The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1885-07-19

London, July 1S.-Despatches re-
ceived from Paris this afternoon re-
port that the French foreign Office
has received information which
shows conclusively that the Russians
are determined on seizing Herat, and
that the massing OF Russian troops
now going ON at Zulilkar pass iii
for that purpose. A cabinet council,
is now being held and the Russo
Afghan boundry question is the sub
THE AMER AS A STAR.
London, July lS-The proclamation
of the amecr of Afghanlstau, annomc.
ing the receipt by him of the decora.
ton of the Star of India and declar.
ing that he was now entitled to and
from the Candahaar army if neces-
sary, was issued at Herat. The
ameer in his proclamation ordered an
illumination of Herat to celebrate
his investure with the order.
sALIsBURY's SURRENDER.
London, July lS.-The News, in q
leading editorial to-day says !: "Signs
of alliance between tire Marquis OF
Salisbury and Parnell are obvious.
We know of nothing more discredita-
Bile i'll the history of parliament than
this combination of conservatives and
Parnellites in an attempt to decry
their predecessors, unless ii be the
eflrontery with which the compact is
disclosed. The marquis of Salisbury
has made Parnell more completely
than ever, master of Ireland and al.
most master OF himself.
The Telegraph regrets that minis
tiers appear inclined to maintain
themselves in their present position
by an undue indulgence of Irish de-
mands, and hopes that conservatives
will not adopt Randolph Churchill's
policy of disclaiming responsibility
for the acts of their precursors. "The
conservative party" says the Tele'
graph, "must assume responsibility fol
some of those acts, aud the country
will not allow it to repudiate them
with impunity.
ENGLISH TURF NOTES.
London, July lS.-At the second
day of the Manchester, July meeting
the race for the July handicap was
won by Tiambo tonial; Beaumont sec
ond; A. l.. b. third; there were seven
starters.
SALISBURY STILL DALLYING.
London, July lS.-After the cabinet
council this afternoon the Marquis OF
Salisbury, Lord Iddlesleigh, Sir Stat.
ford Northcote and Sir Michael Hicks
Beach had a consultation at the for
eign office with Baron DE Staal, Rus.
sian ambassador to London. 1t IL un'
derstood that the conference was oil
the Afghan question, and II is stated
that negotiations between the English
and Russian governments for an am
icable adjustment of the entire dis
pute are proceeding In a friendly aud
satisfactory manner. MIR. Condit
stephens, the special courier sent by
Sir Peter Lumsden, chief of the Brit
ish-Afghan boundary commission
from Pendjch, at the time of the diff
Guilty there, to London to give tn,
Gladstone ministry special informa
ton concerning the Pcndjeh battle
was at the foreign office during tn,
conference all day, helping to elucldat,
the problem raised by the increase o
the Russian force now at Zulika
pass.
HOW YlANcB FEELS.
London, July pa dispatch from
Paris to the Exchange Telegraph com
pany, says that the French ambassa
dor at st. Petersburg, who was abou
to leave on furlough to enjoy a va
cation, has been ordered to remain n
his post because of the gravity of tn
Afghan difficulty.
strike AT OLDHAM.
London, July lS.-Twenty thousan
cotton mil operatives at Oldham will
1t is thought, go out on strik
, against 10 per cent. cut in thei
' wages.
MUNSTER BANK MATTERS.
! Dublin, July. lS.-The Eunis shar
l holders of the Munster bank have r
solved to ask the directors TO ca
thirty sbillings per share and thus al
81, 1875 600 to the banks capital and
request depositors to delay Withdraw
y ing their money for six months,
give time to the management to d
, yelop the institutions resources.
THE OPIUM OUTRAGE.
!, London, July lS.-The Marquis
0 Salisbury, for England aud the Ma
u quis Tseng, for China, will to-day sil
the new opium treaty between Chi
10 and Great Britain, by the terms
e which the interior of the empire
! opened up fully to the opion trade.
" THE AFGHAN's CONFIDENT.
London, July 49, The ameer
Afghanistan having been invest
'p with the order Of the Star of Ind
r, has proclaimed that in virtue OF I
Of investure he is entitled TO the aid
I'd the Indian army If necessary.
Iy The members of the Brltish-Afgh
s. commission now in Herat report Il
IN everything is quiet In that city, a
a. that the people express confidence
be being able to repel any attack that
a. be made by the Russians.
b, ENGLISH DIPLOMACY.
of Simla, India, July lS.-The am
RI has agreed to let English officers
ir | o wise the defenses OF Herat.
ct boundary commission is now
nd camped ten miles from the city.