Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1890-03-08
CABLE SPARKS.

Otto of Bavaria is in the last Utages OF
general paralysis.
Count Napoleon Daru, the French states
man, died at Paris.
Many lives were lost by On explosion In q
colliery near Deciza, France.
The Law Courts building at Alkmaar, Hol-
land, hos been destroyed by fire.
Italy will s4nd representatives to the labor
conference to be held at Berne.
The.Sultan's government has determined
to construct shipyards and arsenals at jed
dab in Tripoli.
Luxembourg has appointed delegates to at
tend the labor conference to be held at Berne,
Switzerland.
Advices from the Cape are that the Trans
vaal government has forbidden the Boer ex-
petition into Mashonaland.
One hundred and twenty tenants on the
Ponsonby estate in Ireland will be summoned
to>surrender possession of their holdings.
The KIM Of Portugal has signed an am
nesty decree such as it is customary for a
new ruler to issue upon his accession to the
throne.
Hon. Joseph ellis Biggar, the well-known
homorule mem Der of the House of Commons,
ed suddenly at Capham, a suburb of Lon
| don.
An order has been issued at Berlin prohib-
| ting the circulation in Germany of the
Vo ks-Ahwalt paper published in Cincin-
natl, Ohio.
The Congo Free State has empowered the
Bruises Anti-Slavery Society to send an ex
petition to Africa to aid in suppressing the
slave trade.
Russia has demanded OF the government
of Bulgaria the payment Of 5000, 900 roubles
arrears Of money due on account of the Rus.
sian occupation during 1878 aud 1879.
A IRE broke out in the Communal Theatre
! in Amsterdam, Holland and before the
flames could he extnguished the interior of
the building was completely destroyed.
The French cabinet council decided to set
aside the sen:enc. OF two years passed upon
the Duke OF Orleans, but subsequently voted
to postpone his release for the present.
Three members of the Cretan council have
been sentenced to seven years imprisonment
each for resIgning their posts under threats
made by the Cretan committee Mt Athens.
The Paris Matin says chat NJ. Rouvier,
minister of finance, will ask the Chamber Of
Deputies for vote of 70O, 0O0, 00G francs for
the purpose of bringing about q. balance in
the u lget. r
The police Of Prague have i.ized an issue
of the newspaper Narodni Listy, containing
manifesto OF the young Czscbs against the
/ understanding agreed upon with the Ger
mars
The Unitad States squadron of evolution
was handsomely entertained OF Toulon,
] France, but tie officers were buried through
tho French arsenas aud warships so that
I they could see little Of French progress in
I naval warfare.
Mr.. Evans, liberal, was elected without op-
position to the vacancy in tho British House
OF Commons caused by tue death OF MIR. Tai
bot, liberal, who represented the middle
division OF G!amorgaushre.
The elections for members of the Portu-
guese Chamber oil Deputies have been fixed
for March 81. Major Serpa Pinto and other
! Pc: tu- uese African explorers are favorite
candidates of the progressist party.
The list OF the persons summoned to take
part in the council to consider the condition
| of the German working people includes q
master locksmith, O foreman, joiner, poll
! isher, director of iron works, an owner Of
factory, and Herr Hitze, member OF the
Krichstag.