The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-02-07
FOREIGN FACTS.
EpitOme OF Events Across the water
kALAkUA DECORATED.

, NobAN SINS lIldI III
> steamer Rasborjnik arrived with al
envoy, bringing King Kalakua Rus
! sian decoration in diamonds.
: INDEMNITY.
= CONSTANTINoPLE. Jan. 3O.-Gen
d Lew Wallace. American minister. has
: demanded from the Porte an indemni-
1 ty of $1,000 on account of the alleged
4 illegal arrest of DR.. Phom, American,
Y by the governor of AscoS: also indem-
: nifty for American travellers recently
: attacked by the kurdish brigands in
[ Anatala.
; BRADLAUGH.
. LONDON. Jan. 30.-Bradlaugh ac-
quesceS in the suggestion of Labou-
chere that he make no effort to take
the oath on the opening of Parliament,
but remained below the bar. On the
18th of February. however. he will
advance to the table of the House of
Commons to take the prescribed oath.
In the meantime NOrthcote will make
no motion of hostility towards Brad
laugh and will not support any Con-
Servative who does.
RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 30.-The i'm
perial council will shortly consider
the question of forming a Russian
American company for the erecting of
elevators.
In spite of the many arrests. the
Agrarian agitation continues in
l'Skow and Vitebsk. So intense is
the irritation of the peasants that in
the latter province the governor has
telegraphed to st. Petersburg. asking
that the troops, especially at Vitebsk, |
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Appeals addressed to the educational |
classes have appeared in Russian, urg-
ing them to join in the struggle |
against dissolution.
LORNE S OPINION.
LONDON, Jan. 30.-At a meeting of |
| the Society of Arts last evening, the |
Marquis of Lorne presiding. paper
was read upon emigration TO Canada.
Calf, lately high commissioner for
Canada, said 200,OO0000 acres of land
had been given away in farms on the
simple condition that farmers should
have the right of ownership. The
Marquis of Lorne said he had been
greatly surprised to see most extra
ordinary telegram purporting to ema-
nate from New York, which asserted
that the finances of Canada were in a
bad way and were going generally to
the devil but he had been relieved
next day by receiving letter from
the secretary Of the high commissioner
for Canada which showed that the
figures in the despatch were altogether
erroneous, in many instances hun
dredS of thousands of dollars out of
the way. This led him to the conclu-
sion that while many people in Amer
lea were kindly affected towards Great
Britain and things British, certain
others were quite the reverse. AS far
as he himself was concerned he could
only speak most lovingly of the
American people, but at the same time
Englishmen should not allow their
love for their klnsmen across the
Atlantic to make them forget their
own flock in America, who had the
first claim upon them.
REFUSED.
LONDON, Jan. 29.-PermIssion to
erect monument to Luther at Riga
was refused by the Russian author
tiles.
BURIED.
VIENNA, Jan. 29-The funeral of (
the murdered detective Bloch, was at
tended by an immense throng of peo- ;
pie. WreatheS in great numbers were [
placed upon the coffin. The murderer s
has shown such violence at times that
it was necessary to place him in irons
HICKS ARMY. .
KHARTOUM, jar ga refugee
from Elobeid reports that be saw Ma
jor Won Sickendorf stabbed to death !
while on his bed in the hospital. Ed !
mumd O'Donovan, correspondent of !
the Daily News, was killed near Gen. !
Hicks. The rest Of the Europeans be-
longing to the army he saw lying
dead after the battle
THE HAPPY CzAR. l
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 29.-Sabie- 3
loft, officer of the gend' armes, ordered =
to Kharkhoff by Colonel Sideiken, to +,
nihiliSm, was assassinated !
on the Goth inst. The police discov- z
cred plot for the uprising of the :
peasants in little Russia and also a =
scheme for putting strychnine in the 4
Cars bread. Many arrests were 4
made. q
TORONTO, Jan. 29--The American =
lumber company has assigned. The T
had capital of million dol r
lars. 1t formed some years ago and h
owned extensive mills. The banks !.
mainly interested are, Toronto bank, y
Quebec bank and the Bank of Com y
merce. Liabilities foot up close to a /,
million dollars, half of which secured F
the Bank of Commerce, the largest n
creditors. z
ENGLAND AND EGYPT. q
LONDON, Jan. 31.-An urgent sum- ~ ~
mons has been issued to the Conserv- :,
atives. The Wing states an amend n
nent e'ative to the Egyptian policy of I;
,he government will be moved to the II
address in reply to the queens speech. o.
and that an important division will II
n all probability he taken on The 7th q,
IF February. There will be another II
division also on the 18th of February, o,
when Bradlaugh attempts to take his
seat.
Thomas Cook s. Son, who control
he entire steamboat traffic of the n
Nile, will be asked to place every b
available steamer, barge and sail boat m
n readiness to convey troops, stores b.
md muni tions of war to upper Egypt, fl
md also to bring any number of peo- al
Die down the river in case the evac- il
Iation of Khartoum is decided upon. b.
The manager has started for Egypt to F
the matter in person. il
DEFAULTERS. "
LONDON, Jan. 31.-P. w. Thomas s.
Sons 81 Co., stock brokers, have been II
declared defaulters. They were car y
wing on large speculative accounts Z;
If the Grand Trunk and Mexican or u
linary securities. One member of the u
irm has absconded. The stock ex- IL
change was astounded at the disclos- a
Tres following the failure. Business n
s almost at a standstill The firm II
yves inside the stock exchange $780, d
100, and to customers e800,O0O. AS u
;etS are believed to be nil. The Corn 8
sh bank and insurance company are .
heavy sufferers. q
SOCIALISTIC DISTURBANCES. 81
VIENNA, Jan. 31.-Appprehension 81
If further socialistic disturbances has
ed to the adoption of extraordinary
measures by the ministry. By virtue
If a law of 1869 they have published q,
IN ordinance which proclaims kind ~
If martial law in the district of vi .s
,nna. In Karrenburg and Wiener cr
Neustadt special measures have been Is
adopted also, with reference to sus- x
1icious letters and dangerous publica- o,
ions. In Vienna and Karrenbur 81
rial by jury is suspended. al
GLADSTONE. CT
LONDON, Jan. 31.-A deputatiOn of Ill
Indian residents of London, many of p;
hem brilliantly attirtd in native cos 81
5umes, presented Gladstone with a W