Connecticut western news., 1889-03-20
FOREIGN HAPPENINGS.

General Boulanger went to Tours. The train which conveyed him stopped at Blois and St. Corps, at both of which towns enthusiastic demonstrations were made in his honor. At Tours u crowd of three thousand persons gathered at his hotel to welcome him. In response to vociferous cheering, the General appeared upon bal cony and expressed his thanks for the recep- tiOn recorded him.
 The French Board of Trade at Paris re- turns for the month of February show an in crease of 21, ,454 ,OOOf in imports and de- crease of II 1,33O,O0 in exports, as com pared with those of the month of February, 1888.
 The First Chamber of the Diet, Stock. holm, has rejected the bill for the imposition of an export duty on iron ore. The bill had before been rejected by the Second Chamber.
 Tho Czarwich will visit Darmstadt in May, when his formal betrothal to Princess Alix of Hesse will take place.
 The Riforma announces an Italian pro- tectorate over the Sultanate of Oppia, on the Somali coast.
 Russia demands the exclusive right to navigate rivers flowing into the Caspian Seq and to build railways throughout Persia.
 The German Reichstag discussed the supplementary estimate for the increase and reorganization of the artillery, Count von Schellendorf referred to Frances superiority in the horsing of batteries, and said that other countries made much larger eXpendi- lures for military purposes than Germany did.
 Herr Antoine, who has just resigned his seat as Deputy for Metz in the German Reich stag. intends to become French citizen and to offer himself as candidate for the Cham Der of Deputies in opposition to Gen. Boulan- at the next election.
 A council of the Nationalist members of Do, 1;a, o,,l thair 1vy;o shortly be held to consider their line of de- fence before the Parnell Commission.
 Henry George addressed an enthusiastic meeting at Camberwell, England. He was asked many questions.
 The Governor of the Province of West Prussia, in view Of the scarcity cffarm hands, has suggested the introduction of Chinese la- bor
 A terrible explosion occurred in the Bry- nnally coliery at WreXham, North Wales, re sulting in q great loss of life. Eleven dead hodies have been taken from the pit and three miners have been rescued. Altogether twenty persons have been killed.
 In the English House of Commons MT. O'Connor's bill relative to political prisoners was rejected by vote of 259 to 193.
 Herr von Tisza, the Hungarian Prime Minister, received an ovation at reception in his honor given by the Liberal Club of Pesth. In the course of a speech Herr von Tisza de clared that he would retain the post of Prime Minister while God gave him strength to perform its duties aud the Elm peror desired his services.
 Prof Francois Terby, of Louvain, Bel. gium, has observed wL:te region on Sat. urn's rings, against the dark portion of the planet
 The Prus.Ian Cross Gazette says that the Czar will arrive at Copenhagen at the end ot June. and that he will shortly afterward visit the Emperor William.
 The Spanish government has received dis patches announcing the loss of the steamer Remus, which had a Spanish military eXpe- the Philipine Islands. Forty two persons were drowned and 127 were saved.
 The missionaries of Zanzibar, who were recently captured by the insurgents have been released upon the payment of $3, ,Oooto thelr captors In addition to the ransom money the Germans surrendered l2 slaves who nao fallen into their hands. The followers of Bu- shiri are retreating into the interior. They seem to be inclined to enterinto negotiations with the Germans.
 It is announced that after the marriage of Princess Sophie in October, Emperor Will liam will visit Constantinople.
 Mir. Henry Campbell, M. F., the private secretary of Mir. Parncl, has brought sult for libel against the London Times. The case has been set for n hearing, and the tria! will probably take place in May. The suit IS founded partly on the opening speech made by Attorney General Webster in the case of O'Donnell against Walter, and partly on a leading editorial published by the Times on July last. This suit is the first of series of suits to be brought against the Times
 The election held in the Barnsley division of the West Riding of Yorkshire to till the vacancy in the House of Commons caused by the retirement of Mir. Courtney Stanhope " Go<1 A1,n anty fNf Lord Compton. Gladstorian, who received 6,332 votes, against 3,7S1 cast for his op- ponent, MT Bruce Wentworth, Conservative: At the last election MT. Kenny received 5 ,425 votes and Mir. Wentworth 2,917.
 A west-bound Texas and Pacific passenger train was wrecked six miles east of El Puso, Texas, by running into an open switch. The engine was hurled down tcn-foot cmbank. ment, and the express, baggage and mail cars, were thrown from their trucks, turned over, and badly smashed. Two passenger coaches jumped the track and were thrown over on their sides. The engineer and fire men were painfully hurt by jumping. Others got a few sprains.
 -Egyptis very anxious nt present over the vagaries of the Nile, which has never been so low at this time of year since record began to be kept of the water supply. The Nile usually keeps falling till June, and, if it were possible for the process to continue at the present rate the river would become dry.
 Prince Alexander of Battenberg, the for mer ruler of Bulgaria, has written to the Gov ernment of that country claiming 1,O0O,OOO francs as the purchase price of his estates.
 The English and Canadian Governments have arranged to subsidiZe new line of steamers which are to run between Liverpool and Japan via Vancouver. -Despatches from Zanzibar say that, not withstandng the blockade, arms are being imported there in large quantities. The Queen has approved the appoint ment of Sir Julian Pauncefote as British Minister to the United States.
 Italian emigration to Brazil continues. Large numbers of emigrants are leaving weekly.
 Sixteen torpedo boats, intended for the German navy, are now in course of construc- ton.
 The Servian Cabinet has decided to re- duce the army by one-half.
 The Ameer of Afghanistan denies that he has any designs against Russia He declares that his enemies, wishing to embroil Eng land, Afghanistan and Russia, origin ated the report.
 At the request of Emperor Francis Jo- seph, ex-King Milan, of Servia, will visit Wanna
 A Safe Robbed by Masked Men.
 ,dr. H. J. Brown night watchman at the Pittsburg Sewer Pipe Works, situated in 8 lonely place on Block House Run ahout one