The critic., 1891-01-07
FROM ACROSS THE SEA.
News brought by Cable from the Old
World.


World.
LoNboN, Jan. The report in the Dub
lin E5pqss, a Conscryativcpapcr, that Mr.
Gladstone has stated that his public life Il
ended, is denied on good authority in SO
far as to its meaning that Mr.. Gladstone Is
about to retire Not only in oral words,
however, but also, II is said, in letters to
his friends, Mr.. Gladstone has expressed
himself gloomily regarding the future of
Irish home rule, and his sentiments are
shared by Liberals generally.
Owing to the news of acute suffering on
the west coast of Ireland, the Admiralty
has ordered another British war vessel ut
Portsmouth to load with potatoes for the
Irish coast.
The Home Secretary has refused tu in
tcrfcrc in the case of the cN-cOnvict Mae
Donald, sentenced to be hanged for the
murder of school-tcachcr, Miss Holt
whom he killed while attempting to out
rage.
\ licrlin dispatch says the Kascr has
directed the police of Prtlssian cities to
make new and accurate list of all per-
sons engaged in the Socialist propaganda.
and to keep Il careful surveillance of their
movements.
Vienna dispatch says that a Jewish
LAWYER who recently left Kicif was ar
rested by the Russian police while cndcav-
oring to make his way across the border
into Austrian Poland. lie had been
guilty Of no crime, hut decided to leave
Russia because his practice was ruined by
the enforcement Of the anti-lcwiSh laws
lie made an attempt to escape after being
captured and was Killed by the police.
A Shanghai cablcgram describes the
funeral of Prince Chun, the father of the
Emperor Of China, us having been cclc-
bratcd with great formali'y, all the foreign
ministers attending. The Emperor has
secluded himself entirely, to 90 through
the usual rites of devotion to the departed. l..
The Prince was the guiding star. of the
Empire, and the court is already distracted
with fcuds over the succession to his au-
thority.
British residents of Nagasaki claim to
have discovered that Il native criminal
was recently severely tortured by the
japanese authorities to cytort confession
of small theft. They present this as an
argument against the proposed treaty sub
jccting foreigners to Japanese law.
The cold and raw weather is responsible
for an alarming increase in the death rate
in most European cities. one of the most
startling reports on this subject comes
from Dublin, where the number of deaths
during the past week reached the phc.
nomeiial proportion of forty and six.
tcntls in the thousand. The majority of
the. deaths were from pulmonary COM
plants.
Chancellor won Caprivi dincd with the
Empress Frederick on Monday. The
signs of u rapprochcmcnt between the
Emperor and his mother are constantly
increasing III number.
There were thirty-two meetings of citi-
zcns in the new suburbs of Vienna yes
tcrday to express thanks 70 Emperor
Francis Joseph for bringing about the re-
cent large extensions of the city.
The Pope has ordered the paintings on
the walls of certain rooms of the Vatican,
by Raphael and Michael Angelo picture,
in the Sistinc Chapel, to be restored. The
execution Of the delicate task has been
entrusted to the German painter, Scidtl.
The inhabitants of the Arabian province
of Yemen have organized u formidable re-
bellion against the Turkish Government,
which has treated them with great
severity in the matter of onerous taxes.
The Berlin correspondent of the Hdait,iyi
says: ut appears settled that Emin Pasha
is Ia be Governor of the western portion
Of German East Africa, including the
Lake territory. and Herr Soden to be
Governor over the remainder. Baron
Wissmann will probably retire or be sent
10 settle affairs in West Africa. lie i
uNspleaSeu DccHllsc ne was not appointed
head of the new colonial department"
DIR. Schliemannicft his property to be
divided among his relatives, Including
ei,o00 to his first wife's heirs. The sum
Of $500 is left to Professor Virchow. Tha
palace at Athens, with all lis collections
and library, except only the Trojan vcs-
sells, which arc intended for Berlin, are
bcQucathcd to the widow.
The correspondent of the Times nj
Glasgow says 1T must be admitted that
the situation of the railroad strike is not
improved. The Calcdonian Company i,
short 900 hands. II is overwhclmed
with applications from novices but in
two days only twcnty-four hands hay,
been engaged. This is the statement OF
an official and therefore does not estimate
too highly the company's needs. Tho
goods traffic is in state Of collapse worse
than that of last week. English mer
chants declare it is impossible to scnt
goods by rail to Glasgow