San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-04-05
NEWS IN BRIEF.
FOREIGN.

Three thousand weavers in the Hudders-
field district have struck work, owing 10
disagreement with their masters regarding
wages
A branch of the Black Hand Society has
been discovered in Portugal, and several ar
rests and seizures Of papers have been made
by the police
Count de Chambord, replying TO an nd
dress from the workingmen OF Lyons, de-
cared that the republic is leading France to
ruin
The decree prohibiting the importation
of American sides, bacon and sausages has
been publishe ut Berlin Bismarck recon-
mends the Bundesrath TO enact that hog
products be only admitted upon attested
proof that they are not from America
Persecution of Jews in Russia continues.
The latest outrage reported is an attempt to
blow up a Jewish bank at Taganrog with
dynamite.
"A cable dispatch of the 10th inst, from
London, says: @About O'Clock last night
report like that caused by the discharge OF
an eighty-ton gun startled Westminster and
was caused by an explosion in the Govern
ment offices At first 1t was supposed to
have been caused by gas, but later is pre-
sumed to have resulted from gunpowder or
dynamite, placed for the purpose OF destroy
ing the buildings. Sections of the House OF
Commons were shaken, and many of those
present became alarmed No lives were
lost, but a portion of the structure was
demolished 1t is rumored an attempt was
also made to destroy the Times building.
The act is attributed to Fenians"
Russia proposes the formation of an in
ternational detective force.
The Dutch Government has been author
lied to negotiate loan of 100000 forms.
The position chosen for the bust of Long
fellow in Westminster Abbey is the most
conspicuous one in the "Poets Corner"
Karl Marx, founder of the international
Society, died at London aged G5.
The prediction is made in London that
emigration from Great Britain to Canada
the coming season will be unusually large.
The Prussian Landtag has adopted the
annual budget and stands prorogued until
April Is The Austro- Hungarian House also
passed the budget, and the bill for the relief
of the sufferers by the Danubian floods and
adjourned.
bowels, one of the alleged Phoenix Park
conspirators, died in an epileptic fit in Kill
mainham Jail, Dublin.
The proposed international alliance
against the Fenians, Anarchists, Socialists
and other enemies of society has been dis
cussed in London good deal OF late, and the
idea would probably be entertained favora-
bly, if there were any hopes of the United
States joining the league of Governments
Lord Dunraven has plan for the ameli-
Grafton of the condition of Irish laborers,
and for the prevention of the recurrence of
distress in Ireland, which he will present
during the present session of Parliament in
the form of q bill
Lady Florence Dixie, who recently as
sailed the integrity of trustees of the Land
League funds, was assaulted at Windsor by
two men dressed in female apparel Two
dagger thrusts penetrated her clothing, but
steel corset-rib and the guardianship OF
St Bernard dog probably saved her life.
The lady swooned ut the sight of the knives,
and the last thing she remembers was one
of the men filling her mouth with mud
The palms of her hands were cut across, the
gloves being severed, and her clothing
was rent in many places.
The French Court of Appeals has miti-
gated the sentences of NM BontouX and
FEEDER, President and manager, respectively,
of the Union Generate Bank, to two years
imprisonment and the fine and costs origi-
nally imposed
"A bill for the relief of distressed work
ingmen will be introduced into the French
Chamber of Deputies at an early day, in the
hope of disarming the hostility of the
Anarchists in measure
A London dispatch says: "Lady Florence
Dixie, who was attacked at Windsor by two
men disguised in women's clothes, says the
men spoke no brogue. She remembers
seeing her St Bernard dog drag one of them
backward The affair is puzzling every one.
There is no clew to the assailantS. The
gardener potting geraniums thirty yards
from the scene, neither saw nor heard any
thing of the occurrence"
PERSONAL.