Connecticut western news., 1888-10-31
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

A public meeting was held in Cologne with the object of promoting measures for the SUD- pression of slavery in Africa. Resolutions were adopted declaring that it was the special duty of the Congo State, England and Ger many to cooperate in the suppression of the slave traffic, and also declaring that, pro- vided the Government would safely guard German interests, it could count on the SUD- port of the people and the Reichstag.
 A St. Petersburg despatch says that five minutes before the Czar's train arrived at kutars, en route from Ttlis to the Black Sea- a kouban Cossack, disguised as an officer was arrested at the station for having on his person several explosives and some poison in gelatine capsules
 Australia is building fence ofwire netting 5000 miles long to keep jack rabbits out of Queensland.
 -Ex-Queen Nathalie of Servia declines to receive the document notifying her of the di- vorce obtained by her husband, which was brought to her at Bucharest by special messenger. The decree will, therefore, be con- veyed to her through the Foreign Office
 In concluding his remarks to the muni cipal delegation which waited upon him En- peror William observed that he was about to move to Berlin, and he requested the delegil- ton to that less was written about his change of residence.
 Thirty thousand men employed in the Derbyshire collerics have been conceded an advance of 10 per cent. in wages.
 MT. William Henry Smith, the Govern ment leader in the House of Commons, has issued circular to remind the members of the reopeninc of Parliament.
 -Hohenburg, the retired German officer, who was arrested at Nice while mailing @ Lebel cartridge on the charge of being spy, has been sentenced to imprisonment for five years and the payment of a fine of $1 ,OOO. He will not be allowed to stop i'll France for f1,nN ,n,tn
 A royal proclamation by Servia has been issued declaring that a new Constitution IS necessary, and appealing to all parties to unite in the work of procuring it.
 Reports from Corea indicate that declar- ation of the independence of that country may shortly be expected. The Russian and American representatives support the King, and the movements of American and Russian men-of-war lend credibility to the rumor
 Government organs in Berlin are talking of the expected recall of Baron von Schl9zer, the Prussan Envoy to the Vatican, in conse. quence of the Pope's oration to the Neapoli. tan pilmrims.
 The Belgrade Official Journal publishes 6 pastoral prepared by the Metropolitan Theo- dosius, in which he says that in the exercise of his power as leader of the Servian Church, and by virtue of rights consecrated by precederts. he dissolved the marriage of King Milan and Queen Natalie, and declares that it no longer exists.
 The seventh Congress of Amercanists has just closed it's sessions in Berlin. The city authorities of Berlin did everything ill their power to give distinction to the Congress, and the chief Burgomaster and the City Council entertained them in 8 banquet at the City Hall.
 During tho Parnell inquiry tho Attorney General accused MT. Parnell of possessing criminal knowledge regarding the use of vast funds by tho League for criminal purposes.
 The strike of collicrs in England is assum- ing alarming proportions, and It is feared the movement will become general. In Yorkshire l5,O0O workers have just gone out At a meet ing at Leeds the coal owners resolved to make no concessions to the strikers.
 It is stated that Emperor William and the Pope gave their consent to the publication of semi-oficial report of their interview.
 Tho General Convention of the Universal ist Church is in session in Chicago. The an nual sermon this year is to be delivered by Rev. Dr. Eaton, of New York City.
 The Swiss Socialists are circulating peti- tion for revision of the Federal Constitution of Switzerland.
 The Sultan of Morocco has ordered an artillery salute to the Portuguese flag as Q compensation for the disrespcct shown by the city of Larache.
 Dispatches from Wady Halfa, Upper Egypt, state that the white Pasha, with a
  that troops from Omdurman are marching to oppose him.
 M. Mariani, French Charge GAffaires at Munich has been appointed French Ambassa- dor to Italy, in succession to Count de Mouy.
 The Spanish gun vessel Lealtad, which was sunk in Batabano harbor during the cyclone of September 3 and 4, has been raised and lowed to Havana. She is wooden cruiser, of o75 tons displacement, built in 1860, and carries s guns.
 Two thousand colliers have gone on strike in Derbyshire.
 An trade has been issued by the Sultan sauctoning the construction of railway from Jaffa to Jerusalem
 The Russian troops arc manoeuvring ex- tensvely on the Austrian frontier.
 The official r. port of the disaster at Poten- "a, Italy, limits tho number of killed to nine- teen and the injured to ffty-five. Tho Berlin Post charges that NJ. Urusoff, the Russian Minister at Brussels, forged the letter alleged to have been written by Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria to the CZar, and which caused the Czars suspicion that Prince Bis marck had unfriendly designs upon Russia
 In the French Senate NJ. Penanster of the Right proposed that committee be appointed to consider the questions of the revision of the Constitution and the suppression of the Con- cordat. The proposal was rejected.
 A riot occurred at Moy, Ireland, between Orangemen and Nationalists. The police were reinforced and charged the mob with bayonets. Several policemen were injured with stones thrown by the rioters.
 The Pope, in donating s6O,ooO to the anti slavery movement, has written to Cardinal Lavigerie in terms of praise and encourage ment of the scheme, in which he was commits stoned by the Pope to invite the cooperation of Europe.
 The Vienna Ne,o Free Press says that the idea of marriage between Prince Alexander of Battenberg and Princess Victoria, the sister of the German Emperor, has been abandoned.
 The Inman line steamer City of Paris a sister ship to the City of New York; built by the Messrs. Thompson of Clydebank, was launched.
 Several thousand Yorkshire miners have gone on strike. It is expected that many others will join the strike to-day. Coal has advanced from 8 to 40 per cent. in England during October.
 Can't Import Mexican Cattle,
 The Commissioner of Agriculture has In