Connecticut western news., 1899-10-19

eral Wood says tho troops wn return rO their quarters in n short time. William Bonny. the hospital steward, who was the last survivor of Stanley's white companions in the Emin relief ex- petition, has died in the Guards hospital In London.
 Baron Thomas Henry Farrer of Abin- ger Hall. one of the most distinguished British authorities on trade and fnancc and at one time permanent secretary to the board of trade, is dead.
 The English seamen's strike, which be- gan some time since, but meyer attained serious dimensions, has entirely ccllaps- cd The men held meeting and resolved to resume work on the old terms. Indian and Chinese officials on the The so-Tibetnn frontier have determined to open Tibet. The Tibetan king at Tachienlu objected. whereupon he was deposed, and his younger brother was installed as king. .a.# News received in Berlin from shan tung, China. confirms the recent report that German missionary named Zahn had been in treated by robbers. It w probable that punitive expedition will bs sent against the robbers.
 It Is reported that a terrible epidemic of dysentery Is sweeping over Japan with fatal results. Official statistics show thkt out of 10000 attacked to Sept 1s nearly, 12,o00 have died. The authorities esti- mate that 100000 cases will be recorded by the end of October.
 To placate the angry patriarchs the sultan has issued an trade repeating all disabilities imposed upon Armenians and ordering the rebuilding and repairing of .N1 t..skv asNs %4aa destroyed. He also pardons bA prisoners and commutes the death sentence of 24 others.
 A Berlin dispatch says various papers of that city point out that at the recep- ton to General Benjamin Harrison De was especially honored by Emperor VII liam, his majesty even disresarding the rules of court etiquette by seating Gen eral Harrison at the table of honor fe- served for members of royal families. A violent earthquake has visited the south side of the island of Ceram, Dutch East Indies, next to the larapst of the Moluccas, between Booroo Ahd Pa pua completely destroying thv town of Abkei and killing, 1t Is estin,ated. about 4,ooo people, .as we1 as injuring some 500 others. The dispatch says that de- tails of the disaster have not yet been obtained.
 The steamer Niger brings to Liver pool news of the massacre of Lieuten- ant Guise, German commissioner at Rio del Key, near Old Calsbar river, on the Eight s Biafra, South Africa, and also of Herr Loomeyer, German trader. together with 100 native soldiers and car riers, constituting an expedition formed by Lieutenant Guise to quell disturb Al. rlx x..kE the boundary between British and Ger man territory there.
 NJ. Sebastian Faure, the revolutionary anarchist of Paris, editor of the anarchist newspaper Journal du Peuple, has been condemned to two months Imprisonment for provoking the anarchist demonstra- ton of Aug. 20. when the Church of St. Joseph was invaded by Paris mob and some 2S0 persons were more or lees serf- ously injured. Firmnn and Du Jardin, who wounded a commissary of police while the rioting was in progress, were sentenced to two years Imprisonment. A conspiracy to assassinate President vasquex and General Isidro Jimenea. the head of the recent successful rebel lion and candidate for the presidency, has been discovered Generals Peynado. talondriz, Nunez and Marty, who were implicated in the plot, have been ar rested. They will be tried at once and will undoubtedly be convicted, as the evidence against them Is very strong. Everything is quiet now, and with the breaking up of the conspiracy fear of ans other revolution Is removed.
 Picking advices state that the ems press dowager has chosen Pu Tsuan, aged Q, SOD of Duke Tsailan, to succeed the emperor of China. The latter has been forced to petition the empress to let him resign on account of sickness. The empress declined to accept his res irnation and will require him to me morialire her three times, when she will accede with great show of reluctance and soon after .enthrone Pu Tsuan. The boys father favors Prince Ching ss against Jung Lu in the rivalry for civu power.
 The French colonial office has received
 a telegram asserting that Lieutenant Meunier, who escaped massacre with the
 party of Lieutenant Colonel Klobb by
 members of tho French expedition unq@r
 the charge of Captain Voulet and Cap
 tain Chanoine In the French Sudan, Is
 now recovering from bis wounds. Lisu-
 tenant Meunier was rescued by Lieutsh.
 ant Pallier, who now commands youlet's
 men and Is trying 10 join the Foureau-
 Iamy mission, which has left Ar for
 Damergou. The dispatch does not hx
 the whereabouts of voulet or Chanoine