The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-06-21
&, FOREIGN rHLEGRAPHIC NEWS.
Bull fights are prohibited in France.

The surrender of Berber has been con-
firmed.
. The Right Hon. Sir Henry Bartle Frere
is dead.
Messrs. Moody and Sankey are urgently |
requested to visit India.
The woman suffrage amendment has
been defeated in England.
Two hundred horses were burned to
death at Glasgow recently.
The smallpox plague is spreading with
alarming rapidity in London.
The international convention of Social
lists met in London last week.
The police have found eighteen packages
of dynamite in Scotland Yard.
1t is reported in Cairo that General Cor
don is on his way down the river.
A farmer was shot dead by Moonlight
ers in NIillstreet, Ireland, recently.
There is threatened riot at Brussels,
over the defeat of the Liberal party.
Thirteen persons were injured by the
recent dynamite explosions in London.
Henry Irvings Impressions of Amer
lea" have achieved success in London.
Extra guards have been placed around
Mr.. Gladstones residence at Hawarden.
The Pal Mall Gazette advocates the
formation of dynamite insurance COM
pany.
A London dispatch says: The Tichborne
CLAIMANT was released on ticket OF leave
last week.
Parnell is preparing general appeal for
the national fund to pay Irish members of
parliament.
The Emperor left Berlin for Ems last
week. A large and enthusiastic crowd
was at the depot.
Nationalist's meetings were held in Ire
land recently, despite the proclamations
forbidding them.
is on a visit to his ancestral halls in Kent
and Warwickshire.
Fresh election riots have occurred in
and many wounded.
A Rio Janeiro dispatch says: Prime
Minister Rantas has been charged with
the formation of new ministry.
Ell Mahdi is marching towards Dongola
with 35, 600 troops. He hopes to capture
the town before the feast of Ramadan.
Calista Reid, aged 10; Joseph Customer,
aged Is, and Octave Hope, aged Is, were
drowned while bathing off Sherbrook,
Quebec.
A dispatch has been received from the
governor of Dongola stating that FL Mahdi
has been crushingly defeated by the Taxa
liza tribes.
The attorney general of Victoria, B. c.,
goes to Ottawa, to oppose the dominion
license law before the Supreme Court, on
constitutional grounds.
A waterspout occurred in Akuisig, Rus
sian Turkestan, recently. The river was
overflowed and seventy houses destroyed
Forty persons were drowned.
Preparations for the Egyptian confer
ence, which meets in London, July 10th
are being rapidly pushed to completion
by officials in the foreign office.
Prince Bismarck has proposed that tht
difficulty between Bulgaria and Servia bt
referred to the mediation of Austria anC
Russia. Servia has accepted the proposal
Four members of the Salvation Army
were recently fined in London, Ont, $1'
each, or ten days in Jail, for beating
drums, etc., in the streets. They will ap
peal.
Prince Hohenloheh, German embassado
to France, declares that the public feelin,
in Germany is environed against Franc
by constant provocation from the Frencl
press.
Baker Pasha has gained health since tn
recent surgical operation. He now drive
out daily in the park and is to spen'
three months in Wales before returning
to Egypt.
The Berlin National Gazette announce
hot tI,o fho TOW
pointed by the bundesrath, has approves
the government proposals, in slight
modified form.
There have been fifteen deaths from ye
low fever in Havana the past five days
Quarantine stations are being establishe
and all precautions taken to prevent tn
spread of the disease.
A London cablegram says: The India
government has decided to procure borin
machinery, owing to the discovery of O
bearing stata in Sibi, and develop the RI
sources in that region.
One Goodman, an American, alias ''Ris
pan" of New York, was arrested in Nor
treal, Can, last week, with large quar-
tity of jewelry in his possession, suppose
to have been stolen.
Berlin advices state that the abdicatio
of the Duke of Hesse is expected as RI
suit of his marriage with and sHbsequen
divorce from Madame Kalemire, whic
created such widespread comment.
A young Frenchman named Stupre a.
tempted to commit suicide at the Driar
House, in Victoria, recently, He wa
seized before he took the dose, and is nov
in Jail, suffering from the effects of har
drinking.
The landlord political fund of Irelan
has been organized. Lord Rossmore an
Sir Samuel Wilson are trustees. The OF
ject of the fund is to supply means wit
which to contest constituents against ns
tionalists.
General Booth, head of the Salvation
Army, is treating for the purchase of Pat
it's castle and estate in Wales for famil
residence. General Booth is said to b
making large profits as leader of the Sal
vation Army.
The.Queen of England was present a
the erection recently at Balmoral of
bronze statue of John Brown, which rep
resents his features in Highland costume
The statue was placed within view of tn
Queens apartments.
There are great rejoicings in Osmal
Digma's camp owing to announcement
made by Osman that he has received i'm
portant news from the west. Osman'
forces now number 5000 men, among
who are included several tribes which dis
persed after the recent battle.
The economic crisis in Cuba was dis
cussed at the council of ministers in Mad
rid recently. The King presided. The
government proposes to adopt series o.
reforms, including the reduction of Cubar
expenditures and the establishment of 8
coasting trade, for the mutual advantage
of Spain and Cuba.
Great efforts are being made to amalga.
mate the Invincibles and the dynamiters
caofior af tho Trioh rovolufioporw