The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
FOREIGN NEWS.
FROM AMMAN.

SuD't Institution.
FOREIGN NEWS.
FROM AMMAN.
LONDON, September "A dispatch
from Hong Kong states the French
general has demanded a reinforcement
of 5000 men. The country is still
suffering from floods. The French
have declared al ports OF AMMAN, in
Guiding Saigon. bl0ckaded.
BEIGANDs.
PALEEst0, Septembes 3.-Two hun
| dred persons have been arrested in
the Province Of Girgenti, charged
with brigandage. The arrests include
priest, several land owners and
members of common councils.
PROTESTING.
VIENNA. September 3.-The Chi
nese government intends to issue
formal protest to the great powers de-
eIairing the treaty OF peace between
France and AMMAN, signed at Hue, is
void, as the king of AMMAN was
forced by the French to sign it.
MADRID, September 3.-The king
issued a decree restoring the conStitu-
tlonal guarantees to all subjects.
TAE CHINESE MAD.
LONDON, September st is stated
that 10000 Chinese tIoops crossed
the Mongkai and proceeded to Maid
enong. A sqadron of vessels are load
ing at Shanghai with troops and am
munition, including torpedos.
ANOTHER ANTI-JEWISH RIOT.
VIENNA, September ga serious
anti-JeWish riot took place at
Szeitsar, Hungary last night; the
mob committing terrible havoc upon
property. One person was killed and
four were wounded. Troops are en-
route.
DON'T WANT TO BE HUNGARIANIZED.
AGRAM, September 3.-Citizens of
this place have resolved to drape their
houses, and shut shops and stop
traffic if the Hungarian language is
forced on them.
PESTH, September "a number of
peasants attending the market at
Gorcian destroyed the Hungarian es-
cutcheon at the postoflice and bar
racks. During the melee one man
was killed and several wounded.
SPAIN.
MADRID, September ga delay Of
the execution Of sentence was ordered
| of one month for officers and one
! week for the seargents engaged in the
recent insurrectionary movements, to
allow appeals for clemency. Another
order was issued, addressed to the
commander Of the northern army,
and the captains Of the various dis
tricts, providing that in case of any
military outbreak all officers of rebel
lious regiments who abstain from
movement shall be court martialed in
order that they may prove they did
| their utmost to induce their men to
remain loyal even at the risk of their
lives. In a speech at Monorfort King
Alfonso thanked the French directors
who will build the railway, which his
majesty expressed hopes would be-
come an added link of union between
France and Spain.
MUST NOT CELEBRATE.
ST. PETERsBURG, Septemb + 3.-The
Russian government forbids the
PorteS celebrating the bi-centennial
of Lobresk's raising the siege at
| Vienna.
THE CHILI-PERU TROUBLES.
| PANAMA, September $50 con-
WINGED are the CHILEAN that the treaty
with Peru will be carried out that they
have determined to evacuate Lima
September Is. Iglesias will enter the
city with 1000 men, and the conVen-
ton will at once meet for the passage
of the cemetery bill, providing for i'm
mediate interments in cemeteries re-
gardless of creed.
ADVICE TO THE IRISH.
DUBLIN, September 3.-At a mass
meeting at Caphamire yesterday, Davit
stated that by tyrannical operations
of landlordism 5000 householders had
been deprived of their homes within
the quarter ending the 1st Of July.
Davit contended that the question of
complete abolition of landlordism
must be kept before the people. The
land act, if not d failure at the pres
ent time, is rapidly becoming SO. Not
one-siXth of the tenant farmers have
yet succeeded in having their rents
fixed. The people should be resolute
and calm, and not loose self-control.
THE CHOLERA.
ALEXANDRIA, September 3.-There
were five deaths from cholera yester-
day.
BURIED.
NAPLES, September 3.-During a
storm yesterday the foundation of a
house was inundated, causing its fall,
and burying eleven persons in the
ruins.
EARTHQUAKE.
ROME, September 3.-The shock OF
an earthquake was felt at Fraziat2
yesterday, causing people to flee from
their houses. No damage.
WRECKED.
: LONDON, September 3.-Further de-
tails from the wrecks off fl PPefZaHee, by
the first mate Of the Bell Jones, from
Bull river, S. G., state that eleven OF
the crew were drowned, including the
captain and pilot.
RELIEF FOR TIE SUFFERERS.
LONDON, September 3.-The govern
ment of Batavia gives $4,000 and the
government of Java 10000 for the
relief of the sufferers by vulcanic erup
) tions.
Two successful swimming enter
taivments were given at Labeth il
aid Of the family of Capt. Webb
killed in the Niagara Rapids.
| hO1AJ1 1hOCDLI1 AN 1lOlI u L Os
DUBLIN, September 3.-The recent
storms have almost totally destroyed
, the grain and other crops in south Ire.
land. Authorities fear a renewal OF
the rent agitation, owing to the dis
tress consequent upon the loss Of
, crops. A general strike against rem
, is thought iminent. The board o.
guardians throughout ireland demand
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reported that the woman who testi
fed against the Ballyrds and moon
lighters in March, 1882, has been shot
dead in Australia.
FENIANS.
), GLA Cow, September 3.-The nine
Irishmen arrested here, charged with
being connected with attempts to de
stroy property by dynamite, are
known to the police. as Fenians, and
have been under surveillance for seY.
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