The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1895-08-20
FOREIGN FLASHES.
Brief and Newsy Cables From All
Portions of This Terrestrial Sphere.

| GENOA.-The stock brokers and several
| employees of the banking firm of BlnSen
! Bros. have been arrested in connection
with the latters recent failure.
| SOFIA-Russophil Ivanhoff has been
elected president of the Macedonia COM
mittee which proposes to issue bonds to
into Macedonia,
HAVANA.-A severe engagement has
been fought at Arillao. department, of
have lost fifty killed and on the. govern
ment side eight soldiers were killed or
| wounded.
! LoNDoN.-In the house of lords this
! afternoon, secretary of state for war,
Marquis Lansdowne, announcer that
| Field Marshal Viscount Wolsely would
succeed the Duke of Cambridge, as com
mander in chief of the forces. on Nov. /.
! TIFLIS.-Special advices from Moosh
say that the Turkish officials have driven
| the Christians out of their houses IN all
| the country between Sassoun and Moosh
| and have given the houses to the mem
bers of the Kurdish tribes. The victims
are starving.
PARASITIC Journal reports that the
situation on the frontier is serious, owing
to the aggressive attitude OF the Germans
tories of the Franco -Prussian war. The
| French are greatly aSitated over the mat
ter and trouble is feared
LONDON.-The Sport sman says: Mr..
MitchelPs cricket team sails on the st;
| Louis on Saturday. The team is composed
of Messrs. Bruce, Studd, Lowe, HeInIng-
way, Wilson, Marriott, Mertimer, Rooln-
son, Hill, Arkwright, Phillips, Hartley
and Milligan.
CoION.-Word has been received here
! that at Ambato, EQUATOR, the govern
after five hours fight. A.nbato is ABOUT
| thirty miles north of Rio Bamba and is
| on the direct line of the retreat from Rio
| Ramba to Quito. The checking OF Alfaro'
! advance is the first set back the reVonl-
| tionary forces nave received i'll long
! time.
/ LIMA, Peru.-News from Cuzzo is that
| the affair at PayJa is over, the report
| of which was cabled TO the Associated
Press, under date Of Aug. Il. 1t turns
rioters and a peremptory demand vas
! made upon the Bolivian government, INTO
whose territory they mad presumably He'd
for their surrender The rioters nave
submitted to the government.
| IONDON.-The Standards Berlin dis
patch says: Emperor William has con,
! ferred the cross and star OF the grand
| upon Field Marshal Blumenthal. and has
| sent kilograms TO all high officers engaged
| in the battles around Metz. He also Or
! dered that all of the Tags ana staEoards
! horne in the battles and sieges of the war
! have the same embroidered on the ribbon
| commemorative of the war.
I,ONDON.-Some talk has been aroused
! here by the issue of an emergency letter
| from the war office, signed by the prin-
opal medical officer of the home depart
ment, asking the city autnoriues ana tne
| war or invasion they will be prepared 10
| allow the war department TO utilize the
! public infrmaries for the moblIlaatlon OF
| the army corps for home defense. The
war office is reticent, and 1t is Impossible
to obtain the reasons for the Issuance OF
the letter.
HAvANA.-It is reported that the death
I has occurred in Songo, from fever, of Ser
:. ceant Francisco Bazaine, son of the late
! French marshal Bazaine. The insurgents
| have attacked the village of Sanabhes
| three times and have been thrice repulscd
| according to reports received mere. Ihe
insurgent loss is unknown. They plum
! dered a store outside OF the town. In
! Playa and in Cannot, province of Matan-
zas there was raised an insurgent band
of fifteen. The civil guard pursued the
band and it is reported here overtook
| them and killed eight. Among those said
| to have been killed is Aide-de-camp Sera-
| fin Sanchez.
LONDON, Aug. 19.-The Times has a
| dispatch from Hong Kong confirming the
| Shanghai dispatch containing the report
| that the Chinese government has refused
| to allow American and British consuls
| to make any investigation into the ku
! Cheng massacre The Times dispatch
adds that the soldiers are engaged in
| plundering the place, who feel that the
| foreigners are The cause of their suffer-
ings and therefore the latter should be
! destroyed. Further incendiary placards
! have been posted at Canton. The pre-
! feet sent with the commission to Ku
| Cheng together with the Chinese officials
! at Ku Cheng have refused to allow the
presence of the consuls during the exam
| alton of the prisoners. The matter has
! been referred to the viceroy. Serious
| trouble is feared.
| LONDON.-In the house of commons to-
| day the Rt. Hon. George N. Curzon, under
| secretary of state for foreign affairs, re-
| plying to a. question put by Mr.. James
| r. Hogan, member from Tipperary regard
] ing the arbitrary arrest of British sub
| iects in Honolulu for alleged completely
| in plots to restore the queen, said that
| some of the complainants We're not Brit
| ish subjects and that the British commits
sioner was still engaged in investigating
| the cases of others who. had complained
! Baron Castletown has given notice of his
| intention to move resolution in the
I house of lords early next session TO a6ol-
| ish the office of Lord Lieutenant of Ire
| land and in lieu thereof TO appoint a
| chief under secretary for Ireland and to
| pray the queen to establish 81 royal resi-
| dence in that country.