The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1878-03-13
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To-Dav's Dispatches.
FOREIGN NEWS.
Eastern Question.

11aSSS1A SOSS61UAs
PERA, March l3.-The Armenians in
tend to petition England to obtain for
Turkish Armenia, at the congress, autonomy
under European guarantee or protec
ton, otherwise they fear that Russia will
encourage Turkish misgovernment to
furnish pretext for Russian absorption
of the entire province.
LONDON. March l3.-Austrian LIoyd
steamship Sphinx, which took fire with
$500 Circassians on board, causing loss
of 700 of them, was fred by the Circas-
SLAMS during mutiny. They had pre-
viously plundered the vessel,
CoNsTANTINoPE, March l3. The Grand
Duke Nicholas visit to the Sultan here
has been postponed until after the treaty
of peace is ratified.
ENGLAND.
LONDON, March 13.-Vernon Bros,
stock brokers, who failed. were short half
million sterling in stocks.
New YORK, March ia dispatch
from London says the store rooms erecting
at Woolwich dark yard fell to-day, burying
hundreds of workmen in the ruins. many
were seriously injured, some it is thought
fatally.
LONDON, March l3,-The Times SAYS
nothing could speak more eloquently to
the deadening effect of the apprehensions
which filled our hope for many months
than the cheapness of money in the conti-
mental market; we have had no greater
danger to face for a long time than this
super6cially cheap credit at home and
abroad, The FEnGacier anticipates an
advance in the Bank of England rate to-
morrow.
GERMANY.
BERLIN, March 13.-The German gov
ernment will not issue invitations to the
peace congress until all difficulties about
the subjects to be considered are removed
the general prospect is far from encoura-
ging; Germany will claim the presidency
by prescriptive right whether Bismarck
attends it or not.
FRANCE.
PARIS, March 13.-Deputy Louis Aub-
rleup has sent challenge, which has been
accepted, to Paul de Cassagnae, in conse.
quence Of an article in the P0yS
NEW YORK.
New York, March l3.-The American
national rife team of 1877 have voted
permission to Tiffany & Co., to place the
centennial palmatrophy in the Paris
exposition provided no foreign team
accepts the American challenge to contest
for its possession. The directors of the
national rifle association at their las
meeting appointed a committee to consider
a place for selecting the American team
for 1873; the team of 1877 argued yester
day that the national association was bu
a local organization and supported thi:
view by citing the fact that the
northwestern rifle association had loca
trophy which was shot for last year anC
won by the Irish team and the north
western men were going to send team
this year to Ireland after it thus ignoring
altogether the authority OF the nationa
rife association, The team of last yea
agreeing that they are the guardians o
the trophy aud therefore the proper bod.
to arrange for the selection Of a team
which is to defend the supremacy of Amer
-. lcan rihemen against all corners, iDstructe,
their captain general, Dakin, to appoint
committee TO consider the matter and sub
nit plan at the next meeting of the team
The national rife association has ordere
s Creedmoor ranges open the first of Aprl
C and has arranged tor the erection of
/ hotel upon their grounds.
Il Bayard Taylor, the new minister to GeI
!, many, was tn' ertained at banquet in thi
city before leaving for Berlin by repre-
! sentative citizens in art commerce an
t literature. The German singing societie
a are organizing a serenade.