The Progress., 1889-02-16
FOREIGN.

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EDWARD STANHoPE, England's Minister
of War, in a speech in London on the 21ti,
prophesied the speedy outbreak in Europe
Of sthe fiercest and most horrible war evar
known
A COMPANY with $500, 600 capital was
formed on the 29th in Toronto, Can. to da
velop the Labrador fisheries.
! By the ice giving way on the 2Sth ON
Lake Rideau. near Sunbury, Ont, sixteen
teamsters and their twenty horses were
drowned.
The British ship Sir Walter Raleigh
laden with wool from Sydney, N. S. W..
went aground on the Goth ult near Bou.
logne, and five Of the crew were drowned.
ARCHDUKE RUDOLPH, the heir apparent
to the throne of Austria, died suddenly on
the 30th ult. of apoplexy at Mierling, near
Baden, aged thirty -one years.
| ADvIcEs received at Auckland, New
Zealand, on the Both ult from Samoa an
neunced that the Germans there had begun
| systematic warfare on the nativeysYmpa-
thizers with Mataafa. 1t was also. said
| that all factions of the Samoans, including
| the followers of Talnasese, who had hither-
| to been favored by the Germans, would
| unite against the foreign foe No par.
ticulars had been received, but it was be,
/ lieved the next mail would bring news Of
serious conflict in the island.
j. w. GALE & Co., wholesale dry goods
| merchants at Toronto, assigned on the 31st
ult., with estimated liabilities of quarter
of million dollars and small assets.
ADv1CEs. of the 31st ult from Samoa
were that the Germans intended to search
! all vessels arriving there. They had sup
| pressed a newspaper, impris oned and sub
sequently released an English tourist and
issued a proclamation placing the Apia
police force under German control. Ma
taafa, the Samoan King, had six thousand
followers, and his army was said to be
| constantly increasing.
: Ar Dublin on the 3lst ult. John O'Con-
nor and Thomas Condor, members Of
Parliament for Tipperary, were sentenced
to imprisonment for four months for in
citing tenants not TO pay rent
Rev. FATHER CoRNYN was found dead in
his study on the 31st ult, at Strathroy,
Ont, with a gunshot wound in his head
and the gun by his side He had been ill.
and committed suicide.
ADvIcEs of the 31st ult. from San Do
mingo say that continuous rains had en-
tirely destroyed tho sugar crop of that
country.
The residence of Colonel White, Secrs-
tary of the American Legation at London,
was entered by burglars early on the
| morning of the 3lst ult. and $50, 900 worth
of jewelry and other valuables were car
ried off.
EDITOR O'BR1EN was lodged in jail at
Clonmel, ireland, on the 3lst ult He re-
fused to remove his clothes IN order to d
the prison garb, and the warders un.
dressed him by force. His beard was
shaven off.
The Canadian Parliament was opened
at Ottawa on the 31st ult. by Governor
General Stanley
A COMMITTEE appointed to inquire into
the condition of the British navy reported
on the 3lst ult that the ships, with few
exceptions, were unsuitable for modern
warefare, and indeed, wholly deficient.
THERE was a renewal Of the rioting and
throwing of stones at Tipperary, Ireland,
on the 1st and nine civilians and thirteen
olicemen were badly injured.
THREE THOUSAND sealnen and fremen
were on strike in Glasgow on the 1st, and
only w, steamers sailel, being manned
by offic ais.
A FREIGHT train was prccipitated down
m untain side on the lst near Calgary,
| N. W. T., and seven men We're killed
LATEST NEWS.
In Canyon City, N:i;owstone Park four
! Cinnamon had thei; wash house over one
OF he hot springs. 4 Few days ago they
ce ebrated the Chi, Sc New Year by get
ting drunk, BY s.ina means unknown
box OF soap got IL i, che spring and shortly
after the spring Detalllc /. spouting geyser
throwing water to the heightof 100 feet
After it had subsidized the four Chinese were
found scalded to death.
| TIE house of representatives on the I'd
received a message from the Senate show
! ing disagreement to House amendments to
the Dakota adtaission bill and a con! erence
committee has been appointed The House
| Judiciary COMMITTEES hive a bill to amend
The alien laws. 1t provides that persons
convicted of crime and who cannot speak
the English lang uage shall not be natural
| iaed Comm ssioner B ack has asked for a
deficiency appropriation OF SIS, 100000 to
pay pensions.
| IT has developed that Crown Prince Ru-
dolph, OF Austria did not die of heart dis
eas. as first reported, but his death was
c used by duel occasioned by his liason
With one OF the court ladies'
| FIRE on tho nigat Of the 3r;l DESTROYED
| the Adams BOOB and shoe factory at Bur
ling5on, Iowa. Loss 100000.
MH. & BlRs. JOHN Olson, nd three child
rem w lie crossing the MISSOURI river, 10
miles north Of Bism .rc.s, Oak, on Che 3rd,
in a wagan. the team broke through the ice
land pulled the wagon and occupants with
them Ths current sWep5 them ell away
EARLY on the morning OF the q. fire
broke out III the fva-story building of Root
& keating. Buffalo. N. T., Wholesale leather
dealers. a high wind prevailed at the
time, and before the Fl mes could be check
ed four blocks 0 cos " buildings, occup ed
by about forty firms were burned One
fireman was killed and several badly iniur-
led. The loss will foot up as least two mil
lions of dollars. 5s
RUlI KEENT, aged 55, OF East Meadow,
Mass, went home drunk on the %, aud on
5Ibeing demonstrated with by Ii aged faith
Ter, attacked the old m IN and pounded him
tso that he died
/ "A APAssENGER train went through /; bridge
near Brussels. B gium, on the 3rd Four
Iteen persons were killed outright and fifty
lothers injured
/ TIE tug boat Two Brothers. lying at
PiStsbure, Pa, exploded her boilers on the
q completely demo ishing the vessel and
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