Arizona weekly citizen. [volume] (Tucson, Ariz) 1880-1901, 1896-04-04
FOREICI NEWS.
Oxford Again Wins the
Boat Race from Cam
bridge.
HONOLULU DOINGS.
French Minister of Foreign
Affairs has Resigned.

NEW YORK, March 2S-A Valparaiso
special Gays that hundreds of people OF
that city are leaving for the hills on
account of q prediction that cstG-
clisym will occur in South America on
March 28th. Valparaiso is to be en-
guifed in tidal wave and panic is the
result.
PUTNEY, England, March. % The
| Oxford crew, to the surprise of almost
every body, won the fifty third boat race
between the universities Ut Oxford and
Cambridge by about three lengths, after
a most exciting finish. Thus Oxford
has won thirty races OK the series to
twenty-five won by Cambridge, dead
neat 1877 making up total number.
This is the seventh year In succession
that Oxford has defeated Cambridge.
The time was 20:04 and the course the
usual one from Putney bridge TO the
winning post, above Ship IuD, in Mort
lake, the distance is about Il miles.
Paris, March 2S-M. Berthelot,
minister of foreign affairs. has resigned
on the ground of i'll health. Premier
NJ. Gorgeous has succeeded M. Berthelot
as minister of foreign affairs. NJ.
D1umes, minister of finance, will ed
interem. take the portfolio of minister
of interior, previously held by Bor-
geous.
Le Paris SAYS there was bitter
discussion between Berthslot and Bor-
geois at cabinet council today. Dis
patches of the grevest character were
received and Bourgeois 1t appears
Berthelot with having
the Anglo-Epytian ques-
tion. Hence the resignation of the
minister of foreign affairs.
HONOLULU, March 28-A bill hes been
in the senate providing for
the sale of foreign papers on the Homo
lulu streets. Damon, minister of fin
ance, stated to the senate that the gov
ernment did not intend introducing any
tariff measure increasing the duty Oh
California wines or on any other Ameri-
can article not free by duty. The situR-
ton Of HAWAII regarding the United
States, he says, was so important that
anything tending to create opposition in
California would be political suicide to
those advocating it. II the revenue
would permit the government would
favor granting . rebate on duties COLI
ected on pure California wines not con-
.sining more than Is per cent alcohol.
CAPE Town, Africa, March 2S-A DIS
patch from Buluwaoo today announces
hat Frederick G. Celous, the explorer,
Who left that town yesterday at the
lead of strong detachment of volun-
eers and police, has engaged the enemy, ,,
iilling large number. Five troopers
we're killed. The prompt action of the I
authorities has had good effect on the {
ebellous Mataheles, who did not ex- :
'ect to be attacked so soon. The Mata- r
'eles set fire to large store about forty c
niles from Buluwayo and executed a
Medicine dance around the flames. :.
transport riders are abandoning their q
wagons in all directions and hurryiug
Dto towns. Many fendish murders )
ave been reported. The settlers are
error stricken, have abandoned their a
ONES and are encamped in ''lagers' a
'aiting to be rescued by the mounted o
olice and volunteers. Others have
laced their houses iu q state of defense.
etermined to fight until assistance a
caches them.