Connecticut western news., 1888-02-29
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

CUKkEN1 EfENIS ABkOAD.
 Gen. Boulanger will issue protest against the use of his name for election pur- poses.
 The Italian troops have found that Ras Alula and his army have evacuated Ghinda.
 Prince Louis, second son of the Grand Duke of Baden and grandson of Emperor Will iam is dead!
 Mir. Phelps, our Minister in London, had | long interview with Lord Salisbury on the sub- ject of the Fisheries treaty.
 Heavy snow storms continue throughout Europe, causing general stoppage of traffic. In many places drifts are several feet deep. Fears are entertained of 8 sudden thaw, which may cause disastrous foods
 Turkey is ready to tell Prince Ferdinand that he is no longer wanted in Bulgaria as soon as the other powers request her so to do.
 Affairs in Peru are in aserious state, owing to the depreciation of the paper money and the lack of coin to take it's place; also on ac- count of 8 probable invasion of the country by Bolivia.
 an interview with the Papal Secretary of State, asked for the mediation of the Pope on the question of the protection of foreigners in Mor- occo.
 Justice Denman of the Queens Bench Div ision, High Court of Justice of the Great O1 had severely wounded gate-keeper, held that the keeper had no right to hunt poachers as he would wild beasts. He said that poaching was only amisdemeanor. The jury acquitted the poacher on the ground of self-defence.
 Count Corti, Italian Ambassador at Lon don, is dead.
 Count Schouvaloff, the Russian Ambassa- dor, in an interview with Count Herbert Bis marck. suggested that the powers unite in ad- vising the Porte, as the suzerain of Bulgaria, to declare Prince Ferdinand's exercise ofpower illegal. It is reported that Prince Bismarck has advised Count Kalnoky to assent to the suggestion if Russia pledges that the declara- tion shall be accompanied by no coercive meas ures. Count Kalnoky left Vienna for Pesth tonight to consult with the Emperor. Noth- ing practical is expected from the negotia- tions.
 -Drs. Fetzer and Liebermeister, of Sutt- gart, have been sent to Florence to examine the King of Wurtemburg and report upon his condition to the Wurtemburg Oberhaus. The crisis of the lung disorder has passed, but the Kings general condition is disquiet- ing
 In the House of Commons Sir James Fer guson declared that there was no truth in the report that any military or naval action was being taken, or was contemplated, against Venezuela. Negotiations had been carried on respecting doubtful territory between British Guiana and Venezuela, and the latter had pro- posed that the matter be submitted to arbitra- tion. The British Government were not averse to the principle of arbitration, but they were unable to accept the basis Venezuela proposed. The negotiations were temporarily stopped, in consequence of the suspension of diplomatic relations by the late President Blanco.
 Extreme activity prevails at all of the French arsenals and a fighting fleet is being prepared for active service.
 -Massowah advices say that the derwishes continue to make raids upon the territory Ns%h hoF1 IT ok0T N1oIr s@& CI,~> has visited the Sultanate of Dove with the ob- ject of assisting the Sultan's troops against the insurgent Wollogallas.
 An unusually large amount of snow has fallen in the north of England Railroad traffic is seriously delayed. A number of trains experienced by passengeos. Farmsteads and thousands of sheep are buried in the snow. A few persons have died from exposure. The storm is general throughout the country.
 A terrific earthquake has occurred in the province of Yunnan, China, by which 1000 lives are reported to have been lost.
 SAN RENO, Feb. 2O-A bulletin issued at 11L o'clock this morning says that the German Grown Princes sleep last night was disturbed by violent fits of coughing. He is without fe- ver His expectoration is copious, the mucus being of brownish tint. His general con- Prince has passed the best day he has had since the operation. The cough and expector- ation have abated and the patient is in good spirits.
 Emperor Willism attended performance of "Don Juan." The proceeds are to be devoted to the Mozart monument fund now being raised in Vienna -.
 The West Clare tenants have secured re- duction of from 30 to 30 per cent. in rcnts This is splan of campaign victory.
 Lord Randolph Churchill addressing the Oxford Union Society, denied that he had called the Irish people s'foul fends." He had never said and would never say word to dis credit the Irish people. With regard to the Irish question, was an Irish Parliament just aspiration of Irishmen? Did England have an English Parliament? He had known many purely English matters to be decided by Irish and Scotch votes. The chances of home rule being carried were microscopical. The present Parliament was likely to last until 1895. Be- tween now and then many things might hap pen. The Irish party would probably go to pieces. Where would it be without Mir. Glad stone's oratory? The whole project was doomed to failure.
 At the Wilson trial in Paris several wit nesses testified that M. Wilson, after promising to obtain decorations for them, asked them to subscribe large sums in aid of papers in which he was interested