The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-13
Gable Notes.

The Quetta railway will be extended to
Khojoha pass
1t is rumored that an alliance has been formed
between Servia and Austria.
No advices have been received in London
affirming the report of the death of Ell Mahdi.
1t is expected that the Pope's communication
with China will lead to the appointment of a
papal nuncio at Pekin.
Fifty houses in the commercial quarter of the
city of Kursk, Russia, have been destroyed by
fire. The loss is heavy.
DR.. Oliver Wendell Holmes has been added to
the council of the American Exhibition, to be
held In London next year.
Mr.. Gladstone will not acquiesce in the deci-
sion to drop the Crofters bill. He will urge the
passage of the bill this session.
The German consul at Zanzibar has been re-
called. The English have established perfect
understanding with the Sultan.
The Berlin Tagblatt says that the coming visit
Of the Crown Prince Frederick William to Brus
sells and Antwerp has direct political object
1t is understood the Indian governmcnthas re-
ceived assurances that the negotiations between
England and Russia are progressing favorably.
By order of the Italian government Professor
Fummo has started for Valencia, to study DIR.
Ferran's system of inoculating with cholera mi
crobes.
DR.. Eckbardt will go to Tunis at the end of
the present month to succeed Consul general
Natcntgal, or Germany.
The English commission is on the Zarnmast
hills, fifty miles northeast Of Herat. By Sep
tember Herat will be fortified with 20, coo men
in defense.
The health of Louis Kossuth the venerable
Hungarian patriot, continues to be precarious
and his physicians have sent him to the Lanzo
valley, in the Savoy Alps
The harvesting of the crops in the neiehbor
hood of Berlin is nearly completed. The soldiers
helped, as usual and many Of the stone masons
who are on strikes also assisted.
The Gaiety Theatre, London, was crammed
on Saturday night, by an audience which at
tended to welcome Mile. Bernhardt, who APP
peared in 'Theodora." The greatest enthusiasm
was manifested, and the actress received many
recalls
Miss Mary Anderson contemplates making her
debut in the character of Rosalnd at Stratford-
on-Avon. Her boys dress W. not be com
promise Forbes Robertson who engaged to
support her is the eldest of famous art
critic of the same name He is t.irty-two years
old and has been on the stage eleven years
1t is stated that SIR Andrew Cornegie the
wellknown millionaire ironmaster of Pittsburg,
has received several invitations from Liberal
borough clubs to stand for member of Parlia-
nent at the general elections in November next.
buthas so far declined to accept such honOrs. All
the newspapers owned by Messrs. Carnegie IL
Storey are said TO be doing we'll
Ex- United States Consul S. B. Packard left
Liverpool to-day for New York on the steam
ship Aurana, of the Cunard line. large
number of leading citizens of Liverpool who
had previously presented Mr.. Packard with
superb album containing the photographs of
Mayor Radcliffe, Recorder AspLwall and other
prominent public men. went down to tho Cunard
dock and saw the ex-Consul off.
The celebrated watering place of Weisbaden is
being rapidly deserted on account of the alarm
ing spread OF typhus at that fashionable resort.
1t is stated that the number of cases averages
ffty-six daily, but the mortality is compare
lively slight The Sanitary Commission is in
dustriously at work trying to eradicate the dis
ease and to discover the cause Of the outbreak;
but as yet has met with little success
Mr.. Michael ]. Cramer, ex- United States Min
lister TO Switzerland, left Berne last Thursday
route for his former home in Kentucky
Quite crowd of diplomates and friends assem-
bed at the railway station to see him OFF, and
many expressions Of sincere regret at his depart
ure were heard on every hand. On the morning
of the day of his departure he presented Mr. Boyd
Winchester, his successor, to Vicepresident
Deucher