News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1890-03-20
Foreign.

Under the name and title of Roger Dough-
ty Tichborne, Baronet, Arthur Orion, the
TichborDe claimant, was nominated as the
Home Rule candidate for S Oke-on-Trent to
fill the vacancy in the House of Commons
created by the resignation of William Leath-
am Bright, Home Ruler He failed, however,
to deposit his share of the election expenses,
and the nomination was, therefore, with
drawn.
The report of the serious illness of the
King of Holland is groundess.
Mr.. Robert Lincoln authorizes a denial of
the report that he intends to resign his posi-
ton in consequence of the death of his son.
The ex-Empress Eugene has taken to
writing poetry, said to be of excellent quality.
A terrific explosion occurred to-day in
the Morsa Colliery in GlamOrganshire, Wales,
which will be attended with much loss of life.
Three hundred miners were entombed, but
that many have been rescued from the work
ings nearest the main shaft. Most of those
taken out are unhurt, but several have re-
ceived fatal injuries. Heavy falls of rock
prevent the explorers from reaching the more
remote workings.
A disagreement has arisen between Signor
Biancheri, President of the Italian Chamber
of Deputies, and Signor Crispi, the Prime
Minister, and Signor Biancheri is about to
resign in consequence. A ministerial crisis
is imminent.
James Gordon Benefits hair has turned
white since he was last in America.
NJ Falleres, the French Minister of Edu-
cation, has ordered that all reference to the
reign of Henry ". be omitted from French
historical textbooks, and that the events of
that period be passed over, dots being placed
in the books to indicate the omission.
1t Il reported from London that Sir Edwin
Arnold is likely to make his permanent home
in Japan. His letters to the London Tele-
graph have created quite 4 boom in japanese
travel.
The Sultan has given to the King of Italy
several Arab horses and other valuable
presents.
The Servian Government officially denies
that it is trying to make match for the
14-year-old King.
1t is reported from Constantinople that
Murad ", the predecessor of the present
Sultan, is dying of softening of the brain.
1t is reported in London that Geraldine
Ulmar Is about to revive LA File de Madame
Angot," and to take the role of LANCE.
English NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. are interested
in the advertisement of "live fish, dressed
ready for cooking that has appeared in one
of the religious weeklies.
The rule of the London Water Color So
cety that refused admittance to women
beyond the grade OF ASSOCIATION mas Deen
abrogated in favor of Mrs. Allingham.
man who recently fell i'll in Warsaw beg
ged his doctor to accept an old lottery ticket
in place of fee, and the doctor did so. The
ticket has just drawn $4,000.
The English Home Office has reduced by
one-half the sentence of the man who was
sent to prison for stealing two oranges from
some boxes that he was carrying.
There is an extraordinary increase of duell-
ing in high military circles in Russia. The
fashionable duel is fought at five PAGES with
cavalry reyolyers.
The Royal Scottish Academy sought this
year to raise the standard of art by limiting
the number of pictures hung to 700 instead of
the usual 1000 They have raised instead a
terrible howl among the artists.
The dividends of the English street car
companies varied last year from l q per cent
to 9A, but only five companies went above
per cent. They nearly all showed an increase
over the previous year.
Walter Rothschild, who has just been adj
mitted as a partner in the great banking
house, is said to be quiet, thoughtful young
man, resembling his mother more than his
father. He has a soft, low voice, genial
disposition, and a mind for business.
General Boulanger has left his Jersey re-
treat and taken handsome house in London,
where he spends money profusely.
DR.. Brown-Sequard is still engaged on his
youthful elixir at Paris, and persists in be-
lieving that his experiment will at last be
successfully established.
The Princess Letitia, the late Amadeo's
widow, is living in Rome, where she is a.
ready said to be prospecting in Napoleonic
way for a new and young husband.
The French Cabinet has decided to send
Senators Jules Simon and Tolain, M. Burdeau,
n member of the Chamber of Deputies, M.
Under. an Inspector of Mines, and Mr..
Delhaye, a mechanic, as representatives of
France at the international Labor Conference
at Berlin.
The Tichborne Claimant states that his case
is to be re-opened in April next, fund of
f15O,OOO being guaranteed toward the neces-
sary legal and other expenses.
Lord Tennyson took cold, which resulted
in bronchitis, by refusing to give up his daily
two hours walk along the cliff of the Isle of
Wight even In unusually cold weather.