The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-11-01
FOREIGN rELEGRAPH1c NEWS.

the queen laSG WcShs
General de Lisle has not asked for rein
forcements in Tonquin.
The village of Chlorydomi, Ont. was {
destroyed by fire recently.
England will confirm the commercial
treaty between Canada and Spain.
The King of Holland will open the
Dutch parliament on November 18th.
The recent fire at Moscow damaged
property to the extent of 3,0C0,0 GOO roubtes.
Fajardo, Governor of Porto Rico, has
been appointed Governor General OF Cuba.
Eleven professors in the University of
Kieff, St. Petersburg, will be requested to
resign.
Prince Albert Victor, of Wales, will
visit the United States and Canada, next
summer.
The Lord Mayor of London gave
grand dinner to the Society of Authors,
last week.
M. Laskoff. the illegitimate son of Cen
eral Skobeloff, committed suicide in Paris
last week.
English mining and railway shares are
falling, on account of American competl- |
ton in rails.
An anarchist meeting was held in Paris |
q few days ago, and addresses were made
by communists.
Three children were fatally injured at
Jacobid, Ont, recently, by the explosion
of a can of powder.
Chinese troops continue to pour into
Tonquin, and great uneasiness is felt in
Paris on this account.
A joint stock company is being formed
in London for the protection of holders OF
American railroad shares.
Lieutenant Shufeldt. of the American
navy, is to deliver lecture on Madagas-
car next month, in London.
The schooner Premier, Newcastle, N. S.
W., for Humboldt, CAL, July 25th, has
put into Tanning Island leaking.
The Chinese few days ago made an at
tack on Thai Nguyen in upper Tonquin
and were repulsed with heavy loss,
LORD Northbrooke will return to Eng
land by way of Paris. While in that city
he will have an interview with Ferry.
The canoe Neptune, twenty feet long.
Norway, and is preparing to start for
America.
Emperor William has conferred upon
mander of the Eighth Army Corps, the
decoration of the order of the Red Eagle.
The Car, Prince Of Wales and King of
land to make some arrangement with En-
peror William in regard to Brunswlck's S
succession.
According to the latest reports that have
reached Dongola, only merchants of Ber-
Der from Khartoum were on board the
steamer which ran aground some days ago
at Wady Garna.
Egyptian correspondence published in
London paper last week shows that the
British government has offered S1OO, O0O to
any Shiekah who would secure Gordon's
safe retreat from Khartoum.
Earl Granville has obtained the assent
of the German and French governments
to the proposals to permit the work of the
Congo conference to extend to complete
settlement of the Congo question.
Duamas, member of the municipal
government of Marseilles, has fled with
1900 francs, which were intended for dis
tribution among the cholera sufferers. A
warrant has been issued for his arrest.
United States Minister Lowell has writ
ten that he will be unable, on account OF
pressure OF business, to accept an invita-
ton rendered him 30 be present at the an
nual cutters feast at Sheffield England.
The London Post has former apollo
gized to Fred Archer for the charges OF
unfair riding at the Doncaster and Man
chester meetings, and the jockey has
Withdrawn his libel suit against the
paper.
The comet recently discovered by Pro.
fessor Wolf, of Heidelberg. and Professor
Copeland, of England is now visible to
the naked eye at Alexandria. 1t appears
as nebulous body, condensed at center
and devoid of tail.
A heavy dock gate has fallen into the
sea near the entrance to the harbor OF
Havre, France, obstructing navigation
Until it is removed it will prevent the in
gress of the steamers of the General
Tran. satlantic Line.
The citizens of Catania, Sicily, have sub
scribed sufficient sum to redeem the
golden cross, which was presented to the
Cardinal of San Felice by the Pope, and
which the former gave to the sufferers by
the recent tornado there.
The appropriation for the Harbor of
Refuge at Kingsville, at Lake Erie, prov.
ing insufficient to complete the work, a
petition for an additional grant of $40 ,0OC
has been forwarded to the Canadian gov.
ernment, and is favorably received.
A Toronto dispatch says: The statement
telegraphed from London that Canada has
offered men and money to the Cape Colo
nies, to sustain them in the struggle with
Beers, is news to the Canadiana. No such
offer has ever been made public here.
Says a London dispatch: Sir Charles
Dixie, President of the local government
board, in a speech at Oldham recently,
said if the Tories would propose reason
able Redistribution scheme the govern
ment would be found anxious to meet
them.
A Montreal dispatch of recent date
says the evidence furnished the authori
ties in connection with the Quebec explo
sions, shows the outrage was not com.
mitted by Irish Nationalists, as supposed
but by enemies of the contractor of the
parliament building.
Three of the brigands who attacked the
Turkish mail caravan from Bagdad, near
Constantinople recently, and robbed it of
$500, 900, have been captured by the troops
The others will soon be captured. Part oi
the money has been recovered, and an
other portion is also expected to be Sc
cured.
In the French Chamber of Deputies last
week, Lauquis placed on the table ar
amendment to the cattle customs bill
which proposes to fix duty of five francs
per hundred Kilograms on foreign corn
The amendment also proposes that the
principal authorities of the provinces be
empowered to fix the price of bread and
meat.