San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-03-15
NEWS IN BRIEF.
FOREIGN.

There are signs OF revival OF the prof.
Get for tunneling the English Channel The
British Government will ask the appoint
ment Of n committee of the House of Com
mons TO inquire into the expediency OF going
on with the work, so that it would seem tho
scare over Il possible underground invasion
has partly died out
The French Prime Minister announces
that the law Of 1884 will be applied TO the
Princes, deprlving them Of their military
posts, and that measures will be tak"'
against sedtious cries and placards
In the English House of Commons OK,
Secretary for Ireland Forster charged that
Parnell, while he did not plan the outrages
in Ireland, had connived at them. At these
remarks O'Kely exclaimed several times,
sIt's n lie," and was Immediately suspended
Parnell kept his seat, Notwithstanding there
were loud cries for him to reply. The cpl
sode caused great excitement in the House
of Commons.
A Dublin dispatch says: @The prisoners
charged with the Phoenix Park murders are
furnished with meals from the public house
where James Carey stopped to drink on his
way from the scene of his murders stran-
ger calls ut the house once week and pays
the bill. The Dublin police have learned
that all the agrarian murders were arranged
by one organization. Ten men are soon to
be arrested in the Dublin district, and six Of
the prisoners just committed for trial are
willing to become informers"
"A steamer was wrecked In the Bos-
phorus, resultlngin the drowning of twenty
two persons
The English House of Commons was
crowded almost to suffocation to hear the
reply of Parnell to the attack Of Forster,
delivered the day after the illumination Of
the latter's philippe The Prince Of Wales
and other noted dignitaries were among the
auditors Parnell spoke thirty-five minutes,
and was perfectly cool. He stated that he
had been asked by the Secretary to disclose
the secrets of his associates He said he had
nothing to defend himself from, and as
serted that the present officials in Ireland
are unfit to administer the Crimes act His
address created favorable influence.
Russian officials have received letters
conveying threats to blow up the Kremlin
at Moscow, where it is proposed to crown
the Gear
The st. Petersburg Golos has been sus-
pended for six months by the Government
because of certain comment on national in
situations.
Papers found in the houses Of the Bel |
gian dynamite plottcrs implicate Louise
Michel and will lead to her arrest and also |
some of her colleagues. The murder of the |
Gear, it is alleged, was medtated at the time
of his coronation.
In the House of Commons, in moving an |
to the address to the throne, |
Parnell claimed that the power of arrest in
Ireland was abused, the Judges were unfit |
to try political causes, freedom of speech |
did not exist, and the Government could |
not rule Ireland without the sympathy Of |
the people.
-Bavier Brothers, silk merchants OF
Lyons France, have failed for 100000
"A regiment of troops and two men Of
war have been sent to Catania, Sicily, to
quell an outbreak which arose from change
in railway rates Cor carrying sulphur.
Many French scientists and authors
have appealed for the release of the an
nrchist, Prince Krapotline, as his researches
In Russian geography are highly priced and
his health is failing.