Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-12-25
Surrender of the VirgiAius and Hel
Surviving Passengers
Deaths OF Professor hgassi2 and cN
United States JGdge Nelson.
Arrest in South Carolina of Two
of the Bender Family.
Other Interesting Foreign and Do
mestic Intelligence.
FOR EIt.N.

A dispatch recently received in London says
that, rs Baron Reuter- had not begun internal
improvements in Persia within the time fixed,
the Shah had declared the contract void,
The island Of Sainte Marguerite, of Cannes,
has been selected as the place Of confinement
for Marshal Bazaine. In a letter to his coun-
sel the Marshal says he 'should not appeal
against the sentence, not wishing to prolong
in the ears Of the world the spectacle Of such
u painful struggle. My conscience reproaches
me with nothing. ! confidently await the
justification which will come with the lapse
Of time and the subsistence Of party passions"
special from Berlin received in London
on the 18th, says that the commander of one
of the German vessels that were seized by e
Spanish man-of war in the SOoloo Archipelago
and carried TO Manila, writes home that him
self and the crew were sent to prison and
kept there for two months, receiving very
harsh treatment at the hands of the Spanish
officials. The dispatch also says that the pub
lie feeling In Germany was much excited over
the seizure OF the vessels, and the fullest sat
sfaction for the insult 10 the German flag vas
demanded.
Many persons were drowned in the London
docks, and several other fatal accidents oc-
CURED during the recent three days fog in
that city
In the French Assembly, on the 18th, VI.
Dahieicl, of the extreme Right, presented pc
titiou for the restoration Of the Monarchy,
with 10000 signatures.
Elizabeth, the Queen Dowagcr OF Prussia,
is dead, aged - years
The bombardmcnt of Cartagcna was opened
again on the 18th with increased vigor.
Dr. c. Sehcnck has been elected President,
and DR.. +. W. Elite Nicerresident Of the
Swiss Confederation.
destructive hurricane swept over the north
of England and portion of Scotland on the
10th Serious damage Was done TO property
in Sheffield, Halifax, Nottingham, Leeds,
Glasgow, and other cities, sheffield il said to
look as If it had been bombardcd. Many pco-
pie were killed, and many seriously, and some
fatally wounded.
A cable telegram from Madrid says CASTELAR,
called officially on General Sicklcs on the 10Th,
accompanied BY his Secretary of State, and
made formal announcement that the Nirginius
and the prisoners had been surrendered. The
utmost cordiality was shown on both sides.
The so-callcd Cuban House of Representa-
tycs have deposcd Cespcdes from the Prcsi-
dcucy, with the design, it is said, of restoring
TO power the old Junta Of New York. Pocdo
Aquilera has taken charge of the Presidency,
An order was officially published at Berlin,
ON the 18th, directing that in future all Bish-
ops, upon their installation, shall swear TO
maintain the complctest subordination to the
State, and 60 operation in the suppression OF
all disloyal iutrigucs.
The Nirginius was transferred TO the United
state authorities at Bahia Honda. Captain
Whiting, OF the United States steamer Nor-
cestCr, received the vessel