Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-11-16
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.


Victor Hugo has made Il second visit to
Thiers to procure the pardon of Henri
Rochefort. The President received him
kindly, but declined to interfere. The
Communist Quesnel has been convicted
of firing buildings in Paris, and sentenced
to death. -
The Belgian Government has forwarded
500, 900 to America for the relief of Bel
gian settlers in Wisconsin who suffered by
the forest fires. The government has also
opened subscriptions for voluntary con
tributions to the same object.
The British Parliament is prorogucd un-
til the 9th of December
Intelligence has been received at San
Francisco of the wreck and abandonment
in the Arctic Ocean of large fleet of
whaling vessels. The vessels were forced
on to the mud banks by ice driven down
from the northwest, the ice grounding in
twelve to fourteen feet of water The
loss by the destruction of the feet is about
81, 100000. The catch destroyed foots up
1906 barrels of whale, $50 barrels of
sperm, and 100, 900 pounds of bone.
The emigration returns of the port of
Liverpool, for the month of October, show
a total of IA, 263 departures for the United
States.
The British expedition for the observa-
ton of the total eclipse of the sun, on the
18th of December, has arrived at the Island
of Malta
The Lord Mayors Hondon) fund for
the relief of the sufferers by the Chicago
fire had reached, on the evening of the
9th, the amount of f47, 100. Contribu-
tions from the interior towns and from
individuals still continued to be received.
The London Times, of the 9th, in a lead
ing article, approving the action of Presi-
dent Grant in regard to the Mormons,
and urges in strong terms their severe
punishment
The unveiling of the statue of the En-
peror Maximilian took place at Vienna, on
the 9TH, with solemn and imposing
ceremonies.
ALondon dispatch of the Sth announces
that the remains of Gen. Robert Ander-
son would be conveyed to America in the
United States steamer Guerrero.
The resignation of Won Beust, Prime
Minister of Austria, has been officially
announced.
The mechanics and laborers employed
in the shipyard of the Lairds, at Birken-
head, have held a meeting and unanimous
ly resolved to insist upon the restriction of
a days labor to nine hours.
The festivities of the Lord Mayors day
in London closed on the evening of the
9th with the usual banquet given by the
Lord Mayor. The toast to the diplomatic
corps, which was fully represented, was
responded to by Mr.. Schenck, who, in the
course of his remarks, made grateful and
feeling allusion to the sympathy exhibited
toward the people of Chicago in their
great calamity. His speech was loudly
and significantly applauded. Gladstone
said he was thankful to be able to state
that at the present moment England had
actually no quarrel, feud, or controversy
with foreign power anywhere on the sur
face of the globe. "When," said Glad
stone, with much earnestness, ''the Amer
ican Minister spoke of relief for Chicago,
the.heart of this great hall answered him.
America has been equally ready to pour
out her treasure for our relief The Treaty
of Washington not only obviated future
controversies; it was an extension of that
international code, which was the most
remarkable triumph of modern civiliza-
ton, and might possibly inaugurate peace
fnl arbitraments of all disputes among ma
tions."
A terrible explosion occurred on the 9th
in coal mine near Etienne, France
Twenty-Five bodies had been taken out,
and thirty miners were still in the pit, al
of whom were supposed to be dead. The
explosion was caused by tire-damp.
Count Audreassy has accepted the posi-
ton of Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Aus
tria, vice Count Won Buest