Connecticut western news., 1889-02-06
CURRENT EVENTS ABROAD.

Changes in the French Ministry are inn minent, but they are not due to the new bills proposed by Premier Floquet.
 -Aletter has been received at Zanzibar from MT. Mackey, the missionary, who is now at the south side of Victoria Nyanza. He says that no direct news of either Stanley or Emin Pasha has been received. A fresh revolution had broken out in Uganda. King kiwiwa had been deposed and his younger brother raised to the throne, Kiwiwa having killed two of the principal Arab instigators of tho expulsion of the English missionaries.
 The steamer Lymington has been wreck ed on the coast of Devonshire, off 1lfracombe. Before it was possible to rescue any one she rolled over and sunk Ten persons were drowned. The cries of the drowning people were heard from the shore.
 A great wind and snow storm prevailed on the English and Irish coasts
 Deputies Laguerre aud Lacroix fought a duel near Paris with pistols. Neither of the combatants was injured. The challenger was NJ. Laguerre. who asserted that he had been interrupted in an offensive manner by NJ. La CroiX, while speaking in the Chamber of Deputies.
 It is said that Sir Julian Pauncefote, Per- manent Under Secretary of State for the British Foreign Office. has been appointed British Minister to the United States. AL though the report is not officially confirmed, it is credited at the Foreign Office.
 Police Inspector Martin was killed at Gweedore, Donegal, Ireland, while trying to arrest Father McFadden. The Inspect or was struck with stone by some person as he laid hands on the priest, who was subsequent k arrested.
 --Io is officially announced that the Crown Prince Rudolph of Austria, committed sui eide by shooting himself in the head. The weapon used was q revolver The act is at tributed to temporary alteration of the mind.
 f. on strike in Glasgow.
 Tho condition of the King of Holland is so much improved that henceforth bulletins will be issued only once a week.
 The English Government has prohibited the importation of French cattle, ostensibly for quarantine, but rcallyit is alleged for pro- lection.
 The German government has selected O new rifle for the army. It is believed to be of an American pattern.
 -Duvilliers cotton spinning factory, Tour coing, France, was destroyed by fire. The loss is 5oO,O francs
 Lord Salisbury is reported as being anx- ious to resign the Premiership in favor of Lord Harrington.
 General Legitime is temporarily success ful in Hayti. France is said to be supplying him with funds
 The return, for 1888 show that France imported manufactures to the value of 445, 0O0.000 francs against 446, 100000 francs in 1887, and exported 1,65G,0OO,OOO francs worth of exports, against 1 l,6T7 ,O00,O ,OOO the year before
 Proceedings have been instituted against the Berlin Kreuz Eeitung for high treason in printing an article describing as damagingto the monarchical feeling of old Prussian pa- triots the publication of the indictment against Prof Geffcken with the object of ap- peang to the public feeling.
 MT. David Sheehy, member of Parliament for the South Division of Galway, Ireland, was found guilty of violating the Crimes act and sentenced to six months imprisonment without hard labor.
 After three weeks of stormy debates the Hungarian Diet has passed the military bill by a majority of 2G votes.
 A scheme is about to be launched to build a canal between the Bristol and the English channels. It will be about forty-fye miles long.
 The ruler of China, the dowager Empress, has ordered for the benefit of "the son of heaven that Shakespeare shall be transla- ted into Chinese.
 -Gneral Boulanger has addressed letter of thanks to the electors of Paris.
 Lord Sackville has been appointed Am bassador to Constantinople.