Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-13
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

The latest statistics from London show q
marked increase in the number of women en-
ployed in the different trades.
John Morley, in a speech at Clerkenwell last
evening, condemned the governments East
African policy.
white and almost smokeless.
tits expected that change in the wurtem-
berg ministry will soon take place, and il is
| reported that after this has been accom- plished
| the American favorItes of the king will return
| to their places in his majesty's service
Mrs. Besant and Mrs. Ashton Dixie have both
been elected to the London school board.
NJ. Tschigorin. president of the ST. Peters
burg chess club, is about to visit this country
to play match with Champion Steinitz. of New
York. He is barely thirty-five years old. short
and stout IN appearance. Over eighty chess
clubs IN the United States and Canada have in
vited NJ Tschigorin to partake OF the hospi-
tally of their clubs.
At the meeting of the Parnell commission
yesterday Attorney-General Webster for the
Times, announced that he would now proceed
with the examination of a number of landlords
rom the county OF Wexford, in order TO show
the condition OF that county. Presiding JUS
tlce Hammer made an earnest appeal to counsel
to do their utmost to compress the inquiry.
MI. robert Stevenson, engineer, of Glasgow,
Is the last one to claim an invention which will
drive ocean ships up to forty knots an hour.
Recent elections in England and Wales have
placed medical men at the head of the munich
pal government in the towns of Hull, Bath,
Marlborough, Wolverhampton, Liskeard, Nor
peth, Godalming, CongletOn, Calne, New Rom
ney, and Yeovi
The severe and perfect style which has al
ways characterized the dress Of men and wo-
men riding in the Row is passing out For wo-
men the tall hat and perfectly-ftting dark
habit and plain linen collar and cuffs have been
succeeded by conical and soft and Tyrolese
hats. sometimes even decorated with ribbons
and feathers, and also gray tweed caps and
other styles. well-dressed man on horseback
is rare.
Ferret breeding is new and highly profita-
BILE branch of farming in Australia and New
Zealand. One firm that has commenced the
business on a large scale has contracted TO sup
ply l4OOO ferrets per annum for three years to
the government at Is. Cd. per head the crea-
lures being delivered when they are three
months old. Their stud consists of 200 ferrets
and 30 rabbits, and the milk of three cows are
required every day for their food.
1t is stated at Rome that the pope, DESTROYS
OF conciliating Russia, is inclined to grant three
OF the most important concessions demanded,
namely, the appointment Of Rector Simon, of
the 81. Petersburg seminary. to replace the
bishop OF Wilma; the appointment of bishops to
the. vacant sees of Lublin and Plasko. and the
introduction of the Russian language in the
non-liturgical part of the service in Catholic
churches in Little Russia and Lithuania.
Speaking of the report that the great English
horse Ormonde had been sold to an American
for SS5. 900, the London Standard says: If he
were sound his expatriation would be misfor-
tune, but the ugly fact that he is a bad roarer
remains, and it will be American and not En-
glish youngsters who will be impregnated with
the constitutional infirmity. 1t is not inevita-
BILE that the produce of roaring sires should be
roarers, but the chances are in favor of the
malady asserting itself. so that, wonderful as
the horses achievements were, he can be well
spared from the ranks of English thoroughbred
sires."
1t is asserted in St. Petersburg that an
American syndicate, with capital of $50, O0O,-
900, has been formed to construct railway in
Siberia, and that several former and present
diplomatic and consular agents are interested
in the undertaking.
The rebels maintain heavy musketry fire
at Suakim. Their commander, Osman Naib,
has been wounded in the neck by the explo-
sion of shell. The shells fired at the rebels
are doing heavy damage. letter has been
received from Osman Digna, but its contents
are unknown.