Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-07-29
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


A BerliA dEpalcn Oh Inc Am Says 'he
Government had ordered that declaration OF
submission by the Catholic clergymen to the
new laws should be kept strictly secret, to Sc
cure them from persecution by the Ultra
montanes.
LADY Franklin, widow OF Sir John Frank
lin, the Arctic explorer, died on the night OF
the 18th.
Over 1900 persons met In Hyde Park,
London, on the night OF the 18th TO protest
against the grant Of fl50,000 to the Prince OF
Wales for his Indian journey.
A San Sebastian dispatch OF the 18th an
nounces that the Carlists had begun the
bombardment Of Puigcerda.
A London dispatch Of the 10th says the
American rife team had decided not to shoot
as team at Wimbledon. The ties on the
18th at the same place were shot off on the
10Th, and Fulton, of the American team, won
In the contest for the Albert prizes Sir Henry
Halford won the first prize with score OF
105 and Col. Gildersleeve took the second
with a score of 90. The dispatch Gays the ex-
cellence OF the Americans Workmanship
caused establishment.
Commissioners to Herzegovina, sent by the
Porte to tranquilize affairs, reported by tele-
graph on the 10Th that the whole country be-
tween Mostar and the Austrian frontier, as
far as Pagusa, was In state OF revolt, and
that the insurgents had threatened death to
all who refused to unite with them.
An official dispatch published in a Madrid
paper OF the Goth states that Gen. Dorrcgaray,
the Carlist chicftan, had been wounded and
had taken refuge IN France
The council OF delegates from all the Pres
byterian churches in Christendom met in
London on the Goth. Many representatives
OF American and Canadian churches were
present.
The Governor of Bosnia has been ordered
TO dispatch troops to suppress the insurrec-
ton in Herzegovina.
Alexander and William Calle, of the firm
which lately suspended, were arrested In
London on the 2lst, charged with obtaining
81 600 under false pretenses. They were
held to bail In the sum Of $4,000 each.
At Wimbledon on the 2lst Mai. Fulton, OF
the American team, won the American cup.
Heavy rains and foundations were reported
at Leicester, Greenfield, Forest OF Dean, God
manchester and elsewhere in England on the
2lst, Gathered and growing crops had been
DESTROYED over large section Of the country.
A Madrid dispatch OF the 2lst says over
1900 Carlists had been captured since July
l. The Carlists deny the truth of the report
that Gen. Dorregaray had been forced to take
refuge IN France
Herr Sigel and Baron Locwc, Ultramontane
leaders, have been sentenced TO ten months
Imprisonment by n Berlin court for treason.
able utterauces.
On the odd In the British House Of Com
mons, n remarkable scene occurred. Mr.
Disracli had given notice that the Govern
meut had abandoned the Merchant Shipping
bin for the session, when Mr. Plimsoll, the
humanitarian, arose in his seat and with VIC
lent gestures and insulting speech declared
that such a course would he the destruction
OF thousands Of human lives. Being called
~ order he repeated his remarks, and de-
cared that certain members engaged In the
shipping interests were villains. He was or
dered from the House and retired shaking
his fists at the Government benches. II wa
thought that Mr.. Plimsoll ha1 become tenn
porarily insane