(SPECIAL TO UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION) Dublin, February 3, The Marquis nf Ripon was entenajoed ?t luncheon nt the Mansion Home. Thohealih of Her Majesty the Qneen was druck wich enthusi; sm. Febrnary 5. A honible rccident oocurred here to-rii>y. The female lion-tamer, Senide, placed h-r head in the mouth of a lion for the purpose of having her photograph taken ia thn.' positioo. Ttiefliehof the camera startled the animal, and caused it to close is jaws and worry the wmnsu like a moußs, Tl.e unfortunate wom.in was dreadfully inangled, and expired almost immediately. Philadblhhia, February 6. There is a growing anxiety over the strikes which are occurring (throughout the States. Several fatal affrays have already taken place in the Pennsylvanian mines, and at Pitts burg members t)f the Knights of Labour Sooiety made a violent attack on the negro workmen. London, February 5. Mr H. F. Beaumont, M.P. for Colne Valley, Yorkshire South, has declined to accede to the request of his constituents, that lie should resign his seat, owing to his having ceased to support Mr Gladstone. The Right Hon. Anthony Mundella, pre siding at a meeting of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, referred to the existing commercial depression, and said that he thought, as far as the colonies were concerned, they had touched the lowest point of the depression, and were now beginning to rise again. New Zealand was again resuming her former activity and prosperity. Mr Gladstone is at present at Cannes, and his health has greatly benefited by the trip. He will return here in time for the opening of Parliament on Thursday.
The European Press on the Situation.
