Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-11-19
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

William Reginald Courtenay, earl of Devon,
Is dead in his eighty-second year.
Henry George arrived at Southampton, Eng
land, yesterday, and was cordially welcomed
by a crowd of radicals.
The illness of Lord Tennyson is said to be so
serious that fears are entertained in England
that he may not survive the winter.
Three more French journalists-Robt. Pic,
correspondent of La France, of Paris: M. Lata-
pich. and NJ. Coriot-have been expelled from
Prussia.
Admiral Possiet. formerly Russian minister
OF railways, who was dismissed because of the
recent accident to the czar's train, has been APP
pointed member of the imperial council.
A dispatch in the London Times says that
the Chinese government has learned that a
secret treaty has been concluded between
Russia and Corea, providing for Russian pro-
tectorate of Corea.
Mrs. Lucy Parsons is in London, and at a
socialist meeting in Victoria park yesterday.
Chicago riots, she advocated the use of bombs
to improve the condition of human society.
During the debate in the Italian chamber of
deputies on the bill for the public safety. and
in reply to a demand from the left for state
ment of his policy, Premier Crispi said: Italy
is my divinity. will never provoke anyone,
but will never accept anything which is even
remotely an affront to my country"
Octave Feuillet. the French novelist, re-
Gently lost his only son. to whom he was pas
companions and the closest and most complete
sympathy existed between them. SO profound
is Feuillets grief that he has cancelled all his
literary engagements and has announced his
intention never to write again for the public.
British officers boarded the Belgian steamer
Brabo off the Zanzibar coast Friday and found
400 slaves, who were destined for the Congo
The British took away two slaves who swore
they had been kidnapped. and allowed the ves-
sci to proceed. The incident has caused a
Il har -,
ments for the traffic were made through for
mer Belgian consul
The viceroy of India informed durbar at
Patiala that the British government would not
avail itself of the offers of money from the In
dian princes for the defense of the country
but would ask them to form strong native
forces fit for service with the imperial troops
The government would provide English Off
GERS and furnish breech-loaders and battery
of four guns for each Punjaub chief
Baron Won STRAIGHTFORWARD, the American
favorite Of the king Of Wurtemberg, has yielded
to popular clamor and resigned his various
positions about the court. The prime minister
Won Mittnacht and his colleagues have re-
sumed Office. The general belief at Stuttgart.
however, is that the king will abdicate on the
from Nuremberg to live in Italy with Wood
cock. The latter is rumored to have sailed for
America to visit his family.
DIR. CharcOt the great French physician,
says that children under sixteen cannot have
their brains overworked. No forcing, he as
serts. will get out of them more cerebral work
than the brain will accomplish without fatigue.
1t Is not till after the age of sixteen eighteen
that surmenage becomes possible.
The car has. during the past five years. de-
voted f60.00O to the erection of a beautiful
church at Jerusalem. not far from the holy
places, as a memorial of his mother. His
brothers have provided the rich fittings and
furniture between them. and the church. which
was consecrated last week by Mgr. Nikodim,
patriarch Of Jerusalem. will become a fresh
gathering place for Russian pilgrims to the
holy city.