The Progress., 1889-04-13
FOREIGN.

9th, aged sixty-nine years.
FOREIGN.
The Mexican Congress opened on the I'd
in the City of Mexico The President in his
message said that Mexicos relations with
the United States were excellent.
WALTER PIERCE, who was convicted Of
indecent assault on girl six years Of age,
received twenty lashes on the I'd at Milton,
Ont He tainted after his punishment
TIE Orangemen in mass-meeting at OF
taWa, Ont, on the I'd resolved to form q
Protestant league in every municipality In
the Dominion.
TIE Parneu Commission resumed It's sit-
ting in London on the I'd. Sir Charles Rus
sell opened the case for the Parnellites
MANY Nihilists were arrested at Wilma,
Russia, on the I'd It was learned that the
bombs discovered at Zurich were intended
to be used during the Czar's visit to Berlin.
PROF. ERNEST, a music teacher who re-
Gently eloped with the wife of Winnipeg
(Man.) grocer, returned to that city on the
Sd, and about thirty men dragged him from
his house and gave him COZ coat Of sirup.
axle grease and feathers, and drove him
from town.
ADvIcEs of the Sd say that thirty persons
on the island Of Tonga, in the South Pa
cifc, perished in the same hurricane that
destroyed the American and German fleets
at Apia, Samoa.
ADvICEs of the Sd from Massowah say that
King John Of Abyssinia was defeated and
slain in recent battle and that the whole
country was in state of anarchy
THREE packages Of mail matter contain
ing three or four hundred unopened letters,
mailed during February and March, were
found on the Sd in the attic Of the Montreal
post Office.
THE Board of Health of the City of Mex
leo announced on the Sd that it had de-
cided to admit American lard subject to
inspection.
The trial of the leaders of the League Of
Patrie ts was resumed at Paris on the Sd
General Boulanger had fed to Belgium,
where he proposed to remain until he dis
covered what the Government intended to
do in his case.
the 4th on it's failure to make any arrange
ment for the payment Of the Peruvian
bondholders.
In the French Chamber of Deputies on
the 4th it was voted to prosecute General
Boulanger for treason.
Rev. CHARLES SIDNEY HURD, who was un-
til lately the pastor of the Palmerston Uni
tartan Church at Boston, committed suicide
by poisoning himself at the Euston Hotel,
London, on the 4th. Financial difficulties
caused the deed
NEWS reached London on the 4th from
Explorer Stanley to the effect that he was
seen in February marching through the
wilds with Emin Pasha in the direction of
Zanzibar. He was at the head of two thou
sand men, and Emin Pasha and he were
said to be bringing six Thousand ivory tusks
with them
A WHISKY syndicate controlling &5, ,OOO, 900
Of capital was formed in Dublin, Ireland,
on the 4th, with the view Of controlling the
distilleries of that city.
ADyICEs OF the 9th say that terrible
storm had swept over large section Of
Southern Hungary. Many houses were de-
molished and in some cases whole villages
were set on fire by lightning and destroyed.
LATEST NEWS.
HEAVY snow storms prevailed through
Pa, the snow fall was the heaviest Of the
season.
The American base ball players after
trip of 81 600 miles encompassing the en-
tire globe, arrived at New York on the 9Th
o.aasn hnSEi y. oIooia ma,l agent on tue
Ollana road' was arrested on the 6th at
~, ~. ah,, w rosIomce Inspector Fleming
/. -. .oppins Vuo mails MS otout's operations
nave ex.enaeo over period OF at least
year. Most OF the letters taken by him
weie InUse ngse uilecIeo 70 tne Louisiana lot
W - ~" oiloans.
IAosDEK storm terminating IN cy-
cIons cI.' ana = snow storm visited Virginia the
~ ~ ~ NorlolK, Inc Wnole lower part o.
Sno Il.y as nooueu, Tue wafer IN tne mar
Dor Delng nlgner Jnan ever known before
Ilouses @ SOS were unrooleu. " flre oroke out
anu soV pales ~ cotCon anu seVeral Dulld-
ms wore pusneu. Az Wl Wlncnester, lour-
.een ~ 1ASnes !; u snow lell. Az portsmouth
.ne -. =: s1eanher zen sacola was SUNK at
tne dry oocK.
PRoF. M. G. VINCENT, Of London, Eng,
representing the great English tin syndi-
cate that recently raised millions of dol
lars to control the tin market Of the world,
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