Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-01-23
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
FOREIGN


Randolph Stewart, the ninth Earl of Gal
way, died recently, aged q.
A London dispatch of the 4th announces
the failure of the extensive wholesale mer-
camille house of John H. Pawson q Co., OF
that city Liabilities stated at S15,Ooo,o oo
The late King of the Sandwich Islands
weighed 800 pounds, and his collin weighed
800 pounds His rightful successor, William
Lunalilo is said to be an lnveterate drunk
ard and worthless character generally.
The new census of France shows the pop
ulation to be sc, 102, 921, a decrease of $685.
9S5 since 1866.
The Emancipation, radical newspaper Of
Toulouse, France, has been suppressed.
Two British war vessels have recently
gone to the Sandwich Islands, and two Amer
lean ships were on their way there. Chief
Justice E. II. Allen is acting Regent of the
Islands during the interregnum.
Recent Mexican advices report the compile
ton of the railroad from the City of Mexico
to Vera Cruz, an event which would shortly
be celebrated with imposing festivities.
Late advices from Central America report
q great inundation of the city of Bogota,
caused by the overflow of two small rivers
that ruiz through it. Much property was de-
stroyed, and several lives were lost.
Sir Charles Dixie spoke at Derby on the
evening of the It'll, on the land question.
A mob attacked the audience, and fight
foil owed which lasted for an hour. Many
persons were badly hurt, and an armed es-
cort was necessary to bring Sir Charles Dixie
and his wife to their hotel in safety.
Several persons belonging to the Interna-
tional Society have recently been arrested in
Paris and the provinces. The police found
Orsini bombs in the possession of some of
the parties.
News from Spain on the Sth was to the
effect that the Carlists had torn up rails on
the roads between Mirandi and Bilboa, and
between Alasna and Pamplona. They also
set fire to & railway station with petroleum,
completely destroying it, and made prison
ers of the railway officials.
The ex-Emperor Napoleon died at his
residence in Chiselhurst, England, at 10: As a.
m. on the 9th. He had recently submitted to
surgical operation for stone in the bladder,
and died from the effects of it. He was in
his sixty fifth year, having been born April
20, 1905. His only child, Napoleon Eugene
Louis Jean Joseph, was born March Is,
1856, and he is said to be very promising
youth.
The Empress Eugene and all the household
of Chiselhurst were present at the bedside
of Napoleon when he died. The Emperor
showed slight signs of consciousness to-
wards his last moments. He spoke to the
Empress twice in a very feeble tone of voice.
The last indication of life was a smile when
the Empress knelt and kissed her dying hus-
band. She was completely overcome by her
emotions, and tainted at the bedside. The
Prince Imperial, who had been summoned
shy telegraph from Woolwich, arrived at
Chiselhurst fifteen minutes after the death
of the Emperor. He was greatly affected
and kissed the face of his dead father several
times. The Emperor died peacefully and
passed away without the slightest sign of
pain. A post naortem examination showed
that the immediate cause of death was a
failure of the action Of the heart.