Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-06-17
GR NERAL FOREIGN NEWS.
Emigration of RusSian Iexv

LONDON. June IA dispatch 10 the daily
NetrS from St Petersburg says: AS might have
the authorities al Kier for a census of the
Jews, have induced a large exodus OF those
people.
Threatened Strike of English reIe.
graph OPERATOR.
The telegraph operators have decided that II
TO work overtime On or after the 27th Instant,
the Whole statI should 60 on strike until their
colleagues shall have been reinstated.
ShiPwreck.
A dispatch from Sourabaya, Java dated the
10th Instant, says: The American ship Hugue-
Lot, Capt. Nickerson. from noilo Philippine
Islands, April %, for New York. struck a rock
In 'Allor" straits and foundered on the 27Uh OF
May. The crew was saved.
Manchester Markets.
LONDON. June is The Manchester GUARDIAN
In It's commercial article this morning, says
"The market is quiet and less firm than in the
beginning OF The week. The weakness was
more pronounced la the yarn than In the cloth
market; but IN both offers were accepted on
Thursday that would have been refused on
Tuesday, but the relapse was not general.
lnGian and China merchants are acting with
much caution, because OF the unsettled state OF
exchanges. There is quiet business for other
markets, but large transactions are seldom re-
poTted."
The Hull Strikers.
HULL, June 1.-THE strike OF the dock la
bortrs here is extending among the sailors
A Noted British Manufacturer Dead.
LONDON, June 1.-THE death is announced OIL
Sir Josiah Mason. he was born at kidder-
minister In 1895, and began life as street
hawke. After trying various trades he SET up
in busI less as manufacturer or split rings by
machil cry to which he subsequently added the
manu- manu- ctITe d CT steel tee pens He divides with
mooeru steel pen. La 1874. he had over a
thousaLd workmen consuming over 3 tons OF
rolled steel eekly. He was almost entirely
o. N hn fahF tnlnTa
ptanage where 500 children were gratuitousIy
CLOTHED. fed and educated. He expended
f3O0, eco upon the foundation OF this institution.
de was kpighte0 Ia 1872 for his munincence
In 1880 he endowed the mason science CO lege
TO the amount OF nearly quarter OF million
pounds sterling.
In the House of Commons To-day,
LONDON. June 17.-In the house OF commons
to-day SIR Charles W. Dixie, under foreign sec
retary, replying TO further questions by Mr.
Gorst (conseryatiye) and others, said the Brit
1,h consul at Tunis had been instructed TO pro.
ceed as heretofore. but TO communicate through
nj. Roustan, the French minister, IL ne Is so
requested
Mir. G .adstone stated that the governments
amendments TO clause or the land Oil would
define the acton OF the court
Eng lish Liberals Voting Against the
Administration.
LONDON, June 1t.-ln the House OF Commons,
ln committee on The land bill, last night sew
eral liberal members voted In the minority on
the amendment offered by Mr. Heneage-which
was opposed by the government ana defeated
relative TO holdings heretofore maintained and
Improved by the Landlord or his predecessor In
the title.
German PrOtectiOnfsts.
LONDON, June IA dispatch from Berlin TO
the 81. james Gazette, this afternoon, says:
The pro,ectionists are agitating for the impo-
sition OF heavy duties on coal and WOOL
French Communists Arrested.
PARIS, June IA telegram states that two
men, supposed 10 be returned communists,
have been arrested In connection with the at.
Tempt TO blow up the statue OF NJ. TAiers, at
ST. GeImain, On the 10Th inst.