Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1890-10-11
CABLE SPARKS
Mr.. JOSEPH SAvoRY has been elected
lord mayor Of London

Mr. JosEPH SAvoRY has been elected
lord mayor Of London.
JEAN BAPTIsrE ALPHoSsE KARR, the
weliknown French author, is dead,
THE Russian government is about to send
an expedition to Mongolia 10 explore the
desert OF Cobb.
HERR VoS SoDEN. Ex-Governor Of Cam
eroous, has been appointed Governor Of Ger
man East Africa
GENERAL Lord Wolseley, accompanied by
his staff, has gone TO Dublin 90 assume COM
mand OF the tr ops in Ireland
Mr.. IlEDLEY, OF the cutter Isabel Of Hart
lepo0l, England and his crew were maSsa-
creed IN New Guinea while fishing for pearls.
SENIOR FERRAo is now meeting with more
success in his efforts 10 form cabinet for
Portugal, but he will be obliged 10 exclude
progressists.
THE royal physicians declare that there is
no cause for serious anxiety regarding the
condition Of the King Of Holland, and that he
viii soon be able to resume his ,uties.
AGermGn lady has beeu arrested at Cannes,
France, who had in her possession a number
OF typographical charts of the fortress and
plans of the other defenses Of the town.
In is denied at Lloyds in London, that chol-
era has appeared at Aden but quarantine has
been established At the French and Algerian
ports against vessels arriving from Alden.
The Car Of Russia has definitely consented
20 act as arbitrator OF the question at issue
between France and Holland regarding the
boundary between French Guiana and Dutch
Guiana
TIE St. Petersburg Noyosti publishes
seml-otiicial denial Of the report that the Ru
san government proposed an alliance with
France when NJ. SpulleT was French minister
Of foreign affairs.
EAsroS, the insane man who killed him.
self IN 81 Paul's Cathedral, London, during
the service left letter in which he said that
he would commit suicide in the Cathedral in
order to destroy false Christianity.
A DECREE has been issued authorizing the
issue OF S150O0,Oo0 pesetas in Cuban five per
cent mortgage bonds, redeemabe in fifty
years, guaranteed by the Cuban customs re-
&c pts and further guaranteed by Spain.
THE delegates to the miners federation of
the French department OF Loire in session at
st Etienne, have decided to inaugu ate a
general strike in October if the men who
were dismissed for taking part in the June
strike are not reinstated.
THE directors Of the London Gaslight and
Coke Company emphatically declined TO ac-
eede to the demand made by the National
Gasworkers' Union that only union men be
employed in the works. The stokers declare
that they made no such demand.
THE Scotch iron-masters have definitely
refused 10 aecede to the terms demanded by
their men, and the Cumberland iron.workers
promise to support the iron.workers who nre
now on strike in Scotland on condition that
the latter insist upon eighthour shift.
THE police of the Whtechapel district of
London have received a warning from Jack.
the Ripper, that he is about TO kill another
woman. The handwriting OF the letter is
identical with that Of the other letters which
Il has been the custom Of the murderer 20 send
TO the police prior 20 the murder and mutila.
ton OF some poor creature in Mhitechapel.