Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-04-01
LATE FOREIGN NEWS

The office of permanent under-seeretary for
the British foreign office, made vacant by the
appointment of Sir Julian pauncefote as min
lister to Washington, will be filled by Sir Philip
Henry Currie.
While Father Agostino was preaching in the
st. Carlo church, at Rome, yesterday, a bomb
was exploded. Great excitement followed and
several women tainted, but the preacher con-
tinued his sermon.
Louis kossuth is said to be dying at Turin
1t is alleged that it takes $4,000 distributed as
tips in the police department to get a permit to
open a new club in Paris.
The great Eiffel tower which will be one of
the principal features of the coming Paris exhi-
bltlon was opened formally Sunday. Premier
Tirard delivered the Grafton.
MIR. and Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain are about
to give series of political dinners, followed
by receptions, at their mansion in Princes gar
dens, according to the London Court Journal
NJ. Boucher, the public prosecutor, is opposed
to the prosecuting of Gen. Boulanger, and is
reported to have resigned in consequence of
the governments decision to proceed against
the general.
silver bell has been hung in a tower in the
village OF Borki, where the railroad accident to
the cars train happened and il will be tolled
every day at the hour Of the accident.
masculine beauty show is being arranged
at Vienna, of which women will be the Judges
and prizes will be awarded to the handsomest
man, the man with the finest moustache, the
man with the biggest nose, and the man with
the largest bald head.
The public laboratory of Paris attached to
the police department has been found to be a
nest OF corruption. NJ. Girard, the director
has been accustomed to accept great sums from
tradesmen accused OF adulterating their goods
even having established system of black-mail
based on threats of exposing adulteration.
Emperor Francis Joseph is reported to have
been taken i'll very suddenly in Vienna yester-
day.
The duke Of Nassau will become regent of
Luxembourg when the king of Holland. who is
grand duke of Luxembourg, has been declared
| incapable of governing.
The British postmaster-general reports that
last year 391662 persons in this country sent
money by postal order to relatives in Great
Britain and Ireland, the total sum amounting
to about S5,25O,000, while 1880 persons in
Canada sent over 81 DOC, 900 in the same way.
and the total sum sent in that way from Aus
tralia, the United States, and South Africa in
the year was over S9, 000, 900, or an average of
over $780, day, coming from 635256 per-
sons. writer thinks that this shows what
hlial regard the British race has for the pa
rents left behind.
The election to fill the vacancy in the house
| of commons for the Enfield division of Middle
"n;,s;". " ~ we return Oh capt Bowles the
The French chamber of deputies, by a vote
OF 266 to 259, Saturday voted urgency for bill
providing that slanderous and insulting press
attacks on public officials shall be summariIy
dealt with by police tribunal.
cablegram from London says that the final
| preiiminaries for a glove fight between Jem
Smith and Charley Mitchell for f4OO and the
championship OF England were arranged Sat-
urday.
The Nocoe Vremya and the SECT, Of st, Pc
| tersburg, express much indignation at the
proclamation OF Prince Ferdinand, nephew of
| King Charles, as crown prince Of Roumania.
The papers refer to the expulsion of Russians
from Roumania, and warn the Roumanians 10
| be careful
An excursion train from Southport for Lon
| don, loaded with persons on their way to wit
ness the Cambridge-Oxford boat race, was
derailed at Penistone Saturday and wrecked.
One person was killed and fourteen others
were seriously hurt.