Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1878-09-20
FOREIGN NEWS.
GREEKS FOR WAR.

enable the formation Of eNpedltionary
corps Of 100000 men,
EMPEROR WILLIAM
"a Berlin dispatch OF the 10Th, say
Emperor William is DESTROYS Of resum-
ing the reins Of government next
month.
BRITISH PRoTECToRATE OF EGYPT.
a Rome cablegram Of the 10th says
The EaWulld makes q sensational an
nouncement that the terms OF the new
treaty between England and the porte,
have been settled, giving England the
protectorate of Egypt. The FdntuMo
adds that France consents to the treaty
and will take part in the management
of the finances.
STATUE oE HUMBOLDT.
A Paris cablegram of the l4th says:
The statue of Humboldt has been pur-
chased by Henry Shaw, who has pre-
scented it to the city of st. Louis.
NEW CRATER.
A cabegram from Naples dated Sept.
18th, reports that new crater has
opened in Nesuvus in the bottom OF the
old one. The lava is flowing into the
old crater.
ANOTHER PLOT OF ASSASSINATION.
TWAS announced from Berlin on the
18th that it is rumored that new plot
against the life of the Emperor has
been discovered and several arrests
made.
THE sULTAN's TRIALS.
A cablegranl of the 18th inst. says;
The bakers of Constantinople have dis
continued the sale of bread because of
the high price of wheat ana the de
probation of currency. The
Sultan thereupon RENTED the
grain-tax, and he has appointed a COM
mission to devise means for retiring the
pape1-currency. The commission will
recommend the conversion of the cur
rencv into per cent. loan, secured Oh
specific revenues to be set apart for that
purpose.
TERRIBLE! TERRIBLE.
London advices of the 18th inst.
saw that the full extent OF
the terrible disaster in the coal mine 1T
Abercone yesterday is not known. AT
230 this morning flooding of the pit
was commenced. At that hour the fire
was within short distance of the botr
tom of the shaft, and all hope Of fur
ther rescues had TO be abandoned.
| When this decision was announced to
the relatives Of the psi men still III the
pit the scene was terrible beyond de-
scriptlon. Thirteen additional bodies
of victims were recovered before flood
ing the pit. Abercone colliery
is the property Of the Ebbu Valley
steel, iron and coal company. one 81
the largest iron and coal properties III
South Wales. 1t il situated few hum
bred wards from Abcrconc railway sta
ton. III the Western Valley section Of
the Monmouthshire railway. The pit,
which is $50 yards deep, and one Of the
largest and best worked in the district,
was yielding 1000 tons Of steam
coal daily. The machinery for wind
ing, pumping, and ventilating was Of
the best kind and the use of the safety
lamps in the mines was rigidly
enforced. The cause Of the
explosion cannot even be sur
missed. Volunteer explorers succeed
ed III bringing out ten Or twelve men
very much burned; also seven dead
bodies, but it is feared that others can
not be for the present got at in conse
quencc of the fire extending, and there
remains no reasonable hope that any
further lives will be saved. The whole
district Of Monmouthshire is much ex
cited, and it seemed as if the entire fe-
male population of the district had
gathered about the mouth of the shaft.
EMPEROR WILLIAMS SPEECH.
A Berlin cablegram of the 10th says:
In the speech from the throne, which
was read by Count Stalberg Werpizer-
AIDE at the opening of the Reichstag yes
terday, it SAID that, Immediately after
the first attempt upon the Emperor's
life, the Federal Government became
convinced that the crime was due to
the influence Of the sentiments propa-
gated far and wide by the agita-
ton which aimed at undermining
the existing laws of the State and
society The speech, after referring
to the rejection of the first bill brought
| forward in the reichstag for the arrest
Of the Vaccinations which imperiled
the common interests of the country,
says: THE federal government thinks
now, us formerly, that extraordinary
measures are required to prevent Il fur
ther extension of the already wide
spread evil, and to pave the way for its
extinction, and that such meas
ures should preserve the liberty
of citizens in general, and only pre-
vent the abuse of liberty, by which the
perniciods Socialist agitation threatens
the foundations of life and all culture"
The speech expresses confident hope
! that the Denuties will not refuse the