Last night w;us rainy and dark, and
Hurke and Wiley may escape. The affair
causes great excitement Keyes is well
known as a courageous officer, and the
shooting under the circumstances w r as jus
tifiable.
PAKUAM KS T PItUUOUIJKI).
(Jue*n Ticlorht I’ronouncM Foreign Initi
ations In Satisfactory Condition.
London. Aug. 19. —Parliment was pro
rogued yesterday. The queen’s speech
was read by the lord chancellor. It says
that the relations of her majesty’s govern
ment with the foreign powers continue to
tie pacific. Friendly attention has been
called to the inconvenience which might
arise from a possible con Hi t over terri
torial claims in Africa. Therefore the
queen’s government was negotiating with
the powers mainly concerned with the pur
pose of defining the boundries within
which the action of the respective govern
ment should be confined. The argument
with Germany closing the most difficult of
these questions was completed, and her
majesty's ministers laid before pari lament
the history of the negotations which
had resulted in the cession of Heligoland
to Germany. The sjieech ‘hen announces
the arrangements with France whereby
the French Algerian territory is seperated
from that of the British Nigar company.
The agreement of a British protectorate
over Zanzibar and the placing <>f the Mad
agascar under the prob'd ion of the French
is also explained. With, regard to the
Behring sea complications, her majesty in
forms parliament that she offered to submit
them to arbitration torsettleme.it. The
speech states the case of the Newfound
land and French fisheries dispute is one
which is occupying the anxious attention
of the government.
IN FAVOR OF 1111 CONTESTANTS.
