The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1874-02-07
Foreign.

| VA SA6As
JOSEPH ARCH has been invited to stand fer
Parliament IN Birmingham.
| INFORMATION from Havana received in New
| York by the CubanS, says the Patriot army
! under General Gemey now numbers over
| 1900 men, and has advanced upon Trowhas,
| held by a Spanish force in the immediate
| valley, and destroyed number of plantations
with sugar and machinery. the value from six
| to seven millions of dollars. The Patriots
| also freed 1900 negroes, and between three
| or four thousand Coolies. Many of these have
joined the Patriot army. The Patriots now
threaten Santiago de Cuba Marse!lles aud
other large cities, ard are confident OF ulti
mate success.
GLADSTONE made a speech at a meeting IN
! London, or Wednesday. He admitted that
| Parliament had been dissolved because the
Government felt that their power was ebbing;
| sharply attacked DsIaell Ter seeking to divert
| the attention of the people from domestic to
| foreign politics; and stated that the real issue
| before the country was finance, and that the
measures now proposed by tho Government
were emineutly practicable. Between 1000
and 5000 people were present.
| GEN. LA MAEMoRA has published a letter
maintaining the truth of his statements in re-
| gard to negotiations at one time tor ccssion
| of German territory 10 France, III which he
says Prince Bismarck participated The let
| ter Is a reply to Bjsmarcks recent denial
| OF the whole story in the PruSsian Landtag.
CUBAN insurgent prisoners report that Vim
cent Garcia has assumed the Ministry Of War,
and Gen. MaCeO succeeded in command of bis
column.
AT meeting OF the Royal Gt osraphical
Society IN London, several members expressed
doubt as to the authenticity OF the report of
DR.. Livingstones death. MIR. Xix said when
he left Zanzibar in September, rumors Of
similar character were current. He thought
the news, If true, would have been officially
forwarded long before the present date
A TERRIBLE accident occurred on the railroad
between Edinburg and Glasgow, on January
~, caused by the coils sion of two fast passen-
ger trains. Sixteen persons are reported
killed, and large number wounded. The
entire trains were demolished.
A LIVELY interest is beng taken by all par
ties il the coming elections in England, and
Charles Bradiaugh has written a letter ex-
pressing his views of the coming contest. He
says 1T is probable that there will be more
Conservatives elected and fewer VIII cs, but
the Conservatives viii have to promise some
very radical measures i'll order to get re-
turned. The next Parliament Will show
sturdy Radical band FOR the first time in Eng
lish history. The working miners will prob
ably be represented in the House Of Commons.
PRIVATE letters from the Gold Coast reports
that great sickness prevails among the troops
of Sir Garnet Woolsiey, the disease proving
fatal in many cases within few hours after
attack
THE British Parliament is dissolved by royal
decree. Gladstone has issued an address TO
his constituents. at Greenwich, asking for re-
election, aud announcing that the Queen has
been pleased to accept the advice of her min
listers to dissolve the present Parliament i'm
medtatelv, and summon a new one to meet |
March 5, 1874.
URUGUAY advices dated the first say that the |
cholera has broken cat III Montevideo Oh two |
emigrant steamers that lately arrived from |
the Mediterranean Sea. Four hundred passen. |
gers were attacked, a majority of the cases !
terminating fatally.
ToRoNTo telegram dated Friday saws
THE greatest frcshct known for many wears |
visited Western Ontario to-day. Bridges. |
dams, and in some instances houses, were car
red away. At London the suburbs were
flooded higher than at any time in forty wears
The water IN the Thames rose so rapidly that
the houses IN the lowlands were flooded before |
the occupants were aroused. Many were res |
cued in boats with much difficulty. Some live |
stock and vast amount of movable property
was swept away. Three bridges in the city
were carried down the river"