Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-09-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

The London strikers failed to resume work
quietly for ths'e was considerable quarrel
ling with the scabs; but nothing very serious
Is reported.
Several newspapers of London charge
Scotch peer with having committed an as
sault upon child. Testimony, they, say,
was given to show that the accused was
guilty of the crime, but the magistracy were
afraid to take action
The kings speech at the opening of the
session of the Dutch parliament alluded o
the enthusiastic celebration of the jubilee of
his reign, and said it testified to the bond of
friendship between the house of Orange and
the people. He congratulated parliament
upon the improvement in trade and manu-
factures. The finances are in a satisfactory
condition. He promi ed a modification of
the customs tariff on the basis of ad valorem
duties Immediately after the conclusion of
treaty of commerce with England. The
king also announced that bills would be in
troduced by the government for the estab-
lishment of obligatory military service and
for reorganization of the p al and rail
way services.
Lawson TAFT, the eminent London gyne-
cologist, in an interview today, said he was
of the opinion that the White Chapel. Che-
sea and Battersea ulur lers were committed
by the same criminal, probably a iunat
woman employed in slauhter-hou e, and
subject to fits of epilepic furor.
The Marquis of Londonderry, the retiring
lord-ieutenant of Ireland in a speech at
Stockton, said he believed 20 years of coer-
cion would pacify Ireland.
Mai Field, formerly secret Try of the
British American Mortgage company has
been sentenced to L. months Imprisonment
at hard labor for forging coupons of the
company.
Twenty students have been arrested at
Kieff on the charge Of being Nihilists
A man and woman were found dea in
Dougalls nursery, Win tsor, Ont. where
they had been seen sitting two hours previ-
ously. The woman was shot through thu
heart, and the man had gaping bullet no g
i'll his forehead, from which the blood was
oo2ing. Papers found on his person showed
him to be Silas Densnore Cf Rushvi / Ind,
and the woman was probably his wife. A
revolver with two cham Jers empty was
found near the. bodies The long grass in
the vicinity appeared as ii some one had
pulled it couvulsively, but no other traces of
a struggle were found. The clothes of the
dead people contained only three cents in
money and few unmportant papers The
man was apparently % and the woman
about 20 years old.
Gen. de Meribel said at review that
Frances army has restored her to her form
er high position
The London docks are assuming their nor
NAL aspect
Sir Michael Hicks Beach bell YES that
Englands naval eserve should be increased.
The prospect is that American cotton will
be higher.
King Menelek of Shoa is making prepara-
tions 90 be crowned Emperor of Abyssi ia.
Cardinal Lavigerie who is now in Paris,
is to leave there for Rome, where he will
consult with the Pope as to the date for
holding the Anti-Slavery Congress- 1t is
the intention to wait until the arrival of
Stanley in Europe and learn from him the
exact condition of the black tribes of Africa
As a result Of the recent cyclone on the
Atlantic coast several Sandy Hook pilots
were brought to Liverpool by steamships
that could not put them off ON account of
the storm. The pilot who took out the Ari-
aOna was very much pleas at the prospect
of a visit to Europe, as he had never Gro sed
the ocean, and pai ticuIarly as his pay of S.
per day went on until his return. 81 knew
was likely to be carried away he said to
the passengers, land told the old woman
SO and brought some money with me- I'll
just have time to run over to the Paris ex-
position, and spend day of two in London
before the return trip"
MI. anu MIS-. henual are IN America Tor
their tour, which begins in New York, Oct.
z. They will play ''The Iron Master" "A
White Lie" Impulse" "a Scrap of Paper,
'The Weaker Sex" 1.-THE Squire" ''The
Queens Shilling and "rhe Ladies' Bat tie y
Mrs. Kendall has with her 20O new dresses
and costumes. Charles Wyndham and Mary
Moore are also in this country, and Wilson
Barrett and Miss Eastake are on the water,
bound for America
London was no better pleased with 1.-THE
Tigress' than New York.
The Lucky Duke,n as Portland is now
universally called, won another e12 900 by
his horse Donovan carrying off the Lanca-
shire plate. The race was good one, Chit
abob keeping ahead till within 300 yards Of
home, when Don van closed with him and
won in the easiest style by two lengths.
The cotton manufacturers of Lancashire
Eng, propose to close IL their mi Is for q
fortnigh in hope that such action will de-
stroy the corner in cotton. The Operatives
association has given its assent to the plan
A sham fl hit took place at Berlin between
troops Wing the ordinary powder and
others using the new smokeleSs kind. The
great superiority Of tue smokeless powder
was fully shown, the enemy failing TO judge
the distance or direction of the fire, and the
absence of smoke insuring rapidity and bet
ter aim to those using the new explosive.
A monument to the French republic,
erected in the Place de la Nation, has been
unveiled by President Carnot.
Wilkia Collins has had serious relapse of
his bronchial trouble. It is not likely that he
will recover