The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1873-09-04
FOREIGN NEWS.

Inc BANK OF EUglanQ 1OrRerS nave Dec n
convicted and sentenced to penal seryi-
tude for life. .Zsw
A Demonstration of trades unionists at
Edinburgh on Saturday was participated
in by 5000 men. e Ii assn . .-s
Cholera is raging in Hungary, and fifty
per cent. of the eases prove fatal.
Sir Samuel Baker and party have
reached Cairo. returning from the expe-
dition into Africa.
b Of 3C0, 1000 medals awarded at the
Vienna exposition, 100 go to America.
: A storm unprecedented In severity pre-
vailed on the English coast. a.g
The French government will bring NJ.
Ranc, the duelist, to trial the l4th of
September.
Negotiations between China and Japan
have resulted favorably. -r..
The weather throughout England is
fair, and favorable for crops.
A gunpowder explosion at Osaka,
Japan. killed many persons.
The railroad from Ozaka to Kake,
Japan, is progressing fayorably.
Business throughout the japanese EN-
pire is represented as very.dull.
Earl Wilhelm, composer of the famous
German war song, "The Watch on the
Rhine, died on Tuesday, at Sehmalkal
den.
Gen. Sweiten. the new commander-in-
chief of the Dutch expedition against
Acheen. has arrived at Buisenzorg.
Yokohama papers say rebellious farm
ers at Funkleonakin and other kins are
put down. The rebels were guilty, In
many instances, Of shocking barbarities.
When close pressed Giany of them com
mittcd harikari
A great conhagration was occassioned
at Antwerp, by stroke of lightning.
which set fire to one of the largest ware
houses in the city. This, with the sur
rounding buildings, was soon wrapped in
flames, and the entire block destroyed
Loss S400 600.
The expedition which is laying the
cable between Lisbon and Rio Janeiro,
after having proceeded three hundred
and eighty three knots. was stopped by
the discovery of fault in the wire.
There has been a very severe engage
ment between the insurgents and troops
near Santiago de Cuba The loss is
heavy en- both sides. The Spaniards
admit losing sixty killed and it is report
cd General Burrel, former Governor of
MatanZss, is among the number.
An inun6ation Of Guauaiuta, Mexico,
from wa.erspout, has occurred, and
great amount OF property has been de-
stroyed, and a number of lives lost.
The village Of Tostella has been en-
tirely destroyed by Carlists @
Emilio Castelar, has been elected Presi-
dent Of the Spanish Cortes.
The feet under command of Admiral
Lohos which commenced to ombard
Carthagena. has been compelled TO with
draw out Of range Of the guns of the in
surgents on account of inferior al mament
of the vessel They cannot cope with
the artillery of the farts. 5a4'
At a demonstra,ion Of Trade Unionists
at Edinburgh, fifteen thousand men we're
in the procession. The object OF the
demonstration was to protest against a
criminal law of the amend pent act.
The artillerynen who mutinied
at Barcelona, Spain, have been tried by
court martial Twelve have been seB-
fenced TO death, and thirty to nenal colo
nies.
Some excitement has been created at
Vienna by the refusal of an English firm
to accept a medal OF merit awarded them
by the Exposition judges.
During the past three months French
| railroads have sold $50, 900 tickets to re-
| ligious pilgrims
The Count of thunderstorm is dead, at
| Stockholm
The project of an international postal
congress, to be held at Berne, Switzer-
| land, has been abandouad
| The international chess match, in vi
enna, was won by Sterintz; the ID nrize
| by Black burn, the Sd prize by ADdeT-
| son, and the 4th By Rosenthal.
Late advices from the Feejee Islands
| arc to-the effect that rebellion has
broken out, and that the rebels have
murdered a number of white settlers.
The Berlin government has ordered
the expulsion from the country of all
emigration agents who fail to prove that
they are German subjects.
The funeral of the Duke of Brunswick
took place at Geneva. Friday, with royal
! obsequies. Toe ceremonies were very
impressive, f
IL b. Eule, French Minister of the
Interior, has sent circular to projects
o. departments of France. directing them
to prohibit demonstrations on the 4th of
September, the anniversary of the pro-
| clamahon Of the republic.
4 boiler in fax mill at HIllaried,
Sweden. exploded Tuesday. destroying
the mill and adjoining shops, killing sine
persons and injuring a nruber of others.
In the trial Of the Tichborne claimant
on Friday, large number of witnesses
testified that the claimant was Dot arthur
Orton- Much exc.taIAent vas created in
the uItsby the testimony of two Wit
nesses who swore that they bad seen
Orton and Castro together in Australia,
and they identified claimant as person
who went under the name eff Castro
Marshal Bazaine's trial Is set for the
9Th of October.