The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-09-06
FOREIGN FACTS.
Epitome OF Events Across the
Water.
THE CoNsPIRACY TRIALs.

THE CONSPIRACY TRIALS.
DUBLIN, August 31.-Eyidence adj
duced at the examination of DIR. V.
Patrick, Connolly and his sister Cath
arine, charged with implication in the
murder conspiracy, indicates that the
conspiracy formed was to accomplish
private and not agrarian purposes as
was supposed. Witness Dineen swore
that DR.. Connolly forged the name of
John Carroll to a will, by which Car
rolls property was to be left to the
Connollys. Dineen, who was to muir
der Carroll, was to receive ESQ from
the sum expected to be realized from
the latter's property.
ANTI-JEwIsH RIOTS TO BE STOPPED.
PEsTH, August 3l.-Tessa, presi-
dent of the Hungarian council, in or
der to put a stop to the outrage upon
the Jews, has decided upon severe
measures, which are to be put in ope-
ration whenever anti-Jewish riots oc-
cur. Anyone condemned to death by
martial law to be executed within
three hours after sentence is imposed.
FoUNDERED.
LONDON, August 31.-A dispatch
from Vardoe, Norway, states the
steamer Obi arrived there having on
board members of the Dutch explora
ton to the Arctic, which sailed in the
steamer Varna. Their vessel found
cred July 4. latitude III north, longi-
tude 63 east. Members of the expe-
dition were rescued near the island
of Weigatz.
CENSURED.
DUBLIN, August 31.-It is reported
at the home office that the authorities
severely censured the officers at
Queenstown for failing to secure the
safety of James Carey, who was killed
in South Africa by O'Donnell.
CHOLERA DEATHS.
ALEXANDRIA, August 81 There
were eleven cholera deaths here yes
terday.
RETURNED. W
LONDON, August 31.-A dispatch
from Zanzibar says Fischer, the Ger
man explorer, has returned from the
interior of Africa.
GOING TO STAY AWHILE.
COPENHAGEN, August 31.-The
car and czarina will remain at Den
mark month.
" DE OloI OhDED.
LONDON, August 31.-The Vicar of
Stratford upon avon has signiied his
willingness to allow the remains Of
Shakespeare to be exhumed, to COM
pare the skull of the poet with the
busts and portraits of him.
THE TIDAL WAVE.
BATAVIA, August 31.-The captain
of a steamer in the Strait of Sunda
during the recent volcanic explosion,
reports that ashes fell on deck to the
depth of eighteen inches. He passed
masses of fios ting pumice stone seven
feet in depth. 1t is estimated that six
hundred persons had lost their lives
at Tjiringin. The total number
killed by the explosion and tidal wave
is 5000.
THINK 1T INVALID.
BERLIN, August 31.-The opinion
of the Chinese legation here is that
the treaty between France and An
nam is invalid, as China does not rec
ognize the king of AMMAN.
THE PANAMA CANAL.
PANAMA, August 31.-The Pam
anna canal is being pushed forward
with great energy. The total number
of workmen employed is over 10000,
principally Jamaicans. The work is
divided among a number of contrac-
tors, all Of whom, except two, have
begun operations. The sanitary con-
dition of the work-people is very sat
isfactory and is improving daily, all
though this is the unhealthy season
of the year and sickness in Panama is
itself heavy, still the per centage of
cases on the canal works does not ok
coed per cent consequently the ex-
cellent precautions taken by the com
pany leave little reason to doubt that
the company will complete the canal
within the next five years.