The Worthington advance., 1884-05-01
Hug9ets Of 1orsixn Wevs.


AtTrenton Falls, Ont The Crandall house
and sixteen other buildings wore burned.
Loss, $3o, 900; insurance, $4,000
Prince Leopold was refused by Miss Barring,
Lady Ashburton's daughter, whose coming mar
riage was announced tho day he died
The pope will hold consistory about the
end Of June, when he will create several car
dinals. Eleven hats await disposition
London Truth says that Sam Ward is recov-
ering from an attack of fever at Rome Ef-
forts to induce him and his nephew to join the
Catholic church failed
Prot. Theodore Mommsen, who has been
prominent member of the Reichstag, declines
seeking reelection to that body. His present
action is taken because of his aversion to pub
lie disputes with the government
Sir Edward Watkin, NJ p, offers 81, 1000
toward the rescue OF Gen. Gordon He asks.
the London Papers to open a fund for this
purpose. He says: ''TWO hundred Thousand
pounds would be collected in few days"
Official kilograms received by Mr.: Baize,
consul general of Guatemala state that tho at,
tempt on the life of President Barrios has no
political Significance. The assassin, Mr. Bai2
thinks, is some crank initiating Booth and
Guiteau.
In Dublin the jury returned verdict that,
Elliott, Swords, Byrne and Fitzpatrick were
guilty of the murder of Mrs. Smythe. The
judge concurred, and sentenced each to ten
years penal servitude. Swords and Elliott
protested innocence.
The Anglo-French commission, to regulate
the Newfoundland fisheries, has terminated its
labors France renounccs tho right to fishing
III certain bays of the island, but will exercise
strict supervision over places where former
treaties empowered French subjects to fish.
The Dublin police regard the onlinous notices,
purporting to emanate from the Invinciblcs,
which were found in various parts of the city,
as hoax. The purpose Of this. they believe,
was to stimulate contributions of money from
America, which Of late have been seriously
falling of.
Minister James Russell Lowell presided
Thursday evening, the 25th over tho annual
glorifcation of the Robert Browning cult.
known as the meeting Of the Browning society,
which organized in October, 1881. The attend
ance was large and included most Of the literary
men now in London.
Bishop Whipple says he was standing in
rapt silence in Yorkminster, overcome by the
grand interior, when he was approached by a
typical countryman, who exclaimed: ''Wall,
stranger, there's one thing purity sariin, the
men who put up this here didn't build stun
houses for theirsers and old wooden houses
for their God, did they?'
The arrest of Pat Fitzgerald, the alleged
Fenian in London, was made the subject of Il
discussion in the commons on Thursday, tho
24th. William O'Brien called attention to ':this
hugger- -m'l:: ser system" Of secret societies and
secret inquiry Sexton condemned private cx-
animation. Harcourt, home secretary, repu-
dated the charges of inhumanity brought
against Trevalyan.
The English government has sent an invita-
ton to aproposed conference regarding Egypt
ian affairs to all the powers which signed the
treaty Of Berlin. 1t estimates that Egypt is
now in need of a fresh loan of 81, ,0OO,0NO in
order to meet the most pressing requirements
on it, and points out the difficulty Of devising
guarantee for such loan, inasmuch as all
the recourccs of Egypt are already pledged.
1t proposes no solution of the difficulty, but to
consider the question
Prince Bismarck is preparing radical re-
vision Of the constitution Of the empire He
proposes to amend the election law, making
new classification of electors. He will impose
upon deputies of the reichstag an oath of fideli-
ty to the constitution. If the reichstag rejects
these charges the German princes will be con-
voked i'll accordance with the terms of the
present constitution to frame new constitu-
ton embodying Prince Bismarck's IDEAS