Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-15
Foreign Intelligence.

Mr. GLADSTONE stated in the Britt h
House of Commons on the 9th that the Gov
ernmert had no intention of assuming con-
troll of Egypt and that the troops would
be withdrawn at the earliest moment pos
sible.
IT has been decided by the Ontario
Legislature that women shall be admitted
as students in the Toronto Provincial
University, and the fair sex are now petit
tioning the local Government for the right
to vote.
THE fiftieth anniversary of Toronto,
Can, was celebrated on the 9Th by opening
Il free library and firing salute5.
AN affray occurred a few days ago at
Pressa, Italy, between railway laborers
and villagers, during which eight persons
were killed and fourteen wounded by car
bineers, who were endeavoring to suppress
the riot.
ADIvCEs of the 7th from Cairo state that
Osman Digma's troops were determined
to fight to the last, and the rebel leader
had positively refused to negotiate with
General Graham. He totally ignored the
flags of truce sent out from Suakim. Cen
eral Graham had begun his advance against
the rebel stronghold.
THE President on the 7th announced in
the German Reichstag the death of Lasker
and other members during the recess. a
warm discussion ensued, the Progressists
thanking the American House of Repre-
sentatives for its action, AMI the Conserv-
atives defending Bismarck's doings.
IT was announced the 7th that the
Parnellites, irritated at the refusal of the
British Government to reopen the Irish
land question, proposed to begin an immc-
diate agitation in Ireland, and to make
CT To he fn al nd ia
amendment of the Land ac'. They would
open subscriptions to special fund for
agitation purposes.
UNDER suspicion of afliliation with dyn
amiters eighty-three persons were on the
OH nnder police surveillance i'll France. y
dynamite cartridge exploded i'll the Gus
| tom house at Lyons, killing an official.
A LARGE number of people at Fresnuelo
on the Sth witnessed the driving of the last
spike in the Mexican Central Railroad,
making continuous line from the capital
usw.~ ~ DTumn uecIared in n recent letter
to Sneikh that he would drink the blood
of the Turks and their allies.
AT Ottawa, Can, tie heaviest snow
storm known in forty years prevailed on
the 10th. On the principal streets sleiGhs
were travelling on a level with sign boards
over store doors. All railroad travel was
suspended.
In Havana on the 10th almost n panic
prevailed over the monetary stringency
and the low prices of sugar. The failure
of three extensive exporting and banking
| houses reported, and other firms were
regarded with distrust.
ADvICEs Of the 10th from Paris state
| that an advanced Irish Nationalist had
| declared that the Nationalists were az.
moved, but in no way discouraged, at the
| failure of the dynamite attempts. They
were determined to persevere. He pre-
dicted a long series of explosions in En-
| gland in the immediate future. Mechan-
| ism had been invented which rendered ex-
| ploSion certain.
| INSTRUCTIONS were being received on
| the 10th by seventy picked detectives for
! the pursuit of dynamiters. The Invinci-
| bles of Paris had selected four men to take
| the life of McDermott, the informer. The
! police of Vienna ard Pesth had discovered
| an extensive plot. A policeman at the
| Capital of Moravia was murdered by An
archiStS.