Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-04-30
FOREIGN TOPICS OF INTEREST.
Current Happenings In England and on the
Continent.


Current Happenings In England and on the
Continent.
In letter Mr.. Gladstone says that the state
ments made by Mr.. Parnell in Clonmel. Ireland,
that Mr.. Gladstone and his colleagues hrst
deprecated and afterward approved the plan
Of campaign for party purposes. are entirely
Mr.. James Patrick O'Gorman Mahon, gener-
ally known as The O'Gorman Mahon. member
OF the British parliament for Carlow, ireland.
Is dangerously i'll He was born in lS03. Is q
magistrate and deputy lieutenant for Clare
county, and is a liberal and in favor OF home
rule for Ireland.
The influenza epidemic is becoming of an
Lincolnshire, England. In many of the VII
lagos OF these counties every household has
been attacked by the disease and deaths are be-
coming much more frequent. At Pontcfract,
In the West Riding Of Yorkshire, there are 400
serious cases. The garrison Of Pontefract has
also been attacked. with the result that large
number Of the soldiers are on the sick list and
that several deaths have occurred among the
military.
The French government has issued decree
providing that in future engineers and fremen
on the French railroads must not be actively
employed for moro than twelve hours per day.
notice of . motion for new trial on be-
half Of Miss Gladys Evelyn, whose recent suit
Tor breach OF promise against Mr.. William
Henry Hurlbert resulted in a verdict for the
defendant has been served in London by
counsel for the plaintiff.
The police Of Naples have placed under ar
rest many Of the more prominent of the social
lists OF that city on the charge Of being engaged
IN the work Of incIting the laboring classes to
take part In seditious Demonstrations on May
day.
murder like those committed by "Jack,
the Ripper" is reported from Beuthen on
the Polish frontier. The body of o woman
was found on Tuesday behind the mill
tary hospital in that town mutilated in the
usual manner A surgeon in the military hos
pltal has been arrested on suspicion.
commission Of three cardinals has been
designated to effect economical reforms in the
management Of the internal affairs Of the Vati-
can.
The forthcoming encyclical letter Of the
pope will. it is said. endeavor to put Catholi-
cism, doctrinally and Intellectually, ut the head
OF the social movement The pope is convinced.
SO q Roman ecclesiastic states, that the de-
mocracy OF America imported under other
FORMS will be the mold by which the future
society and politics Of Europe will be fash
toned.
c. A. Fyhe, well known ~ . historian Of
modern Europe and candidate Of the English
liberal party Tor a seat in the house of COM
mons, overwhelmed by a charge made against
him OF having committed an indecent assault
upon boy In q railway train, has attempted to
kill himself.
Five girls were killed and Hfty persons
wounded on Tuesday by an explosion in .
dynamite factory near Genoa, Italy.
The British house Of commons has passed
motion to compensate proprietors Of taverns
who are refused licenses.
The cars officers are driving hundreds of
Hebrews daily from Russia.
The session Of the italian chamber of dep
uties was suspended by the president yester-
day because OF an uproar over the statement Of
Slgnor Imbriana that the Italian government
permitted the slave trade to be carried on
openly in Africa and that thirty-fve slave girls
had been distributed among italian officers.
Roman newspaper, EOpinione, published
telegram yesterday from Palermo stating
that an American journalist named Engel-
mann, now in that city, has been delegated by
the United States government to render as
distance to the families of the Italian subjects
lynched in New Orleans. 1t was stated that
Engelmann had paid visit to the village Of
Cacamo for the purpose of giving help to the
family OF MonasteriO, one Of the lynched men.
The remains Of the late Field Marshal Count
Won Moltke were placed in the family vault at
kreisau, Germany, yesterday.
A decree has been issued by the Russian gov
eminent ordering the enforcement in st.
Petersburg OF the same measures against the
Hebrews as were recently decreed against the
Hebrews of Moscow. The decree assigns GER
tain places where Hebrews will be permitted to
reside in st. Petersburg
dispatch from Iquique, Chill, received in
Paris says The parliamentary forces have &C.
cupied Copiape Five hundred of Balmaceda's
friends, who were defending the town, ded.
The cruisers Argentina and Mmirante Lynch
were 30 badly damaged in the conflict with
the Blanco Enoalada that they have been COM
PEELED to 60 into dock at Valparaiso for repairs.
Senator Isaac Of France il opposed to the idea
Of the United States acquiring the Mole at st.
Nicholas, Hayti, IS q coaling station, claiming
that its possession would menace the independ-
ence Of the Antilles. He will question the
French government a. to the significance of
the dispatch Of an American squadron to Port
au Prince.
Ex-Queen Natalie Of Servia has promised the
regents Ooran Ristitch, Gen. Costa Protitch
and Gen. Jovan BelMarkevitch) to yield to the
pressure that has been brought to bear upon
her and to shortly leave Servia.
Mr.. Arthur Bower Forwood Conservative,
member Of parliament for the Ormskirk di-
vision of Lancashire in a public address
made in Liverpool yesterday said that he be-
lieved, upon good authority, that it had been
officially declared that the government would
dissolve parliament if the governments free
education plans were obstructed.