, 1888-01-12

HOUSE To-Day
EUROTEAN NEE CLOUD
LONDON, Jan. 4.-The tenor Of this
mornings dispatches from the con
tinent Is decidedly more ngacc1uI
than the situation last presented
gave promise Of. Austria, moved lv
the hopelessuuss OF conducting mill
tary operations on the Russian fronts
ier until next spring. or aCtUatgd 10y
the asservatious Of Russia that the
presence Of the cars troops on IL"
Galicon border III unusual force has
not a warlike Specification or intent,
now seems inclined - yacata her
lofty pedestal of trucUieLt Iudigna-
ton and defer her offensive pIepara-
tions at least until she can discover
in events some tangible pyoyOcation
for the prosecution. The growing
conviction, too, that Prince EeTdI--
nand and his ambitious mother We're
the instigatoTs, if not the prime
movers, of the forged correspondence
which came very near to precipltatinE
q desperate and groundless war, has
had great effect in shaping the
course which Austria will pursue
during the few months, and it Is not
unlikely that young Ferdinand viii
be compelled TO abdicate, not by
Russian bayonets, but by mandate of
the Austrian emperor.
COMING.
San Francisco, Jan. Nv. ".
Dunn, hotel proprietor Of Fort
Worth, left this city last evening for
Seattle. Said he: IF l find place
that suits / will bring from 500
to Thousand people to the coast.
have heard good reports from both
Seattle and Tacoma. Fort Worth
which is in northwestern Texas, at
the terminus of the Fort Worth and
Denver railroad, is right in the edge
of the drouth belt, and3zourIpeople
have suffered great deal, especially
during the past two years. Many
cattlemeR have gone to theswaI. /
some place where not only 1, but
many others of Fort Worth and Vi
cinity, will be glad TO locate"
OTTAWA, Jan. 4-The official Ga
Zette contained notice of application
from number of American and Ca
madam capitalists to the dominion
garliament at the coming session fol
chartor to tunnel the Detroit river
for railway for purposes from tbc
town of Windsor to connect with &
similar tunnel constructed from De,
troit toward the Canadian shore, tC
be built under an American charter
OTTAWA. Jan. 4.-Chancellor Boyd
of Toronto, 6. c. Gregory, OF New
Brunswick and j. G: Keefer, of OF
tawa, have been appointed arbitrator.
on the claim preferred against the
government by the Canadian Pacific
railway in connection with the On
derdonk contract.
SAN RAFAEL, Jan. 4.-Informatior
has reached here that an Indian ha.
been taken with smallpox at The
town of Olema near here Every
precaution is being taken to preven
the spread of the disease.
San Francisco, Jan. 4-Victor G
Watrigant, salesman for Lux & Mil
Ter, the cattle kings, died in the re-
ceiving hospital this morning from al
overdose of strychnine taken with su
icidal intent. Watrigant is short il
his acc cunts.
SAN FRANc1soo, Dec. 27.-The Ere
yalence of smallpox in Oakland is /;
matter that will receive the mos
careful attention OF the health officer
in order to prevent any spread of tn,
disease. If smallpox goes on in
creasing as it has at present, it vii
almost amount to an epidemic, anC
some measures will have to be taker
to prevent its spread. More small
pox cases have appeared in Oakland
during the past month than during
the previous six months.