Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1878-12-07
FOREIGN.

The German mail steamer Pomerania,
which sailed from New York, Nov. II, for
Hamburg, on the night of the s5ih was run
into by the iron ship Noel Eilian, in crossing
the English Channel, and sank in 20 min
utes. The Pomerania had on board about
$50 passengers, the larger portion of whom
were asleep at the time OF the collision. The
scene on board i5 described as terrible in the
extreme. The passengers, who were awak
ened by the shock, ran from their berths in
their night-clothes, shrieking in terror and
despair. The night was intensely dark and
foggy, and none knew the full extent of the
calamity, but all feared the worst. -Four of
the ships boats were crushed by the COLI
sion; the otnerhvewere successfully launch
ed, but one was overcrowded and sank.
Most of the passengers were saved by
the steamer Glengarry, which, passing at
the time, picked up 172 from the water. 1t
Is believed that 81 lives were lost. The sur
vivors were taken to Dover. Capt. SchweL-
zen refused to leave his vessel and went
down with her. He was subsequently pick
ed up by a passing vessel. The accident oc-
CURED near the spot where the Grosser
Kurfurst was sunk.
The last of the Fenian prisoners, Michael
on, London, on Nov. :. He had been II
years IN confinement.
DIR. McCabe, Auxiliary Bishop Of the
Diocese Of Dublin, succeeds Archbishop
Cullen.
A dispatch from Sofia reports that Turk
ish Redifs and Cireassians sacked 1900
houses in Miluik District in Macedonia on
the Goth ult., and massacred inhabitants
without distinction, age or sex.
O'Connor, the convicted Fenian confined
at Spike Island, has been notified he will be
released Immediately on condition he reside
outside the Queens dominions. Kelly, an
other confined Fenian, will probably shortly
be liberated on the same terms.
The Marquis of Lorne and the Princess
Louise arrived at Montreal on the goth.
After the official reception by the city cor
poration, at which the leading citizens as
sisted. procession was formed and marched
through the principal streets, which were
gaily decorated in honor of the event. The
crowd was so great in Victoria Square that
the horses in the vice-regal carriage became
unmanageable, and they were therefore un-
hitched and ropes attached to the carriage,
which was drawn by the people the remain
der of the journey. In the evening there
was grand ball and illumination.
An order of the Prussian Ministry of
State is published, that persons considered
dangerous may be denied the right of resid
ing in Berlin or its suburbs. Carrying arms,
except by persons with special permits, and
the sale of explosive projectiles, are prohib-
tied. The order took effect November 90.
and will remain in force one year.
Prince Charles of Roumania has issued his
proclamation formally anneXing the Do
brudscha and procaiming liberty and equal
ity for Mohammedans and Christians.
During an entertainment given by Lissea,
Hungarian Prime Minister, to Count An
drassy, at Pesth, the other night, bomb
filed with glycerine was exploded near the
palace, shatterlng the windows, but doing
no further damage. 1t is supposed the
bomb fell short of the target at which it was
aimed.
1t is said the Russian Cabinet consider
that the British occupation of Southern Af-
ghanistan would be a standing menace to
Russian Turkistan, and will ask guarantees
from England that no changes will be made
in territory or the independent condition Of
Afghanistan.
Advices up to the 1st from the Anglo-In-
dian army of invasion indicate that the AZ
ghans are making determined resistance
to the invaders of their soil. The prelimi-
nary fighting in the Peiwar Pass had resulted
in the discontinue of the assailing troops,
and a severe struggle was anticipated be-
fore the heights could be captured. The
Quetta column had met with so great re-
verses, principally by the loss of camels, that
it was believed the advance on Candahar will
be delayed till spring. The main column,
advancing through Khyber Pass, although
it has succeeded in capturing the Afghan
outposts, is being continually harassed by
small bodies of the enemy, rendering its
progress extremely unsatisfactory.