Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-18

Reported Assassination in Egypt,

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or am English Nebleman and Lady.
LONDON, April 17.-A painful runaor
comes from Alexandria, Egypt, that Sir
Samuel Baker and wife have been murdered
In the intsrior of Africa by natives Sir
Samuel, accompanied by his wife, took the
Egyptian expedition up the Nile. The ru-
NOR causes much uneasiness at the foreign
Office. Earl Granville has telegraphed to
Alexandria, making inquiry into the origin
of the report:
A severe thunder storm occurred yester-
day in Wales. The crops were injured
and several persons killed by lightning.
Prussian Diplomats.
BERLIN, April 17.-Count Won Arnim,
the German Ambassador at Paris; will be
transferred to London. General Mon
teuffel, commanding the German forces
In France, will be his successor, when tie
evacuation of French territory by German
troops has been completed.
t. Spafn's Chronic Crisis. to
MADRIb, April 17.-Denial is given to
the rnmor current yesterday that a crisis in
the Ministry was imminent. s
PARIS, April 17.-Dispatches from Car
list sources say band Of Spanish insur-
gents under Derregaray make a sharp as
sault on Onate; and after short conflict
succeeded in gaining possession of the town.
-,gz The POpe's Health. ~ IL
ROME, April 17.--Tbe Pope is still suf-
fering and it's known there is no improve
ment in his condition. To-day persons
who have been admitted into The presence
ofhis holine IS make the most contradicto-
~ reports in relation to bis Illness. The
Italian Government exhibits anxiety in re-
lation to the malady of the Holy Father.
A courier has left the Vatican for Germany
with instructions for the guidance of the
Roman Catholic Bishops in that country in
ease of the demise of the Pantiffs
The Vienna Venture.
VIENNA, April 17-HerdLd Cable Spec
isls.-The exhibition building is in back
ward state and can't possibly be finished
by the first of May. The roofing of the
dome is incomplete. All the labor is being
concentrated in an endeavor to finish the
rotunda for the formal opening, which must
be on the first of May, that being the day
on which the soVereigns are invited. Build
ings salready in construction will be con-
tinued after opening. The labor is inferior,
but the direction energetic. Visitors wish
W CGOLOlulLO olOu1d ACb OOlHO UC-
fore the first Of June.
ADutch War I'm Sumafra.
SINGAPORE, April 17.-The Ateheen war
continues. A second assault was made
with partial success. The Dutch carried
two forts, but were repulsed from the prin-
cipal fort. !. They ere now beseiging the Sui
taD's palace. The fighting was desperate.
The Dutch commander Kholen was killed
with 200 of his men. The Atchinese were
badly armed. The Dutch have called for
reinforcements. Great sickness prevails in
their ranks. The pepper ports are blocka-
ded.
Cuba-The Adventures of English De
tectfves with a New York Pal of
BidwelI's.
HAVANA, April 15.-Inspectors Haydn
and Green, of the London police, and Mr..
Goad, clerk in the Bankiof England, ar
rived here on the steamer Moro Castle. A
man named Oscar Wilson, who is sup
posed to be celebrated thief in New York,
took passage on the same steamer shortly
before her sailing from New York. When
the vessel had been to sea but few hours,
Green's trunk was opened and forty sover-
eigns and some jewelry distracted. Purser
HimOnd, of the Moro Castle, suspected
Wilson Of the theft, and kept watch on him,
while others on the steamer suspected one
of the walters. On Saturday evening, VII
son was invited 10 walk the deck, and while
doing SO, person went below and inspect
ed the s&tchel which Wilson brought on
board the steamer. In ths satchel were
found complete set of burglars tools, and
skeleton keys of beautiful workman
ship. The Moro Castle arrived
here Sunday evening and the passengers
were not permitted to land on account Of
the lateness cf the hour. While the passen-
gers were on deck, Wilson went below and
forced open the franks of Haydn, Green
and Goad, and abstracted a quantity of pa
pers, and then hid bis burglars tools under
a closet in Green's room. Wilson's object
undoubtedly was to get hold of the docu-
ments in the hands of the Inspectors rela-
ting to the forgeries of Bidwell in Londor.
After his first attempt to rob the trunks, the
L0ndoners removed the papers and Kept
them about their persons. The clerk of
the Bank of England has identified Bid
we'll as the man who opened an account
with the bank, and the English detectives
have also identified him as a noted charaeE
ter. The Havana authorities have arrested
Wilson on the charge of burglary. The
crime was committed inside the harbor of
Havana, and the case is consequently under
Spanish jurisdiction. The English de:ec-
tves and the British Consuls have com
pletely bafilsd the efforts of Bidwell's friends
to obtain his release. --...
The first Protestant Easter service ever
held on the shore CT Cuba took place Sum
day last.
Japan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Ap;il I7.-The Mikado
received his first Bible from DIR. Holsborn.
The Mikado has not yet decided to send an
embassy to the Pope.