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GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

holidays. It was proposed. he said. to
bring up the Irish land bill for its second
reading on Tuesday next. This announce
ment brought chorus of "Oh'sD from the
opposition. Mr.. Labouchere protested that
the rights of private members were being
wrencbed away from them. Mr.. Gladstone
insisted that the opposition was entitled to
demand further and fuller statement of
the governments proposed course of action
regarding the time of the House after the
Christmas holidays DR.. Tanner Nation
alistl accused the government of false and
discreditable conduct regarding its prom
lses of Irish legislation. After further de-
bate Mr.. Smiths motion was carried by
vote of 223 to 173. The House, by vote of
1S5 to 152 rejected an amendment proposed
by Mr. Bradlaugh, disapproviDg the gov
ernments proposal to commute hereditary
pensions at twenty-seven years purchase.
Proposed Institute of Bacteriology.
BERLIN, Nov. 2S.-The government of
Prussia Will shortly introduce bill In the
Diet providing for the establishment of
an institute of bacteriology, at which Pro-
fessor Koch may pursue his studies. Con-
nected with the institute will be five in
frmaries containing $50 beds. After allot-
ting to Professor Koch an adequate grant
for his discovery the government will un-
dertake the work of producing the lymph.
declared that the secret of the composition
of Professor KOch's curative lymph was the
exclusive property of Professor Koch. Dr..
Bergman illustrated the degrees of fever
after each injection. and explained the
quantity of lymph required In the various
cases. The number of physicians coming
to Berlin to study the Koch method has
not lesseened. There were 132 arrivals
yesterday.
Hundreds of Fishermen Lost.
LONDON, Nov. 2S.-Additional advices
have been received of the disaster TO the
fishing feet of Ofoten, on the Norwegian
coast. Out of $50 smacks, all of which
were compelled to cut away their rigging,
seventy were driven ashore and battered to
pieces on the rocks. Many smaller boats
were also wrecked. 1t is feared that hum
dreds of lives were lost. The bodies of
victims are constantly being washed
ashore. The coast is intensely bleak and
is sparsely settled, and the survivors are
suffering greatly from exposure and starva-
tion. Communication with the interior Is
cut off, the roads being blocked with snow.
A steamer has left Christiana to assist the
wrecked fishermen.
Fenian DAILY Will Probably Stay IN Prison.
LONDON, Nov. 2s.-It is stated that Home
Secretary Matthews is fully prepared for q
complete answer in behalf of the govern
ment to any question in Parliament en-
bodying the allegations made by Mr.. Davitt
and others that the Fenian prisoner John
DAILY is the victim of a plot organized by
emissaries of the royal Irish constabulary.
1t is said that the Home Secretary has him.
self investigated the charges, and come to
the conclusion that they are without
previously Investigated by Sir w. Har,
court, of Mr.. Gladstone's government. and
found to be untrue, and that Mr.. Gladstone
came to the same conclusion.
Defeat for the French Government
PARIS, Nov. 2S.-In the Chamber of Depu-
ties, to-day, NJ. Rouvier. Minister of
Finance, proposed that the house proceed
to discuss the new loan of 200, 600, 900 francs
before taking up the budget of receipts.
M. Pelletan moved to postpone the loan bill
until the budget had been considered, and
the motion was agreed to by vote of BOB
to 24S. This was defeat for the govern
ment, but NJ. Rouvier intimated the
diverse vote did not affect the essential
principle of the budget he would not ask
the Chamber for vote of confidence.
Frightened by an Earthquake.
PREsBURG. Nov. 2s.-A violent shock of
earthquake was felt to-day throughout the
Danube valley. The inhabitants were
panic stricken and fed in terror from their
houses. No serious damage is reported.
Gable Notes.
The Cotton Employers Association met
at Oldham, England. last night and voted
to raise the wages of their employees 10 per
cent. This action affects $50. coo hands.
1t is reported that Mrs. UShea Is plunged
into deepest grief by the effect of the di-
vorce suit upon the fortunes of Mr.. Parnell.
and that fears are felt for her health. Capt:
OShea is the lion of the Conservative
clubs, and takes his victory cOmplacently.
Deputy Renaud. the managing director
of the Banque d'Etat, of Paris. who alb
seconded and is said to have committed
suicide, carried away with him 100000
francs, which had been subscribed for q
loan to be issued by the municipality of
Macon.
Stringent orders have been sent from st.
Petersburg that all Chinese settling in the
transbaikal region of Asiatic, Russia shall
be required to declare themselves subjects
of the Gar The Russian districts around
Manchuria are being filled mp with Chinese
colonists, many of whom are believed to be
| in the military service of China.
Fourteen young men charged with mur-
| dering gendarme. during riot at
| Kopenick last March, were sentenced at BeI-
lin yesterday: Seven of the prisoners were
| sentenced to five years imprisonment eacn,
| one to years Imprisonment. two to four
months each. and the others TO shorter
| terms. In each case the sentence includes
| hard labor
The Berliner Volks Zeitung reports an
| outrage by Russian soldiers on the frontier.
near Alexanderovo. 1t appears that party
| of Russian soldiers T1ided the house of a
landowner. assaulted the prOprietOr's wife
and ransacked the house from top TO bot
| tom, carrying off everything portable of
| value. The owner of the house was badly
beaten while trying to defend his wife.