The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-06-01
Foreign Affairs.

FIVE persons were killed during a fire in a
petroleum warehouse at Oporto, Portugal.
THROUGH the destr uction by fire of the
German village of Nuenkirschen its entire
population, numbering 1900, was rendered
homeless.
NNErY-oNE towns in Prussia presented
Crown Prince Frederick William with a gift
in celebration of the twenty-fith anniver-
sary of his marriage.
IMMENSE crowds witnessed the state en-
trance of the Russian car into Moscow on
the opening day of his coronation cere-
monies. The whole route of the imperial
procession, a distance of four and one-half
miles, was crowded with spectators, and at
every point imperial standards and gay
decorations were seen. The emperor rode a
splendidly mounted charger, and was a little
in advance of the four generals who attended
him. Before and after him came troops
from all parts of the Russian empire, the
imperial family and a large body of mobiles.
The entire route was lined with troops. The
imperial cortege was received with incessant
cheers from the densely packed multitude
in the streets and on the balconies. A salute
of seventy-one guns was fired at the moment
the cortege entered the city. After entering
the Kremlin, court officials presented their
majesties with bread and salt on plates of
silver and gold. When their majesties re-
tired bells pealed and a salute of 101 guns
was fired.
The English Derby was won this year by
the colt st. Blaise, from ten other horses.
The ceremony of blessing the imperial
flag was performed in the Kremlin, Moscow,
in the pre-ence of the emperor, the empress,
the imperial family, and the emperor's mill.
tary household.
AN Irish newspaper, the Kerry Sentinel,
belonging to Mr.. Harrington, a member of
parliament, has been seized for seditious
utterances.
LORD LoRNE in proroguing the Dominion
parliament congratulated the country on its
prosperity, and thanked the members on
their courteous address upon his retirement
as governor-general.
DROUGHT prevails to such an extent in
Cuba that in some places a demijohn of
water for drinking costs fifteen cents.
EpoUARp L~ADoULAYF,t the celebrated French
Jurlst, is ueau.
EMPEROR WILLIAM, of Germany, has issued
a decree ordering that the tenth and eleventh
days of next November be observed as the
four hundredth anniversary of the birth of
Martin Luther.
OUTBREAKS against the Jews are reported
from Rostof, Russia, where several Jewish
houses were robbed, demolished or burned,
Notwithstanding the efforts of troops.
The full name of the man who succeeds
Lord Lorne as the encouragement of Can
ada is Henry Charles Keith Petty-Fitzmau-
rice. He is the fifth marquis of Lansdowne.
CAPTAIN MASON, consul at Basic, in Swift
zerland, has warned the treasury department
that a considerable number-several hun
dred-Swiss and German Mormons are on
their way here from Liverpool, and that
these people are largely paupers and crimi-
nails whose expenses to this country have
been paid by their communes as the cheap
est way to get rid of the burden of sup.
porting them.
A DIME was given 4 few days since by the
British minister in honor of the queens
birthday, among those present being CHIEF
Justice Waite, General Sherman, Secretary
Teller, Admiral Porter, Senator Miller, OF
California, and the diplomatic representa-.
lives of the various nations.