Los Angeles daily herald., 1888-07-21
WORLD VIKINGS.
Brief News Mention From Foreign
Lands.


Brief News Mention From Foreign
Lands.
At Havana, Cuba, seven hundred
cigar makers are on strike for increased
wages.
H. DeLainnias, formerly Prime Minis
ter of Greece, has had a stroke OF
apoplexy.
Dispatches from Continental Europe,
report the prevalence of storms, with
heavy rainfall, which are destroying
| crops.
Father Gelligan, who was imprisoned
under the Crimes act, was released on
Friday, and was greeted by crowd and
made speech.
1t is reported that all the members of
the Holy Synod, except two, are opposed
to the granting of King Milan's petition
for divorce from Queen Natalie.
Boulanger is making rapid progress
toward recovery. Friends who have
made speeches on behalf of Boulanger
have been received with great hostility.
The Tercentenary of the destruction of
| the Spanish Armada was observed at
Plymouth, Thursday, with the appropri-
ate ceremonies. Thousands of persons
were in attendance.
A dispatch from Adelaide, Australia,
says the British ship Star of Greece,
Captain Harrow, from London, was
wrecked in Aldinger Bay. and twenty
persons drowned.
1t is stated that Balfour, Chief Secre-
retary for Ireland, receives kilograms
daily regarding the health of John Dillon
from the keeper of the prison in which
Dillon is confined.
| The shooting contest for the Elcho
Shield, at Wimbledon, resulted in favor
of the Irish team. The scores were as
follows: Ireland 1872 points, England
1912, Scotland 1868.
!. The Select Committee appointed by
| the Honse of Commons has submitted a
report recommending perpetual Sunday
closing in all parts of Ireland and also
the closing of inns at o'clock on Satur-
day nights.
The Italian Chamber of Deputi es, by a
vote of 269 to 81, adopted the Communal
Reform Bill, which gives to two million
citizens the right to vote in local cleo
tions. The Cham Der was then prorogued
until November.
i Fire broke out on Thursday on the
Spanish steamer Asturiano, at Rouen,
from New York, and caused tremen-
dous explosion, there being on board a
cargo Of S,S40 barrels of petroleum. Eight
of the crew were killed.
The first steamer load of steel rails and
other supplies for the Mexican Pacific, or
McWood's railroad, has arrived at Port
Altata. A portion will be discharged
there and the remainder of it at Mazatlan,
where construction begins.
A we'll authenticated report has reached
Laredo of the disastrous wreck of con-
struction train on the Mexican National
Railroad, at the Front, in which fifteen
men were killed. A relief train was sent
to the scene from Saltillo. No further
particulars are as yet obtainable.
The retirement of Marshal Kuhn has
caused a sensation at Vienna. The EN-
peror, in letter to the Marshal, SAYS:
The necessity for the army being in per-
feet readiness for the field renders it i'm
perative to appoint another to your post.
Marshal Kuhn still enjoys full mental
and physical vigor.
The leading news papers and citizens
of Sonora and Sinaloa, Mexico, are criti-
cizing the American Consul at Port Ma
aztlan fer refusing to hoist the stars and
stripes over the American consulate on
the Fourth of July, as is the usual Gus
tom. Mexican flags were unfurl ID in
honor of the United States, but no flag
foated over the consulate.
The Commons finished the new clauses
of the Government bill Thursday even
ing. Cony beare tried to "talk out" the
second reading OF the Bann drainage BILL
but closure was enforced and the bill
passed on second reading. All the Par
nellites, with The exception of Biggar,
left the House in body with many Radi-
calls, and protest against the exclusion OF
debate. Labouchere intends to move
rejection of the Parnell Commission bill.
1t is now expected Parliament will ad-
ljourn August 11th, until autumn.
AUSTRALIAN CHINESE LAW,
SYDNEY, N. S. W., July 20.-The cap