The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-11-13

/ long as lbs name indicates. To the eye II
seems perfectly straight.
THE chief thoroughfares and public
places of Rome are TO be Illuminated by
electric lights, the power for generating
which is TO be obtained from the famous
Iiyoli FAILS.
a SPLENDID monument TO Victor En-
manuel is in course of erection at the foot Of
the old Capitol az Rome. The portico Of the
monument is completed. its columns being
i'm the ancient Greek style. and the stair
way and pedestal are now nearly ready 80
receive the equestrian statue of the mon
arch, which is 90 be shortly cast.
SIR HENRY PAEREs. Premier Of New
south Wales. has publicly expressed the
opinion that the time had come fora distinct
Executive and Parliament for Australia 10
deal with national questions. He suggests
the holding Of convention of representa-
tiNcs of AL the colonies. 10 devise the con-
~iruction of Federal Government and Par
Lament.
LORD SALISBURY, replying TO memorial
from the Baptist Union on the subject of
atrocities ina Crete. says Her VI iesty's
Consul i'm Crete has visited various parts of
the island for the purpose Of Investigating
these statements. and the result of his I'M
Quirio- has been 90 show that many of the
statements which have appeared in the
press are greatly exaggerated. In particu-
lar. the charges of tire violation Of women
seem 90 Doe uniOunded.
THE Russian Ministry Of Public Works
] a
of ~cba-topol 10 Fcodosia. rcserying the en-
tire harhor and port of scbastopol for mill
tary purposes. This Will make Sehastopol
what was before the Crimcan war %
fortress of imposing strength and stand
ing menace to Constantnople.
4 IERmBLE story is reported from De
breczen. in Hungary. a young man lately
murdered his father under intense proyoca-
ti0n. caused bv the brutal ill-ireaimcnt Of
his mOihcr.e5l IT, was sentenced to be- hanged,
and d. now awaiting execution; but his
mother and sister unable % bear their sor-
row. have committed suicide-that i. the
girl first shot her mother and then Killed
herself.
NJ. MARrENS. the celebrated professor Of
the University of 81. Petersburg, and one Of
the greatest living authorities ON questions
of international law. will represent Russia
at the conference here. The delegates from
Portugal will Dee VI. MacedO, Portuguese
Minister at Brussels; NJ. Augusta de
Castillo. formerly one of the Portuguese
Governors i'm Africa; VI. Batalha Refs,
Portuguese Consul at Newcastle. and NJ.
llermmieilde ,apcllo, the eminent explorer.
THE Edinburg Ncoismnn says from all
quarters come reports of increasing brisk
ness i'm trade. Miners wages have been
raised. the CLYDE shipbuildcrs are very
busy. and when the promised advance is
made. the wages ian tine Lanarkshlre STEEL
trade will reach the highest rates ever paid
in Scotland. The iron market of Glasgow
thi, week showed signs of great excitement.
and 10 is stated that not since the panic ct
1879 has There been such violent fluctuations
in prices of iron warrants.
Miss EDWARDS, in her lecture in Brook
lyn ON the buried Cities of Ancient Egypt"
SAYS that the work Oft galley slave is not
to bee compared with his or her work who
undertakes tO extract a guinea from the
pocket of "a Britl-her. still She appears 90
have secured great many guineas % help
her in her .Ocieiy's work Of excavation.
She saw. ihat in the ruins of am ancient
Er,ptuin house there We're recently found
seven waste baskets fun of letters PAM
phlets. and scrolls. And these. she de-
rlarc-. were alone worth the cost of the cN-
petition.
THERE is am affecting glimpse Of the late
Emperor Frederick in Freytag's reminis-
cenccs just published i'm Berlin. The novel
i,t and the Imperial Prince were friends
and these "reminiscences, therefore. carry
authority. " In the evening after the battle
OF WORTH says tfeytag. the Crown
Prince wa. quiet. as bis physical powerwas
exhausted. lie said 10 me with deep emo
ton. hate this butchory. twas
lust INV fate 90 be led from one war TO
another. from one battlefield 10 another. and
wade ina human blood before | could ascend
the throne of my ancestors. That is hard
lot"
Under the caption. "closing scenes at
khartom. Colonel sir William f. Butler
writing about .Lnglish men of action, says;
.Three hours before dayhreak on January
a6th the Arabs made "a final assault upon
the lines. The attack delivered under a
chosen leader In thc.dark.st hour of the early
morning. was directed 0gainst the lines
near the Gates Of Bourrc and Mesalamieh.
ON this morning the moon. Just past its first
quarter. sci ai o'clock. From that hour
Until the earliest dawn profound darkness
wrapped the dNiug city and the hostile
camps. II is certain that the Arabs. a. they
approached the ramparts, were met by the
f,ehlest resistance. Hunger had now
brought 10 the lowest point the spirit OF =
garrison never strong. but whether actual
ireachery added is black help 10 famine.
or whether the wretched soldiery fell
back from the parapels in panic before
the first onset OF the enemy. VIII pro
badly never be- accurately Known. Once
the lines were gained by the Arabs. the city
lgy al the mercy Of the assailantS shortly
before daybrcak obey appear % have adj
,anced cautiously into the town, and rs the
winter dawn was breaking they reached the
neishborhoOd of the palace. Here, certain
that the entire city was n0w in their posses
sion. they gave vent % those shrill shouts OF
triumph with which the soldiers OF Islam
celebrate victory. II was at this hour, Just
"a. day was breaking, that Gordon. reused
from one Of those short and troubled slum-
Der. which for months had been his only
rest. Quilted the palace and moved, at the
head of a small party Of soldiers aud ser
wants. towards the Church Of the Austrian
Mission. Walking "A few yards i'm advance
of his party, which did not number more
than twenty men. Gordon drew near the
church. The short and mysterious dawn OF
the desert was passing into broader day
over the palm trees on the edge of the Blue
Mic the eastern sky was flushed with the
red Of the coming sun. From the lost town,
still lying in shadow TO the right, the shouts
of victorious enemy and the cries OF a
perishing people rose in deeper volume Of
sound. Ere yet the little band Of fOOtmen
had crossed the open space between palace
and church. a body Of Arabs issued from "A
nrighboring street. For moment the two
parties stood almost face 10 face, then vol
lev Of musketry flashed out Al close range,
In thc vet uncertain light, and the brayest