The Princeton union., 1894-03-08
Foreign Gossip.


The car may visit Emperor William
Of Germany.
Ex-Chief Justice Meredith, of Que
bee, died suddenly.
The strike of English coal miners in
volved a loss of $5O,OOO,O0O
Mr.. Gladstone is reported to have
resigned the British premiership, to
be succeeded by Earl Spencer.
The war between Nicaragua and Hon
duras ends, the former being victor
iolls.
British officers and sailors arc de-
fcated in fight with slave dealers On
the west coast Of Africa, several Of
them being killed.
A dispatch from Rio Janeiro says it
is reported that the government dyna-
mite cruiser Nictheroy, coming from
Bahia, has landed 500 men at Cabo
Frio, seventy-fve miles northeast of
Rio. Other vessels of PieXOto's fleet
are on the way SOUTH and important
developments are expected at any time.
The prospects Of a duel between Mr..
Audinct Gilbert of New York and Sem
or Don Manuel del Pillar de Santa Ma
ria of Paris are now bad. One of the
principals is suffering from Influenza,
one Of the seconds departed for Lon
don, saying he was tired Of the whole
affair, which, he added, was making no
progress.
Bellamy & Co.'S g1anaries on the
King and Queen steam-shipping wharf,
Rotherhithe street, London were des-
troyed by fire recently. The cont1agra-
ton lasted throughout the day. Five
larGo blocks chiefly filled with flour,
We're destroyed. The loss is 100000
pounds.
Henry Yates Thompson, formerly
owner Of the Pail Mall Gazette. has
written to the Rt. Hen. George SnaW-
Lefevre Offering to give $3S,OO0 to give
a monumental chapel connecting With
Westminster abbey by cloister from
the poets corner for monuments to
great men and women. The govern.
Elent is considering the Offer.
Miscellaneous Items.
Washington, Iowa, is undergoing 4
season OF religious awakening.
A ''social purity campaign is in prog
ress at Lincoln. Neb.
The Dayton, Ohio. street railway lines
| will be changed into all electrical sys-
! tenn.
| The village Of Harris City, Ohio, will
| be sold by the sheriff under bankruptcy
prt ceedings.
Mrs. Elizabeth Christian died while
attending her daughters funeral near
Lebanon, Ind.
Charl IS Knowlton, once a prominent
| Democratic politician of Indiana, died
| at LOganSpOrt, aged G5.
| A vein Of coal Z feet 9 inches in thick
ness, has been struck at Litchfeld, IL
incis.
Edward Briggs was found dead in
his room in a Davenport, Iowa, hotel
Circumstances Indicate suicide.
Cornell trustees have voted $500 to
be used in finding the students respon-
sible for the recent fatal hazing.
John w. Fancher. who disappeared
from Columbus, Ohio, twenty-fo four years
ago. has been found in Colorado.
Oklahoma Populists will send dele
gates to CoNeys unemployed army,
which is to- march upon Washington on
May 1.
Pennsylvania worlds fair business
has been closed up and $1OO of the
100000 appropriated returned to the
state treasury.
Emma Zeigler was awarded verdict
of $500 against the Big -Four Railroad
for the killing Of her husband at Ur-
bana, Ohio.
The receipts Of gold at the Denver
mint for this month will be about
$21S,O0O, breaking the record by sever
al thousand.
The conference of coalroad and coal
men at Pittsburg failed to agree on
rates for shipping coal to the lakes
for the coming year.
The Rev. A. J. Warner has called q
convention Of negroes at Birmingham
Ala, for March 21. The object is tx
discuss the general emigrauon Of thu
race to Africa.
The Postal Telegraph company ha.
completed arrangements to build line
from Freeport to Dunbar, I'LL, connect
ing with the main line.
John Shakelton Of Selma. Ind, ba.
) filed suit in the Delaware circuit cOur
for $1O,5OO damages by the Muncit
Architectural Iron company for an in
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