Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-02-26
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
According to London dispatch of the 14th
Taylor's lsntechnicon and extensive furniture
establishment in London, covering an acre of
ground, was burned on the night of the 18th.
The total loss, including the contents of the
burned structure, consisting of pictures, mir
rors, 500 carriages, and a vast amount of other
goods of various kinds, is estimated at $15,
100000. Five houses and several large stables
adjacent were partially destroyed. There
were number Of accidents and two firemen
were killed The fire attracted an immense
and unruly crowd, and it became necessary by
force to preserve order. The building was
insured for 81, 100000.
At a dinner given to his royal visitors by the
Gar of Russia on the 18th, he indicated what
was thought to be the formation of an alliance
when he said in a speech that 1.-THE Emperor
of Germany, the Queen of England, the En-
peror Of Austria and myself will preserve the
peace of the world
According to q Madrid dispatch of the 10th,
the Spanish Government had officially notified
all foreign powers that it had blockaded all
the northern ports of Spain.
According to late arrival from Honolulu,
Lunalilo, King of the Sandwich Islands, died
on the Sd inst The Legislature had been
called together to consider State affairs and to
name a successor.
A London telegram of the 18th says that DIR.
Beke, the English traveller, reports that he has
discovered the true Mount Sinai. 1t is stu
ated one days journey northwest of the viii
lage of Ahata, in Arabia, at an altitude of
5000 feet above the level of the sea. DIR.
Beke says that he found the remains of ami
mails that had been sacrificed. He also dis
covered Sinaitic Inscriptions which he copied.
An American lady, Miss Brewood has per-
formed the perilous feat of attaining the
summit of Jungfrau Mountain, in Switzer-
land.
On the afternoon of the 18th Mr.. Gladstone
formally rendered to the Queen his resignation
and that of his colleagues. The London
Times of the 18th says the final result of the
election may be exactly stated as follows:
Conservatives returned, $751; Liberals and
Home-rulers, 3O2. Of these AGO were elected
after contest. The total number of votes
polled in the United Kingdom and Ireland was
100000.
According to a telegram from the Govern
ment of India, received in Lsrdon on the 10Th,
ample supplies of grain to meet any demands
of the distressed districts were then in the
hands of the Government.
Disrael arrived at Windsor Castle on the
18th, and was rendered and formally accepted
the Premiership of Great Britain.
The celebrated English missionary to South
Africa, Rev. Robert MofTat, is in doubt as to
the correctness of the report of DR.. Living
stones death. He thinks it hardly credible
that Livingstone could have reached the place
where he is said to have died. The British
Foreign Office entertains the same doubt.
According to a dispatch from Madrid on the
18th Bilboa had capitulated to the Carlists.
The United States steamer Dispatch left
Key West for Havana on the 18th in conse-
quence of reports that Consul General
Hall had been obliged to fly from a
Spanish mob and take refuge on board
of British iron-clad. Nothing had
been heard from Havana or the vessel
up to midnight of the 10Th. 1t was reported
that in an engagement with the insurgents on
the LIST inst the Spaniards were utterly routed,
losing in killed, wounded and prisoners over
900 men.
According to a London telegram of the Goth
the following is the official announcement of
the new British Cabinet First Lord of the
Treasury, Disrseli; Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Sir Stafford Northcote; First Lord of
the Admiralty, George Ward Hunt; Secre-
tary of State for the Home Department,
Richard Assheton Cross; Secretary of
State for the Foreign Department, Earl
Derby; Secretary of State for the Colonial De-
partment, Earl Carnarvon; Secretary of State
for War, Claiborne Handy; Secretary of State
for India, Marquis Salisbury; Lord High
Chancellor, Lord Cairns; Lord of the Privy
Seal, Earl halmsbury; Lord President of the
Council, Duke of Richmond; Lord John Man
ners, Postmaster General.