The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1895-06-21
NEWS ITEMS.

The Congo State forces inflicted a Sc
we're defeat upon the Dcrvishes.
The death of Valentine Ball, a distin-
guiShed British scientist, is announced.
Many million of acres of arid lands IN
in the West are to be reclaimed for set
tiers.
Representative elect Crowley, of Texas,
saws his State favorS sound-money
policy.
Representative Cooper. of Indiana. be
lievcs that the sentiment for frec-Silver
coinage is subsiding.
\ difficulty has arisen between France
and San Dimingo, regarding the circula-
ton of a certain coin.
Miss Elizabeth Key, granddaughter OF
Francis Scott Key, will be given posi-
ton in the pension bureau.
Emperor William rescued man from
drowning while yachting on the Wannse,
a lake near Potsdam.
The new American Line steamship st.
Louis sailed from Southampton on Satur-
day with 200 cabin passengers.
Representative-el elect Acheson of Western
Pennsylvania, says his section of the
State believes in the gold standard.
4 preliminary law introduced in the
German Reichstag provides for the pay
ment of an export bounty upon sugar
\ Berlin newspaper asserts that En-
peror William has not abandoned the idea
of calling an international monetary con-
ference.
An application was made Monday for
the release of Oscar Wilde pending steps
to be taken for a new trial The appfica-
ton was refused.
The meeting Of the Worlds Christian
Temperance Union was opened in London
Monday. Lady Henry Somerset made an
interesting address.
Turkey has acceded to the principle of
European control in the scheme of reforms
for Armenia, but wants the control to be
limited to three years.
The Gar and Czarina have abandoned
their projected visit to the Finnish archi-
pelago owing to the fact that the CZarina
is nearing accouchment.
In the election of Mr. Baltic as mem
| Der of the British House of Commons, to
represent Invernesshire. the Conservatives
gained another seat.
\ Turkish policeman at krooshoua
Macedonia, killed young woman on the
eve of her marriage to Roumanian, and
the outrage caused a riot.
1t is stated that Admiral Ramsay will
not be assigned to the command of the
North Atlantic station, but will continue
| as chief of the navigation bureau.
In addition to the 10000 troops already
under orders. Spain will send $4,000 more
soldiers to Cuba and buy twenty gunboats
with which to patrol the coasts of the Is
land.
\ boiler explosion at the Redcar Iron
works near GuisbOrough, orkshire, Eng
land, Saturday, resulted in the death OF
nine persons and in serious injuries to
eighteen others.
The British Board of Trade has laid the
responsibility for the Elbe disaster upon
the mate of the steamer Crathe. which
ran into the big German liner, and has re-
voked his certificate
Clerk Kerr. of the House of Representa-
tives, formally opened papers in several
contested election cases, among then.
being those of Booze vs.. Rusk, of the
third district of Maryland.
The ministry for Austria, presided over
by Prince Alfred Windischgratz, has de-
cided to resign directly the German left
party secedes from the coalition, which is
expected to take place at any mement.
Fighting is in progress at Taiwan, Island
of Formosa, where 10000 Black Flags are
assembled. The japanese are now attack
ing the forts and the British warship Spar
tan is removing the foreigners from the
town.
The proposition of Germany to establish
ed a coaling station off the coast Of
Nenezula may lead to an Interpretation
and rigid enforcement of the Monroe
doctrine by the United States govern
mcnt.
Explorer tIfaNcS, one Oh f1tnTN W. StftH-
lcv'S Junior licutenants, who had just tray
cled from Zanzibar to the Congo for the
hundrrth time. has died ut the mission
station at Undcrhill, near Matadi, on the
Congo.
Niscount Hampdcn has been appointed
Governor of New South Wales. He has
been Il member of Parliament at different
times and has also been captain of the
ColdStrcam Guards and surycy-general of
ordnance.
\ lot of firearms have been hidden i'll
the Swarmps and caves between MatanzaS
and Sagua la Chica Cuba. In an engage
mrnt between the Spanish troops and the
Insurgents on the river at Qua, four lnSur-
gents were killed and six wounded.
The three torpedo boats for the navy are
designed to he the ilcctcSt of their size
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