The Forrest City times., 1888-08-18
THENEWS SUMMARY,
Condensed Photographic Reports of the Current Events of the Week at
 Homo and Abroad.
FOREIGN.

ENaLAND.-Mr. Parnell has retained
 sir. J. B. Balfour, formerly Lord Ad-
 vocate of Scotland, and MT. Asher,
 formerly Solicitor General for Scotland, | both in MT. Gladstones admnstra- | ton, to conduct his suit in the Scotch
 courts against the London Times. Mir. | Straehany has been retained as junior
 counsel. The Economist says that
 Isord Salisbury's declaration that the l European situation seems to be enter | ing on a more reassuring phase has | something to support 1t. As long as | the private relations of the Emperor | and the Car are cordial, some sort of guarantee for peace exists. The cap tain of the yacht Stranger, which has
 arrived at Queenstown from Roston, says he did not see the dory Dark Secret. He thinks the dory foundered in 8 gale after speaking the German Lloyd steamer, 300 miles from New York. FRANcE.-While Gen. Boulanger
 was driving an open carriage at Saint
 Jean q 'Angely Saturday, Prof. Perrin of the Lycee fired five shots at him from revolver. M. Ratapan, a friend | of the General, rushed forward and | managed to turn th, weapon aside. | The result was that Ratapan himself | received bullet in the "a k of the
 head, hut the wound is not serious. | Two peasants were also wounded. Gen. Boulanger was not touehe. Prof. Per ! rin Is a friend of Mayor Lair, the can
 didate nominated hy the Opposition ists in opposition to Boulanger. The affair occurred at the height of a l pitched battle between the rival politi-
 cal parties, when the gendarnies were charging. Count Dillon received a l blow on the head from a stick and oth- CT Boulangists were roughly handled. | It is not certain that Perrin intended | to aim at Boulanger. Gen. Boulanger | has issued manifestoes to the electors
 of the Nord and thtrente inferieur de- partments. NJ. Neveux, a Republican
 deputy, has been elected Senator for Ardennes.
 GERMANY.-The King of Portugal | arrived at Berlin Sunday. He was
 met at the railroad station by Emperor William and guard of honor and con ducted to the castle. Herr Won Schloezer, the Prussian Envoy to the | Vatican, who has gone to Berlin in connection with the Emperors pro | day and lunched with Prince Henry.
 Herr Von Bennigensen, leader of the National Liberal, has gone to Fried richsruhe to see Prince Bismarck, who
 has postponed his departure.
 SPAIN.-The Cuban government re- ports that an agitation is eing carried on in Cuba with the assistance of in- | fiuential American politicians in favor of the annexation of Cuba to the United States. The Cuban tuation is becoming extremely difficult, owing to the financial troubles and the increas- | ing agitation in favor of home rule. GLEANINGs.-Th Queen of Servia has gone to Versailles to reside.-A
 monument to the lrothers of Galig-
 mani, the founder of Gallgnani's Mes i senger, was unveiled at Corbeil, France. The monument was erect
 ed in recognition of the philanthro-
 pic efforts of the brothers. s.-The death ! Is announced of Theodore Juste, the
 Belgian historian.-Mr. Lathrop, the United States minister to Russia, and
 his family and Baron Hume, the fan cee of MT. Lathrop's daughter. have started for America. .-The Emperor William received the manager of the North German Lloyd Company, and ! consented to allow the new steamer of that line to be baptized Wilhelm II. The glasS-workers ill two factories at Lyons, France, have struck. A general strike of glass-workers is eX- | pected. Holland society of New
 York attended concert in the Palace of Industry in Amsterdam. The or
 chestra played the Dutch and Ameri
 can anthems.