Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1892-02-27
CABLE SPARKS.

MOUNT yEsUyirs is ssain 10 state Of
eruption.
SIXTY persons suspected of being anarchists
have been arrested IN Berlin.
An epidemic OF small.p ox prevails in Corfu,
capital of the island of that name in the
Mediterranean belonging TO Greece.
THE President OF France has signed bill
approptiating 500 900 for the French exhibit
at the Chicago Columbian Exposition.
0wISG to the new French tariff, which
puts high duties on imported meats, there is Il
great demand IN Paris for the flesh of horses
lnd mules.
THE Persian government has granted an
important concession to u Russian syndicate 10
establish Il transport and trading business In
Northern Persia.
THERE are riotious tendencies amoug the
unemployed workingmen of Rome. The
military OF the city has been ordered 10 be in
readiness to repress any outbreak.
SIXTEEN thousand more persons from the
famine stricken districts OF Russia have Ia zen
refuge in 81. Petersburg aud have been
quaraDtinei on various houssholders.
! Is tie Italian Chamber of Deputies the
p. euier OF the country Marquis di Rudini.
referred to the large emigration OF Italians t.
Brazil an the Argentine Republic, which be
said was exc, ssIye.
HERBERT GLADSTONE, who has returned
to London ir0m Italy, where his father is So
journnS, says that the elder Mr. Gladstone
takes six.mIle walks and is now in the enjoy.
ment of vigorous health.
STRoNg protests are being made by mum.
cpal Authorities of cities aud towns pro-
iessors in universities aud teachers IN Ger
many against tae passage OF the German
governments sectaran education bill.
THE Sultan Of Morocco has entered into an
agreement with France by winch the latter
government will hencetorth have the right to
establish small garrisons In the Tuuat oasis 10
control caravans passing through the country,
aud to levy small tax Oh merchandise.
THE Sultan of Turkey, as suzcrain, has
decided that the Khediye OF Egypt be in.
vested in Cairo, as England desired. France
and Russia urged the Sultan TO make the
Khedive come 10 Constant nople and thereby
acknowledge that Egypt WIS vassal Of Tur-
key and that there was not preponderance
OF English authority IN that country.
EXPERIMENTS made at Portsmouth, Eng.
land, with the sims Edison electric torpedo
proved that the torpedo could be worked
successfully when launched from a vessel in
motion, with range Of one mile an a quarter
and a speed Of nineteen knots an hour. Mr.
Sims who conducted the trials, claimed that
at recent test y speed of twenty-one knots
Tor over two miles was attained.
A FANATICAL mob made an attack on the
Protestant church at Piraeus, Greece, while
services we're being held IN the building, and
severely maltreated the minister and wor.
shippers. The mob robbed the church Of
everything of any value aud then set fire TO
it. The military was called out, extnguished
the flames and arrested many members OF the
mob, who will be punished severely.
THE report Of the British legation in Paris
to the British government on the trade Of
France shows that the French trade has been
declining for years, and that the workings q
the Mckinley bil ~ the United States have
decreased the exports OF French wine. The
exports Of six fell Oh 1sWJ,010 last year,
wooden goods tell oil / ,2i6 on kios, while the
loss in glove exports tor 1891 was /, $500
francs.