San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-19
Foreign.

w. G.. WOODWARD, q reporter, was ar
rested at Nashville charged with pass.
ing gold washed nickels for SIS pieces
He made vigorous attempt to escape
from the officers, but was captured.
ARAB PAsHA, exiled from Egypt
that peace might prevail there, finds
himself in the midst of a religious war
on small scale at Colombo, the capital
of Ceylon, to which he was transported,
where several riots have occurred in
consequence of Buddhists publicly re-
wiling the crucifx. Order was restored
by the military without the shedding
of blood.
A ST.. PETERSBURG dispatch says
"The date for the grand ceremony at
Moscow, at first represented as having
been set for April or May at latest,
may now be put off until June. One
thing certain; the date has been left
blank in the invitations forwarded to
foreign powers. Precautions of all kinds
are invented in hopes of thwarting the
efforts of the Nihilists." Despite the
assurance telegraphed from London
that the accident of the Queen weeks
since was of a trifing nature, she is
still forbidden by her physicians to
walk, but is permitted to take the air
in her carriage. g. . Michael Davitt is not
commendatory of the dynamite plan of
redeeming Ireland from English tyran-
ny, policy he says which will only
exasperate the English Democracy.
Booth played Othello at Vienna and
was loudly applauded. The critics
were dissatisfied at the enactment of
the closing scenes.
HE London police arrested four
men, one of whom, Dalton, had lately
arrived from the United States. In
their possession were found quantities
of explosive liquid stored in rubber
bags, while in the clothing of one of
the four was sewed large sum of mon
ey, a part of which was American coin.
The police claim to have had informa-
ton that agents of the dynamite Sec
ton of Irish revolutionists had been
dispatched to Windsor, and accordingly
extra guards have been placed about
the person of the Queen. At Birming
ham the police unearthed a dynamite
factory which was being operated upon
an astoundingly large scale. At Newry
Ireland, an attempt was made to blow
up the magazine at the barracks, but
without success 1T has been decided
that neither Parnell nor any other
members of the Irish Parliamentary
party will attend the Land League
Convention at Philadelphia.
The st. Petersburg project of police
band of Nihilists at their
an obscure residence in
st. Petersburg. The police force, in
to capture them, met with
stubborn resistance. During the fight
three officers were wounded, and one
finding capture inevitable COM
mitted suicide on the spot. Prince
Bismark's 6Sth birthday was celebrated
in Germany on the LIST inst. A personal
visit was paid by the Emperor William
to the Prince Chancellor, who also re
ceived congratulatory messages from
the King of Bavaria and other titled
people. O.. . 1t is currently reported that
Bismarck intends to revive the Prussian
State Council, by which all bills pro-
posed by the Government must be
passed before they are introduced into
Parliament. The measure is regarded
as reactionary. A boiler explosion,
which resulted in the killing and wound
ing of sixty-four persons, occurred in
a small manufacturing town near Paris
80. The Orleans Princes have mort
gagged all their property in France to
foreign corporations for 100000
francs.
A NrHILIsTIc prOnunciamento an
to the people that preparations
have been completed to meet the coro-
nation ceremony, and warns all whe
value their personal safety to keep
aloof from the royal presence. The
British war Office, SAYS a London dis