Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1890-08-01
FOREIGN NEWS.

A dispatch from Buenos Ayrcs to the Lon.
don Times says: Among the persons arrest
cd for conspiring against the government are
Gen. Campos, Col. Figueroa and Msi Cas-.
argo. All deny having any knowledge Of
tue conspiracy. Detectives have been placed
in the barracks and in officers houses This
espionage is deeply resented by the army.
The government may find difficulty in
| iusufying the conspiracy scare, which
arose from the fright OF the Presidents en-
touragc.
Small pox Is ravaging the villages between
Mans0urah and Zsgazig. The pOpul itions
are being almost decmated.
a dispatch from Tihis to the London News
sNys that the Armenian bishop of Erzeroum
was among those Killed In the riot on June
20, and that his death has reused the Armc-
mans to the highest pitch of excitement.
| The whole coontry Is In state Of anarchy.
| Business IL ut standstil and travelling
| impracticable. IIaIf-starved Turkish soldiers
and kurds, under the pretence OF maintain
ing order, patrol the country, plundcring
| wherever they go. The Re; sian consul at
ErZeroum offers the prosecuted Armenians
an asylum In Persia.
Mr.. Chamberlain intends to make three
months tour OF America.
The town OF Hnmmerfcst, Norway, has
been almost destroyed by lire. The inhabi-
tants are homeless and starving.
Hail storms have destroyed the crops in
Upper Bavaria.
In the lawn tennis contest at Wimbledon,
Eng for the doubles championship, two
Irish PLAYERS, Messrs. PIN and Stokes won
the semi-final round against the Baddeley
brothers, q games TO II.
Marquis DE Lcuyilc has brought suit for
libel against several papers which published
accounts OF his intended marra;e to Mrs.
Frank Leslie. lie claims to have been much
malgncd.
The prince regent has repeatedly refused
TO look upon the marriage OF count Pappen.
helm to Miss Whee'er Of Philadelphia other
Than as an Legitimate alliance, therefore the
count has coded his hereditary rights to his
younger brother Louis, though he has con-
tracted to pay off the mortgages upon the
family property now under public admins
tration by annually cont ibuting 500, 900
marks from his wife's dowry.
The attending physician of Jacques, the
fasting Frcnchman, has notified the man.
agement of the Aquarium that the man Is
no longer In responsible condition. JAG
ques admits that he Is In a serious state. He
Is unwilling to relinguish the feat, which Il
Is believed he cannot accomplish, as he suf-
fers intensely from govt.
Dispatches to the Pesther LLOYD from
Constantnople, Sofia, Belgrade aud Buchar-
est, foreshadow Russian coup d etat in Bull
garia. Prince Alexander Of Batten berg has
left Vienna, and is now on his way TO st.
Petersburg The Russian ambassador at
Bucharest Is also en- route to st. Petersburg.
The London newspapers are vigorously
protesting against the proposed corner In
chemicals, involving fS,000 900 or 10000
600. Practically 1t is corner in soda, and
II successful would greatly increase the
PR es OF all articles In which soda is an Gle
ment. Already soda crystals on Tyncside
nave advanced 80 pence per ton.
A private telegram received at Paris from
Belgrade says ex-King Milan, thinking his
divorce quite absolute, has already contract
ed a second marriage with a very rich young
American lady, whose acquaint ince he made
last winter In Paris.
A servant of Mare Loeb at Berlin drank
bottle OF Kerosene, after her mistress had
told her not to leave the house. The girl,
having swallowed the oil, informed her mis-
tress what she mad done. Efforts TO save
the victim were made, but at last accounts
she was dying.
The trouble between the theatrical man
ayers and the dramatic critics In ST. Peters
burg, has eliminated In the police depart
ment insisting that the critics shall sign
pledge not to blackmail the theatres and con-
cert halls hereafter.
Andrew Carnegie Is now residing In his
Highland castle, Cluny, Eng. He continues
TO found libraries. He offered TO give 400
tOOto Ayr provided that town would adopt
the free library act. Ayr promptly adopted
u and received the money.