Evening star., 1894-04-03
GAIN FOR LIBERALS
Result of an English Parliament
tary Election.
EXCITING FIRE AT THE LONDON DOCKS
Negotiating the New Austro.Rus-
sian Treaty.
GENERAL FOREIGN MATTERS

LONDON. April 3.-The result of the cleo
ton for a member of parliament to repra-
sent the south, or Rcmford, division of Es-
sex, the vacancy being caused by the death
OF Mr. James Theobald, conservative. is a
tory victory. The returns are as follows:
Mr. A. Money Wigram conservative
1913; Mr.. Bethel, liberal, $3.50. Conserva-
tive majority, 6S3
AT the previous election the late Mr.
James Theobald received 6724 votes de-
feating Mr.. II. H. Raphael. liberal. who
received 5,542, a conservative majority of
1,1s2 1t will thus be seen that the con-
servative majority in this district has been
decreased by 499.
SlauShterfng Cattle.
A deputation from the Central Associated
Chambers of Agriculture visited Mr.. III.
Gardner, president of the board of agri-
culture. today and urged the Importance
of maintaining regulations for slaughter
Ing all foreign cattle at their port of de-
barkation.
The Earl of Fortesque, who headed the
reputation, said that as a free trader he
was not afraid of foreign competition, but
he was afraid of foreign contagion.
Mr. Gardner, in replying to the deputa-
hopes of acceding to their request for a
universal and perpetual slaughter at the
port of debarkation.
News in Yachting Circles.
The Telegraph says that Emperor Will
lam intends to sail his yacht Meteor (for-
merly the Thistle) In the race for the
queens cup during the coming racing sea-
son at Cowes. The Meteor won the queens
cup last year at Cowes.
The Telegraph adds most of the forty
raters are going up the Baltic to take
mart in the German TO1uarial Nacht
regatta 1t is possible that they will return
for the Cowes week with a number of
foreign yachts. Their presence will, Of
course, enhance the interest in the racing
in the Solent
Exciting Fire at the London Docks.
An exciting and dangerous fire broke out
early this morning in No. warehouse at
the London docks. Half the fire engines in
London were called to the spot and the fire
was finally checked.
No. warehouse is the center of a num-
Der Of lofty warehouses, quays and docks
and many valuable ships were in dock close
to the spot where the fire broke out. The
warehouse attacked by the flames was
stored with wool, spices and coffee and was
completely Quilted.
The origin of the fire is mysterious and IT
is asserted that 1t was due to the explosion
of an Internal machine
The same suspicion prevailed as TO the
cause of the fire at the great dock coniia-
Srallon OF November, 1S99.
The AustrO-Russian Treaty.
A dispatch to the Times from Vienna
points out the political Importance of the
czar's step in bringing about the Austro-
Russian commercial treaty, saying that il
affords substantial evidence of the pacific
tendency of the Emperor of Russia.
The Times correspondent adds that he
has ground for believing that the CONNER
cial treaties will eventually be followed by
a political entente leading, If not to disarm-
ament, certainly to definite SUSPENSION of
military preparations.
The same correspondent concludes with
asserting that ii is also known that a better
feeling between Italy and France has been
diScreetly encouraged from Vienna and Ber-
lin and that there is no longer reason to
doubt the sincerity of the strongly expressed
desire Tor peace upon the part Of the three
imperial powers and Italy.
The successful termination of the Austro-
Russian commercial treaty negotiations fix
Ing the tariff on imported rye at / form 30
kreutzers, was accomplished by the direct
Intervention of the car
Scandal at Seminary
dispatch to the Chronicle from st. Pc
tersburg says that the holy synod has
caused a decree closing for two years the
rifiis seminary, which is a training college
for priests Of the Georgian branch of the
Greek Church. There are generally 400
students at the seminary. Their vicious con-
duct has been a crying scandal
The Times says that the marriage of
Miss Margot Tenant to Mr. Herbert AS
quith, the home secretary, has been fixed to
take place on May TO-
sau