The bee., 1884-03-08
Foreign,

w. II. HUNT, United States minister to
Russia, and ex-Secretary or the navy, died in
ST Petersburg of dropsy. Mr.. Hunt was
born in Charleston, S. c., III 1874, but early
in lite moved with his family to Louisiana,
He was appointed by Hayes a Judge of the
court Of claims, position which he held
when called to President Garfield's cabinet
as secretary Of the navy. When President
Arthur reorganized his cabinet Mr.. Hunt
was sent to Russia as minister to succeed Mr..
Foster.
SEVERAL other beleaguere1 towns in the
SouIan have surrendered to the False
Prophets followers
MUCH alarm has been created in London
by the discovery of several internal ma
chimes, Of American manufacture, in rail-
way stations.
BY collision between the military and the
people at a festival in Vallareal, Portugal
fifteen persons were injured.
SINCE January 1st there have been sixteen
suicides and two murders at Monte Carlo,
the notorious gambling center.
IN the British House Of Commons several
ParnelIteS strongly condemned recent dyna-
mite proceedings an declared that no excuse
was valid for such wicke a 5tempts upon life
and property. They declared that con Spira-
ce Of this nature were in no wise associated
with the Irish caue, but that they had been
hat he'd in America, and that the attempts
t. carry The n ont hal been made b. agents
sent out from the United States.
THE British government has decided to
send q courteous disDat ,h to America rela-
tive to the action of Americans in counte-
nanclng and assisting dynamiterS. In a
lea ling editorial article thu London Times
says 1t is intoerabls that England should
be exposed 10 this succession of plo.s from
nation which processes TO be friendly with us,
o,,I which xxa ho--a o,1tv fol
in peace and amity."
A MADRID dispatch says that the United
States government is pressing its claim
against Spain for $493, ,00J, as the balance of
awards due on account of American losses
during the rebel ion in Cuba and also for
So, 100000 for estates embargoed during the
same period and not restored ID their Ameri
can owners.
The island Of Chios and the towns of
Chesne and Fourla, upon the mainland OF
Asia Minor n ar by, have been visited by an
earthquake.
BUST Of the American poet, Longfellow,
was unveiled il Westminster Abbey, the
resting place Of many of Englaud's distin.
guished d1al Addresses by Earl Granville,
United States Minister Lowell and Others
were delivered.
GENERAL IGLEsrAs has taken the oath of
Office as provisional governor of Peru.
GENERAL GRAHAM'S advancing army
of s,010 British troops defeated body of
about 10000 of the Talse Prophets Arabs
un tcr Oman Digna near Tr nsitat, on the
red sea. The rebels los 1,l00 men, AMI
were only defeated after desperate resis-
tanc9: the British loss was twenty-four killed
and l42 wounded This was the first serious
check received by the False Prophet in his
victorious campaign against Egypt in the
Sou IAN.
GREAT financ al panic has occurred in
Pekin, China, and many native banks and
merchants have failel. Merchants in the in
terror stopped all ira ling adventures, and
the populace We're greatly excited.
REWARDS q ygregating $4,000 were offered
in England for the discovery of the persons
leceatly eHga gel in atte npsinZ to bow up
buildings by dynamite.