The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1871-09-21
General News Summary.
THE OLD WORLD.

UtlltTd1 NEWS SullllQary .
THE OLD WORLD.
A cable dispatch of the 18th states that
tie betrothal of the Princess Mary Eliza
beth, Of Prussia, to the Grand Duke
Alexis, of Russia, would ere long be Off
cially announced. The Princess is the
eldest daughter Of Prince Frederick
Charles.
A London telegram of the 18th says
Queen Victoria had entirely recovered.
The Prussian official Kreuz- Zeituag an
nounces the result of the negotiations at
SalZburg as follows: austria and Ger
many, repudiating all aggressive ideas, viii
unite closely to repel aggression"
A London dispatch of the 18th says
1t is denied that the cholera is abating in
Russia. 1t is stated that there is still an
average of $50 deaths per day in Kiel.
The American ship Loretta, from Ham
burg, has arrived at Cardiff with four of
her crew dead from cholera. The vessel
has been detained at quarantine"
Owing to strike among the workmen,
the machine shops in Brussels were closed
ing the streets.
A Salzburg dispatch Of the 18th says it
had been decided by Bismark, Count Won
Beust, and other diplomats who remained
there after the departure of the Emperors
William and Francis Joseph, to suppress
the International Society, and settle finally
the Schleswig question.
The French Assembly, on the 13th
passed a bill providing for propagation of
the SESSION from September II to Decem-
Der 4, 1871. The main feature of the bill
is the appointment of a committee of
twenty-five to control the government
during recess.
A dispatch from Italy on the 18th an
nounces that the Mont Gents Tunnel had
been successfully opened, and that trains
were passing through it without delay.
The ex-Empress Eugene arrived at
Lisbon o.. the 14th. She was visited by
the King and Queen of Portugal, and soon
afterward left by rail for Madrid.
A Versailles dispatch of the 14th states
that the disarmament of the National
Guards was announced. There was no
resistance to the enforcement of the de-
cree OF the Assembly. tranquility pre-
vailed everywhere.
Dispatches received in London on the
18th, from Russia, show that the Asiatic
cholera still scourged dreadfully the CEN
tral and southern portions Of the empire.
Hon. VIM H Seward and party arrived
at London on tie 10Th.
The French Assembly on the 18th
elected the Committee of Control created
By the bill of prorogation to supervise the
government during the recess. 1t is COM
posed of eleven members of the right
wing, eight of the left, and six moder-
ates.
A submarine cable has been successfully
laid between Nagasaki, Japan, and Ros-
siette, the new naval station of Russia on
the Sea of Japan. This gives two distinct
telegraph lines between London and Japan
one By submarine cables, by way of
Gibraltar, Malta, the Red Sea, India, Sim
gapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai, the
other by submarine cable to Prussia, and
land lines through Russia in Europe, ST.
IBERIA, and submarine cable from Rossi-
cite to Japan.
Minister Delong recently compelled the
British Charge d 4faires at Yokohama,
to apologize for insulting remarks concern
ing Americans in general and himself in
particular. He also compelled the English
editor of the Japan Mail to publish an alb
ject apology for publishing a scurrilous
document purporting to have been issued
from the American Consulate.
There were 90 new cases Of cholera at
konigsberg OIL the 18th, and So deaths. On
the 18Th there were 6S new cases, and 45
deaths The disease had disappeared from
Dantzig, and nearly from Spardic and
Stettin.
The Mont Cents Tunnel was in
augurated on the 18th, by the French and
Italian Ministers aud local authorities Of
both Countries After meeting and con-
graduating each other, the party embarked
in gaily decorated train at Bardonneche,
and passed through the tunnel to Modena,
making the transit in thirty minutes.
The cattle plague is reported to be again
app airing in Sou hern Russia
The French Assembly hiss accepted, by
vote of 523 against 81, the customs
treaty ccncluded between France and
Germany.
A correspondent OF the London Times
of the 10th says the British wheat crop is
diSsstrously deficient