In full swing.
Death Of the Earl Of Crawford.
the Earl OF Crawford at the age of 6S Lord
Lindsay, the eldest son OF the deceased. Will
succeed 10 the peerage thus causing a vacancy
Ia the house OF commons from Nigah.
Suicide i'm a Police Cell.
JERSEY CITY. Y j., Dec. 15.-John Smith, 5g
years Old, residing at No. 204 Bay street, this
city, was arrested yesterday afternoon on a
charge preferred by his family OF being drunk
and disordtrly and locked up In the city prison;
AT oclocf. when the Inspector made his usual
round OF the cells. Dane who was in the same
cell with Smith, Informed him that his COM
panion had made an attempt 10 commit suicide
10y hanging TO the cell door by means OF his
comforter; that he had been asleeps but
awakened 10y hearing the man drop 10 the
/ floor, the comforter having broken, and that he
had picked him up and put him upon a seat,
where he sin lay. The inspector made an eX-
animation OF Smiths condition and concluded
he was In no danger. ana he left him al I
O'Clock this a. IN. An officer ia making his
hourly calls found that Smith was dead. The
county ply sician has ordered an Inquest In the
case.