The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-10-03
FOREIGN.


LONDON, October AT FIVE o'clocl
this morning n barge lying in the Re
gents Canal. near the Geological Garden
and loaded with powder, exploded, kill
ing number of persons, woundins
many, and shattering the bridges snd
houses in the vicinity.
LONDON, October 2-1:S0 P. M.-The
report of the gunpowder explosion at the
Regent canal, this morning, was heard 8
distance of 20 miles from the place where
it occurred. The fremen have been
dragging the canal all morning. Up tC
this hour five bodies, victims of the ex.
plosion have been recovered. The lights
in the railway station and other public
buildings, two miles away, were extin-
guished by the conclusion. Many per-
sons made narrow escapes from death.
No animals in the Geological Gardens
were killed. The quantity of powder
that exploded on the Regents Canal was
T four tons.
The details of the occurrence show
4 that its disastrous effects were wide
spread. Many trees were uprooted, and
/ houses, located two miles distant from the
! canal. were shattered. Seven persons are
yet missing. There was Il perfect panic
here for hours, and it was not until the
cause Of the terrific explosion WAS learn
ed that the fears of the people were al
laved. Several persons died from fright.
| japanese News.
/ SAN FRANCISCO, October 2.-The
, Vasco dc CANA brings dates from io-
kohsma to September llth. The assas-
sin of Haber, the acting German Consul
! At HakOdadi, has been sentenced to death.
Mikado has expressed to Van Brandt,
| the German Minister, his personal regrets
/ At the occurrence The Minister notified
! the government that while he does
not press any money compensation, he
demands All imperial notification for
bidding the wearing Of swords within a
certain distance of foreign settlements.
The typhoon which visited the SOUTH
ern portion Of Japan on August 10Th, was
one OF the most severe ever experienced
! by foreigners. The steamer Ping on
! the ZoolOo and tic German bark Ham
| burg were driven TO the
rocks at Nagasiki. The iron
clad ram Stonewall, was sunk. Hun
dreds Of japanese junks were wrecked,
and fully 200 lives were lost ut NagaSassa
alone; stores and houses were ovcrthrown.
The Governor, new house is II heap Of
ruins. Kabe also suffered; not less than
, ono thousand junks were wrecked. sag
/ Ohan came in for her share of the
tvphoon. Six thousand houses were de-
stroycd, one hundred lives lost, and thou
sands Of cattle Oh the plantations wcr"
I killed.
Ten thousand Chinese troops had
reached SengaySore eli route TO FOrinosa.
When the vessel left Yokohama there
we're still prevalent conflicting reports
about Formosa. The opinion seemed
prevalent that war must ensue.
dttiorssl News.
The following additional japanese
news has been received by the Vasco dc
Guma. --r---ilsI rgszss a.a-'s- - 49, .s-'
Henry w. Dennison, at present United
States Marshal to the Consul at GOko-
hama. has been selected by General Van
Buren, for the post of Vice Consul Gem
cral, the privilege Of filing that office
having been given to the new Consul
General. The nomination goes TO
Washington bv this mail. The de-
parture of George y. Mitchell, now
acting Vice-Consul is much regretted by
American citizens.
B. Z. Avery, Minister TO China, has
reached Yrdd0 and will stay there for n
few days.
1t appears by information just received
from Shanghai, that the arreS of Gen.
Legender was in compliance with
tclegraphic dispatch from Consul Gene
al Seward at Shanghai. This was
supposed to be the Transmission OF dl-
rect order from the Charge dAffairs ut
Pekin, but the latest intelligence points
to the probability that il was issued on
his own responsibility by Mr.. Seward,
who was afterwards obliged TO retract
his hasty action.
| It's ann ounced that new postal ar.
rangements between Japan and the
! United States will 90 into effect on the
lst Of January. The proposed chang" is
! regarded with extreme dissatisfaction by
American residents.
French Affairs.
: PARIS. October 2.-EleCtions have
! been ordered in the departments of
! Drome, Oiser and Nard, on the 9Th of
! November. To FIJI the vacancies in the
Assembly,
The Jo,raal de Paris says the Pope
has written a conciiatory and friendly
letter 10 President MacMahon, acknowl-
edging the affair Of France in his favor.
The Spanish government has issued
n protest against the conveyance Of arms
to the Carllsts by sea.
! Conspiracy Against Servian ny nasty.
BELGRADE, October "A conspiracy
for thc overthrow Of the Reigning Dy-
/ postv nf Snryia has been discovered.