The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-11-23
Foreign N ews.

ENPERoR WILLIAM opened the Prussian
landtag in person with speech in which he
said that Germany's relations with all for
eign governments, together with the revival
of commerce and good harvests, gave assur-
ances of peace and prosperity throughout the
empire.
DURING the first production of Tennyson's
new pastoral drama, "The Promise of
May" in the Globe theatre, London, q
strange scene occurred. The Marquis of
Queensbury, an avowed free-thinker, was
present and while the play was in progress
he rose excitedly from his seat and loudly
protested against Tennyson's representation
of the principles of free thought, as enun-
ciated by one of the characters of the play.
Atthe desire of an official the marquis left
the theatre amid much confusion.
A PRAIRIE fire on the Mongolian frontier
of Russia covered seventy square miles and
destroyed many Cossack outposts and vii
lagos.
GENERAL TOMAS RErNA has been appointed
governor of the province of Havana, vice
Brigadier Arderius, resigned.
AT Salima, Ontario, William Trimble and
his two daughters, aged twenty-five and
eighteen years, were poisoned by some herb
| tea which they had taken for cold. Mr..
| Trimble and one daughter died the following
day. and the other daughter was not expect
cd to recover.
PATRICK JOYCE was sentenced in Dublin t.
be hanged for the murder of one Of the
Joyce family
STRONG evidence against Arab Pasha was
taken at Cairo, one witness testifying that
Arab ordered him to fire Alexandria and to
murder the khediye.
A MEMBER of the French chamber of depu-
ties and the editor of Paris newspaper have
fought duel with swords. The editor was
wounded in the arm.
A YOUNG merchant named Parties, with
several friends, was trading with Jeventos
Indians in Central America, when the whole
party was attacked, killed and eaten by the
treacherous natives.
A GALE which ragged along the English
coast proved heavily disastrous to shipping
and to life. A brig was lost with all hands
! of st. Ives and small vessel went ashore
in st. Ives bay. Another vessel was totally
wrecked at Hayle. Five pilots were drowned
while attempting to reach distressed vessel
in the Firth of Forth.
DR.. GoTTFRIED KTNKEL, a noted German
revolutionist of 1898 and distinguished man
of letters died few days ago in Switzer-
land, aged sixty-seven years. DR.. Kinkel was
arrested by the German authorities in 1Si0,
tried on the charge of treason and sentenced
10 imprisonment for life in the fortress of
Spandau. Through the aid of his former
pupil, Carl Schurz, he escaped in 1850, visited
America, and in 1856 became professor of
archaeology at the university of Zurich, switz-
erland.
The government troops in Ecuador have
defeated the insurgents in a battle.
A sCHooL-HoUsE near Quimper, France
caught fire, and nine children were burned
10 death.
FIVE men were killed and nine injured by
an explosion at the dynamite works in Liam
ely, Wales.
Two buildings occupied by William
Whitley, one of the principal London dra
pers, have been partially burned; loss over
$4,000.
EGYPTIAN troops ordered to the Soudan tc
fight against the false prophet are deserting
in large numbers.
TWENTY-FIVE persons have been arrested
in Lyons, France, charged with being revolu.
tionists.
AN extradition treaty between the United
States and Belgium has been ratified by botf
governments.
IT is rumored that the legation of China ir
the United States will shortly be ordered
home in consequence of the passage of III;
recent Chinese bill.
QUEEN VICTORIA, with the Prince ant
Princess of Wales and other members of the
royal family, reviewed 5000 of the troop:
which took part in the Egyptian campaign
Vast crowds were on the streets and at nigh
London was illuminated in honor of the re
view. General Wolseley was at the heat
of the troops, and the review excited grea
enthusiasm, being unprecedented since thu
close of the Crimean war.
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