Connecticut western news., 1885-02-11
UNITED STATES CONGRESS.
SENATE.


 The Senate passed Senator ColIum's Inter- State Commerce bill. It provides for Q Com mission of nine members, one to come from each Judicial Circuit of the United States, and each to receive 47 800 salary.
 The Senate considered the House bill for the retirement and recoinage of the trade dollar, and the Senate amen 1ment to suspend the coinage of the standard silver dollar Mir. Morrill,, of Vermont, made long speech on the bill, in which he said the Government was under no obligation to redeem the trade dol lar. Mr. McPherson, of New Jersey, favored immediate suspension of the coinage of silver, and argued thatit was the moral and legal duty of the United States to redeem the trade dollar at it's face value.
 Mr. Holman of Indianna introduced bill which provides that any person who shall give any of his property to be used, directly or in- directly, in securing vote for or appointment to any office under the Government shall be punished by fine not exceeding $500 and im- prisonment not exceeding one year.
 FOREIGN ITEMS.
 The police have ascertained that the Greek church at Jacobstadt, Russia, was destroyed by dynamite, and not burned, as has been re- ported,
 Turkey demands the withdrawal of the Italian troops from the Red Sea. Tho Prince of Wales had narrow escape | in railway collision while on his way from Paris to Cannes.
 In all parts of England and in Canada | subscriptiony are being raised to defray the expenses of the trial of Mrs. Dudley, who shot | Rossa.
 l A reconnoitering party of 80 English Hus- | sars, which had burned an Arab village were surrounded by 5000 Arabs and had marrow escape from slaughter. Three Egyptians and eight Hussars were killed The Arab loss wal l severe.
 The London Standard warns Mir. Parnel to beware in time lest he share the fate oi | ODonovan Rossa.
 | A Paris correspondent gives an interview with Polish prince on the unhappy state ot his country. The Czar has issued another op pressive ukase.
 The London police say that Cunningham is one of the men who perpetrated the out rages in the underground railway.
 Admiral Courbet telegraphs to the War Office that the French forces, after a severe fight. have carried the Chinese works com manding the Kelung mines. He says that thC French troops lost nine killed and fifty-thret wounded, and that the Chinese loss was heavy
 The French are destroying hundreds o fishing and trading craft, killing their crew or sending them to Kelung. The inhabitant of Hong Kong are indignant that such opera tions should be allowed.
 The London police have re ceived informa ton of plot to blow up Wes minister Abbey with dynamite.
 The French have captured the coal mines of Kelung from the Chinese, sustaining a loss of sixty killed and wounded.
 Portugal has annexed both banks of the Congo river and the contested coast line. | News has been received from Pekin of the execution of two Chinese governors for having permitted the French to capture Bacninh. A third governor is on trial for cowardice in the engagement which resulted in the French ob- taining possession of Foo Chow.
 There is evidently feeling of grave ap- prehension among the police of Russia on ac- count of it's becoming known that the Nihilists have of late been secretly melting all classes or workmen to an uprising. Extraordinary measures are being taken to prevent the sue cess of any widespread instruction. | A man supposed to be dynamiter, wal arrested in England, on board railway trair at Derby. A large quantity of an explosive compound was found in his possession.
 The authorities of Dublin, have renewed their prohibition against the circulation ir Ireland of ODonovon Rossa's newspaper.
 The French are busy destroying and sink. ing Chinese junks and making prisoners oi the crews. The latter are transported tC Kelung and there placed in chains
 The nervous tension of the London public was illustrated by startling natural phenome non. A storm of rain and wind had ragged al day and at 7:3O p. m, it tculminated in a terrific peal of thunder. The report startled tht whole metropolis. and a rumor spread Iik, wildhfe to the effect that the General Pos Office, in St. Martins le Grand, had been de moished by dynamite. Fearful excitement fol owed.