Connecticut western news., 1888-10-03
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.
 The Pope celebrated high mass for the dead in St. Peters, to solemnize the close Of his jubilee. The congregation numbered 2O,- 900 people. AdmittanCe was by ticket London is excited over two more White ! chapel murders The victims, as usual, are women not of the best character.
 The strike of coal miners at Newcastle, New South Wales, continues.
 New Zealand advices are to the affect tn at the legislature agreed to the extension of the California mail service for another year. The Berlin Post announces that the fund for the Emin relief expedition has been se- cured.
 The first open air meeting of unemployed workmen, under the sanction of Premier Cris- pi, was held in the Piazza Dante in Rome. The speakers demanded State employment. The Berlin National Gazette states that the recently published extracts from Freder- ick's diary have been compared with the text of the original and have been found to agree with the latter word for word.
 -M Goblet, the Minister of Foreign Af fairs, speaking at Abbeville. expressed the Boulanger to the Chamber of Deputies. and drew picture of the troubles that would be- fall France if many Boulangists were elected. He hoped the country would rally to the sup port of the government.
 An official report of the crops in France for the present season has been issued. It shows that 7,055, 161 hectares of land were this year planted with corn, yielding 96, 430 002 hec- toitres, against 96, 466 hectares in 1887 yield ing 112 456 107 hectolitres. This year there were planted with rye 1,6l4,6S5 hectares, yielding 2l 1895, 562 hectolitres against ,624 297 hectares in 1887, yielding 23, ,676, 713 hectolitres.
 The Italian Chamber of commerce unanl- hously favors reopenlng negotiations With France for commercial treaty.
 King Humbert has requested the Grown Prince not to visit the Italian exposition.
 -senor Florence Luiz, wealthy ranch man of Sonora, Cal, and an old Indian fighter, killed himself at his ranch
 A large wooden tenement house at Cron- stadt, in Russia, was destroyed by fire. The stairway was burned, cutting off the escape of the occupants. Sixteen persons were burned to death.
 A Vienna despatch says: Two officers who recently ascended Mt. Mangast without guides were caught by heavy fog and fell over precipice. One of the officers was inst ntly killed, but the other miraculou sly escaped
 -Parades of the Salvation Army have been suppressed at Neuchatel, Switzerland.
 Tho Porte has ordered the authori ties of the i~land of Chios to desist from inter fering with Greek vessels.
 The Council of the canton of Solothuru has asked that special session of the Swiss Federal Assembly be convened, in order that the ordinance passed by the Bundles rath rela- tive to political police may be annul!ed.
 A council of the Ministers was held in Paris, at which Oct. 15 was fixed as the date for the meeting of the Chambers. Admiral Krantz, Minister of Marine, declared that he would not agree to additional reductions in the naval budget. M. Viette, Minister of Ag- riculture, reported that the grain harvest amounted to 96, COG, 900 hectolitres, against an annual average yield of 10S,0O0,000 hecto- tires.
 A Cairo telegram says: The government has agreed to prolong the powers of the mixed tribunals for period of five years. All litiga- tion between natives and foreigners IS con- ducted beforo these tribunals.
 Tho Italian Government recently notified the Porte that Italy would sign the protocol which the Porte desired to append to the Suez Canal convention only on the conditions tha t the Porte specified the territory claimed by Turkey in North Africa, and that it also datin- cd the western frontier of Tripoli The Porte refused to comply with these conditions on the ground that such compliance would com- promise Turkish rights in Tunis. The proto- col has been abandoned.
 General Boulanger has intimated that he will return to Paris, and that he will resume his daily receptions
 The Prefect of Paris has issued au order forb;dding newsboys to cry anything Iii the streets except the titles of papers The race for the sculling championship be- tween Peter Kemp and Edward Hanlon was rowed on the Parametta River, Sydney, New South Wales, and was won by Kemp.
 During artillery practice at Felixdorf a shot narrowly missed the head of Emperor Francis Joseph.
 A despatch from Valparaiso, via Calves ton, says that the Transandine Telegraph Company will open to the public it's new di- rect telegraph line between Valparaiso and Buenos Ayres shortly. This is an ir n pole line in connection with forty miles of cable and will insure communication between Buenos Ayres and London, via Galveston, in side of one hour and half.
 -Advices from Suakim state that there was heavy firing between the rebels and the British forces. Deserters report that the rebels suf- fered severely, one shell killing seventeen of them. An official despatch says that the rebels are extending their trenches daily, that the fire from the garrison fails to dislodge them and they must be driven out by assault. Re Inducements are urgently demanded.
 Tho third week in August was marked in Valparaiso, Chili, by mortimer that wrecked ten or & dozen vessels, including the Success, bound from New York to San Francisco. All were in the harbor, but their anchor chains broke and they collided with each other and went to pieces on the beach. The Cambrian, a British bark, sank with all hands save two who swam ashore.
 The French Grain Congress reports that the harvest exceeds all expectations. The work of surveying the new railroad | from JalaDa tO Vera CruZ was begun. A sad accident occurred in the Missouri | River, near Glasgow, Mo. James Halloway | wealthy farmer, had made arrangements tc exchange a lot of cattle with Mr. Denham o1 Slater, Mo. The cattle were being transferred | across the river in tlatboat, when they stam | peded and the boat was swamped. There were seven men on board, and three were drown ed They are Messrs Halloway, Denham, and c | B. Brown, the ferryman. The four who were | saved clung to the boat.
 l Owing to fears of military e,ne,ie pre- cautionary measures have been taken in tht barracks at Saragossa, Seville and other places i2 SE-in.
 | The Italian government has ordered that protective measures be taken at Italian ports against vessels arriving from districts iu America infected with yellow fever.
 Two severe and successive shocks of earth | quake were felt at Guayaqui, lasting about two minutes. The shocks were followed by flashes of lghtnng. At this time of year | lightning has been unknown heretofore. Re ports of the damage done have not been re. ceived. The people, however, are panic stricken.
 l The Russian government has granted subsidy of S65, ,OGO annually to a private firm tt run a line of steamers between Russian Paciti, ports and Corea, Japan and China. In tLt event of war the steamers are to be placed al the disposal of the government.
 The official Gazette of Madrid publishes 
 of the first class at Cadiz, of one of 1000 tons at Carthagena, one of 1000 tons. another of 5000 tons and four torpedo boats at Ferrol These are in addition to the three cruisers now l boipp bpilf