Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-03-06
Mishap to an American Excursion
Party.

Party.
PORT SAID, Egypt, March 6.-The Fries
land, taking large party of American ex-
cursionists to the Mediterranean, and which
left New York on February G. is ashore
in bad position at this port. The Fries
land grounded while leaving Port Said, and
Is now hard and fast at spot inside the
breakwater. The cause of the accident
was her steering gear becoming disabled.
rapidly as possible in order to tighten her.
She is being assisted by tugs and her pas
sengers are in no danger.
ATHENS, March 6.-The Fuerst-Bis-
marck, with a large number Of American
excursionists on board, has arrived at
Piraeus, the seaport of Athens.
Anton Baumann's Remains.
HULL, England, March Ga fishing
smack today brought here the body Of
Anton Baumann, one of the victims of The
Elbe disaster. He was formerly manager
of the opera house at Prague, and had
been engaged by Mr.. Walter Damrosch as
stage manager for the Wagnerian opera
season In New York. His wife was
native of California.
Gen. Barrios Returning.
LIVERPOOL, March 6-Gen. Barrios,
the Nicaraguan special envoy to Great
Britain, whose mission is understood to
have been unsuccessful, and which grew
out of the troubles at Bluefelds. is a pas
senger on board the Cunard line steamship
Cmbria which left Queenstown on Sun
Saturday next.
Seven Miners Killed.
LONDON, March >6.-Seven miners We're
killed this morning while descending the
shaft Of the Mail-Beach lead mine near
Shrewsbury, Shropshire.
\ Transatlantic Line to Manchester.
LONDON, March G.--The North German
Lloyd Steamship Company will begin a
fortnightly service, with fast steamers. in
April, between Quebec and Montreal, Can
ada, and Manchester. England, by way of
the Manchester ship canal.
President Fnure's Illness.
PARIS. March G.-President Faure is
suffering from influenza.
No Revision of Commercial Treaties.
BERLIN, March G.The minister of COM
merce, Freiherr yon Berlepsch, in the Prus-
sian diet today. during the debates on the
estimates of the ministry OF commerce. de-
clared it to be impossible for the govern
ment to support any proposal looking to
the revision of the existing commercial
treaties, to whichohe added, the stability
of the country was chiefly due. This state
plause from the left.
Seized by tl>e French.
ZANZIBAR, Mech 6.-The French have
seized the Island of Nossivy, in st. Angus
tine bay, on the southwest coast of the
Island Of Madagascar.
Minister TayIor's Assurances.
MADRID, March 6.-Further particulars
In regard to the visit which the United
States minister, Mr.. Hannis Taylor, paid
to Premier Sagasta yesterday confirm the
report that the Spanish government was
assured that the United States would do
it's utmost to prevent the fitting out OF
tlibustering expeditions to the Island Of
Cuba. Mr.. Taylor, it is added, in the name
of the United States, assured Senior Sa-
gasta of the United States friendship Tor
Spain, and of the intention of the Ameri-
can government to keep a strict watch at
all fiibustering centers, in order to prevent
the organization of expeditions to Cuba
and the spreading of revolutionary propa-
ganda against Spains sovereignty in Cuba.