The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1888-07-05
FOREIGN,

FShEias
Empress Victoria will remain at Fried
erichskron till the affairs under Frieierich's
will have been arranged. Kaiser Wilhelm
will reside at the castle in Berlin throughout
the year. The Chateau San Souci will be
fitted up as an imperial residence next sum-
mer
"A srusauiun rus ur-u rauseu Ill ueruIauy
by the Tageblatt publishing notes left by
Kaiser Friedrich regarding the overtures
made to him while in San Reno TO abdicate
In favor of Wilhelm The Progressist papers
maintain that the notes are authentic and
that they were kept in the custody of Fried
erich till the visit of Queen Victoria, when
the empress confded a portion Of them to her
mother. The documents show that Wilhelm
urged his father to consent to the regency
proposal, but failed, owing to the strenuous
resistance Of the then Crown Princess
Victoria
A court report credited to the kaiser de-
sire to have DR.. Mackenzie prosecuted for
maltreatlnent in the case OF Kaiser Frieder-
ich. The Hamburger Nachrichten says the
project has been abandoned, because the
official German medical report exonerates
DR.. Mackenzie
Emperor William will visit the car at st.
Petersburg in the first fortnight in July, and
will afterward visit Emperor Franci.
Joseph.
The monsoon rains are a fortnight overdue
in Calcutta, owing to the DETECTION Of the
current to Burmah where heavy rain has
fallen for 10 days. The crop prospects in
Bengal, especially as regards rice, are ex-
tremely serious on account of the drought.
Nine government officials at Seoul, China,
have been beheaded in the streets by the
populace. Foreigners are taking refuge at
che consulates TIE outbreak is attributed
to Chinese instigation
M de Lessons tc bIoroad for fry,pr fo doot
the whole of tns Panama canal loan at one
time, instead of issuing half now and half in
december. The syndicate which engaged to
take one quarter of the loan if the remainder
were subscribed for has been released from
its contract subscriptions having been re
ceived for only one-h If of the loan.
The municipal authorities of Berlin were
received by the emf error in the marble hail
OF the c. stle Herr Forckenbeck read m adj
dress. The emperor tn nked him for the ex-
pressions OF loyalty. He said that, as
native of Berlin, he had followed attentively
the developments an improvements made in
the municipal institutions B Rim had only
recently become one OF the leading cities Of
the world, but henceforth it would hold its
own. In concluding, he declared that, be-
side schools and hospitals, the restoration OF
places OF worship ought to be part of tho
duties of the municipal government.
The Berlin correspondent Of the St. James
Gazette states that Gen. Won Caprivi, chief
of the impel ial admiralty, has ndered his
resignation of that Office, as well as the office
he holds in the army. The resignation will
doubtless be accepted. The correspondent
also states that other changes will follow.
If the white pashan in the BARREL
Ghazel province is Henry M. Stanley, and
he intends to relieve the white slaves Of
Khartoum the government will actively as
sist him; bui il be intends to hold Khartoum
and to send from that place force 10 Emin
Boy, it is not probable that the government
will support him.
Mr.. Morley, in a speech at Chelsea, Eng
land, said that the liberals still had plenty Of
time to win the Irish battle, to which
they were determined to devote themselves
firmly, resolutely and unfinchingly. Tn,
recent debate In parliament had compelled
the government to admit that the National
league was still ubiquitous, and that crime
In ireland was dependent upon coercion.
The action of the ma gistrates had DESTROYED
the reign OF the law, and substitute cd the ar
bitrary will OF practically irresponsible
power.
The Dominion government has been warned
by the imperial authorities to keep a sharl
lookout for several dynamitsrs, who are
known by the Scotland Yard detectives tc
have sailed for America
A heavy gale did considerable dsmags tc
the lobster and salmon fishery in the neigh
borhood Of Ingonish, G. b. The schooner
Mary Jane was driven ashore and is a total
wreck. The crew had MARI ow escape. The
vessel is partially insured A large timber
raft belonging to the Victoria lumber mills
at Black Brook was partly destroyed, caus
ing great loss.