The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-03
FOREIGN TELEGRApH1c NEWS.

Prince Bismarck's annual revenues are
about $25, 600.
The wife of Lord Tennyson is con-
frmed invalid.
A trout has lived thirty years in well
In Harwich, Eng.
German horse dealers are purchasing
largely in England.
Froude, the English historian, promises
to visit America soon.
The Victoria, B. c., City Council refuse
to pass the Sunday law.
The Pope has decided to create another
cardinal in the United States.
High life at Monaco is now said to have
fastened Prince Leopolds death.
The Czech maestro Anton Dvorak is the
musical lion of the hour in London.
In Hindoostan criminals are killed by a
trained elephant that steps on them.
Edison is to have his lamps tried in the
great hospital of Paris, the Hotel Dieu.
Germany has increased it's beet crop iif
ten years from 1900, 600 to 8,500,0O0 tons.
A new Russian loan of 81, 500, 600 will be
devoted to the construction of railways.
Mexico will send band and battalion
OF troops with her exhibit at New Orleans.
Sardou is at work on a new play, the
chief part in which is intended for Bern
hardt.
Marquis Tseng has been summoned to
Pekin. 1t is expected he will return to
England.
General Gordon is said to be the only
Christian who is prayed for in the mosques
at Mecca.
Over 100 steamers lie idle in the Tyne,
and the British ports are crowded with
destitute sailors.
Half of the Arab quarters at Port Said
were burned last week, and 1900 Arabs
are rendered homeless.
The Grand Trunk Railway employees at
Montreal and Stratford have accepted a
per cent reduction for six months.
Rudolph, Crown Prince of Austria, and
wife, Princess Stephanie, have arrived at
Bucharest. They were received with an
ovation.
Advices from Tamatin say the French
sent flag of truce to Malagesis with
modified terms of treaty. Peace is now
probable.
At meeting recently of delegates rep
resenttng mine employees in all northern
France the proposition for general strike
was rejected.
General Gordon has telegraphed to
Evelyn Barring that his position is hope.
less unless Zebehr Pasha be sent to Khar-
toum immediately.
Gold to the amount of $2,340,000 was
shipped from New York for Europe last
week and it is expected that a larger
amount will be forwarded soon.
1t is reported from Darmstadt that
Queen Victoria is suffering from lumbago
She is confined to the palace and receives
daily visits from her physicians.
The Spanish War Department reports
that the revolutionary force of General
Aguero in Cuba is 400 strong, and is
making for the mountains of Las Tumas,
Won Moltke is i'll with catarrh of the
lungs at Berlin. He has obtained long
leave of absence, and will retire to his
estate at Silesta. He retains nominal com.
mand of the staff.
Sir Edward Walker, M. p, offers e1 ,O0C
toward the rescue of General Gordon. He
asks the London papers to open fund fol-
this purpose, where he says E200, 800 would
be collected in few hours.
The refugees from Shendy, who were
massacreed, consisted of Copts, Egyptians
Assyrians and Greeks. Before they left
Khartoum, General Gordon said to them
You are safe in Khartoum, but go if you
like"
Ship owners in the north of England
will hold a meeting to arrange for the
withdrawal, for four months, of one
fourth of the vessels in use with the pur
pose of raising rates in the steam freight
market.
The proprietors of Tedder Steel Works
of Prussia, including Knuff, inform the
workmen that over-production compels
them to reduce the number of working
hours. There are some threats to stop
their works.
princess Alice's Memoirs" contain he1
complete correspondence with the Queen
until her death. The work excites greater
interest than did the Queens book. One
hundred and fifty thousand copies were
issued as the first edition.
The Emperor of Germany keeps to his
room, but continues to receive visitors
and works throughout the day. The con.
dition of the Empress causes the gravest
disquiet in court circles, in which heI
death is considered matter of only few
weeks.
The steamship Reliance, built last year
and valued at $3.50, 900, was wrecked off
Bahia, Brazil, with her carge, including
1000 bags of coffee. The passengers, crew
and mails were saved. Minister Osborne
en- route from Brazil to the United States
was on board.
A telegram from Berber, dated April
18th, states that the reports of the recent
massacre at Shendy are exaggerated. The
loss of refugees and soldiers was only
slight. Hussein Pasha, Governor of Ber
ber, says he and the garrison will die al
their post of duty.
News has been received at the City oil
Mexico that band of men are in rebel
lion against the governor of the State
Guemero was defeated at Tapiache, on the
Pacific coast, with a loss of ffty-twc
killed. Colonels MeTols and Neri are NOV
ing against the remnant
A dispatch from Halifax, N. S., states
that Captain Scott, in his official report OF
the result of the inquiry into the loss o1
the steamer Daniel Steinmann. says thai
Captain Schoonhoven made no observation
on the day of the disaster, and was, there
fore, uncertain of his position.
The Anglo French commission to regu
late the Newfoundland fisheries has ter
minated its labors. France renounces its
right to fishing in certain bays and
islands, and will exercise strict supervi
sion over places where the former treaties
empower French subjects to fish.
A canister of gunpowder exploded last
week in the barracks in Ship street, Dub
lin. Windows of the barracks were shat.
tered. Officers residing in the rear, di
rectly above, were uninjured, although
several pieces of iron rod, two inches long
were found scattered about. No arrests
An Associated Press dispatch from Mon
treal states that Kennedy, of New York
some time ago resigned from the director.
ate of the Canadian Pacific Railroad Com
pany. The Montreal Argus states that the