The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1883-06-12
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Foreign News.
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Rilliagnaa aad soinetimes an inability On heI
part TO Tcif OIIi the duties incident To govern
msnt For some years the QUEEN has been
mild believer in spiritualisIn She thought
the spirit If her dead husband used to assist
her il working out questions which pe1plsxed
her Since the death Of her favorite servant,
John Brown. she has been very much de
pressed, and finally it was necessary to re
move 20 .BalmoTal where some Of her hap
piest days were spent with the husband Of her
youth am told that some very pathetic
scenes took place at her last visit there. She
seemed to feel the actual presence OF her
dead Prince and talked as though he were
by harside Thisand other occurrences fright
ene3 and alarmed her daughter Beatrioe very
greatly, and she insisted thai some of the
other members of the family should come
down al once. Ii was telagTaphed from
London by the ambassador of a great power
To ms sovereign Wednesday last that the alb
dication of the queen Of England was in
pending and would probably occur very soon.
The break down Of her health has been fol-
lowed by melancholia Of the most pronounced
type. 1t seems not to be generally known
that the trouble with the queenis knee comes
from large ulcer Of 8 scrofdlous and can
cerous nature that has formed under tine knee
joint, and in spite of all that can be done, is
eating its way 20 the bone, and her condition
is very serious, indeed
GERMANY. .t
BERLIN, june II Hon Won Bennng4n
has resigned his seal inlthe Landtag. without
assigning any reason. Before resigning he
held a conference with the members Of his
party-National Liberals-in regard to the
diyergeney of,yieBS among thesn on the gov
ernment's new church bin His action has
caused great sensation.
Herr Won Benmgsen has salsoeagnsl his
&at ID the Reichstag.
e GREAT BRITAIN $50
LONDON, June 1.-THE trial of the dyna-
mite conspirators DR. Gallagher. Bernard
Gallagher, Ansburgh, Curtis, Whitehead aud
Wilson charged with treason and felony, was
begun this morning The court was crowded.
Mr.. Clarke of the counsel for the defense,
challenged three jurors on behalf Of Dr. Gal-
lagher. Henry James, the attorney general,
opened the case for the prosecution. He said
the prisoners were charged with an offense
very near high treason. 1t was not necessary
to prove that all had intended to levy war
against the queen. 1t was sufficient to show
that a conspiracy existed to take lives and
destroy property without regard as to who
suffered
He said Bernard Gallagher was in a differ
ent position from the. other prisoners His
own statement might be considered to CON
meet him with the dynamite plot. but the evil
dence in regard to him required very careful
weighing, 50 as not to risk the Furnishing of
innocent men Ii the facts alleged against
the prisoners are fully established. there is
nuta person in the country who will not be
pleased that they have been brought to jus
tice
Lynch, alias Norman, the informer, re
peated his testimony in regard to the doings
OF the consl'lrators previous to and after their
arrival in England from America, which be
gave at the preliminary hearing.
Lynch, the infof1neE, on being cross-ex-
amined, said he never saw Wilson OF Ans
bursh before he saw them in the Bow street
police court. Between the two interviews
with the authorities, at which he offered to
turn InfnrIners he had appeared at the Bow
street police court He told lit
tie more at the second interyiesg than before
concerning Fe14ian clubs in New York
and their objects The Irish Repabis' he
said was mentioned in the oath he took In
New York when he joined the eoIlspiratoIs:
he was not aware that Ireland had had a sep
arate parliament during the last century:
had never been associated with any plot or
rebellion in England, or Ireland; it was of
no account to him, whether Ireland became
a republic OF hadA home rule: had
never conversed with DR. Gallagher in any
body clsc's preso1ee;; has slspioious were
aroused by spring which Gallagher handed
him and which fitted the hammer made 70
explode a cap; he admitted that he had
broken his oath to the Emerald club in New
York, which was as binding as one taken in
court. "a
Michael Davitt has arrived, and haaa con-
sultation with PaInell, and they have come
teaan agFeementfn regard to the manner in
which the agitation in Ireland shall be con
Icted hereafter Davitt will not 20 to
America, but remain at home to carry out
the Irish programme
PERSIA. Lsf4
! FTHERAN, June T1.-G W Benjamin. the
recently appointed United States Minister to
Persia, has arrived and presented his creden-
tials tothe shah He received cordial wei
| Gomez
| aa~4sN RUSSIA -
LONDON, June II me Times correspon-
dent, at St. Petersburg, says ethere was no
procession yesterday Wilens the car and
czarina entered the city FteY were followed
by the grand dukes and notablass The party
drove through the cfty very rapidly,
ST PETERsBURs, June 1.-The illumina-
ton here last evening in honorof the return
Of the car were limited 20 two hours, by or
der Of the police
| IRELAND.
DUBLIN, June 1.-The court of common
pleas refused to declare any candidate elected
as counsellor for the ward formerly repre-
sented by Games Carey, the inforIner, as it
has no evidence that a vacancy exists
An Internal machine with fuse attached,
has been sent by post to the Rathkeale
County Limerick police barracks
ROME, June 1.-THE text of the report Of
the five acts of the present pontifcate rela-
| tive To ireland shows that tfa letter of the