Show A SENSATION an attempt to extort from prince of wales THE should the demands of tho par bo granted a civil war might follow by western asad press to the HERALD A sensation tion LO DON dec 17 A preat sensation was caused here today to day by arrest of a young man nod woman at ICene ington on the charge of at tempting to extort money from the of and threatening his royal highness in case their demands were bot acceded to the prisoners wore taken before a magistrate arid given nn examination which resulted in their beings remanded to jail atia expected that disclosures of a serious nature will be brought out when alie case is next called the irish question DUBLIN dec 18 the daily news a consistent upholder of the loyalists devotes a leading article this morning to picturing the consequence which would result from home rule in ireland if the demands of the Parnel lites anre grante dand any such scheme for home rule is attempted as gladstone has been credited with contemplating the express declares that civil war would not be unlikely to follow there would be such a classing of class interests buch rivalry between friends of the old regime and partisans of the new order of things that civil strife could avoided and in case such extremities were prevented the express is perfectly certain that there would be endless friction between the imperial government and the frontier dec 18 the alls trian agent has notified prince alexander that the military commission to demarcate the line between servia and bulgaria will consider victories and defeat of both belligerents he also says that servia and bulgaria will not be represented on the commission washington nominations dec IS to days congressional record contains 25 pages of nominations have been sent to the senate for confirmation since the opening of this session aliey number about 1200 cases hungarians Hung arians drowned pa dec 18 the water in the susquehanna river at ke broke through the workings of slope no 1 of the tianna acal company this morning and at ix Tur in ine elope an alarm was 1 abent through the workings ps abero danger was apparent and all the men except seven hungarians Hung arians who are believed to be drowned hurried to the mouth of the slope and were rescued land commissioner sparks D C dec 18 western senators are receiving letters in creat numbers urging them to oppose the confirmation of land commissioner sparks because joftis recent rulings sparks was confirmed by the senate as commissioner of the general land office on the of last march the war LONDON giec 18 A report has been received here that the servian troops have abeen withdrawn from alie weddin district VIENNA dec 18 A aemi official bulletin issued at nish yesterday says peace connot be assured bulgaria demands that Servia cuate the giddin widdin district king milan considers this an unfair request seeks an armistice and peace for political reasons but if they are not obtained she will continue the war to the last extremity she will however wait until the enemy makes an offensive attack |