The daily gazette., 1883-09-20
FOREIGN NEWS.
Anteoedents and Character of ofO'DOnnsii-

The TOuquin Trouble General Topics.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-The Times, In tracing
the antecedents OF O'Donnell, finds that he
is As years OF age and Is native of Mera-
GLADLY, county Donegal, Ireland. He has
been to America several times, served in the
American war, lived for some time In Phila-
delphia, and kept public house on the
Canadian border. He invested his funds In
silver mines and Fenian bonds and lost his
money. Fe returned to Ireland last May
and frequented the company of Irish-Amer-
leans of Londonderry. He carried revol-
yer and was considered strong Nationalist
but was opposed to the Invincfbles. He de-.
nounced Carey VI hen the latter turned in
| former, and declared that he would not
shoot, but would burn him by inches. He
| went to the cape to seek work, because he
considered America "played out"
He had never seen Carey before taking pas
sage, and had no idea that the informer was
| on board the steamer Kingfauns Castle
when he embarked upon her. The defense
| will probably be that Carey tried to shoot
the prisoner, who wrenched the revolver
| away and used 1t to protect his own life. It
is stated that O'Donnell's brother, who is
living in Ireland, will endeavor to obtain
the services of Mr.. A. M, Sullivan, M. p, to
conduct the defense. The friends OF O'Don.
nell ridicule the idea that he went to the
cape for the special purpose Of killing
Carey '9 Tmft's tGI
The Times says that IT Is stated that
ODonrel was patient in the Royal InfrnI
ary at Edinburgh in 1879 for so-called eli
phantiasis of the thigh. 2H3+I di*
THE ToNoUIN QUESTION
,LoNDoN,Sept 19.-The Tines thinks that
with the absence from Paris of M. Challemel-
Laeour, the Informal mediation of Earl
vii nd ha "a -
now in the hands oil NJ. Ferry, the MARQUIS
Tseng and NJ. Waddington, the differences
between France and China relative 10 the
Tonquin question are In a fair way of ad-
justment.
LONDON, Sept. 20.L-The Times Hong
Kong dispatch says: "a correspondent who
has arrived here from Hal Phong saws the
French are in difficulties through want OF
troops. Many Chinese are deserving to the
Black Flags. Ian, their chief, is very
powerful. France may have to negotiate
with him. Foreigners have been seen fight
ing on the side OF the Black Flags. Gen
Bouet admits that he was unable to hold his
position after the last fight The French are
still buying steamers and horses.P
PARIS, Sept I'm. Waddingtou was
present at yesterdays conferences between
Marquis Tseng, the Ch nese ambassador,
and Ptime Minister Ferry. Several jour
mails mention N. Waddington as the prob
able successor of NJ. Challemel- -Lacour, in
the event of the latter re,ie1ihe his port-
folio as minister of foreign affairs. 49,.
The Temps says Gen. Courbet has been
appointed to the command of the French
forces in Tonquin, and thar General Blchot
will succeed General Bouet, acting under
the orders of General Courbet. n"s' t
Sailors to the num6sr Of 300 have left
Brest for TOuion, whence they will embark
tor service in the Fench feet in Tonquin
waters.
A NIHILIsT ORGANS REVELATIONS.
ST.. PETERSBURG, Sept. 19.-The Narod-
raja VIOLA, The chief Nthilist organ, is being
secretly printed in this city. IN a recent
publication 1t reviews the work of Count
lolstoi the minister OF the interior, and
says continuance of similar policy can
not be tolerated "The days of Tclstoi, the
hangmah," 1t declares, "are numbered"
An account is given OF the excuses at Eka-
terinostav, where the anti-J ewish riots re-
Gently occurred, which is quite different from
the official version of the affair, and In
which 1t is stated that 200 persons were
killed by the troops. The tone Of the Ma
rodraja VOLTA shows that the Nihflists are
not foreign to these excesses, but desire
their frequent repetition.
THE CRISIS IN BULGARIA PAST.
LONDON, Sept. ia dispatch from
Vienna to the Times says the crisis In Bull
garia has been overcome for the present,
compromise having been effected whereby
the Russian minister continues in office, but
refrains from interference with the internal
politics of the country. He will retire as
soon as the new institutions come into force.
Prince Alexander's position is declared to
be unimpeachable.
MIR. GLADsToNE's VISIT TO COPENHAGEN
LONDON, Sept 19.-The recent visit of
Mr.. Gladstone to Copenhagen has been made
the occasion of considerable comment by
continental journals, who profess to see in
1t deep laid scheme to form a coalition
against the Austro-German alliance. The
English journals ridieule this idea. They
declare that there is no political purpose to
effect, and say that IL Mr.. Gladstone had
any object of this nature in view 1t was
simply to exercise a purely moral influence