Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-11-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
PORE IGN.

By the decision of the umpire OF the Amer
lean and Spanish Claims Commission for the
settlement Of claims OF citizens OF the United
States against Spain for wrong and injuries
committed against persons and property on
the island of Cuba since the commence
ment of the present insurrec ton, Joaquin G
Dcangerica, whose property was embargoed
in 1869 and restored 10 him in 1884, Is
awarded $74S, $50, with interest," Pedro s.
Isioliera gets $4,000 and interest for sixteen
days imprisonment.
The London stock m arket was greatly de-
pressed on the 9th in consequence OF the
publication of the fact that Austria had gar
risoned the frontier forts and was making
ready TO take a hand in the Turkish troubles.
It was reported on the It'll that $4,000 Seryian
militia had assembled on the frontier and
that Servia had sent an agent 20 Paris and
London to negotiate loan.
The iron-clad Scraps, with the Prince OF
Wales on board, reached Bombay on the nth.
The Prince Of Wales was rendered mag
niicent reception at Bombay on the Sth, par
sicipated in alike by natives and Europeans.
Over 200, 900 people took part in it.
A Singapore dispatch of the oth brings il
tclligence that the Maays had organized for
the purpose of attempting the eviction of
the British.
A London dispatch Of the morning Of the
9th says the great powers had determined to
ask Turkey whether she has any guarantees
to offer for the fulfllmcnt Of her often
broken promises of reform.
A Ministerial crisis has occurred IN Turkey,
and the Turkish Ambassador at Vienna has
been summoned to Constantinople to assume
the Ministry OF Foreign Affairs.
A London dispatch Of the 9th announces
the receipt Oh additional letters from Stanley,
giving the conclusion of his examination Of
the shores OF Victoria Nyanza. He says the
great lake Is one body OF water, and not a
series of small lakes, as held by DR.. Living
stone.
There arrived in New York on the 9th the
crew Of a shpwrecked vessel who had been
thrown upon a small island off the coast Of
Cuba, and who report that while there they
found the decomposed remains of four men,
who had built huts and were evdentlya part
OF the crew Of an iron ship which appeared
sunk near the shore. They had probably died
OF starvation.
According TO the French Finance Minister'S
report to the committee of the Assembly the
revenue Of France since the commencement
Of the fiscal year had been ST., 900 in eX-
cess of the estimates.
Russia has by special decree, issued Nov.
q, annexed that portion of khokand lying on
the right bank of the Syr Daria from the
Russian frontier to the River Nareon.
London dispatch OF the 10th says the
war In Malacca had assumed a religious AS
pect.
Cook Il Sons clothing factory, in Stafford
shire, England, was burned on the 10th, in
yolving very heavy loss and throwing GOO
persons out OF employment.
A London dispatch of the nth says heavy
storms had prevailed in France and England
during the week preceding, and vast tracts
Of country were threatened by the rising
floods.
An explosion of hre-damp occurred in
Marialiaye colliery, in Belgium, on the 18th,
which resulted in the death of ten persons
and the serious injury Of 100.
A Constantinople dispatch Of the llth says
the Sublime Porte had ordered the districts
OF Trebigno, Biletz and Pya to be detached
from Herzegovina aud organized as sep.
arate department. to be placed under IN Ar
minian Greek Governor.