Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-08-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

Inc spanish government uds utclucu W
contract loan Of $7000,000 to indemnify the
owners Of emancpated slaves In Porto Rico.
A London dispatch of the oath says Don
Carlos had written letter to King Alphonso,
reproaching him for allowing the civil war TO
be conducted with such excessive rigor, and
counseling moderation OH the side OF the
Alphonsists on pain of reprisals by the Car
lists.
The official statement Of Caillaux, Minister
Of Public Works, to the French Assembly
estimates the total damage done to property
by the nundation in the South of France at
$15.0O0, GOO.
The Carlist losses during the three weeks
ending July % are estimated at 1900 men in
killed. wounded and missing.
At meeting held in Birkenhead, England,
on the 18th to indorse Plimsoll's course in
Parliamen. resolutions expressing sympathy
with and pledging support to him were
adopted. Several thousand sailors and work
ingmen attended the meeting.
A al from Lisbon to London on the
Goth reports a very severe drought in several
districts Of the province of Mimic, Portugal.
Crops were destroyed and cattle were dying
of hunger. A famine was threatened, and
the Government had found it necessary to
send relief to the suffering inhabitants.
Isaac NJ. Singer, inventor of the Singer
sewing.machine, died at London on the oath,
aged sixty-eight
The Viscompte de Beaumont Vassy, the
well-known political writer, died in Paris on
the Goth.
A London telegram Of the 27th says large
numbers Of cotton mills and other factories
were closing or had closed up because, in
some instances, the operatives refuse to com
ply with a demand for a reduction Of wages
and, In other instances, the refusal Of en-
ployers to increase the wages. Thousands
employment.
The British House OF Commons on the 27th,
after long debate, agrced-l73 to 1910 give
the Government bills precedence over Plim-
soils Shipping bill.
Particula RS have been received in New
York of a terrific storm Of hail and lightning
which visited Geneva, Switzerland, on the 18th
of July. The storm only lasted about ten
minutes, but The hailstones were 80 large
and fell In such a compact mass that great
damage was done To roofs, windows, etc.
Nearly every gaslamp in the streets was
smashed to atoms and the lights extin-
guished Three persons were killed by the
falling of house.
The report telegraphed from New York on
the 27th that the Union Bank, Of London, had
failed in consequence of the suspension OF
Duncan ~ N. a. a ia
tase. London aud Liverpool dispatches OF
the 2sh say the failure of Duncan, Sherman
* Co. had produced no apprecable effects on
the general markets in those cities. Paris
telegram states that news OF the failure had
spread CONSERVATION among the Americans
In that city
Thirty.one cotton mills In Dundee, Scot
land, had been closed up to the 2Sth and
over 1900 operators had been thrown out OF
employment.
Glasgow dispatch Of the 2sth announces
the burning of Grants cotton mills, involv.
ing the loss of over 100000 Several EN-.
ployes were severely burned and 800 were
with great difficulty saved
In the House of Commons on the Goth Mr..
PiimSoll read an apology for his recent VIC
lent speech, aud was discharged from cen
sure. -
The banquet given 10y the Mayor Of Loudo
TO the Mayors and Projects of other cities oc.
Cured on the night of the 29th. Six hundred
and nifty persons participated. The United
States was unrepreseuted.
over 1920 workmen employed on the st
HothWd tunnel struck for higher wages ON
The 10Th. The Swiss Government sent body
OF troops, who dispersed the rioters, killing
two and wounding several.
The Carlist town of SEQ de Urgel has been
taken by assault, but the citadel held out up
TO the morning of the 2Sth