The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-07-24
FOREIGN NEWS.

Arrangements have been made for an lii.
ternational chess tournament at Manchester,
Eng Among the contestants will e Capt.
Mckenzie and other American payers,
Bardeleben, Schal!op and Lasker of Berlin,
Bauer and Weiss IF Vienna and Taubenhaus
of Paris.
The Edinburgh town council has voted to
purchase, for go, from Mr.. Kennedy, o
New York banker, the original manuscript
of the celebrated war song of Scotland,
Scots " ha Haze to prevent it from going
out Of the country.
Lieut. Pcral, inventor of the submarine
boat which was recently ties ed with com.
plete success. arrived recently at Madrid.
Fifty thousand people assembled to greet the
inventor, while the streets through which he
passed were lined with eager spectators who
cheered the lieutenant vocfcrously. He had
long interview with the Queen.
A semi-offical note has been published in
Paris denying the aarmist reports re eived
from Senegal.
Dr. Dale has accepted the presidency
ofthe internatona. council of Congregation
ali>ts, to be held in London in July,
1891. Rev. DR.. Storrs of Brooklyn will de
liver the inaugural sermon.
7, e board of health of Vienna has been
informed that cholera has reappeared in 81
Communes of Valencia and Alicante.
NJ Ribot, French minister of foreign az
fairs, has notified the powers that treaties
have been concluded whereby the native
chiefs on the Upper Niger agree to French
prOtectorate.
A proposal to convert insurance companies
into state Institutions has caused consterna.
ton in insurance circles at Berlin. Agents
of the American companies do not fear con.
liscation, however.
Intense heat prevails in Austria and in
the Alps from Graubuenden TO lower Aus.
tria. The melting of the snow on the noun
iains has caused the afiluents of the Danube
TO rise. The inhabitants are greatly alarmed
Much damage has already been done.
Brigands have captured Mr. Gerson, chief
engineer, and Mr. Mejor, local superntend.
ent of the Ismdt & Angora railway, neal
Ismidt. Both of the men are Austrians
The brigands demand ransom of $1,000.
Drs Brouardel, Mattel and Decouts Of
Paris have maze their report to the judicial
authorities in regard to the mental condition
of Gabrielle Bompard, the accomplice OF
| Eyraud in the murder of NJ. Gouffe They
declare that she is sane and entirely respon.
sible for her acts.
Mr.. Stanley's fever has abated. lie is now
taking long drives.
A deputaton from the western provinces
of Germany have had an audience from
| tdpGlNl db Which lie Stdleu
that American pork would be admitted aitel
next October.
A horrible discovery has been made at IS
rue Akron, in the Charonne quarter, Paris
The family of 4 workman named Hayens
consisting OF himself, wife and six children
was found suffocated by charcoal gas. EN-
IRENE poverty had resulted in the suicide.
The Heligoland bill has passed the third
reading in the House of Lords, London
with only verbal amendment.
The Gland Duchess Xenia, eldest daugh
ter of the Gar, will marry the Grand Duke
Alexander Mchaelovitch, her SECOND
cousin. 1t is love match.
An American girl, Josephine Neuendorf
studying music at Berlin, committed suicide
recently. Her mind was affected by over
study.
The girls in Aliens big chocolate factorie:
In London are on strike. John Burns has
organized the girls into a perfect defensive
force.
1t is announced that England, by dea
between the English Coal Company having
concession at Cape Mesandorim. and tht
Shah of Persia, has become mistress of thu
straits of OrIning on the Persian gulf.
The Republican newspapers at Madrit
have opened a compaign of aggression ant
accuse Queen Christina of meditating mar
rage with German prince. They also al
Jege that the Emperor of Germany and al
Austrian archduke are coming IN Madrid ii
The autumn to induce the Queen to join th,
triple alliance.