Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-08-21

gate of the avenue leading to bis house.
A vollev of shots from small plantation
killed his horse, but the magistrate and
his coachman were unhurt.
Evictions continue at I1pperary.
In Limerick the council, oy O vote of
l6 against 10, refused to pass resolu-
ton condemning the Roman Catholic
bishop, O'Dyer, for his recent letter
"imputing cowardice and dishonesty 10
Mr.. John Dillon, NJ. P, ana the Irish
parliamentary party
Lord Zetland is reported to have de-
clared that the government Will be as
firm as ever in depressing disorder.
The peasants Of Western ireland are in
state of anxiety In regard to
the potato crop. A potato
disease has appeared in Cork,
County Mayo, and other sections and
is apparently spreading. The destruc-
ton of this crop would mean winter of
starvation for many thousand Irish
families.
OPPOSITION TO THE NJ kINLEf BILL.
English as we'll as Irish manufacturers
and workingmen continue TO be stirred
up about the Mckinley bill.
Advice from Germany state that q
number of Saxon and Hungarian manu-
facturers are about to transfer their en-
tire establishments to the United States
and their example is to be followed by
several British houses, so far at least as
establishing branches in that country.
On the other hand the movement in
favor of retaliation is gaining ground
both in England and on the continent.
The popular sentiment in Great Britain,
France and Germany loudly demands
discrimination against the United States,
and Lord Salisbury's government is in
oliEed to regard the position with favor.
JEWISH IMMIGRATION.
The advance guard of the Russian and
Polish Jew immigration is beginning to
arrive in London The newcomers are
not welcomed by the public at large, al
though they are charitably cared for and
assisted by their fellow He
brews in Great Britain. London
already has large population of for
eigners from the lowest ranks in Galicia,
Poland and Russia proper. Their intiu-
ence on the labor market Is untayorable,
and the native working people view them
with jealousy and dislike. They live in
cheap and dirty tenements, and exist on
food that would arouse the loathing of
the well British fed artisan.
The members of the second battalion
of Grenadier guards VINO were sentenced
to terms of Imprisonment for taking part
in the recent refusal to parade, will
probably have their sentences committed
at an early date. 1t is asserted on high
military authority that the commander
in chief, the duke of Cambridge, has the
subject under favorable consideration,
and that his decision may soon be eX-
pected.
GERMAN SOCIAL DEMOCRATS
are making great preparations for q
grand meeting of their party at Halle on
October -. As the socialist law expires
on September so the leaders insist that
It is necessary to reorganize the party
which has not met on German territory
for thirteen years.
The prince of Wales has of late been
giving his almost individual attention to
The affairs of state and the social duties
connected with the sovereign. This
seems to strengthen the rumor current
n upper circles that while the queen
ioes not propose TO abdicate in favor of
ler son, he will virtually be regent dur
ng the remainder of her reign, and that
his worse than youthful folles
WILL BE PUT ASIDE
ind forgotten IN view of the responsible |
les and the dignity deyolyIng upon the !
representative of the sovereign. The |
prince is impartial in his favors toward |
he statesmen of both parties, but his |
eanings are said to be decidedly liberal. |
The prince sees the tendency of the times |
md does not mean to stand in the way. |
lie is said to have expressed decided ap- |
'roval in his interview with his nephew, |
he German emperor, of that potentate |
regard for the future |
Eelfare of the working classes. |