Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-26
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

oignor Ingaml, Roman advocate, who died
recently, left 1,O00, 900 francs to the pope.
Two conservatives and @ communist were
elected to the French chamber of deputies yes
terday.
Summonses have been issued for the arrest
OF Messrs. Finucane and Sheehy, Irish men,
bers of parliament for intimidating q farmer
in county Limerick.
The steamer Newburgh. of Leith, while on a
voyage from Grangemouth to Aarhuns with
COAL foundered in the North sea. Sixteen per-
sons were drowned.
The Italian government has issued an order
Iorplddlng vessels to approach the Island of
Madalene, the object being to prevent the in
spection of the forts
The Bien Pubtioo, of Quezaltenango, Guate-
mala, reports that woman in that town has
given birth TO three infants two of which are
perfectly white and the third perfectly black
1t is said in London that an American has
submitted to the French government con-
trlvance by which dynamite shells can be fired
from ordinary guns, exploding at the targe..
There was quite disturbance at PATHS con-
cert at Albert hall. London, last Tuesday, be-
cause the diva refused to respond to third
encore. man who tried to make a speech
was Kissed down.
Mr.. Hugh Graham, son of the late Sir Fred
erlek Graham, Bart, of Netherby, county
cumberland, and Miss Jessie Low, daughter Of
the late MIR. Andy Low, of Savannah, Ca,
were married in London Saturday
Inc Prince OF Wales was so delighted with
the Hungarian national dance (the Csardas)
that he has made arrangements to introduce it
to English society. 1t will be feature at the
fashionable London balls this season.
AT banquet in Paris yesterday Gen. Bou-
LANCER said Il am more a patriot than a
soldier. L ardently desire peace, not peace
winch Is demanded, but peace imposed by a
firm and dignlfied attitude. That is the only
peace acceptable to French hearts,
William III. has no fixed salary as emperor of
Germany, but there is about million dollars
that he can use if necessary As king of
Prussia, however, he has civil list amounting
to $3.50 ,000 but the taste for travel and other
expenses incurred in the interest of the en-
pre- necessltates, 1t appears, an increase of
revenue.
DIR. Sir William Jenner has resigned from
the British medical association because of the
publication In the British Medical Journal the
organ OF the association, of the late Emperor
Frederick's note to DIR. Mckenzie The resig-
nation reflects the anger which the publication
has caused at court, DIR. Jenner being the court
physician.
A frightful accident took place on Thursday
night at theater Lyrique, Paris. One Of the
chandeliers fell injuring several spectators sit
ting in the orchestra, and killing young man,
by name Obrecht. He had been sitting near
his mother further back, and had Just changed
his seat to hear better. He was only twenty
two years old.
The royal Italian commission appointed to
prepare scheme for the study of the life of
Columbus has completed its task The work
will be divided into three parts. The Column
bian codex will be prepared by the Genoese
commission, the predecessors and successors of
Columbus by the Italian geographical society
and Columbian photography by Sarrys
The Australian government is building a
fence OF wire netting 5000 miles long to divide
New South Wales and Queensland. in order to
keep the jack rabbits out of the latter country.
Australia is paying not less than 1926, 200 per
year to keep the pests down in what are known
as crown lands. The offer is still kept I'D of
Sl0O.0OO to any man who will produce some
thing that will exterminate the pests
The inquiry regarding Prof. Geffcken tends
to clear him of suspicion of an intention to
embarrass the government by his revelations.
The correspondence seized at Baron Won Rog-
genbach's house proves that Prof Geffcken
was careful in his revision of the late en-
peror's diary, and that the extracts were COM
pared with Frederick's notes, which were often
found to be misdated and ineligible 1t is re-
ported that the grand duke of Baden is trying
to induce the emperor to drop the case.
The duke of Marlborough has been taking
rather an unpleasant sort of revenge for the
snubs offered to his new wife. When his grace
brought her home to Blenheim the vicar of
woodstock refused to have the bells rung in
celebration of the event. holding old-fashioned
notions in reference to divorced men marrying
again. His grace took umbrage and one Of
his first acts has been to stop his subscription
OF lOO guineas year to the parochial schools
As a consequence the schools have been
closed.