Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-08
CHAMBERLAIN IN THE BACKGROUND.

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economic questions outside Of London. 1t
is believed that Mr.. Gladstone deliberately
put Mr.. Chamberlain where he could have
little or nothing to do with land reform,
from s7suspicion that he would obstruct
any measure in that direction unless it
was devised by him, and that if the meas.
ure did originate with him he would claim
all the credit.
TO RECEIVE II SEALS.
LONDON, February 6-The members Of
the late Ministry left London for Osborne
at $50 o'clock this morning to deliver the
seals of office to the Queen, and the mem.
bers Of Mr.. Gladstone's Government pro.
ceeded to Osborne at ll:30 o'clock to re-
ceiVe the seals from Her Majesty.
RI. ELECTION wRITs ISSUED.
LONDON, February 6-The House Of
Commons to-day ordered writs to be issued
tor the reelection of those members who
have been appointed to Office since the
House was last in session. The House has
adjourned until the 18th inst.
ANOTHER NIHILIsT SCARE.
LONDON, February Information has
been received here from st. Petersburg
that the recent discovery of a Nihilist
rendezvous in that city has stirred the au'
thorities to the keenest activity, and arrests
Of persons charged with implication in
Eihilistic plots continue to be made there.
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PARIS. February 6.-The supposed muir
derer of NJ. Barreme, the Project Of the
Department Of Eute, who was killed in q
railway carriage compartment while
returning to Evreux from Paris with
$1,000 in his pockets on jan
usry IA, has been arrested. 1t
will be remembered that when the train
started from Paris O mar asked the guard
If NJ. Barreme was aboard, and when an
syered in the affirmative, purchased q
ticket and went on the same train. A man
answering this persons description left the
tn,n al Nantes. Sur-Seine before the muir
der was discovered. The person taken in
to custody has been identified by'employes
o! the railway as the man who alighted at
Nantes. The suspected murderer is named
Dubois. He is a member Of q firm OF
manure merchants at Evreux. 1t is stated
that he menaced NJ. Barreme a short time
before thesmurder.
EXPLAINED.
VIENNA, February 6.-The cool and
evasive reply of Servia to the pointed note
Of the Powers requesting her to diVarm, in
which she simply acknowledged the receipt
ofthe note and eaid she would think about
it was explained by the statement that j9st
before sending the reply Servia had re-
ceiyed from Greece q confidential telegram
Of an important character. 1t ia surnised
that Greece offered to join Seryia in resist
ing the demand to dlssrm, as it is known
that previous to the receipt of the dispatch
Serva had drafted a reply very different
from the curt note subsequently sent
Mr.. %GRIFFIN's PLAN.
LONDON, February 6 Mr.. Robert Griffin
ILL. D., Ststislician Of the Board of Trade
Of a dinner of the Political Economis
Club last night, explained in detail hi
plan Tor transferring the agricultural lendI
, Of Ireland to the peasant farmers and to-
! compensatirg the present owners. In
, nlan was outlined in aletter by Mr.. Gritflr
!, over the signature Of Economist, and pub
lished in the Ststist last month. It pro
q poses that the Imperial Government shal
J buy out every landlord in Ireland, givlnl
' him ~copsols at par equal in nomins
I amount TO 20 years purchase Of the pres
4 ent judicial rents. The land is then TO b
n given free to the present occupants, sui
4 iect only 10 q rent charge OF one,hal
Q or two,thirds the present judicial rem
paysble to the local government 9
q Ireland. In consideration Of the receipts c
these rents, payment Of which they would b
empoweredto enforce by stringent measure
q the Irish authorities would be required t
relieve the Imperial Exchequer OF all pa,
mepts made out Of it in connection wit
the locsl Government Of Ireland. III
plan is, to throw the cost Of the local Go
= eminent in Ireland upon Irish resource
exclusively, and TO give the Irish Peep
70 the rent Of the country for The purpose
&c conducting it. The scheme contemplate
g the nae of the Imperial credit to the e.
ID tent OF a new issue Of cOnsols equal
Ie El60OOO 900 but the Exchequer will b
. relieved Of the cost Of governing lrelan
" which amount, to about OF much as Il
lg interest on the above sun, and Mr. Grin
he declares that the plan, if properly carrie
he out, will cost NOBODY a shilling
~LoSDoy's IDLE woRENEY.
Lo:poy, February THE distre
II among the unemployed w%Orkipgmen
o. London has reached alarming proportion
f and commands the attention Of the poll
a. clans of sll parties. In their desperate
m the workingmen are listening greedily
90 the revolutionary plars Shich are alwa
IS seething among the refugee aSitstc
On who sVs7a u LONDON. lmpo
a. ant conferences are pending
or tween the Democratic Socialists and I
A. A~mslgamated Society of Engineers, Viii
ell includes in it's membership many thouss'
skilled and intelligent mechanics. The ID
report OF the socitty stimulates the bit
FEELINGS Of the menberg. as s, 600 engines
aud Eremen are without employment a
are being relieved By the society st the n
eS of n pence @ week, but this has been goi
on 90 long that $4,000 has been d
ar bursed, and the reserved fund has been
I'M pleted completely. The tkiiled Cable
nix makers are in q worse plight. They
g. giving relief at the rate Of i9 pence q We
TO thousands Of members, Int thsy hi
'eo no reserve Iuni. Aai Tie payments for
ST, lief come directly out OF the pockets
ch. those who are fortunate enough to hl
ed work.
he 4 DEMONSTRATION CONTEMPLATED.
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