The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-10-24
FOREIGN NEWS.


The Chinese government is negotiating
for a loan of ESQ, COO, 0C0 for the construction
Of railroads. e..
A company hes bsen formed to lay ca
BILE from Marseilles to Buenos Ayres.
The German steamer. Marco Drummer,
which was recently wrecked on the Rad sea,
has been lootod by Arabs.
While Prince William of Wurtemburg
was driving to church at Ludwigsburg he
was fire at by man named kiaiber, who,
upon being arrested, exclaimed ut il high
tims Wurtemb,rg had Catholic king"
The prince was not hurt. The would be as
sassin is supposed to be deranged.
Count Okuma, Japanese minister OF for
eign affairs, was slightly wounded by
would-be assassin. The latter committed
suicide. "
A Lisbon correspondent says that the late
king suffered repeated surgical operations,
which were deemed necessary to proong his
life, il only for few hours, and that he
bore his sufferings with patient, almost he-
rcic resignation.
IT has besn decided to make October IS,
the birthday of the late Emperor Frederick,
a German national holiday.
jones Prescott Joule the distinguished
scientist is dead.
Dispatches from Samoa say that public
meeting was held there for the election of
king. All the forei representatives at
tended. Malietoa made an address in which
lie praised Mataafa and advised the people
to elect him their king. As for himself he
was content to be vica-kng. 1t is under
stood that Germany will refuse to recogni ze
Mataafa
A CLYDE line steamer is ashore of tho
North Carolina coast.
( The g ,ods In tha Tyrol have increased,
causing enormous damage.
The Cologne Gazette believes that the
cars visit to Berlin will tend towards the
= maintenance of peace. and was therefore not
made In vain.
The prosecution OF the Pelsin railway pro.
iect fas been postponed, owing TO difficulty
over the necessary financial arrang ments
and to tho fact that there Is objection to ac
cepting foreign aid in the undertaking
A banquet has been given at Berlin in
honor of Princess SophiA, who is soon to bs
married 10 the duke Of Sparta, crown pri ce
of Greece. All the member of the imperial
family. The ministers AMI secretaries of
state and a number Of prom nent army Off
GERS were present. The Greek minister was
also a guest.
The engineers and stokers on the tram
atlantic steamers at Antwerp have gone on
strike.
4 committee il being formed for the p,ir-
pose Of cons'd ring plans for the construction
of a ship canal to connect BeIliu with the
Baltic sea.
The bodies of 81 of the men killed ia the
explosion at the Bentles C llery at London,
Eng, have been recovered.
On the sul'an's reurn journey to Fec, 9
memb rs Of his guard were drowned while
crossing river near Laraiche.
The strike of c7al miners at Lens, Frar &c.
Is spreading. The minister OF ju tics has
issu special Instructions to the local au-
thorities, with view to tho prevention of
disorder.
Excitement has been caused at Hamburg
by the discovery OF murd n. similar in its
details TO those perletrated in Whiechapel,
London.
The Armenian Patriotic sociation states
that Moussa Boy. who was charged with out
RACES upon Christians in Armenia, was par
doned, in spite oil conclusive evidence Of his
guilt
All the French papers OF bott
sides of politics in Canada announc.
that the British government has ie
fused to consent TO the bill passed Of
th last session of the feder ! Parliament
providing fer the return of all criminal.
from the United Stafes who have sought
refuge In Cans.ia.
The Dominion govfTn has been al
yi.el that Sir Julian Pauncefote British