The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-10-30
Foreign Notes.

The steam yacht Windward, which con-
veyed the a"kson-Harmsworth Polar expedi-
tion to Franz Josef Land, has arrived at Ber-
gen, Norway, with all we'll on board.
A Brussels dispatch says NJ. Boique, Chief
Inspector Of the water supply Of that city,
was murdered by discharged subordinate.
While new oilmotor street car, crowded
with Town Councillors and others, was max
ing its trial run at Glasgow, Scotland, the
oil tank caught fire and the car was burned
in the middle OF the street. All the passen-
gers escaped.
A French column, in fight with pirates at
Panai, Tonquin, recently, lost forty men
killed and over hundred wounded.
An explosion occurred on a steamship at
Kungpai, near Kinchow, China. The steam
ship was loaded with troops and it Is re-
ported that 600 Of them were killed.
Brazil was reported to have recognized
the Cuban insurgents as belligerents.
Advices from Baku, in the great Russian
oil field. show that another great naphthe
spring has started and is yielding 800, 900
pools daily.
The British Flshmongers' Company, of
London, are seeking to prohibit the sale
there OF frozen salmon from British Columbia,
alleging that the fish is salmon trout. the
sale Of which is illegal in the United King
dom between the months OF October and
February,
The rioting in Agram, Hungary, continued; /;
Croatian students burned the Hungarian
flag.
boiler of a steamship lying in the har-
Dor OF Spezar, Italy. exploded, killing four
stokrrs and badly injuring one Of the engi-
neers.
The Cabinet has resigned and King Charles
summoned Demeter Sturiza, the Liberal
leader. to form a new Rounanian Ministry.
The insurgents in Goa have bsen prom
ised amnesty by Portugal II they will lay
down their arms.
The American ship Parthia, from Liver;
pool. for San Francisco. was burned at sea,
the captain and mate, with nineteen OF the
crew. are missing.
The Freddie L. capsized and sank twelve
miles from Corosal, Honduras The bodies
Of nine persons who were drowned were re-
covered, while the remainder Of the passen-
gers and crew clung for nearly fifteen hours
to the wrerkage before they were rescued by
a small schooner. The cause OF the accident
was d sudden squall.
The Foreign ONCE in London denies the
report that British army is marching
through Brazil en- route to Venezuela.
A despatch from Rome says advces from
Abyssinia are that the troops OF Ras Man
sascia, the Abyssinian leader, have been dis
persed and that they are fleeing toward
Shoa.
The German Emperor and Empress were
hreeted with enthusiasm in Alsace-Lorraine
The Duke OF Saxe-Coburg- Gotha, second
son Of Queen Victoria, has written a letter to
hiss son, Prince Alfred, on the occasion OF the
latter'S coming of age, exhortinS him to be
mindful Of the duties OF German Prince.
and to aid in furtdering the welfare Of the
duchy and empire.
An imperial ordinance has been issued
prohibiting Japanese subjects from visitin;
Korea without special permission.
The foundation stone of the new Dcasihe
Palace, to be erected to take the place Of
Mar Lodge, Braemar, Aberdeenshire, the
Scottish Highland residence Of the Duke OF
Fife, which was burned in June last, was
laid by Queen Victoria. The site OF the
palace is on the banks Of the Dee, only few
miles from Balmoral, the Highland residence
o. the Queen.
A serious rebellion has arisen in Goa, the
Portuguese colony in India.
The new Norwegian Cabinet will be made
up as follows: Hagerup, Premier; Sverdrup,
Minister OF Worship; Klldll. Minister OF
Finance; Engelhart, Minister of the In
terror; Nielsen, Minister OF Public Works;
OLSEN, Minister Of National Defence.