The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-03
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes of Interest by Wire and Mall From
Beyond the Sea.

cans WHO nave Nisi''u th' 'N"'"''''" w 'U'-
900.
Mr.. GLADSTONE has a slight cold, the re-
suld Of becoming oyerheated while telling
tree on SATURDAY. lie is confined to his
room.
THERE is spot in siberia thirty miles
square where the ground has not thawed
out for one hundred years. and 1t is frozen
10 the depth Of sixty feet.
Ar mass-mecting in Athens Monday, 1t
was resolved to appeal TO the royalties at
tending the Duke Of sparta's wedding for
protection for the Christians in Crete.
CAPTAIN LAwLon forcibly took charge
Of the Neyersink at Cowes, England. FIJI
day. He drove the French crew Of three
ashore and took the boat 10 Portsmouth.
WHILE in Paris, Edison received on an
average /. 200 letters day. many Of them
being offers Of marriage TO his daughter,
while others contained snuff. fans. carriers,
and like items.
TIE blockade on the East African coast
ended Yesterday. The German neet, how
ever. will continue to prohibit the entry Of
munitions Of war along the German coast
line.
The health Of Lord Tennyson il now COM
pletely restored. The aged poet may almost
daily be seen frequenting the beautiful
drives in the neighborhood Of IIaslemere.
while il i not unusual 10 see him walking.
TIE present Queen Of spain is the first
Queen of that country to allow smoking ut a
,hurt dinner. She gave permission lately
by calling for cigar herself. lighting IT,.
and bidding the company follow her exam
pie.
APARTMENT houses are multiplying with
great rapidiiy in London. especially in the
better MISCELLANEOUS. ON the south SIDE oi
HYDE Park there are vast mansions arising.
There il an active demand for them, al
though they are very expensive.
THE engagement recently announced he
tween Miss Huntington and Prince Won
Hatfield has not been broken of, a. was
.unnosed. The marriage will take place
shortly in London. and Coudert X Co.. the
| NeW York bankers. are AT present arranS-
Porr LEO. despite his advanced age, Is
an unusually early riser. He l. rarely III
bed after $50. and by he may he seen
walking i'm the gardens Of the Vatican, at
tended bv some members Of his household.
| Very often hp gives audience 10 his secrc-
iaries before breakfast.
\ CHINESE Interpreter who arrived win
the Chinese Minister at san Francisco the
other dav. when asked about the feeling IN
China regarding the scott Exclusion act
| said that that feeling was not general. heln-
confined only Ia the merchant class, Who
conceived their business interests injured
10y the act.
RAILROAD building in Africa seems to be
booming. According to last adViceS The
Portuguese have surveyed the line of aroute
connecting Lake Nyassa with the sea
Work on the Congo Railroad has begun III
earnest. On the 18th of last month steam
er sailed from Antwrcp bound Tor 'ohSo
and loaded with l,0D tons OF rails lor the
Congo Railroad.
\ FRENCH baker. who j. to celebrate hl-
one hundrcdth birthday. keeps shop III Inc
same bakery over which VI. Coquelin, father
Of the two actors. once presided. and WHERE
the SONS. i'm early life. pursued the iraue
I'm TWENTY-FIVE years four families nave helo
possession of the shop. II l. said the iathel
of the COquelins never got over the ldea thal
there was good baker spoiled by his eldest
sons entering the theatrical profession.
For some months past the following adj
yertisement appeared daily in the columns
Of the London Timcs: Miss Ethel Dickens
type-writine Office. ~ Wellington street
Strand. over the Office of An the } edl
Round Mss. copied. Price list on appli
cation" There j. no necessity Tor th'
daughter of the Fiction Wizard 10 enter inl'
business. but she has the indomltableenersA
of her illustri0us father.
THE Earl Of Galloway, wealthy an'
distinguished British peer. will be tried II
Dumfric, this week for indecenily assault
, ing a little girl Of twelve. The girl has Wit
ne.,e. 10 prove her side of the case, Dut th'
matter has been referred from one maei-
trate to another until il i very doubtful
about the result. but il is thought that ih'
Earl will escape punishment. ne J. my
four wears old married. and without chil
drem.
NINE. IL RAY. the mother Of the Dnh'
of Ahrantes and of the Countess faNerncy
: has lust undertaken journey 10 Persia. u
flrtherance Of her archaeological studies
, Nine. L. Raw has been an earnest SUDDEN
: of archaeology for some years. ana me-
already undertaken arduous Journeys oui u"
enthusiasm for her iavOrlte subject. m
intends 10 visit the remOte-t part oil Persia
travelling i'm her own caravan. Inc >hall %
| IL. .rt.. li. consent Ia her HnUIT
taking.
PIGrAlIS have still role to play in Tho
progressive domnions Of the Mikado. y
new shinto Temple has been erected "a
Toxic. the materials for which were dfaS
eed 10 the sacred site by ropes made oil ma
man hair instead of the conventional hemp
The hair was frce-will Offering from M
fewer than go. 900 of the faithful. Twenty
four ropes were made of il. their diamete
ranging from four to seven inches and thei
total length reaching i.j2S feet. II i cal
culated that nearly 5000 pounds Weight %
e pgtals WAS used.
COLONEL W. W. ROCkHILL. recently sec
, ratar, of Legation AT Pckin, China. has r.
turned 10 Washington after journey
through rhibct. lie estimates the popula
ton of the country al 2.OOO,WD. one-third %
I
monOpOliIe education and wealth. lhcrc u
"A nominal King, besides the Grand Lama
but the country is governed by the hines
| Minister and residents. and pays tribute L
China. The country is poor and largely
wilderness.
, THE confirmation Of the general belle
? that Mr.. stanley and Emin Pasha both arr
: now acting i'm behalf of the British Ea>
+ African Company is at last at hand an'
explains many movements OF the two eN
plnrcrs which AT one time seemed incNpi
cable Mr.. stanley may now put himself
on record a. having carved Out two grca
empires in Africa, for the succcssof the new
= East African country in lis gigantic Pr'S'
de fcrrifOirc is almost entirely due to HIM
| He has also completed the foundations 4"
his own material fortune. for British las
African stock is going Ia par.
\ GERMAN who had lived twenty years II
London. thereby eyading military service
i'm the fatherland. wrote 10 the authorite'
t requesting permission To visit his father en-
he died. The reply was, Come, 10y al
means. but YOU will have 10 pay fine o
Is los. undergo six weeks drilling, an'
spend six months in q fortress This wa
4 LITTLE too much for the German, lial in