Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-10-18
FOREIGN MEMS.

lT0Hl the nOTlil. All lOItlSn military
attaches have left Constantinonle. To
verify this intelligence Prince labanotl
starts for Adrianople to-day. A later
dispatch reports that the Turks occu-
pied Baboeski when it was evacuated
by the Russians. Gen. Todebin now
summons the Turkish commander to
withdraw from the place. threatening 10
take it forcibly, Safat Pasha has con-
sequently ordered its evacuation and
the Russians will re-occupy it. The
Turks have mounted guns on the Con-
stantinople lines.
PANIC IN A LIVERPOOL THEATRE.
4 Liverpool dispatch of the 18th
inst. says: 1t is reported that there
were between 1000 and 5000 persons
in the Coliseum theatre last night ut
the time of the fatal panic. 1t appears
one Of the performers was singing u
comic song, when u fight commenced
in the pit. The cry of fire was raised,
and there was il general stampede for
the box office entrance, though there
are said to have been five other doors
open for egreSs of the audience. The
police inside and outside Of the theatre
yainly endeavored TO control the fran
tic crowd The structure Of the the
atre at the point where the crush oc-
cured is intricate. The exits converge
into a narrow well, and it was in this
we'll the sutfocation took place, and the
dead were piled six or seven bodies
deep. The upright partition in the
centre Of the doorway stopped the pas
sage until one of the men attach
ed to the theatre cut it away to
enable some imprisoned people
to escape. A scene Of the greatest cX-
element prevailed outside the theatre.
Fire engines and fire escapes arrived
and the firemen, joining tine police, en-
tered the building to reassure the peo-
pie. The manager of the theatre, up
on the first alarm, rushed into the pit
from the entrance, shouting to the PEG.
pie to remain quiet When the theatre
had been cleared the dead and injured
We're carried to the Royal iniirmary.
Two Of the dead were women, three
boys, and - strong, able-bodied en,of
the laboring class.
RTSSIAS NEW CLAIM.
A Constantinople dispatch Of Octo-
Der 10Th says: The Russians claim that
the territory betweenConstantinople and
Adrianople is not affected by the treat
of Berlin. Therefore under the prelim-
mary treaty of San Stefano they have
the right to occupy it until Il definite
treaty shall be concluded
THE SOCIALISTS.
A Berlin dispatch Of the 10Th says:
The reichstag to-day read clause five Of
the socialist bill, the second time after
rejecting the amendment of Herr Haze
mel that the law should not apply to
meetings connected with elections for
the reichstag.
GLOOMY FEELING AT LONDON AND GLAs-
Cow.
The London stock exchange says Il
cablegram Of the 18th, continues i'll an
exceedingly gloomy condition. There is
q general feeling Of apprehension. All
stocks are dropping, especially British
railway stocks. more particularly Lam
cashire and Yorkshire roads thought 10
be badly involved. In gas securities
there is q perfect panic. The Herald
correspondent at Glasgow telegraphs:
"The money market is depressed and
uneasy i'll consequence of persistent
rumors Of further mercantile cmbar-
easements. These rumors create
gloomy feeling throughout the kingdom.
The rumors affect Scotch andLancashire
banks, as well as various mercantile
concerns in London and the provinces.
The Messrs. Greenwood, of Blackburn,
are about to close their mills, and more
than half the factory population Of
Blackburn is unemployed, without the
slightest hope Of improvement in bust
ness. The chances are that many 9TH
er mills will shortly close.
Fifteen hundred hands in the sunny
side Mills, at Bolton, have been thrown
out of employment in consequence Of
the strike of the twisters.
A BLOODY CONFLICT IMPENDING.
II is announced from India Oct. 18th.
The civil and military Gasette states
that General Sir Frederick Paul Haines,
commander-in-chief of the British
forces in India, will assume command
at Peshawur where $4,000 troops are
already concentrated. Reinforcements
for the British army continue to arrive.
War is considered inevitable. The AZ
ghans are practicing with heavy guns in
Khyber Pass and it is believed Ali
Musjid has been strengthened and arm
ed with heavy siege guns.
MILITARY MOVEMENTS.
A Calcutta dispatch Of October 18th
says it is reported forces from Pesta-
neaur have been ordered to attack Ali
Mujid Immediately, and body Of in
fantry, with mountain battery, entered
khYiher nass. Heavy firing hns been