Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1874-02-12
Various Other Foreign, Domestic, Personal
and Political Items
E0IslEiGN.

According to dispatches from Cape Coast
Castle, received in London on the Let, twelve
ambassadors from the hshantecs had arrived
II the british camp suing for peace Sir Car
net Wolst!ev replied that he would only treat
with the King himself at Coomassic.
There were lftysiX Parliamentary elections
in England during the week ending January
81, resulting in the return Of twenty-five
Liberals and thirty one Conservatives. On
the ID inst. twenty-six Conservatives thr-
teen Liberals were elected. There had been
considerable rioting In various parts OF the
Kingdom, particularly in Sheffield. The floor
of factory in Bury, Lancashire, where Lib
oral meeting was being held, gave way on the
I'd and precipitatod n large number of people
to the storybelow. Six persons were killed
and large number injured.
Madrid dispatch Of the I'd says that Spain
had recalled her diplomatic representatives
from Berlin and other European capitals.
According to special cable dispatch of the
Sd Russia refuses to send goods to the eN-
hibition in Philadelphia, in 1876, on the ground
that it is private affair.
Archbishop Lcdochowski, the recacitrant
order of the German Government and sent to
Ostrowo, in the province of Posen, there
10 be imprisoned, in accordance with
the sentence Of the court His otIense con
sists, in the first place in refusing to
pay heed to the laws passed last May
placing the ccclesiastcs of Germany
under The regulation Of the State. This DISC
bcdence subjected hun to fine and his refusal
TO pay the fine brought upon him the Conhsca-
ton of all his property except his household
goods In all these proceedings he has been
upheld by the Pope, whom alone he recog
nized as his superior. Finally the resignation
Of the Archbishop was demanded, and this
ne, acting under the orders of his Papal chief
also declined to give.
The elections ia England ON the Sd resulted
in loss of fifteen seats to the Liberals, the
Conservatives thus acquiring thirty votes in
the House OF Commons. Gladstone had been
reelected in Greenwich. His vote this year is
5,9is, against t, $50 in 1865. Further riotous
proceedings are reported in different localities
According to specials from Berlin on the 4th
alarming reports were current concerning the
relations between Germany and France.
\ late London dispatch announces the death
of Professor Anderson, the wcll.known con
jurcr.
A Calcutta dispatch OF the 9TH says the
famine in India was increasing, and it was
estimated that 10000 natives were already
severely distressed
The session Of the German ReichsIag was
opened at Berlin on the 9TH with a speech from
the throne, delivered 10y the Imperial Commits.
sioner The speech concludes with the assur-
aucc that all the nations Of Europe are re.
solved to preserve peace.
Several more riots are reported at the clec-
tions in Great Britain on the 9TH. At Willcn.
hail several persons were fatally injured. At
Handy one man was killed and many Others
were wounded. At Askcaton, Limerick
County, Ireland, firearms were freely used,
and three men were killed Serious disturb
auces occurred in other localities
dispatch was received in London on the
18th from the commander az the Ashmtce eN.
petition, announcing that all the white pris-
oncrs held by the Ashautccs had been deliver.
ed to him, and that The King had accepted his
terms for cessation Of hostiNtics, and had
agreed TO pay an indemnity of t2Q0,eo0