Wichita eagle., 1888-01-27
OVER THE OCEAN.
ENGlAND

LONDON. Jan. sit is f.iinored tonight
that several warrants, besides those against
Dr. Tanner and Mr. Pyne, have been is
sued for the arrest of Irish members of the
house of commons in England. Mr.. Dill
Ions challenge to the government in his
speech at Cambridge last evening to arrest
him for language used in public speech
in England has been noted by the authori-
ties, and the general opinion is that his ar
rest is imminent. Having gone so far in
its attempt to make the coercion act coop
erative in Great Britain, the government
will scarcely permit this piece of defiance
to go unnoticed, especially as Mr.. Dillon
is foremost among the men for whose ar
rest warrants were issued in Ireland some
time ago.
The cabinet council was in session two
hours and half this afternoon, all the
members being present except Mr. Balfour,
Lord Ashbourne and Mr.. Matthews. The
subjects under discussion were, IL is under
stood. the arrest Of Mr.. CoXin London, and
the advisability of arresting such other
offending Irish members as may be found
in England upon that precedent, and the
amended rules of procedure to be consider
ed and adopted at the coming session OF
parliament.
The anniversary of the death of General
Gordon, which will occurr tomorrow, will
be appropriately observed by the friends of
that officer The St. James Gazette, in a
leader calling attention to the fact and
eulogizing the dead hero of khartoum,
condemns Mr.. Gladstone as being RESPONSE
bic for Gordon'S death I'VE are not sup
erstitious, but we are yet constrained to de-
clare the perfectly plain truth that the be-
ginning of Mr.. Gladstone'S downward
career was coincident with the murder of
General Gordon"
The report that Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain
will be appointed governor general of
Canada to succeed Lord Landsdowne is
entirely without foundation, and the gov
eminent officials who We're asked about it
this afternoon made no effort to restrain
their laughter at the absurdity of the sug-
gestiOn.
Several heavy commercial failures at
Amsterdam are reported. The latest and
most important of these is the embarrass-
ment of the house of Nose Ezschiels Sons.
bankers, which has been in existence and
excellent repute for more than a century,
Donald McRae the leading spirit of the
Highland Land league is in London in the
interest Of the Scotch crofters. In an in
terview today he expressed himself As eX-
ceedingly hopeful that the land would be
restored to the people. But in the mean
wants is absolutely necessary, and my
purpose in coming to London is to seek
this
Mr.. Jesse Ceilings, in his speech at Biz
mingham tonight announced his intention
of introducing in parliament bill provid-
ing for the teaching of the principles of
agriculture in rural schools, and establish
h., e
practical illustration.
The marine board OF Sunderland has
suspended for six months the certificate of
Captain Paynter. of the British bark En-
bleton, for cruelty to seamen on a recent
VOYAGE from San Francisco to Sunder-
land.
\ clerical imposter giving his name as
Joseph Eber, and claiming to be q profess
sor of theology of Chicago, has been ar
rested at Dantzic for illegally performing
mass and drawing priest 5 stipend The
attention of the police was attracted to
him through his undue Intimacy with a
barmaid He is believed to be the man
who, under the name of the Rev. Theodore
Heating, victimiZed some of the leading
clergymen of the Protestant church IN
Dublin in the summerOf 1856.
Baron Brassy delivered Il lecture before
the chamber of commerce to-day on the in
adequate defenSeS of the coaling station
When he finished the DIXIE of Cambridge
Endorsed his views and said the existence
of the empire depended upon its power to
keep commerce free from alarm. He was
unable to understand why a commercial
community could not see that preparation
for contingencies We're the trueSt economy
Lord Charles Beresford explained that
he had resigned the Office of junior lord OF
the admiralty because the interests of the
naval service had been subordinated to
political exiSencies. His statement was
greeted with enthusiasm.
II is stated that Pyne, the member of
parliament reported to have escaped re
Gently from Lisfarney castle. where he had
defied the efforts of the police to arrest
him, is in London. IL is expected Pyne
and Tanner, who IS also in London will be
! arrested.