The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1890-02-20
FOREIGN News

the proposals laid before the council OF
state of any suggestions for improving the
condition of the rural population, and ex'
presses the lear that the failure to make any
such provision will lead to an increased
movement of the country people TO the
Owns. and thus nullify the efforts to i'm.
prove the condition OF the workingmen, and
make things much worse in the populous
| centres.
| 1t is proposed to have q huge labor demon
stration in London, and at the same time
agitate similar meetings in New York, Phil
| adelphia, Chicago, Paris, Berlin and Vienna
to begin on May /. The object of these
demonstrations Is to force an absolute OBJ
servance of the eight.hour demand, There
is much hope and belief expressed concern
ing the success of the movement in America
and Paris but as regards London the
foremost radicals think 1t will be a
failure, inasmuch as the demonstra-
ton would put stop to all labor
and business for at least Is hours through.
out the entire kingdom. John Burns has
received cable from the American branch
of the International Labor Association that
all will be ready in time for the working,
mems national holiday, as arranged last
July at the Paris labor conference. Not
withstandng this, Burns admits that his
organization is progressing very slowly, and
meets the greatest opposition from the En-
glish authorities, and even from many OF
its own supporters.
The great moral show has concluded its
English engagement after successes
beyond the most sanguine anticipations OF
the original Barnum and the only Bailey.
London amusement caterers will learn with
| regret that the American showmen are al
ready considering the project of coming
again, for the circus has ruined the business
| this winter of several other entertainments.
| Almost every theatrical manager in Lon
don grows sad when Barnum's name is
mentioned,
! G. g. Davis, q timber merchant and agent
at Quebec, well known and extensive
house of London. Eng, has disappeared,
| and one of the firm has left for Canada to
investigate his accounts. Davis shortage is
timber and stock is said to have brought
about his difficulty. 1t is believed that he
had been preparing for this step for some
time past, and that he had a good round
| sum with him.
| The fortune of the Duke de Montpensier,
amounting to IS, 000, 900, is to be divided be-
tween his widow, his son Antonio and the
Countess de Paris. The duchess intends 10
retire to convent and leave her splendid
heritage to her two children, Antonio and
Isabella.
The workmen in the royal railroad shops
at Breslau have pettioned the Emperor to
increase their wages
The Americans who are exploring in
| Mesopotamia have uncovered Niffus, the
! old Nipur, the temple of Bel, and have
| found tablets with inscriptions of as early as
| 1850 B. c., with other articles of archaeology
cal value.
| The largest shaft in Africa has just been
| opened in the Kimberley diamond fields.
| 1t measures % feet 8 inches by 7 feet
inches, and is to be 1000 feet deep.
There is story in Brazilian circles in
London that the present rip of Foreign
| Minister Bocayuva, of Fonseca's govern
| ment, to Uruguay and the Argentine Re-
public, is to arrange prelminaries for a
general confederation Of South American
States, which Brazil wants.
Frank Carew bought gun of London
dealer and went off to Africa to shoot
antelope. The gun burst in firing and in.
jured Mr.. Carew, for which injury he has
just recovered $4,000 by a suit against the
dealer, who, III turn, is suing the manu-.
facturers of the gun.
A famous table ofSevres porcelain painted
| by 1sabey, known as the Table des
Marechaux," which was loaned for the
French Exposition, has mysteriously dissp
peared since the close of the show.
1t is announced in England that John
Burns, the leader of the dock strike, is com.
ing to the United States for short rest and
to study the labor problem here upon the
invitation of American labor leaders.
The Sardine Trust has gone to pieces. The
public criticism was too bitter for the
French, English and Belgian capitalists
who formed the syndicate that was to buy
up the business and they drew out.
| At g l.
volcanic eruption in Japan. Mt. Zoo, in
the Bingo district, commenced to rumble or
the evening Of Jan. 16, and soon the top o.
the mountain was lifted Off TIL re was 6
din equal to dynamite explosion, and sane
and stones were belched forth, falling neal
the town of Bukuyama, where smoke ant
fire were also blown by the wind. Stone:
and earth fell at Mldsunomimura six miles
away, No previous eruption Of Mt; Zoo j.
recorded. Only one man lost his life, but 81
houses were destroyed. The total loss is es
timated at nearly So, 100000.
The report of the Parnel commission has
been submitted to parliament The charge!
against Mr.. Parnell himself are declaredno
proven.
Stanley says that the distance which hi
has Travelled on foot in the last expedition
is 400 miles and 1000 miles in conveyance:
of one kind or another. The expedition
has occupied three years, and rescued 30(
persons at cost of less than s15O,0OO. Lore
Napier's Abyssinian expedition occupied 81,
months, rescued eight persons and cos
$40,0O0,000.
The antislavery conference asks tina
Whitelaw Reid should use his inhuenc,
with the FIR nch government to persuade il
to agree to the right of searching ships un
der the French flag.
Two express trains on the Canadian Pa
ciic Railway collided between Rockliffe ant
Bissett's Station and Robert Thompson o
Kingston, an ex press messenger, was killed
The Toronto University buildings have
been burned, involving loss Of about hall
million dollars.
Henry NJ Stanley in letter to Col
Thomas w. Knox of New York, after &C
knowledging the warm greeting which he i
receiving on the other side Of the Atlantic
says: africa is not land to cause one t,
forget his friends. OF course tn
first thing to do is to fin sh the report 70
our almost completed work, and this will
keep me some mon his in Europe. Then
shall think of seeking my friends. Tha