Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-11-13
FOREIGN NRWs.

D.spa'che continue to be received at Lon
don giving details Of shipping disasters
along the coast of England.
at 81. Petersburg is is reported that the
decree prohibiting the expectation of wheat
will be Issued on Saturday. The epidemic
OF typhus fever Ia the famine.st,ioken dis.
triots ia spreading rapidly. Ths daily NOR
tally already runs up In the hundreds.
Chen Wing Lung, leader of o secret soc!e.
ty which has been instrumental In ca1aiDg
the uprising 10 Human, China, against for
eigners, Yves captured at 500 Chow and
taken to Shanghai, where, although he vas
tortured. he refused to disclose any secret.
It lie said that Balmsceda. late President
of Chill, was frightened into eucIde through
fear that the Argentine legation would sur
render him to the Junta, and the same tao
tics used to frlghten him have been employ
ed to scare those refugees who are sheltered
at the United States legation.
The Italia, Of Rome, says 1t understands
that the United States government has rec
ognlzsd the responsibility of the federal gov
ernment for breach Of international Law In
the New Orleans lynching sffsir, and that
the only question that now remalns to he
settled is the amount Of the indemnify to be
paid by the United States government to
the friends of the Italian citizens who lest
thelr lives through the violence Of the New
Orleans mob.
Important dispatches were received In
London yesterday which stated that civil
war Ia raging In Brszl, that two or more
provinces have declared their,, Independence
that an engagement has been fought be-
tween the troops adheripg to the dictator
and the forces opposing bis power, and that
the latter have wounded and captured at
least one general officer, General Fsrpan.
DEE. From this 1t Is judged that da Fonseca'a
troops have been defeated and more serious
conflicts may be looked forward to 90 the
dictator has announced bis intention of put.
ting down what he terms the rebellion" by
all the measures In HE power. A Bio Janeiro
report has 1t that the army and navy forces
will proclaim Marshal Fonseca lie diota.
tor of BrszI.
Dispatches from Valparaiso, Chill, says
that Minister Egsn has received his In.
struotlons by cable from Washington and Ia
now preparing to carry them ou.. There
Is authority for the statement that these In
structIops are positive. and that they are to
the effect that the United States will con-
tinue to give asylum to the men who have
sought refuge at the legation until q gusran.
tee Ia assured by the Gillian authorities for
the removal In safety to some neutral terri.
tory beyond the limits of Chill, and further
that the United States will not permit its
minister to be harrassed and annoyed on
account OF the presence Of these refugees In
the legation. Capt. Schley, on the Balti-
more, has also received Instructions from
the Navy Department In regard to the &C.
ton he is to take In the matter. Minister
Egan and Cspt. Sohley held lorg confer
enoe In Santiago two days ego. and they are
prepared to act togethNr. An official init.
nation is also given that the authorities In
Washington believe that the situation de.
mand the presence Of q fleet Of American
meu.of.war at Valparaiso, for the purpose
Of impressing upon the government of Chill
the fact that the United States Ia prepared
to enforce its demands for proper treat.
ment.