Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-01-12
NO. lS5
THEY MET
But They Never Spoke As They
Passed BY.
GERMANY SEXES SAMOAN ISLANDS
The Terrible Distress On The West
OF Ireand-- Slowly Stary-
ing 10 Death.

DUBLIN, January ll.-Sixty out Of the
eighty.six Psrnellite members Of Parlia-
ment attended the meeting here to day Of
the Nationalist Parliamentary party, called
for the purpose Of holding conference on
the political situation and TO draft line Of
action TO be adopted at TIE forthcoming
session Of Parliament Reporters we're not
adm tied and therefore 30 details OF the
meeting can be given. NJ Parnell was not
esent, be having Left London las; ;Cht for
the purpose of attending tire conference,
but quit the train at Crewe to psrtake of
refreshments, and when be returned to the
platform he found the train bad left He
again started for Dlblin this mcrning,
and arrived at Chester the same time as
did Mr.. Gladstone, who was on his way TO
London. Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. Parnell
were on the same platform for few min
utes before the starting OF their respective
trains, but neither OF the leaders spoke TO
the other. Eye witnesses say they merely
exchanged glances in passirg.
GERMANY sEI2ES TIE SAMOAN ISLANDS
LONDON, January ll.-lnteliigence has
been received here that Germany has
seized the Islands Of Samoa, in the Pacific
Ocean. The King and bis chiefs were in
suited, and finally fled. 4 force of marines
were landed from the German war ship
Albatross. The German Consul then
hauled down the Samoan flag and ran up
the German colors in its stead. The Ss-
moaus threaten TO make war on the Ger
mans. The American and British Consuls
protested the action OF the Germans.
SEVEN THOUSAND SLOWLY STARVING.
I.oyDoN, January ll.-Mr. Frederick
Busy, the Cable News Relief Commissioner
for the West of Ireland, succeeded in
reaching Achill, or Eagle leland, Satur
day, after being storm-bound Tor two days
A dispatch received from him yesterday
saos the distress among the islanders is
dreadful The Totsto crop was the most
scantv known for many years, and of the
few potatoes gathered me hall were dis.
eased The fisheries were almost com
plete failure The people have
almost nothing to est, and ru money what
ever with whlch 10 buy food. They can
get no credit fom the small shopkeepers,
for the latters credit on the mainland is
exhausted and their stocks Of all sorts Of
goods are depleted. A majority Of the
people live by begging from the few who
have small quantities OF Eecd potatoes left.
Help of this kind has seldom or never been
refused. Consequently the entire popula
ton is on level Of poverty in food sup
plies When the crash CONES, as it must
within week or two, It will affect every
one of the 1000 dwelIers on the island.
The priests, the magistrates, Gnd, in
deed, all the men who are capable OF judg
/ ing the necessities oil the g! res, have i'm
plored the Dublin Castle authorities TO as
sist these poor people 10 earn a living by
building certain much needed public
works. The poorhouse is open" This
reply is as absurd as II is brutal. The
nearest poorkouse s thirty miles distant
from Achill and if crowded TO the roof
could not hold one sixth Of the people who
are now facing siarvation. Moreover, tie
majority OF the islanders would never de-
grade themselves by going 10 the poor
house. They prefer to s:Grve in silence.
ALUpICROvS ROYAL DISPUTE.
Loynox, January ! The cable news
correspondent at Rome writes that he has
been Informed by "a high court official OF o
curious Somestjc 'cere ut the Quirinal
palace. King Humber was recently TAX
en- with an economical fit, having become
alarmed NJ tie enormous expenses of the
roval household. Evidences Of the most
extravegaut luxury were found on oil
sides The King WAS particularly shocked
at discovering that his consort, Queen
Margherita, insisted on having a heapng
plate Of strawberries every day in the
year, although the fruit can only be OBJ
tsined in winter at an exorbitant cost. The
King stormed at the Queen and che re-
torted By charging him with many need
less acts Of extrayagance. Finally the
Queen oil red TO compromise by eatlng
strawberries only two days in each week IT
the King would order his cast oil clothing
to be sold hereafter instead Of becoming
the perquistes OF his lackeys. The King
agreed to this, the Queen put hersslf on
short commons as to strawberries and! the
ackeys are deprived Of q considerable por.
ton Of the income. King Humbert slso
ordered that not mere than seven francs
per bottle shall hereafter he paid for
champagne which is the usual drink a,
the rnyAl table.