The National tribune., 1888-01-12
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
The News from All Parts of the
World.


ABROAD.
The Emperor Of Germany is in failing health,
while the Crown Prince Fritz seems TO be get
ting better every day. The aged Emperor has
been confined to his bed for several days, and
10 his room for the past 10 weeks; but it is
mainly his advanced age that troubles him.
Tie German physicians who are attending
Prince Frederick" Unser Fritz at San
Reno. IL Italy, have at last accepted DR.. Mac
kenZie's diagnosis that there is no cancer IN
the Princes throat trouble, and are treating
him accordingly.-Last week several cleo
tions took place in England that were de-
cidedly disc0uraging to the Irish Home Rale
party Lord Salisbury was upheld IN each
election by the return Of members OF Parlia-
ment Of his own party, replacing liberal mem
bers who had supported Gladstone and the Par
nell faction Arthur Mcneil, London re-
porter who went to Spain to report the kllraln-
Smith prize fight was found last week on the
beach at Boulogne, and an autopsy proved that
he was murdered.-Ihe remains OF the late
Emperor Napoleon III and the Prince Imperial
OF France were removed last Monday from
Chiselhurst 10 the tomb at Farnsborongh pre-
pared by the ex-Empress Eugenie.-The Bull
Earian situation remains about the same es last
week, bat Prince Ferdinand seems still to hold
the key of the position. In the New Year
time Prince Ferdinand telegraphed his con-
gratulati6ns Of the season TO Emperor Joseph,
OF Austria, signing himself" Ferdinand, Prince
OF Bulgaria" Franz Josef deliberately ignored
the assumption of sovereignty expressed by
the signature and replied, also by wire, thank
ing Prinz Ferdinand de SAKE Coburg- Gotha- !"
king KalaRaua is having more trouble IN
his alleged Kingdom, and has recently been
forced by his Ministry TO make some appoint
lnents that went sorely against the grain.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Henri Herr the famous pianist and CON-
~ : l.. 81 no
Court of Inquiry in the case Of Pay Inspector
John II. Stevenson has closed its labors at the
Brooklyn navy-yard and the proceedings are
now before Secretary Whitney for action. 1t
is the general opinion Of navy men that the
testimony fully aeQuits Mr. Stevenson of all
blame in the matters brought before the court.
a Chicago dispatch reports Col. Henry G.
Corbin, one Of Gen. TerTy's Assistant Atijutants-
General, as reporting the hero Of Fort Fisher
seriously III with Bright's disease, and slowly
dying Gen. Terry IS now IN New York under
treatment-Gen. Washington Seawell, Y. ).
Army, a Colonel on the retired list, died last
Monday in San Francisco. He was born IN
Virginia IN 1902. and graduated from West
Point in 1925. lie was next in age Of the OIL
GERS on the retired list Of the Army to Gen.
Harvey.
GRIMES AND CASUALTIES
The crew Of the British steamship New Cas-
tie, which took bottom and foundered of Nan
tucket, was rescued from the lightship and
taken ashore at Newport by the Lighthouse
steamer Nerbena. The sea was running high
at the time, and the rescue was gallant bit OF
daring seamanship.-The strike IL the Read
ing Valley coal BegiOn still continues and some
10000 men are out Of work, although the Read
ing Railway is still operated. 1t seems posi-
bic, however, that if the railway operatives 20
On the strike also, their brethren of the
Pennsylvania and Northern Central Roads viii
join them. Ia such a case there viii be serious
trouble, and the price OF coal VIII rapidly 90 up
causing great suiIering-Mr. Chas. S. Moore
young lawyer Of this city. dropped dead one
night last week from heart disease. The fun
eral was the largest that has ever been seen in
Washington for private citizen.-A fire al
the Brooklyn Bavy-yard Jan. 5 destroyed
about $4,000 worth Of property.