Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-12-27
FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP.

FOREIGN NEWS AND GOSSIP.
The leading French soldiers condemn Bou-
hangers action in deciding to contest the vacant
seat in the department Of the Seine. A strong
government clique 10 organising to oppose
him. The senators and deputies OF the repub-
lican groups held q meeting yesterday and
adopted resolution in favor Of the candida
ture of NJ. Pierre Baudin against Boulanger.
Count Won Moltke, while making purchases
for Christmas, was surrounded by wild and
enthusiastic mob Of friends and admirers in
Berlin and cheered until he was obliged to re-
treat into cab.
Prado, the murderer Of Marie Agaetian, has
written letter to President Carnot, of France,
in which he protests that he is innocent Of the
crime for which he was sentenced to death.
Jno. Keith Robertson, Journalist, and author
Of several successful novels, Of Dundee, fell
down q stair leading to his fathers house some
few days ago and survived the accident only an
hour. he was only twenty-nine.
A second inquiry into the recent accident to
the cars train at Borki results in attributing
the disaster TO criminal conspiracy. ALI the
recently discharged railway employees will
shortly be arrested.
Panama canal stock dropped 20 francs yester-
day on the Paris bourse.
The pope has sent to the bishop Of Piacenza
"a 900 for a training college for missionaries to
be sent to America to care for italian emigrants.
William Henri waddington, French ambassa-
dor in England, was born in Paris, of English
parents, and is Just sixty-two years of age. He
was w,.n educated at Rugby and Cambridge, En-
lege, and took a very high degree. He pulled
with the Cambridge crew that beat Oxford in
1849. He has occupied the position Of French
ambassador at the court Of st. James since
1888, and is q true and patriotic citizen Of his
adopted country, France.
King Kalakaua gave grand banquet to the
members of the American base ball clubs on
their visit to the Sandwich Islands. It was
unique and elaborate affair. All the guests
were decked with flowers wound in wreaths
around their necks. After the banquet the
kings dancers gave an exhibition Of their ma
tional dances.
dispatch from Malta says that neither the
duke nor the duchess of Edinburg was present
at the theater there when the attempt was
made to blow up the building with a bomb.
The Russian consul at Malta, who was arrested
for completely in the attempted outrage, has
been released. There was no evidence what
ever against him, his arrest being due to a
vague suspicion that he was in some way i'm
plicated in the affair.
The project Of police Of Paris has issued an
edict giving permission to the cafes and res
taurants OF that city to remain open until 8
O'Clock in the morning. The more staid citi-
zens do not ike this idea, as 1t disturbs their
sleep.
The car has forbidden the Ashinoff expedi-
ton to start for Abyssinia. Ashinoff is Cos
sack zeaiot who two years ago entered Abys-
sinia with a band Of armed monks, and by pre-
tending to hate the Italians bitterly he won
the favor and confidence of King John, and
was welcomed in Abyssinia more heartily than
any previous white visitor. He founded the
town OF New Moscow, convinced King John
that their religions were practically Identical
and obtained permission to bring in a large
number of Russian immigrants. The advance
party was to consist Of forty priests and sixty
monks, and it was to be followed next month
by 1900 young men, who had to undergo a
medical examination before they were accepted
as emigrants. The car, however, has dis
banded the expedition, and forbidden Ashinoff
to continue his plans.
Gen. Loris Mehkoff, whose death at Nice was
announced yesterday, at the age of g. was at
the breaking out of the Russo Turkish war ap-
pointed Acknowledgement to the Grand Duke
Michael, Russian commander-in-chiefi in the
Caucasus, and it was he who in reality con-
Quoted all the military operations in the cam
paign- To him especially was the credit due
for the capture of Ordahan by the Russians in
1877, and the subsequent capture of Kars In
Maladzyetsky, but escaped without injury. He
was regarded as one of the most brilliant
officers in the Russian service.
In the French senate yesterday NJ. Breton
asked Minister Vielle to explain the conduct of
Great Britain in closing British ports to French
cattle on the plea Of infectious diseases. NJ
Vielle replied that British ports were open
only to cattle from Portugal and Sweden. He
could do nothing against the ill-wili of the
British government, which had right to adopt
whatever measures the sanitary police suQ-
gested. He had tried to negotiate with the
British government on the subject but without
success.