The Forrest City times., 1888-08-25
THE NEWS SUMMARY.
C0ndsBsed Photographic Reports ef the Current Events of the week ss
 Home and Abroad
FOREIGN

convention Wednesday. When the league was founded in 1884 there were 52 branches. This year there are 595 branches. The financial condition now IS seven fold better than it WIS in lss3. PaInellites deny that the object of the actions of Mi. Parnell and other members of the ra.ty against the Lon do- Times is to obtain a tactical ad- vantage. They say that when eyis dence is being taken by the commis- sion of inquiry they Will be ready to give evidence without reserve. At the Redcar second summer meeting Tues day, the rase for the ninth great Ma tional Breeders Foal stakes resulted In a dead heat between Mir. R. Nyner's chestnut colt Arerse and Lord Zet- land s bay colt Caerlaverock. Lord Durham's chestnut Ally Dolores was third. NIT. C. Perkins bay Alley, Belle Malone, was the favorite in the betting, the odds being 6 to 4 against her. The last letting before the race on the otbe:s mentioned. was to I against Aperse. ID to 1 each against CaerlaVe- rock and Dulo es. There we're eight starters The stakes we're divided. A dispatch from Iort-au-Prince says that the revolution has Leen sue, e5sfIl and that the government has been over thrown The President has taken refuge on an English frigate. Booiron has formed new government.
 FRANcE.-Mme. Adam, the writer. declares that the reports and docu- ments published in the Nouyelle l Revue concerning an alleged report from Prince Bismarck to the late Elm yeror Frederick in re ation to the mar rage oi Princess Victoria and Prince Alexander of Battenburg are entirely authentic. She declares that Prince Bismarck is the most impudent liar in the world. Gen. Boulanger's arrival at Amigs Wednesday resulted in several conflicts between the rival ! political parties. During the fighting several persons were wounded. A l number of arrests were made.
 GERMANY.-The North German Ga zette, complaining of the conduct of as counsel for the German students who were implicated in the Belfort af- fairs declares that even French justif c which formerly had good reputation has now fallen into decay and says the condition of France is approaching savagery. Prince Bismarck will re- main at Ere lrichsruhe. His doctor re- ports that the Chan ellor's health is good and that it will not be necessary for him to go to Kissingen.
 RUssIA.-The Joirnal de St. Peters bourg says it is satisfied with the refer ences to European affairs which Lord Salisbury make in his speech at the Lord Mayors banquet in London re- gently. 1t says 1t shares his hopes that peace will arise from the meeting of the emperofs at Peterhof. and declares that thee @ hopes respond to the wishes of the Russia nation. The Journal asserts that the statement of the Italian ernment tiia. Russia con sidered that the capitulations did not apply to MassoNah i, premature. Russia, it says, will not object to abolish the capitulat.ons when the otLer powers have agree to such a step, Iut their al ition ipso facto through the occurati n of a country by civilized government is an in noyaticn which has II ither been dis cusssd or accepted.
 HoLLAND.--The Holland Society of New York wis ted 1 eft Thursday morning and afterward came to The Hague, arriving at noon. They drove about the city anu visited various places of interest, nc uding historic buildings, monuments and picture galleries. The $ tors were enter tained at luncheon by Deputy Leyys- sohn Norman. Among the other guests were MT. Roosevelt, the United States Minister, and number of Dutch statesmen. The 8 c.ety after wards visited the studioi of Mime. Bisschof. and then proceeded to Scheve eningen.
 TURKEY. .-The Porte has sent cir cular note to the Powers regarding the occupation of Massowah by Italy. In 1t the Forte malntai the Suzerain rights of the sultan over the whole of the Eastern and Western coasts of the Red Sea, and decia that tie Italian occupa ion of MasSowah is violation of existing treaties. The government has ordered the removal from the rail way stations in Turkish territory of of all bgnting whi h was put up by the railway officials to commemorate the opening of ths through line from Constantinople to Pars and has given instrut tions to allow the train which is now on lts way from Paris to Con stantinople, opening the road, to pro ceed in silence. turkey opposes the opening of the road.
 MIsCELLA NEoCs-A serious riot i; reported to have occurred at Lurgan County Armagh, Ireland. Reyolvers were used and girl is said to have been shot.--M. Cob ct, French Min ister of Foreign Affairs. has notified the Italian government that its latest 1 proposas 8 for commercial treaty are unacceptable Baron Baskafel has occup e1 Keren, fifty miles northwest of Ma ssowah. He ieclared that Inc acted in behalf of Italy.-The Prime, of Wales has arrived at Hamburg 1 The Princess Of Wales and her daugh ters have arrived at Wiesbaden. They | were met at the station by the King o | Denmark and Prince John.-Th, 1 Spanish government is trying to in | duce the United States government tt reduce or abandon altogether its clain l for indemnity of $ ,'n0, 600 which Seno ! Moret granted to American citizens or
 account of losses during the Cnhar | war.
 DOMESTIC
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