The Princeton union., 1896-05-21
ForeiSn GOSSIP.

Foreign GOSSIP.
Great Britain. asks clemency for the
filibusters sentenced to death by the
Spahiards.
The Spanish minister for the colo
MES. <Senor Tomas CastellanO, intends
to resign.
The lockers strike at Rotterdam has
assumed an ugly aspect. The civic
guard, police and marines have been
called out to protect the workers.
Capt. Napier's column, while on it's
way to escort Cecil Rhodes column,
had skirmish with and repulsed the
Matabele tribesmen.
The British steamer Woolwich, Capt.
Baebun which sailed from New York
April 5, for Jeddah, Alden, Singapore,
etc, is ashore on Shab-el-Keger reefs.
The <Abyssinians have liberated the
Italians who were made prisoners at
Agama, and it is said that Ras Man
gasia will liberate the balance within
a week.
In addition to the two infantry regi-
mentS ordered from India to Suaki,n
for garrison duty, q regiment of caval-
ry, a mountain battery and a detach-
ment< of engineers will proceed as soon
as possible to Africa.
The university at Budapest, in com
memoration of the millenial celebra-
tion, has been authorized by Emperor
Francis Joseph to confer the honorary
degree of doctor of medicine on Dr.
John Shaw Billings of Philadelphia.
The correspondent in. Guayquil, Ec-
uadOr, felegraphS that earthquakes of
some violence continue at intervals in
the mountain provinces of Manobi and
Bahai.. Two slight shocks were felt in
Guayquil.
The London Daily Courier confirms
the report that Dr.. Jameson's raid into
the Transvaal failed because Cecil
Rhodes wished the reformers to revolt
under the union jack, while the latter
insisted upon the Transvaal flag.
The students Of the polytechnique in
Rio de Janerio raised a serious disturb
ance. They maltreated the professors,
shouting death to the Directorsv'
Down With the Monarchy!' Long
Live the Republicr'
A Rome dispatch to the London Daily
News says that there are rumors there
that Mgr. Galimberti, whose death oc-
Cured on May {. was poisoned. A post
lortem examination OF the remains has
been demanded
# Sir John Millais president of thei
Royal academy, is reported to be suf-
terlng from cancer of the throat Sur
geons operated upon the distinguished
patient, and the alarming symptoms in
his case We're much relieved # a
A dispatch to the London Times from
Silnla, India, says that native troops
arc being ordered to Suallim for gar
rison duty, and that two infantry regi-
ments will start from there for Suakim
as soon as possible.
Sir Hercules Robinson, governor of
Cape Colony, will sail for England May
20, for the purpose of discussing the
South African situation with Joseph
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies. 2.:,ts4
According to the official returns. the
French customs receipts for the first
four months of 1896 show increases in
imports to the amount of 167, ,OOO. 900
francs and of exports to the sum OF
S3,OOO,OOO francs, as compared with the
same period of 1895.
Miss Gloria de Cespedes, only daugh-
ter OF the late Charles Manuel de Ces-
pedes, first president of the Cuban re- i
uel de Cespedes, now governor of the
Oriental province, Cuba. was married
to Charles Abon de Lima in New York. 4
Otherwise
The pallium was conferred upon
Kain at ST. Louis.
According to the government report.
the condition of winter wheat is SO
points above the April average.
Prof. Langley, of the Smithsonian
institution, has invented a flying ma
chine which is completely successful.
The Monterey (Mexico) Waterworks
company has been organized, with
capital Of S2,OOO,OOO.
/. Adams & Pettingill shoe manu-.
facturers Of Amesbury. Mass, as
signed. The factory was closed Satur-
day by Sheriff Reynolds.
About 100 employees of the Salem IN.
j. knitting mills, which are owned by
John p. Shepard, went on a strike on
account Of reduction in wages.
President NJ. NJ. Garland, of the
Anna lga mated Association of Iron and
Steel Workers, has announced the COM
mittee to settle the iron wage scale.
Dumble, Armstrong & Cronan.
wholesale and retail hardware mer-
chants of Houston. Tex, led q chattel.
for the benefit Of creditors.
The preferences aggregate $4,000.
The Sumner County bank at Well
ington, Kan, closed its doors. a quiet
rln has been going on for several days,
and the bank was una BILE to stand the
pressure. s
Ferdinand Schunla cher, the oatmeal
king and president of the American
Cereal company Of Akron, has as
signed. The assets are estimated at
S2,OOO,O00 and the liabilities will reach
81 100000.
Joseph Raymond. a maniac confined
at the county hospital at Oma ha, Neb..
eluded his attendants and jumped
through a wind ow. carrying the SASH
with him, and fell fifteen feet. 1t took
five attendants to capture him.
Miss sEugenia Luke, aged thirty. ED
est daughter of Rev. j.. w. Luke Of
Burlington. while being taken to the
asylum at Mount PleasaIt, Iowa.
jumped from the third story Of the
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