The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-09-11
Cable Notes.

Emperor William and the Grown Prince have
gone to Carlsruhe.
The Irish athletic teams have sailed for Amer
ica via Londonderry.
The Bank of England has sent an additional
9500. 900 to the Bank of Ireland.
The Berlin Military Gazette announces that
Prince Henry, Of Battenberg, has resigned from
the army
The new steamer Bretagne, of the General
Transatlantic Company's feet, was launched at
Havre, yesterday.
The British steamer Auckland and the Ger
man gunboat Blitz were in collision in the North
sea, and the former was sunk.
Miss Van Zandt has been engaged to sing at
Moscow during the coming winter. She will re-
ceive $500 for each performance.
Several French officers who were trying to OBJ
tain view of the maneuvers Of the German
guards were compelled to retire.
M. Pechy. son of the President of the Hun
garian delegation in the Reichsrath. was killed
in a duel with Count Paul Festetics. at Pesth
Archbishop Walsh, in a speech at Castle
Knoch, yesterday, earnestly protested against
depriving Catholic children of State aid in their
education.
Floods have destroyed the crops in Bengal
The Calcutta district is submerged Several
land-slides have occurred, causing much damage
to railways.
Official intelligence having reached the Peru
Wan authorities of the death of General Grant,
the flags on the government buildings at Lima
were half masted on Friday
The international teegraphic conference has
adopted the German proposal for an information
al telephone system. The question of cable
tariffs has not yet been decided.
John K. Cross, member of Parliament for
Bolton, has started for the United States. to
study the labor problem in connection with the
present depression in business in Great Britain.
Sir Robert Hart resigned the British Ambassa
dorship at Pekin, because he feared that Ger
man would be appointed inspector of the Chinese
customs, and would combine with France to
oppose English interests.
The British government has refused pension
to Mr.. Cornwall secretary of the general
postoffce at Dublin, on the ground of his refusal
to continue his action against Mr.. O'Brien, of
United Ireland, for libel.
A dispatch from Hue says: "Thuong, the
Premier and Regent, was arrested on Tuesday
and imprisoned he will be replaced by the
prefect of Hannoi There have been numerous
massacres in Quin Hong and Tourane.
Letters from China represent that France lost
Is, O00'men in the Tonquin campaign, and that
her losses in money, including the cost of build
ing forts, hospitals and frontier defences, were
f43,000,0 900, while Chinas losses were 10O,O 900
men and f38. 100000.
The Countess of Kingston has offered the
tenants of her estates the largest in the south
of Ireland, facility to purchase their holdings
under the .and-purchase act She reminds them
that this is an unusual opportunity, which is not
likely to occur again.
DeLesseps is eniisting the influence of pow
erful financial houses in the interest of the
Panama Canal scheme, with view to securing
authority to issue additional shares. Premier
Brisson adheres to his determination to defer
action until after the elections.
The Independence Egyptienre, successor to
the Bosphore Egyptienne, placards the walls of
Cairo with broadsides, calling attention to its
published translations of the Pail Mall Gazette's
state of morals in the British Capital.
The London Daily News in consequence Of the
soreness felt over the absence of dividend on
Grand Trunk guaranteed and preferred stocks,
says efforts are making to form new board Of di-
rectors. II lays the blame for the absence OF
dividend 70 Sir Henry Tyler's hostility tc the
Canadian Pacific.