Connecticut western news., 1888-11-14
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

to be formed in St. Petersburg for the purpose of building railroads in Siberia. Besides q largc subsidy, the Government will give 1 ,OOO OO0 roubles yearly for the transporta- ton of mails and cOnvicts.
 A dispatch from Shanga says: 'lt is announced that the daughter of the Empress Dowager's brother has been selected us the consort of the Emperor of China.
 Iii Hung Chang demands the dismissal of Mir. Denny, the American advisor of tue King of Corea.
 The Pope received the Russian Envoy, Nj. lswolski. It is reported that the Vatican intends to renew negotiations for the resump- ton of diplomatic relations with Russia.
 --The International Exhibition at Brussels was closed by the Count of Flanders and other notables. The American representa- tivcs. Mcssrs. Bigclow and Mcfarland, re- ceived the decoration ofthe Order of1eopold the former being made a commander and the latter a chrvalicr of the order.
 Tho new Canadian college at Rome has been placed under the protection of the Brit ish flag.
 The official bulletin states that the King of Holland has almost recovered.
 A house collapsed in Litchfeld street, London causing the death of six persons and the injury of twenty.
 A Cairo despatch says seventy thousand followers of the Mahdi attacked the town of
 
 pulsed the assailants and killed 5000, but the Mahdists returned to the attack and cap- tured the town. The Sultan of Wadai fled to Ghiri.
 Another Whitechapel horror, more horri ble than any previous one has startled the London people. This time the murder was committed in the woman's own home in Dor set street.
 -Advices from St Petersburg say that the Czar was injured in several places in the re- cent accident to his train, and that he is sui fcring from severe pains i'll the chest and legs. Admiral Possict has been dismissed from the Ministry of Railways owing to the accident. He is succeeded temporarily by M. Vishnc gradSky.
 A despatch from Melbourne announces that a fire destroyed whole block of build- ings at Brokenhill causing q loss of GlOO, 900 The British Board of Trade returns show that imports increased e457O,OOO and cx- ports increased e2 160, ,O0O during the month of September, compared with the imports and exports in September, 1887. -TIc Russian government has notified the Porte that should the divorce of King Milan, of Servia, cause troubles which would lead to the occupation of Servin by Austria, Russia | will consider herself released from her obliga- ton not to occupy Bulgaria. | -The elections for memb mbers of the Landtag | in Prussia resulted in favor of the Govern | ment, the extreme Right and Left losing | seats which were captured by the Moderates. | On church and school questions majority | againSt the Government, consisting of Con- | servativcs, Ccutrists aud Poles is still possi- | ble.
 | A dynamite bomb was exploded in a reg | stry office in the Rue Boucher, Paris. Another bomb was exploded in a registry office in the Rue Franchise. Much damage was done at both places, but no one was | hurt.
 A forri hlc- ro Ilision occurrcd on n railway line in Southern Russia near kovel. Many persons were killed. "A cable despatch from Hayti states that Jacmel, ono of the insurgent towns of Hayti. | has been occupied by the government forces, and that the blockade of the port has been | raised.
 A despatch from Saigon says that the | French have captured the ex-King of Annam, | who fled to the mountains after the events nt | uue 's' Emperor William will visit tConstantinople | in the Spring, on the occasion of his journey to Athens
 | Tho bctrothal of tue Prince of Naples to | Princess Clemcntine of Belgium will be an | nounccd shortly. | A ferry steamer was sunk in a collision at | Calcutta and sixty persons were drowned. --The Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, and King Humbcrt of Italy are expected to | visit Berlin after tho visit of the Czar in the | spring.
 | Tho Queensland Parliament has come to | a decision in regard to the Chinese bill in. | cordaIce with the Sydney conference. The clause relating to the imprisonment for life | af Chinese illegally entering the colony is re served for royal assent. "A reservoir at Montreux, on the Lake of | Geneva used to work an electric railway | burst, destroying numerous houses and | drowning many persons. Seven bodies have been recovered.
 To a deputation from Walsall, which
 waited upon him at Birmingham, MT. Clad
 stone said he considered it his duty to remain | in public life until the Irish question was def- nitely settled.
 | A German has been arrested at an hotel
 in Nice, on the suspicion of being spy. A | packet of Lebel cartridges wss found in his | possession. Two other Germans have fled in
 order to avoid arrest. -Despatches from Monteux, France, say | that floods have devastated the villages of | Souzier, Perlit, and Vuarrennes. At the last
 place the railroad was destroyed and much | other damage done.
 Heavy gales prevail on the British coasts
 Several vessels have been wrecked but no
 lives are reported lost
 An trade has been issued by the Sultan
 of Turkey exempting from import duty for
 ten years machine apparatus for public util-
 ity.
 Eight additional members of the crew of
 the steamer Saxmundham, which was recent
 ly sunk off Cowes by the Norwegian bark
 Nor, have been rescued There are fourteen