The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-03-27
FOREIGN NEWS.

Almost the last act of her majesty In
clearing up business preparatory to going TO
Germany was to aifiX her royal signature
TO the extraditi0n treaty between the
United States and Great Britain, The Of
fetal publication of the treaty will follow in
due course.
Lord Salisbury undoubtedly has weight,
He stood ON machine last week, while the
Prince of Wales looked ON, and the record
gave him $50 pounds, Mr., Gladstoneis only
u little more thal 100 pounds. Lord Sails
bury, despite his bulk, is feeling the strain
OF his two government posts keenly, and
next week goes to the south of France for
months rest, a step which is almost unpre-
cedented on the part of the prime minister
in the height of the political season.
The damage done by continued floods
throughout Italy is estimated at f4,oOOOo0,
The leading features of the Enperor's
terms of service and increasin the tests ut
examinations for recruits volunteering for
one year.
The managers Of the Allan line of
steamers have arranged that clergymen
shall accompany their ships for the next
three months, TO attend to the spiritual
wants of the emigrants.
Henry NJ. Stanley will leave Egypt April
Charles and Louis Schocherels of Toron-
to, Ont, decoyed Morris Goldstein a second
hand clothing dealer, into their premises.
He was set upon by the two men, who beat
him INTO insensibility, after which they
robbed him of $500, The men were cap
tured. Goldstein has 35 wounds ON his
head, and his recovery is doubtful. The
police say the prisoners are nihihsts, They
think Goldstein may have been a Russian
spy and that the object of the attack was
revenge.
The news that the German Emperor had
bestowed the order of the Red Eagle upon
Jules Simon has made a pleasant impress
sion in Paris.
The coal mine owners in Brunswick have
mlssts~ and the men have gone back to
work.
In many parts of Switzerland the villag.
ers are retreating to the valleys, enormous
avalanches being imminent.
w. W. Park, L. Reddy, d. j. Kelly and
another student all of Boston, have been
expelled from Ottawa University because
they absented themselves without leave for
over an hour on st. Patrck's Day. The
other students are indignant, but their in
tercession and that ofArchbishop Duhamel,
the vicar-general and U. S. Consul Lay have
all been OF no avail.
III is Ofncally stated that telegram has
been received from the Congo country stat
ing that a French post, consisting of 10 ma
tives, under European agent has been
mastered at Ubungus. The abduction of
the wife of native chief by European is
stated to have been the cause of the mas
sacre.
Eight thousand employees of the Arm
strong Gun Works at Elswick, Eng, have
struck for working day of eight hours.
The Arab masters have unanimously &C
copied the terms of Mr.. Mackenzie, the
agent of the British East African Company,
by which nearly 1000 runaway slaves who
have settled in Folladovo will procure their
liberty by doing work equivalent to so shil-
lings each.
Fifteen thousand miners in Lancashire,
Eng, and many of the strikers in other
districts have resumed work on the terms of
the compromise proposed by the men.
There is general stoppage of cotton and
other factories depending upon coal.
In Sheffield, Eng, the demands of 1900
golfers have been conceded, and it is
thought that the yielding of their employers
will greatly influence Others The men are
winning everywhere.
Malaga and neighboring towns have
recently been strongly shaken by an earth
quake.