Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-05-28
EIGN.

LONDON, May 23,-1he Indian govern
ment proposes, with II luan of $50, 00O, 900,
sanctioned by parliament, to rapidly
strengthen the railway system of India,
in both commercial and military sense.
There will be expended $40, SOC, 900 in
constructing railway west of the Indus;
100000, 900 will be Ibid out in building
another railway on the east side of the
Indus, includinga ferry across that river;
~, OOO, 900 will he used in the building
of n bridge ; 81 900, 900 will he spent in
the construction of another road on the
west side of the Indus and crossing the
Pisheen plateau, and 81 800, 900 will he
expended in still another line west of the
Indus.
1t is stated that the dynamitcr Cunning
ham, who early in the week was sentenced
to imprisonment for life, has shown
symptoms of insanity since he has been
confined in Chatham prison.
PARIS, Mny 24.--The remains Of Victor
Hugo We're conveyed to the Are de
Triomphe to-day and laid in state ON "A
catnfnlque. M. Hugo bequcnthed $40, 900
to the poor. He left request that his
body should he conveyed to the grave in
II 'pauper hearse," without any religious
rites. In the document containing this
request Hugo allirms his belief in God. A
| fund for II national monument to the dead
poet has already been opened. Hugo
wished that his body he buried beside the
remains of his wife and daughter in the
little graveyard of the parish church OF
Vile Quier, on the right bank of the river
Seine, half way between Rouen and
Havre. This wish will be carried out
unless the government of France, to which
Hugo left the entire control of the ques,
ton of his burial, decides to have the
poets remains inferred in the Pantheon
MADRID, May 23.-The Spanish govern
ment has presented to the Cortes n bill
authorizing the Spanish admiralty to ex
pend 26,0OO,000 pesetas annually for d
period of 10 years in the construction
of first-class ironclads, eight cruisers Of
the first class, seven cruisers of the second
class, 40 cruisers of the third class, &c
gnnboats, and Go torpedo bouts. All
these vessels are TO be of the best con
struction, and the bill authorizes tn,
admiralty to have them built in either
home or foreign yards.
LONDON, May 25.-The political situa
ton in England is not only regarded 10y
Englishmen MS anomalous, but it nov
forms the chief subject of comment in nj
the Continental papers. The leading
organs of European public opinion out.
side of England severely criticise the
present British ministry. Mr.. Gladston,
gets the hons share of all this continue
denunciation. The Vienna MOnCidY's Re
gieao says TINT it is possible that the Eng.
llsh parliament may absolve Mr.. Glad
stone and his cabinet for their laundering
management of British foreign affairs
but it thinks that sooner or later the
British people will denounce the ministry
that has sacrificed the honor and the
vital interests of the British empire"
The Atge'neine ZeituRg of Vienna snys
that Mr.. Gladstone has Imported IN
"aimless nervousness" into European
politics which, the paper declares, is
alternating the continental powers from
England. "WhO (what natiOn) would be
rash enough TO be Gladstonc's friend Y
asks the Zeitung. The RaSsegua of Rome
advises Italy to closely observe the nego
tiations in progress between England and
the Porte for Turkish occupation Of
Suakin. Such IN occupation would
seriously modify Italy's position Mt Mas
sowuh, the RdSsegla says, and italy i,
intensely interested in Englnnd's inten
tions concerning it.
PARIS, May 25.-Vietor Hugos funeral
will take place next Sunday. The poet'i
body will lie in state under the Arcade
rriomphe until Saturday. The Com
lnunists of Paris have resolved to attend
his funeral and to march with red flags il
the procession. If they do, ii is believed
there will be n riot.
MADRID, May 25.-The government hal
prohibited the incubation of people witt
cholera virus pending the decision of til,
board of health,