The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-07-12
Probable Duration of Parliament.

LONDON, July 1.-THE official calculation
of the Conservative whips now is that the
propagation of Parliament will take place
on Thursday. Aug. 6. Their men have
been freely told that they may make their
arrangements on the assumption that they
will not be wanted after that date. 1t can
be said. however, that on both front
benches there is still o hope that Saturday,
Aug. IA may see Parliament ut the end ofits
labors. A greatdeal will depend on the man
ner In which the House of Lords deals with
the Irish land-purchaso bill. The changes
which the Lords have already introduced
Will lead to n couple of nights discussion,
and some of them will not be- accepted by
the Commons, so the result may be to carry
the question over into another week, as it
IS only by the closest compression of the
work at present before Parliament that the
hoped-for arrangement can be carried out.
There will be considerable discussion on
the vote for the Foreign Office and the
Colonial Office, but the Irish estimates are
expected to 20 through easily, and a large
number of questions which they had at
one time intended to raise on the other
votes. have now been practically aban-
doned.
NJ. Stambulofrs Life Again Threatened.
SOFIA. July 11.-Public attention has
been again called to the matter of the as
sassination OF NJ. Constantine Beltcheff,
the Bulgarian Minister of Finance, who
was shot and killed on the evening of
March "a last. while walking in the streets
of this city in company with NJ. Stambul-
of, the Bulgarian Prime Minister. and who.
it was thought, was assassinated in mis-
take for NJ. S~tambnlOff, whom he somewhat
resembled. The revival of interest in the
case has been caused by the discovery that
some persons had inscribed on
the tombstone of M. Beltcheff the follow
ing words: Forgive us. we aimed at SIAM
bulOff and struck you. The second time
we will not fail" Although ne has had the
matter thoroughly investigated, Nj. STAN
bulOtf has failed to find the persons who
were guilty of writing the threat against
his life on the tombstone. as there are too
many persons on whom suspicion has fall
len.
Eminent Scotch Jurist Soon to Retire.
LONDON. July ia report is current this
evening to the effect that the Conservative
party will shortly lose the services of one
it's most effective debaters in the House of
Commons-Mr. Robertson. the Lord AdvO-
cate for Scotland. 1t is understood that
Lord Glencorse. the octogenarian president
of the Court of Sessions. will follow the ex-
ample of Lord Justice Clark Moncreiff and
resign his post before his Conservative
friends leave office. Mr.. Robertson's eieva
tion to the bench would follow. as q matter
of course. Sir Charles Pearson, the present
Solicitor general for Scotland. would be-
come Lord Advocate. But he is not distin-
guished by remarkable capacity for debate.
and the hopes of the Scotch Conservatives
would then center in their new solicitor
general. who would be Mr.. Graham Murray,
q Scotch advocate of the highest promise.
Purpose of British Naval Napauvars
LONDON. July 1.-THE British Admiralty
announced to-day that the primary purpose
of the British naval maneuvers this year
would be to obtain more definite informa-
ton as to the best method of distributing
a squadron of battle ships and cruisers SO
as to gain information of an enemy's move.
mepts. This was to some extent the object
of last years operations, but the infOfma-
ton obtained was not conclusive. This
year the measures taken by the rival COM
manders and the results will be carefully
considered at the conclusion Of the opera
tions.
American Consulate Violated by Italians.
LONDON, July 12.-The Rome correspond
ent of the London edition of the New York
Herald telegraphs to his paper that it is
rumored that the local authorities of Ca
tania, a city of Sicily, have violated the
United States consulate at that place. and
that the consu! has asked the officials at
Washington to permit him to close his office
and 10 place the archives under the protec-
tion of the German flag.