Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-01-01
FOREIGN.

JAKOOB KHAN is the coming man in
Afghanistan. His father, the ameer,
sought safety in precipitate flight. =
TIE Earl of Carnarvon was married
Dec.t26th at GreystOke, Cumberland,
England, to Miss Howard, of Greystoke
Castle.
The Archduke Rodolpke, Crown
Prince of Austria, will shortly be be
throthed to the 1iece of the king of
SaxOny. 49,
THE supreme court Of justice of Spain
has finally condemned to death Mon
cast, who attempted to assassinate the
king. ......l rs .aet
THE Nihilists continue to cause great
CONSERVATION in Russia. The police
have more than they can do to track
the conspiratlons.
The Duke of Cumberland, king of
Hanover, was married to Princess
Thvra, youngest daughter Of the king
of Denmark, Dec 22nd.
A MADRID cablegram of Dec 9th
says marriage has been arranged be-
tween the intanta Pillar, sister to the
King and the Prince De Joinviile's eld-
est son. ..
SULIEMAN PAsHA, says cahlegram of
Dec. Goth, whose alleged misconduct of
the Turkish armies during the late war
was due to Damad Pasha's orders, has
been pardoned.
THE captain and officers of the steam
ship Ponmerunaa have been acquitted.
The inquiry decided that human effort
did all possible to avoid the collision
and loss of life.
A CORRESPONDENT at Kuram under
date of Dec. 9th says a proclamation
of the ameer of Afghanistan has been
discovered, dated Nov. II. 1t shows he
had declared holy war against the
British.
! A CrrY of Mexico telegram Of Dec.
9th says robbers attacked a train for
Vera Cruz near PuebIa, Dec. 18th, kill
ed the baggage-master, wounded the
conductor, and escaped with $27 900 In
silver
A LONDON cablegram of Dec. 9th
says ten thousand pounds is required
for the sick and hungry of Sheffield.
The severe weather continues through
out the kingdom, and the distress in
CreaSeS. -..,
FRED GRANT has been granted a
years leave of absence to join his faith
er in the latter's trip in the East Indies.
The secretary of war allows him his
lieutenant-coloneps pay during his alb
Sence.
IT was reported from Afghanistan,
Dec. 23d, that the flight of Ameer Shere
Ali had caused complete anarchy IN all
the country between Jellalabad and Ca
bul. The war, it was believed, ended
in the Ameer's flight.
A TELEGRAM from Ceora, in North
Brazil, reports the smallpox as very
fatal in that province The deaths in
the capital number 600 daily. and the
distress in the interior is appalling; the
people devour carrion and bodies of the
dead. @
THE state line steamship State
Of Louisiana, from Glasgow, which
left that port on the 23d, inst,
for New York, ran ashore Dec. Oath,
at Hunter Rock, while entering Larne
l. cke, Ireland. The vessel will prob
ably become a total wreck.
A SUB COMMITTEE Of the Potter COM
mittee, consisting of Potter himself,
Cox, of Ohio,and Stenger. leave Washing
ton Dec. 3Oth for New Orleans to finish
the investigation of election returns in
that state. AS that committees ap-
preparation is exhausted the remainder
Of the investigation will be carried on at
personal expense.
A LATE Berlin dispatch says the gov
eminent is not relaxing its precautions
against the evasion of conscription,
even to facilitate the departure of soci-
alists. One Mandi, naturalized Amer
lean, has been prohibited from lectur-
ing in Berlin on the improved prospects
of the western states of America, on
the ground that not only socialists, but
a considerable portion of well-to-do
Germans would emigrate.
The employees in the manufactured
iron trade of the north Of England,
present a claim before the arbitrators of
5 per cent. reduction, in consequence
of the depression of business. The men
claim that the price of labor is now lower
than it has been IN the past twenty
years. The newspapers continue to
publish accounts Of the distress through
out the country which the authorities
and private citizens are endeavoring to
relieve, -Ea.
A BERLIN dispatch of December 22d,
says: The emperor is wonderfully
we'll. He daily listens to long re
ports on public affairs, and gives audi
ences. Bismarck, too, is working hard
on financial matters, while COM
mittee Of three Prussan members and
a representation of the other states
have been appointed to elaborate
scheme of tax reform, which, when
ripe, Will be laid before the Reichstag for
approval.
A DISPATCH from Lahore reports that