Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-04
FOREIGN NEWS,
ms. DUDLRY's ANTECKCEDRNfs,

MRS. DuDLRY's ANTEcKcEpENts.
LoSDoN, February 3.-Reports are circu.
lated here that Mrs. Dudley, before going t,
America, once attempted suicide, and wa.
sentenced to a term of imprisonment for tn,
%ofFense. The chaplain of the prison in which
she was confined, on being advised Of her at
tempt to kill Rosa, has taken passage on one
of the outgoing steamers for New York,
Much sympathy is expressed for Mrs. Dudley
and many subscriptions offered to a fund to
aid in defendidg her.
EXCITEMENT ABOUT c~UNNINGHAM's PRISON.
LONDON, February 3.-Cousiderable excite.
ment to-day was produced by the announce
meut that the friends of Cunningham, accused
of having caused the recent explosions in
London, arc already beginning to take steps
for his rescue. Early this morning the police
noticed a man lettering in the vicinity of the
prison. They watched him closely and finally
saw him put something in the letter box Of
the governor of the prison. They arrested
him. The parcel was found to be a paper on
which were a number of figures. The ar
rested man said his name was Goodyear, re-.
Gently released from an insane asylum. The
police claim to know him as an old bird, hav-
ing served a term of imprisonment there,
The authorities think that Goodyear's action
in depositing the paper in the box was simply
a ruse to learn what they have to contend
with in order to affect Cunningham's release
by blowing up the prison with dynamite and
giving the prisoners a chance to escape in the
confusion.
A BATTLE WITH HI ARABS.
PROBABLE ALLIANCE WI GREAT BRITAIN
AND H UNITED STATES.
LONDON, February ga leader IN this
evenings Pail Mall Gazette, advocating a TO-
ltInaI n11tnrnn hot uyan,, IN~anA D..A... - u
United States attracts attention. The Ameri-
can Republic Gazette says, that now at last it
is beginning to have Il policy. The doctrine of
complete isolation SO long maintained by
American statesmen has persisted. Minister
Kasson's presence and activity at the Berlin
conference on the Congo question must be
taken as a portent of things tie come.
cIeasing., influence in the work
of pacifying Africa. The Republic,
will ere long claim admittanca
into the European aropagus whenever deal
ing psrtaining..to the interest of the outside
boundaries of the European continent. Eng
lands duty therefore is to make the most of
this great fact. Blood ia thicker than water.
The United States is England's natural ally.
After the federation of the British Empire,
there will remain for British statesmen no
task SO comparable in Importance to that of
an alliance between Great Britain and the
great republic which sprung from England's
loins. This alliance the article concludes,
should be as close and useful to the two
great English speaking peoples as that be.
tween Austria AMI Germany. '"n
THE POLICE THIS EVENING
made another important arrest in connection
with the recent dynamite explosions. The
prisoner was pur ued several days and finally
run down by Police Inspectors Jarvis and
Aberllne, who have been conducting thh pros.
ecution against Cunningham. The brown
box which was purchased at White Chapel
and substituted for Cuuningham's brown
trunk in his Prescott street lodgings and
which mysteriously disappeared from his
rooms in Scarboro street Immediately after
the explosions, was found in the possession of
the man arrested this evening. The prisoner
was discovered in hiding in White Chapel.
not far from the lodgings last occupied by
Cunningham. 1t is said the police found in
the prisoners possession, besides the brown
box, other evidence of q very important ma
ture, and all necessary means of establishing
his identity. He will be arraigned tomorrow
at the Bow street police court.
SUAELM, February 3.-Major Chermside has
arrived here. The Arabs made an attack
upon the convey sent to Kassola. A stub
born fight ensued, resulting in the repulse of
the Arabs, who left go dead on the field.
Five Thousand Abassynian troops have been
sent by King John to relieve the garrison at
Galabot and Geerah
PORTUGAL ANNRXEs BOTH BANKS OFTHE CONGO.
LIVERPOOL, February 3.-The report that
Portugal had annexed both banks of the Con,
go river is confirmed.
ERMAN N FRENCH OFFICERS KILLED IN THE
MAHDI's ARMY,
PARIS, February ST is reported here that
two wpll-knpUn Eapnnan ,HS,arg onJ ana
Frenchman are among the killed on the Nah.
dis side in the recent battle in the SOudan.
IRISH N~ATIoNALIsTIC BosH.
DUBLIN, February 3.-The Irish are circu.
latinR a report that Mrs. Dudley was in the
pay of the English government and was sent
to New York by the London police.
MRS. DUDLEY's ATTEMPTlAT SUICIDE.
LoMDoN, February SAN examination of
the police reports in the Worship street pc.
lice court reveals the following: 'rLucilla
Dudley, a lady-like looking person, aged
about twenty-four years, who described her,
sell as a governess, was charged with attempt
ing suicide. A porter of the Great Eastern
railway deposed that on the arrival of his
train at Liverpool street, London, he saw the
prisoner, Mrs; Dudley in a first class carriage,
apparently asleep, with a handkerchief over
witness found her insensible. She
was holding a bottle labelled poison, Mrs,
Dudley was removed to the hospital. Wit
ness stated that there was no one else in the
railway carriage, The surgeon who attended
Mrs Dudley at the hospital, deposed that she
was suffering from the effects of chloroform
Witness said that she recovered conscience af,
ter eight hours. Mrs. Dudley denied thai
she had taken anything of q poisonous nature,
When taken into custody she was detected in
the act of trying to swallow a white powder,
The TAILOR at the police station where she
was imprisoned deposed that she was sorry OF
the failure to accomplish her purpose. The
analyiets deposec that the powder she at
tempted to swallow was opium, Another
packet of opium was foudd sewn In hel
clothes. She stated in court that she had nc
relatives living, and had teen a goyerness
also described herself as a hospital nurse. bu,
her appearance seemedtO contradict this state,
ment. Sne refused to give am account of her
self. Five letters found In he,
possession gave no clue to her identity. Shf
said she was driven to attempt suicide bv the
loss OF her child. A pair of childs' shoes and
gloves IN her possession tended to corroboratt
tne statement. The magistrate said that. In
view OF the fact that the chaniain 81
the house of detention had stateC
that the prisoner refused TO promist
not TO respeat the o~tfsnse. He was unable e
set her at liberty without two s@ureties o.
twenty ,hye pounds sterling each for her gooC
behavior Tor three months. She smiled a
TINS announcement, and loft the court room