Omaha daily bee., 1881-09-01
FOREIGN FLASHES
Gambetta's Expensive Toy---Tho
French Invasion---Hcavy
Gold Shiument.


Gold Shiument.
National Associated Press.
LoNpoN, August 3l.-Masenthal
Bros. merchants in London, hay,
failed. Liabilities $1,000.
Anti'rent paying disturbances con
tinue.
Inc master spinucrs here passed
resolution requesting the spinners t,
refuse dealings with the brokers, VIII,
form the Liverpool cotton ring.
LONDON, August 3l.-The Time.
correspondent at Cork asserts that the
attack upon the tenants of Sir George
Coithours on Tuesday was exaggerated.
There were only fifteen persons in the
attacking party. Only one person was
wounded by the bullets and four
others slightly hurt.
A Paris dispatch says: A new Jour.
nal founded by NJ. Gdmbetta and sig.
~niticantly entitled La Revision. will
make its appearance the 9th of Sep
TENDER, as a m%outhpiecc of the re-
visionists.
The Times correspondent Mt Tunis
says: The French column, IL, 900
strong, has arrived at Hammamet.
The Arabs surrounded the French
camp, but are kept at a distance by
the French gunboat lying off Ham
mamet, which has thrown sixty shells
amond them.
Six hundred thousand dollars in
gold was shipped from Hamburg for
New York yesterday. 1t is reported
that there will be n large withdrawal
from the bank of England tomorrow
or shipment to America.
Calcutta, according to the recent
census, has a population of 6S4, G5S
souls, %two.thirds Of whom are males,
and of these the greater part are in
the middle period of life. The num-
Der OF young persons under 20 years
OF age has increased perceptibly, and
from this it is known that the resident
population is growing.
Radicals i'll France are making an
effort to have taken down the statue
of Napoleon /. that stands upon the
summit of the splendid column in the
place Vendome at Paris. Their mode
of beginning the agitation is the en-
pirely peaceful one of signing a petit
.ai-a, and it-is TO be hoped tsatsthH
~iconoclasts will this time DO contented
to take no more violent steps.
The crimson flag of the empress of
Germany still floats over the old cas-
tie of Coblentz. Since her recent i'll
ness and the operation she has made
such steady progress that she was able
to walk n little in the gardens this
week, and as soon us the weather
permits she will begin drives in the
environs. The emperor is in Babels-
berg, suffering from a slight cold, but
Is expected to attend the Schleswig
Offers for Mr.. Bradlaugh's torn
coat are said to be numerous. One
offers $40 and another flO. A
suggests that the garment be
for. TO these offers the owner
loftily:-"We are conscious
Of the very kindly feeling that
prompts these offers, but the coat is
not for sale. The payment for its
will be made by my foes, and
until that payment has been exactcd
coat has a very special value as a
'emmder."
Feridrich Won Bodenstedt has ac-
the editorial chair of the new
paper, the Daily Review.
The African explorer, Major Won
Mechow, h s returned to Frankfort
rom his expedition in western Africa.
He explored the Kwango, one of the
argest southern afiluents of the Con-
20, rs far as the seventh parallel, and
two great falls in this riv-
IF, which he named after the allied
'mperors of Germany and Austria.
The Prussian government intends
20 make experiments at the cavalry
nanuuvres with Gen. Berdan's new
ange finder, exclusive rights to which
AVE been purchased by Krupp. i
m told by Il military man that the
measures distance accurately
o ten miles, and is being manufac-
ured for infantry, artillery and sea
cast. Gen. Berdan has also invent i
d a mechanical shell fuse, also pur- |
hased by Krupp for the Prussian
oyernment, which explodes by ro- ]
airy motion of the shell itself, the {
explosion occurring on the arrival of
he shell at the target independently
{ tho time of flight. This, too, is
, be tried during the army maneuv- I
IS. j
The Americans and Gcrmam-Amer-
ans at Frankfort-on-Mai have lust
ppointed a committee to arrang q
lrewell dinner to United States Con \
General Alfred +. Lee, whose time
Office has expired. He will be pre- \
on this occasion with a valua- d
le testimonial. His successor, Fer a
inand Vogeler, has just been APP h
'oyed American consular general by l
Ie German government. The same r
'yernment has appointed Prof. DR.. a
protector of the university v
Konigsberg, special delegate to the I
nited States to study American hos q
tails and other clinical institutions. Il
g sails for New York in September.
Bad Fire in Betheny. N
.tiOnal Associated Press