The Forrest City times., 1888-07-21
THE NEWS SUMMARY.
rendens~d reierrsrhse E~po-ss ef the Car rent Events of the Eeekss
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FOREIGN.

 ESeLASD.-Mr. Saunders gave 6 farewell dinner Sunday night to the Central News sta1 at the Salisbury Hotel The dinner served a double puryose- IL celebrated his own retiring frcln the agency ard the induction of MT William Henry Huribmt formerly editor of the New York World. as chairman of the stockholders and nan zger of the axencx- Mr. Saunders has long been prominent man in London. He was formerly a memfer of parliA- menf, and is generally known as an ex- trene Radical. with plenty of money, and large heart for the workingman. whose condition he has done much to kmeiioTate. He was first and fore most last winter in the Trafalgar Square 1riotsS and lent both voice and money in fighting the Government In behalf of the pnblic- Nf. Saunders ss frm believer in thr theories of Henry George. whose works he has aided greatly m Eng and by various puhlica- tons He founded the Central News Agency over twenty years ago. and by his constant ende2yor hrought 1t up to its present high standard ss news dis semlnator. Dn retiring now from the agency he Is succeeded by Mir. Huri. burt. who is well known to American journalists The latter has purchased controlling interest in the stocks of the eofnIans aud viii assume active control Of the Central News. Mir HHri- burt IS now a prominent member Of London society and l.esongs to a number of clubs and is cen .iderei 6 man of fashion. It IS ssid that he paid big prlce for the shares V hich he purchased
 GERHsNY.-A private letter of the dead Kaiser, which has just come to light. revealed that he had two objects uppermost in his heart The first WAS a settlement of the Alsace- Lorraine question. and the second. the marriage of h:s daughter, Victoria. For moaths, perhaps years, his whole mind had been given to those problems. Had he lived he would have tried the exper meEt and given Alsace-Lorra.ne virtual home rule. with Prince Alexander Cf BattenI erg as Goyernor. He wrote: Then may be We might have seen the realization of a grand dream. Germany would Lave been delivered from the cancel which has been eating away hnr life since 1870, even as l shall perhaps he freed from the cancer which is eating into my throat" With Germany and Aisace-Lorraine independent, there would have Teen an end 0 the deadly feud between Gaul and Teuton. Europe would have disaTmed, and peace and good wi would have reigne on earth.
 FRAscE.--At 8 o'clock Saturday morning 1t was statel at Gen Bou.ang- CTS house that the General had had a fairly tranquil night. His breathing is less labored, and the state of the wound in his neck is satisfactory Gen. BoulangeT is improving. Several friends called upon him Saturday, and the General was able to converse with them. He was also able to take bouil- lion. The taking of the Bastile was celebrated throughout France Satur- day. In Paris patriotic societies. &C., companied by bands and carving ban ners, marched to the Strasburg statue and deposited wreaths upon 1t. The Patriotic League. headed by NM. Deroulede, Iaguerre. Iaisant and susini, was received with mingled cries of ..Nive Bouianger, ''Aiye La France and La kepubliquer After leaving the strasburg statue the so- cieties visited the monument to Gam betta and the statue of Joan of Are. which they also decorated with flow CTS. NJ. Deroulede. in depositing a wreath upon Gambettas monument, said: We started from the statue of the Republic; We visited the statue of StrasbuTg and We now confront the monument of the great patriot. Our pilgrimage has been more expressive than speeches. We know whifler we are going-for the Republic; for Alsace- Lorraine. Niye Boulan-er. Two men were arrested for carrying posters which contained Gen. Boulanger's DOT trait and bore the ins ripiion, Let all patriots assemble to night in the Place de Ia ConcoFde."
 ITALy-The Riforma. comment ing on the appointment by the United States House of Rep esenta- tives of a committee to inquire into the evasion of the contract labor law, with special reference to the influx of Ital- ians into America, says the Italian government will be on it's guard to see that neither America nor any other country shall take measures contrary to international law or in opposition to the right conferred on Italy through diplomatic relations.
 MIscELLAN EoUs.-The Queen Sun day gave audience to Dr. Morrell Mac kenZie.-Sir John Henry Brand, president of the Orange Free State is dead.-Queen Natalie of Servia has sent an agent to Florence 10 prepare a residence for her inthat city.--Prssi- dent Cannot has sent to M. De Frey cinct, the Minister of War, letter ex- pressing his admiration of the martial bearing of the troops and the precis ion and exactness Of their moyents at Saturdays reyiew.-The Thibetans have resumed their advance, with a strong force, through the Jalep pass. The royal yacht HohenzoIern, on which Emperor William is journeying to Russia. and accompanying feet, were sighted Sunday morning off Dron helm, 2D0 miles east of Kiel.--A Der lin dispatch to the London Standard says that it is decided that Emperor William, on returning from Russia, will visit Stockholm and Copenhagen.