Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-29
TRANSATLANTIC GOSSIP.
What 10 Going On in the Land. beyond the

Sea.
LONDON, July 2e.-Disorders are reported ~
Detmold, in the principality Of Lppe, owing 10
the dislike Of the prince, who is virtually .
despot as TO his homo government. for the So
cislists. The social democracy has Of Late
been making many converts in Iippe, right
under the nose of the prince, and tins has ex-
cited his highness to severe measures of re-
preston. The police Of the principality have
been instructed 70 permit no meetings OF so-
cialIsts and the law Is severely enforced. An
attempt TO hold a meeting OF social democrats
on Sunday evening was q failure, owing 70
the hostility OF the police, who had
come TO the scene with the intention Of
preventing gathering. Al first il appeared
that there might be a collision between the
socialists and the police, but the lenders Of the
former prevented any serious demonstration.
Llppe petmold is only one of several German
states that are far behind the others in the
amount OF freedom granted TO the subjects Of
the petty sovereigns who rule over them.
The Berlin police have done handsome de-
tectiye work IN the arrest OF a gang OF twelve
burglars who had for some time been iufestinz
tina, city. Stolen property 10 the amount of
zo,OOo marks was recovered at the same time.
Two nuns and a monk have been arrested AZ
oasale, In the province of Caserta, Italy for
pretending to work miracles. They caused
Tremendous excitement by their supernatural
Claims and drew people from ali parts of Italy
the VILLAGE being full Of pilgrims who wanted TO
witness the miraculous occurrences or them
selves be treated for disease by the alleged
miracle workers. The authorities concluded 70
put a stop to the exhibition.
1he Italian government is also taking harsh
measures for the suppression of anarchism
wherever found. Fifteen anarchists have BEEN
arrested at Faenza and wholesale raid on all
haunts of anarchists in Rome 10 said 70 be In
preparation.
The socialist organs in Germany express them
selves as well satisfied with the evidence given
by the Cassel election OF the growing strength
Of the party and with the fact that all other
issues have had to be discarded for the issue
between social democracy and the people who
claim that they are born 20 rule.
Col. Leybourne, well known in New York in
connection with the Catholic banding scheme,
attempted suicide in Rome on Monday BY dis
emboweing himself with a razor. He now lies
with little hope OF recovery. Monetary losses
are said to have been the cause.
Dispatches from Bombay state that therU
have been heavy rains and serious floods in thss
presidency. The roads are damaged and sixty
miles of railroad have been injured by wash
outs. The rivers in the district OF Poonah are
swoolen ana thousands Of acres Of land are
Submerged.
The racing at Goodwood was continued to-
day, this being the second day Of the meeting.
The event which excited the most interest was
for the Goodwood stakes. two miles and q half.
1t won by Mr.. GA RallIs three-year-old bay
Soit "llec hf ID. bhftOn
ye2r-old chestnut horse Barmecide was second
and Baron de Hirseh's fye-year-old bay horse
Nasistas, by Idus, out of Neranda. third.
NJ. Bischoffscheim, the Paris banker, Prince
Roland Bonaparte, Aphonse Rothschild and NJ.
Eiffel, the noted engineer, have offered 10 sup
port Janssen's project for the erection of an
observatory on the summit of Mount Blanc.
NJ. Eiffel proposes the building Of horizontal
tunnel for the purpose Of protecting workmen
during the prevalence of storms and TO ascer-
tain the thickness of the ice. He declares thas
If the ice exceeds fifty meters in depth the pro-
jec. must be abandoned, because ii IL impera-
tive that the foundation of the proposed OBJ
servatory be built on solid rock.
The sensational breach of promise case Of
Miss Valerie Niedemann against Capt this
Hon. Robert Horace Walpole, in which the
plaintiff asked for slO0, 600 damages and which
has been in and out of the courts for more
than two years past, resulted on June ~ last in
= verdict Of 81, 500 damages for the plaintiff.
Capt Walpole took the case 10 the court of sp~
peals and today that court reversed the verdict
Of the lower court, holding that there WAS no
corroboratlon Of the statements that the de-
fendant promised TO marry Miss WiedemAnn-