West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-05-25

vance OF twenty-five cents per day. About
one hundred OF them went TO the Office of
/ Mr.. Timothy Monaghan, one of the con-
| tractors, and notified him OF their wants
and asked him what he was willing TO do.
WhereupOn he drew his revolver and bred
one shot into the crowd. hitting John
German IN the temple, inHicting a danger
Gus wound. Monaghan gave himself up TO
the authorities, and was released by Squire
Mitchell. Advices from Texas say the
| band of train robbers that has for several
months been plundering the Houston and
! Texas Central and Pacific Railroads has
been broken up, and a number Of the gang
| arrested.
A Portland, Oregon, dispatch saws First
Lieut.. III. Dewitt Moore, OF Company +,
| Twenty-irst Infantry, was drowned Mt Fort
klamath. No particulars.
Southern Itoms.
The schooner Geno capsized in a squall
on Lake POntchartrain. Captain Spro and
all on board were lost, except Lewis Kline,
aged fourteen, who chung to the wreck and
/ was rescued by the steamer Camelia.
Porter Brown was hanged at Mahoney,
Sabine Parish, Louisiana, Saturday, May II =,
at twelve o'clock, for the murder OF DIR.
! Evans, March II, 1877. Brown made n full
confession, and asked forgiveness. There
was no excitement and very little sympathy
for the doomed man. Brown was calm and
collected at the hour OF execution.
Notos from Abroad.
Vienna dispatch says anarchy reigns in
| tho newly annexed districts of Montenegro
! Albanians, hristans and Moslems refuse
to submit to the Prince of Montenegro, and
/ war may break out any moment. The
| Austrian Government has telegraphed Ia
Smyrna, ordering three men-ofwar there TO
! proceed TO CatasO.
At half-past three o'clock in the after.
noon, May IL, as the Emperor William was
returning from n drive with the Grand
Duchess of Baden, several shots from a re.
volver were fired at him in the Avenue
| Cntcr den Linden. Nobody was hurt. The
| person who fired the shots was arrested
An accomplish, who attempted to rescue
/ the wOuld-be assassin, was also arrested
| There were unceasing demonstrations before
/ the palace throughout the evening and
dense masses were streaming in from the
! remotcst suburbs, to manifest their
! loyal and sympathy, by singing the
National Anthem The Emperor went
| To the opera and Royal Theater nj
night, and received great ovation.
The would-be assassin is named Hoedel.
| At the official examination he stated he was
native of Leipsic, and was born in 1857
! He denied he fired at the Emperor He
! affirmed he was without work, and intended
/ To shoot himself publicly to show the rich
The present condition of the people. The
prisoner was In possession of several social
| istic and democratic writings ,ticke It's of mem.
bership OF several Berlin sociaistic unions.
and likeness of two sOcialistic leaders 49,
special ConstantinOple telegram states
that IN consequence of aperenptory demand
of Gen. Todleben for the surrender of the
tortresses, accompanied by threat to oc-
cupy ConstantinOple, the Cabinet Council
have decided to eyacuate all three of the
| tortresses-->humla first, then Varna, and
] tlGN lWv nnN Il.
rather suddenly upon the report If Osman
Pasha that the Turkish Army was
not in condition to resist the
occupation OF Constantinople......Th
TimeSS correspondent at Constantine
pie says: AS usual the palace WAS smitten
tn terror, and ready to cede ANYTHING il
the Russians would go way from CONSTANT
noplc. Todleben peremptorily urged evac-
uation, but adrOitly offered to fall back if
the fortress surrendered. The bait was
swallowed and the Russians have promised
so my informant lnsures, To retire to Adri-
anople and Dediagatch, and quit Erzer-um
as soon as the three fortresses are evacuated.
| There will be no written communications
| and all VIII be settled by verbal agreement.
Thirty-two battalions of Russian re-en-
forcements have arrived at San Stelano.
The arrangement concerning the fortresses
has failed in consequence OF the st. Peters
! burg Government disapproving General
! Iodleben's projected retreat to Adrianople.
The position OF Sadyk Pasha, President of
the Turkish Cabinet Council, is conse-
quedtly re-established.......T The news of the
Mussulman instruction states disturbances
are spreading. A large number of Albanians
are participating. The Greeks in New Bull
garia, who are also greatly dissatisfied have
just received new occasion for alarm in the
attempt OF the Russian authorities to enroll
them under general conscription
now being enforced throughout Bulgaria m
Serious rioting began at Black burn Eng
land, May Is. Thousands of the lowest
class of operatives, including women, par
AIDED the streets, making violent demon.
STATIONS. The residence of Col. jackson,
Chairman of the Masters Association, was
burned to the ground. The same mob at
tempted to burn Jackson's mills. The resi-
dence Of Alderman Hornby was partially
wrecked, and the windows Of all the mills
in town demolished. a strong force of in.
fantry from Preston arrived, and troop OF
cavalry. The troops cleared the streets. Col.
/ jackson and wife barely escaped in a cab.
Alderman Horribly was struck by stones
while demonstrating with the rioters
1.-THE Canadian Government is making
vigorous preparations for the defense of the
| frontier against an anticipated invasion of
| Fenians..".....A recent earthquake at Qua
! Nenezula, killed six hundred. Heavy shocks
| were felt at Caracas. The heat at Laguayra
/ was intense, and the health of that city bad
/ Recent drought on Demerara Is and entails
| direct loss 10 planters Of between 81 ,O0O,-
/ 600 and S4OOO,O0O