Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-03-02
General Foreign News by Cable.

THE SUSPENSION OF MIR o'BRIEN
LONDON, March 1T Is expected that Mr..
Parnell viii move an adjournment of the house
of commons tomorrow 10 discuss the suspen-
sion OF Mr.. O'Brien.
THE POPE AND KING HuMBERT,
ROME, March 2.-Ihe FdnfiSild states that the
Spanish minister here recently invited king
Humbert 10 inspect the articles which hac been
collected for a lottery I'm aid Of the arthquake
sufferers i'm Spain. The Spanish minister 20
the quirinal and the vatican both reside i'm the
same house, and Cardinal Jacobini, papal secre-
tary of state. wrote a letter giving warning that
ii King Iumbert We're received I'm the apart
tleuts OF the representative to the vatican the
papal nuncio nj Madrid would he recalled. A
partition dividing the apartments Was accord
ingly hastily constructed The Italian govern.
ment has addressed a complaint To the Madrid
cabinet In regard Ia the matter.
BEACH DEFEATS CLIFFORD
LONDON, March "A dispatch from sydney
SAYS the sculling match between Beach and
won by the former.
THE QUEEN Orders RUST OF GEN. GORDON.
LoNpoN, March Queen Victoria has or.
dered Mr. B9ehm, the sculptor, 10 make a bust
OF Gen. Gordon for Windsor Castle.
THE AFGHAN rRoSTrER DISPUTE
BERLIN, March 2.-The North German Ga.
zette, referring To the Afghan controversy, says
the only real subject of dispute is the oasis Of
Penjdeh, which the Afghans occupied last sum.
mer, but that no English Russian statesman
would make a cGsifs betf OF this matter.
THE pREGoN's PAssENGERs.
QUEENSTOWN. March 2.-The steamer Ore
gon sailed hence yesterday for New York She
mas on board Mr.. John W. Mackay, the CalifOr~
MIA millionaire, and MeSsrs Cochrane, Duguay
and Miller, officers OF the Canadian Noyageurs
recently on service i'm Egypt
EXPRESSIONS OF SYMPATHY FOR GEN. GRANT.
LONDON, March 2-The Standard saws this
morning that the alarming character OF Gen.
Grants Illness will cause universal distress.
The sympathy OF the public viii be intensified
by the unfortunate condition of the generals
financial affairs and the knowledge that ne n
deeply wounded but is too proud to complain.
AN INDIAN FORCE To OCCUPY CABUL.
LONDON. March "A Persian paper states
that the Ameer of Afghanistan has been OF.
dered To have the road from Herat 10 Pesbawus
10y way of Cabul Immediately put I'm repair to
facilitate the march OF an Indian corps to oc-
cupy Cabul.
THINK GLADSTONE WILL RESIGN.
LONDON, March "A majority of the Ger
man and Austrian newspapers are of the opinion
that the Gladstone cabinet VIII speedily fall,
The italian papers do not think that change
of government in England will greatly infiu-
ence the relations of England and Italy. The lat
ter, they say has true and safe friends Ina tbd
conservative party as il has among the liberals.
The Strike Of Wabash Employee.
SPRINGFIELD ILL.,, March 2.-In the strike
of the Wabash shopmen at this place there ara
now 100 out against nincty-eight Friday afters
noon. All the employees In the boiler shop hava
quit, including the foreman, and the men exc
press a determination to remain out unless the
original payroll is restored. The managers say
| they can get along a week as they are, and II
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