Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-25
IN FOREIGN CAPITALS,
Gen. Geurko Falls Under the Displeasur
Of the Car.


Of the Car.
A dispatch from Warsaw states that the fathe,
of one of the young soldiers who were exc.
cuted by Gen. Gourko, the military governor
on a charge Of murder, of which they proved
TO be entirely innocent, has gone insane. The
father in question Is o well-to-do merchan. and
offered several thousand roubles to a charitable
object il his con should be respited long enough
for a thorough inquiry.
d! The respite was refused, and the day after the
execution the real murderer surrendered The
Gen. Gourko is watched for fear he may COM
NIT suicide. He has fallen under the deep dis
pleasure of the car and is temporarily relieved
from his Office, pending his majesty's decision
as to what, if any, punishment he shall undergo
for his blunder.
ExPERIMENTINa WITH THE KOCH Lymph.
A series of experiments have been conducted
at Cologne by Dr. Prior with the Koch curative
lymph Forty-fve physicians attended tho ex-
periments. In all the cases the symptoms fol-
lowing the injections of the lymph were pre-
among the patients was Q woman suspected
OF being. affected with a tubercular disease.
The usunl methods of diagnosis had. however,
failed TO positively define the disease from
which she was suffering She was treated Will,
an injection OF the lymph, which caused "a
the existence of tuberculosis.
AN EPIDEMIC OF INFLUENZA.
An epidemic Of influenza prevails at
Fuenfkirchen, Hungary. One thousand per-
sons in the place arc suffering from the disease
The medical officer has summoned a conference
OF the doctors to decide what course to follow.
Many cases of the disease resemble typhus
fever, while others are attended with copious
hemorrhage from the intestines.
CALAMIrIEs TO THE HApsBuRes.
The Emperor Of Austria is represented as
deeply cast down by the probable fate of his
relative, the Archduke John, the third great
calamity during his reign in the Hapsburg
family, his brother, Macmillan, having been
shot In Mexico, and his son and heir, Rudolph.
having committed suicide. The emperor went
today to pray ON the spot where Prince Ru-
dolph died.
REcoNSTRUCTING SPANS NAVY.
Admiral Bernagor, the Spanish minister Of
marine, has applied for large extra grant for
naval purposes to carry out his plans for the
reconstruction of the Spanish navy. He in
tends to substitute rapid steaming cruisers for
costly, heavy-armored future cruisers, to have
a minimum speed of twenty knots under nat
ural draugbt.
FOREIGN NEWS BRIEFS.
The articles of association of the company
acquiring the business of Barring Bros. & Co.
were registered yesterday at Somerset House.
Italy is inquiring as to the feasibility of
establishing penal colony in the vicinity of
MassOwah. Africa. to be inhabited by all
persons condemned in future to penal servi-
tude.
According to Madrid advices Senior Sagasta
is meeting with great success in his campaign
against the present government. The con-
stltuencies in Barcelona and other industrial
centers are enthusiastic for the liberal cause.
A South African dispatch says that a customs
union has been established between Cape Colony
and the Orange Free State, and British Bechu-
analand will enter the arrangement on the LIST
of January next. This is the beginning of
South African confederation.
The Australian strikers have returned TO the
English unions the money advanced by the
latter to help their Australian brethren in their
recent conflict with the employers.
The italian prime minister, Signor Crispi,
declares that the deficit for 1891 will be only
1000 600 francs. The radicals insist that it will
reach fully so. 900. 600 francs
Hon. VIM. &. Beckett. member of the house
commons for the Bassettlaw division of Noting
hamShire. was killed in railroad accident at
WimbOrneNiinster in DOrsetshre yesterday
The condition of the Rev. Mr.. Spurgeon who
is suffering from an attack of acute govt, is
The star. the leading home rule paper in
England. says it has reliable information that
Parnell will retire from the leadership of the
Irish nationalists
The British steamer Calypso, from Mediter-
anean ports, foundered off Sandgate Sunday
night. two miles southwest of Folkstone. after
eight hundred and thirty-five tons burden. The
crew 100 the Calypso has arrived at Folkestone
The other vessel was Spanish steamer and it
Is supposed that she also foundered.