Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1886-02-04
GladstOne's New Cabinet.

ITS CONSTRUCTION CAUSES GREAT SURPRISE.
The new English cabinet WA officially AN
nounced in London last night and caused great
surprise. II Is as follows: Mr.. Gladstone. prime
minister and first lord OF the treasury; sir Far.
rer Herscheil, lord high chancellor: Earl Spen.
Ger, lord president or the council: MrUCH Cht,.
uers, home secretary; Earl Rosebery secretary
Ior foreign affairs: Earl Gran vlie secretary for
the colonies; Earl Kimberley, secretary for
india; Mr.. II. Campbell Zimmerman, secretary
Tor war; Sir VIM. Vernon Harcourt chancellos
OF Of the exehequeri the Marquis of Ripon, first
lord OF the admiralty; Mr.. J. Chamberlain pres.
laent OF the local government board, Mr.. q, O.
Irereiyan, secretary for Scotland; Mr.. A. j.
Muncella, president OF the board OF trade: Mr.
John Morley, chief secretary OF Ireland.
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TELEGRAPHING FROM A MOVING TRAM
The Railway Telegraph and Telephone corn.
paay gave an exhibition on the staten Island
railway Monday afternoon OF Edison's newly
egraphic messages by Induction on a railway
train under iull headway During the run Of
Tue train large number OF messages were sent
ana received. Messages written by the gentle
men OF the party, addressed To themselves were
let at Ciifton and were received by the same
gehttenen on the train while going at full
speed The apparatus used consists OF an ordi-
nary Morse key, a phonetic receiver, an electro
naenet aud battery. The messages jump
through The air between the tin Roof OF the cars
and the ordinary wires strung along by the side
OF the railway distance OF from twenty -rive 10
Tour hundred feet.
WILL HOME RULE BE PosrpoSEpe
1punoH e&uie dispatch says. Inc question
" nome rule will toe apparently sheived for
the present. Mr. Gladstone is confident thaf
ae can iacity ireland, ana al tie same time
hoid ms present majority in hand by a broad
ano liberal measure providing Tor The purchase
oil Irish land either by behalf OF the Irish
tenant farmers He believes that he can frame
scheme OF this Kind which VIII be acceptable
boin 10 the Parncii.tes and the peers The
Ddtty -Sens says that Mr.. Parneli Will nrmiy
demand That the local government cues lion To-.
settled by parliament before the Lln,i question
or mat both subjects he discussed together and
That lac VIII strcnuousy oppose dealing with
The land question first.
ONE NOBLE ATTEMPTS To MURDER A MOTHER
baron Artnud hausinau has been arrested in
iafls, charged with having attempted Ia muir
ues count Moii;iuzan Al lie ltotci Louvre. The
struggle between The two gentlemen WINS very
savage, the prisoner having BROKEN "A c,oc, co.,
Count MoniauZag head. besides shooting HIM
twice and staooing bim once. Botn nobiemes
are very rich, and their quarrel orr: mated ia a
| rivalry between them Tor a. woman. Tha
wounued man may possibly recover.
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Prospects OF THE CATHOLIC CNIyFRsIrY.-
A SPECIAL from Baltimore quotes Arch1istop
Gibbons AS saying regard IA the l,roposcd
Catholic university: I'VE cannot tell Tue exact
amount collected. About $4,000 mas t,ceu
Subscribed IN Chicago. The Catholics oil that
city have done nooiy. We expect 10 have
SoOU.UUO ia "a short time. Efslop AfurIz az
dakota, Is collecting for the fund arnoD. he
Germans. Bishop kcane, Of Richmond IL tax.
ing SUBSCRIPTIONS In the aot.ft. f.igiit proIes.
sofsiiips are 10 he endowed. Tac board is
charge III Tie mailer VIII have the work begun
as soon ns The amount III funds VIII warrant. II
Was not expected at The outset thai the proiect
would prove so entirely leaAible. Inc most to
oe hoped Tor was ti!at the university might be
conlpicieu IN live "e.Irs. Now, Ina aii proD-
riod and the university dedicated on August
10. 1890"