Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1889-11-15
ISLAND POND, VERMONT NOVEMBER l5 1889.

The steamer City of Sydney, from Japsn
bnngs details OF the attempted assassination
on Oct is Of Count 0kuma, the minister of
foreign affairs for Japan. The count was
! returning from cabinet meeting and was
! Just entering the gate Of his residence when
/ maa named kurishma Tsunek. 80 wears
| OF age, and who was politically envious of
the count, stepped in front of the carriage
and threw bomb at him. The bomb struck
the top OF the carriage and exploded at the
| counts feet int1icting deep wounds on the
| right leg and slight wounds on the right
hand and in the face The Would-be assas-
sin then drew short sword and killed him
| self by cutting his throat. The counts leg
was amputated above the knee, but the
! surgeons say that no fear need be entertained
| for his life
laurie who murdered tourist named
| Rose on the Island of Arran, and who was
| subsequently captured in Glasgow, has been
sentenced to be hanged.
Dispatches received from Lieut.. Gordon,
leader of the Portuguese expedition in the
| Zambesl countries. assert that the chiefs of
the Mashonal and tribes in the valley of the
Panhame and the regions drained by the
| Umtuli and Sanhatta rivers, and generally
IN all the territories upto lat. 20, acknowl-
edge allegiance to Portugal. On the way
soulhward from Zunbo the expedition
passed through districts in which were
1onnd the ruins of old Portuguese forts and
mines.
Patti will sail for America on Thursday,
the 2lst inst, and Nine. Albani sails two
days later with her husband Mr.. Ernest
Gye, for New York.
-, Gen Lord Wols,lcy, adjutgnt-general of
the B itish army and Il warm friend and ad-
lnirCr Of Gen. Robert Il. Lee, writes as fol-
lows tn NV g NNbit;,,rr Of
Mass. regarding the statements which have
recently been published that he would par
tclpate in the unveiling of the Lee statue
at Richmond in December:
HANGERS LODGE, Greenwich Park, S. E.,
Oct. %, 1889.
Lord Wolseley presents his compliments
TO MI Whiting and begs TO acquaint him
that there is no truth in the statement that
he will visit America in December next to
assist in the unyeling Of the monument to
Gen. Robert L. Lee.
The Warsaw correspondent of the Political
Correspondence confirms the report of the
masslng of Russian cavalry on the Austrian
frontier.
The premier Of Victoria, n. S. W., has
consulted with the governments of the other
Australian colonies with reference to the
question OF federation. The replies received
concurred in the opinion that the existing
federal council had sufficient power to de-
eide upon basis Of federation, and that no
special convention to consider the subject
was necessary.
News has reached the commander of the
Mexican troops in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico,
otseriOus trouble which is now going on in
Mier, Mex, down the Rio Grande from this
point about 100 miles. A merchant named
Gueries was shot and killed by two customs
guards, who claim he refused to stop and be
searched, on the road between Niier and
CamargO. On their arrival in Mier they
reported the affair." and the citizens were so
inCensed that they raised a mob and lynched
them. About 40 or so Mexican troops and q
body Of 10 or 20 customs guards arrived
there too late to save the lives of the guards,
and a general battle occurred, resulting in
the death and woundiug Of some 10 or Is
men. Re-entorcements were telegraphed for
to Metamoras. The town at last accounts
was i'll an upTGap.
report from Newfoundland SAYS that
the Thorburn government was badly de-
ieated in the elections by the opposition, led
by Sir William Whieway The colonial
secretary and suryeyor-general have lost
their seats. strong card of the Whiteway
opposition was the alleged injury done the
people of Newfoundland by the bait act.