The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1884-01-19
ECHOES FROM ABROAD.
TIE VERY LATEST NEWS 81 cAELg.
Tragic Ending of u Love tn'ir IL rance
~ Kumor that Khartoum Has Fallen
--Di.aster In the Chinese Sra--
Thc Tonqulu Question.
ornIE yoRElnN lNrHLLlGL.CE.

the scene o: Z tragic episode OF love and de-
votion. Two young people, both of excel
lent family and desperately attached to caclI
other, met by appointment in the public
garGel near the rampartS. Entirely uh-
soTbcd in conversation, they did not observe
that they were beii. followed bv ih" father
of the young lady, Who rightly or
wrongly disapp!oycd OF tie conncc-
lion. The lovers. hearing Il suspicious,
noise, mounted the top OF the rampant 10
ascertain The Causc. At the same moment
the father, who lGd provided himself with
a revolver, tool aim at the young man and
fired, but the young lady, seeing the move
| ment, suddenly Sprang before her lover. re-
ceiving the bulle, in the face She fell
dead at his feet. On realizing The lei.
iible truth the young man resolved
to die also, amt prccipItaird himself from
the top Oi the rampant into The dry
ditch. He dropped on the stones, dashins
himself 10 pieces and dying instantly. The
| father, seeing the consequence of his act,
became insane Enough grief The young lady
was Of extraordinary beauty and accom-
pllshmcMis The terrible drama ha, caused
the greatest emotion everywhere.
LoNDoN, Jan. fit is rnno.ed III Cairo
that KHar;oum has been captured BY the
! rebels. Al. The higher officials in I'll ObGid
! lave been lnassacred, The Governor Of
! Babe FL GhaAl asks for ieniogccmentS
| from the Egyptian Government To- qucil
revolt iomcntF By cmi5Sarie> from Fl
Mahd.
| CAIRO, Jan. ia kha.oum dispatch
| says the people on both sides the Blue Nile
| have declared for III MelIdi All commit
| nicalion with Scunaar is stopped; steamers
sent 10 convey troops and dispatches TO Sen.
aaar lave returned after proceeding & short
distance Thirty thousand rebels hold
iialilcw OF thc line IF Telegraph along The
White Nile
CAIRO, Jan. lG.--Abdel kade., Minister
Of War estimates that The evacuation Of
5oudan viii occupy seven inontEs and IL
Nolye an expenditure of El,O00,0oO.
fIoNG KoNi;y Jan. l,.~-The Chinese eN-
nsct if Bac- Mini lallg into the hand, OF the
French, The lJtt.i viii either occupy lnin-
Kan. the southern ely on the island oI
NainsU, o. bOmbarN Canton. THE French
rcpudinte any such iden
LONDON, Jan lr.-Nhie ten men aud
a boy were in the cage at the Gamont Co
iiery, in Wales. the rope broke and ri! Wcrt
hurled 20 the bottom aud Killed.
SHANGHAI, Jan. Il. News OF an awful
disaster at SEA has just reached here. The
steamer NWai iuen, on her voyage from
this por, 90 Hong Kong, was wrecked Oh
the steep and rocky coast OF the !iic,han
Islands. Five Of the native: on board were
saved, but nothing Is known As to the rest
of the crew and white passengers, There
were six Europeans and one hundred
and nnety-eight Chinese on the steamer
when she foundered and sank. The weather
was threatening when the vessel left
this port, and the prediction had been
made by the weathcr-wse that she would !
shortly encounter heavy gales. Reports |
from all along the coast and from vessels |
which succeeded in making port are to the !
effect that squalls and storms, with Il heavy !
sea, have been prevailing for the past week !
in the Chinese Ocean. One clipper which |
has just landed reports passing a big !
steamer, very much in appearance |
like the IIwai Yuen, in the dead of night !
and during Il violent storm. The
steamer was evidently in distress, us she
threw up rockets and gave other signals OF
being In danger. The state Of the weather |
and the heavy swell OF the waves made as
SstanCe on the part OF the sailing vessels |
crew, however, impossible. Tho probability
is that the 204 persons on board OF the iiwai
\ uen have gone down with Herewith the cX- |
Ccption OF the five who saved themselves IN |
q small life-bOai
LONDON, Jan. III. CMambcrluin, prc,i-
den, Of the board of Trade, delivered
speech at Newcastle Tuesday night. Re
ieling to Irish affairs. he insisted that lhe
improved state Of Ireland was due to the
Land act rather than to the Crimes act. He
severely cens,ncd the recent language OF the
ParnellteS toward Earl Spencer Lord Lieu
tenant Of Ireland, and Trevelyan. Chief
Secretary, aud condemned Orange agita
ton. Concerning Egypt. Chamberlain
said: THE duty Of her Maiesty's Gov
eminent is clear. England has assumed
Il duty which she can not neglect.
She can not abandon Egypt to anarchy, and
on the other hand she may not and must
not, 80 back on the Assurances given EgyEt.
The task is more difficult than WAS supposed
TO he, and lis accomplishment may occupy
a longer time than anticipated, but NOTHING
has occurred 10 make me think that we
shall not succeed with time, patience aud
discretion Regarding home ai.air~, he
said difficulties III Ireland ana Egypt did moi
justify the pOstponement Of measures Oh re-.
form in England.
IoNDON, JAIN Ii. Minister Lowell has
aCCcptcd the Presidency OF the Birmingham
and Midland Institute.
VIENNA, Jan. IL. 1t is said that mem
bers of the Imperial family of China have
offered 4 portion OF their private fortunes Ia
assist the war against France.
The recently appointed King Of Anam has
been succeeded by Il nephew of King Trdoc.
who died in July last. The new King i,
fifteen years old.
VIENNA, Jan. 1.-THE Minister of Com
MERGE has approved OF the scheme
Tor Il regular monthly line OF
steamers between Trieste and Mex
York. The steamers will begin luu-
ming Oh the first of February. The
railway ana shipping rates an goods from
Buds, Pestll and Vienna 10 New York yia
Trieste viii be exceptionally cheap. The !
Southern Pacific Railway Company has al.
so taken initial steps for y direct line OF
steamers from Trieste To- New Orleans Via
Havana, ani purposes making preparations
ior larger imports al American cotton, |
OWING Ia the unsettled state Of affairs in
Egypt.
QUEENSTOWN, Jan. lj.--'rhe stcilmrr
Celtic, IN tow of the steamer Britannia, of
the same line has arrived here The Celtic
lett New York on December H. and her
shat: broke two days thereafter.