Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-28
THE OLD WORLD.
GENERAL FOREIGN NOTES.
Special Dispatches TO THs BE.

1850 Ut@NNAN W III ~
n AESTHETIC OSCAR.
LONDON, May 27.-Oscar Wilde
to be played out &c an aesthetic
poet. He worked the art dodge In
America for all II was worth aud has
now abandoned 1t. He surprised his
friends at a reception given to Mr..
Whistler, the artist, by appearing as
an ordinary individual, dressed In a
commonplace suit, and shorn of his
beautiful locks. Over here he 10 re.
garded as crazy.
ABoUT JOHN BRIGHT.
One of the principal topics of gossip
is the rumored marriage of the Right
Hon. John Bright with q sister of his
irst wife. Mr.. Bright's friends per-
sistently deny any such marriage as
being even contemplated. The con.
s~ervati7e press, however, renew the
report. Mr.. Bright scorns the idea
,of making d formal denial Of what he
says is a scandslous rumor. Mr..
Bright's near relatives ptste that this
malicious fabrication has been started
by partisans of the law prohibiting
marriage with q deceased wife's sister.
There are three sisters of Mr.. Bright's
first wife nov living.
THE ANARCHISTS.
PARIS May 27.--Fifteen hundred
persons Joined In The anarchist demon.
stration at the graves of the commu-
nists In Pere La Cha!se. The red flag
was displayed, and the crowd raised
frequent cries of "Vive 10 Com
mune." Several speeches were made.
Many policemen were present but no-
body was arrested.
H ToNoUIN WAR.
A dispatch from Saigon, dated yes.
terday, says: Capt. Riviere was re.
connoitering with 400 men, landing
parties from o French vessel, when
attacked. The party was assaulted
when 400 kilometres from Hanoi by
a strong party of the enemy,
principally pirates, and was compelled
to retreat. Total loEs, 26 killed
and 81 wounded. Saturdays tele.
gram giving the number killed and
wounded referred only to the loss
among the sailors. Troops subse-
quently r%eocoupied the positions. Ad-
ditionsl troops are being hurried for
ward from Saigon aboard merchant
vessels.
A later dispatch from Saigon says
1t Is generally believed 1t will, bo nee.
essary to lombard Hue and send q
strong expedition to Tonquin.
The minister of marine sent q tele-
gram ordering the governor of Cochin,
China, to notify French troops the
chamber of deputies has unanimously
passed the Topquin credit and that
France will avenge her glorious child.
rem. Two additional Iron clads and q
cruiser were ordered to proceed to th6
east directly.
H FRENCH DERBY.
The grand steeple chase Do Paris,
handicap, $4,000 francs, and objet
dart, valued at 10000 francs, for
four-year-olds and upwards, distance
about 6 600 metres (about three miles
and three. quarters). raj run at An.
teuil to-day and was won by Count
Erdody's f~our.year.old brown gelding,
Too Good; Duke of Hamilton's Eau
Ds MI second, and Col. J. Lloyd's
Down Patrick third. Twelve ran.
Leopold De Rothsohild's Thornfisld
fell during the race.
MILITARY STATISTICS,
LONDON, May 26.-The Cologne
Gazette publishes m article which at.
tracts much attention, pointing out
that Germany, Austria and Italy can
muster 1913 battslions of infantry,
740 aquadrons of cavalry, and 4, AGA
field guns, while the forces of France
and Russia amount to l $3.50 bsttslions
of infantry, 620 aquaarons of cavalry,
and 3,94O fields, but 1t says that the
last two states can only operate with
divided forces. The Triparitite ALL
ance can thus outweigh the whole re-
mainder of Europe.
RUMCRS CONFIRMED.
The Times correspondent at st.
Petersburg says: The rumors that O
rupture between France and China
were imminent are confirmed. Ii
Hung Chang has been summoned to
take command of the Chinese troops
in the province bordering on Tonquin
and is daily expected at Shanghai on
his way to the new port to begin oper-
ations. It Is believed that the
French minister ut Pekin, and the
Chinese minister at Paris, will shortly
receive their passports.
THE ToNoUIN EXPEDITION.
PARIS, May 26.-In the Chamber
of Deputies to-day Brun, minister of
marine, read a telegram from Ton.
quin stating that fourteen men were
killed and thirty wounded In the sor.
tie. Hauoi was surrounded by q
numerous force Of Annsmites.
Two companies of French troops
were sent from Saigon to
that plsoe and others will speedily
follow. Brun also announced that
transports with troops on board,
which were In readiness at Toulon,
have been ordered to call for Ton
quin. He stated that reinforcements
would also be sent to Cochin China.
Perrin, for the radicals, declared
that his party would vote for credit
for the Tonquln expedition as 1t was
now necessary to revenge the death
of Captain Rleviere and rave the
honor of the French flag. De la
Fosse, on the part of right, made a
similar statemement. The credit was
then carried by a unanimous vote.
MINISTRY RESIGNED.