Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-28
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

Several shocks of earthquake were felt
Thursday IN the eastern and southeastern parts
of Spain.
London dispatch says the lord mayor will
give a farewell banquet TO United States
Minister and Mrs. Phelps on January "a.
The widow Of Laurence Oliphant, who leaves
England soon for Syria, intends to reside per-
manently in that country with American rela-
tives.
Brussels has been thrown into fever Of ex-
element by the receipt by prominent persons
OF cards and kilograms announcing the advent
In that city of the famous Jack the Ripper"
Of Whitechapel notoriety. King Leopold, the
project Of police and the court ministers are
among the recipients Of these attentions.
Natalie, the former queen of Servia, was re-
ceived with royal honors during her recent
tour. At the Russian frontier she was well
coined by Russian officers in behalf of the car
and czarina. At the various towns at which she
stopped the local officials presented bread and
salt, expressing at the same time the hope that
she might reascend the throne.
At the request of Emperor William horse
racing in Prussia on Sundays and holy days has
been stopped.
The British steamer Storm Queen has found
cred in the Bay of Biscay. The captain and five
other persons were lost.
Prof. Geffcken was examined in Berlin
Thursday in connection with the diary of the
late Emperor Frederick and his whole past
career. His trial will begin at Leipsic about
the middle Of January.
A false alarm Of fire in the Berliner theater
last night caused temporary panic among the
audience. No one was injured
Liverpool needed an additional water supply,
and the government went into Wales 20 miles
away. and bought large valley, including the
village of Llanwyddyn. This valley is now be-
ing filed with body of water miles long and
"a feet deep. 1t is understood that all the
houses: the church, two chapels, tavern. and
post-office remain as they were, and are gradu-
ally being submerged under the collecting
water that pours into the valley. new village
has been built near by, and all the Llanwyddy-
ans have removed to il.
The Russian mission to the vatican has OBJ
tanned various concessions from the pope. His
holiness sanctions the deportation of the
bishop OF Wilma to Siberia. accepts the Russian
governments candidates for the dioceses of
Dublino and Plako, and consents to the intro
duction OF the Russian language in all
Catholic churches. except in the liturgy, an
innovation that will completely destroy the
Polish element II is certain that French in
fuence had much to do with the granting of
these concessions.
The Berlin Post says that all efforts have
failed to obtain news of the fate of the German
East Africa companys officials at the stations
IN Usayara and Kingaur, notably those at Kioza
and Mpwapa.
Two Russian emissaries have been arrested
at Festilesti Roumania. Efforts to incite the
people against King Charles seem to be becom-
ing frequent
The excavations on the Acropolis Mt Athens
have once more brought to light valuable
works of ancient art. The principal are parts
of a number of statues of heroic size which
when put together have been found to make
two wonderful groups. One of these repre-
sents Hercules killing the marine deity. Triton.
The other group consists of three mythical
monsters, of which the upper portion repre-
sents the body of man, while the lower part
Is a serpent. These discoveries are some of
the most interesting ever made on the Aero
polls. The workmanship. as well as vivid col
oring. have excited the admiration of archa-
ologists, who attribute the scuptors to the
seventh century before Christ.
Agob Pasha has been appointed Turkish
minister of finance.
At the meeting of Panama canal bondholders
in Paris yesterday NJ. Martineau. who had spent
two years at the Panama works, declared that
the canal could be finished at the longest in
three years with an outlay of 400. 900 900 francs
Count Dilhaw. the chairman. said that he was
able to vouch for the accuracy of the figures.
The pope's recent speech has greatly embit-
tered the feeling against the vatican among
italian liberals.