The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1879-06-06
NEWS OF The WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS


The committee of the German Parlia-
ment has rejected Bismarck's tobacco tax by
An almost unanimous vote, and adopted rate
of 90 instead of 100 marks for foreign tobacco,
and of IS instead of 90 marks for the homo
grown article.
The English Derby was won this
year by Lord Norrey's horse Sir Bevys, against
whom the betting WAS twenty to one.
The Darien Ship Canal Congress ut
Paris adjourned on the 3Oth ult, after session
of nearly two weeks. The result Of its labors
is the adoption of the Panama tide-water-level
canal project OF Lieut. wyse, the cost of which
is estimated at sl50,OOO,0OO. The enormous
cost of this project, though the cheapest one
submitted, renders it doubtful if the money to
carry it forward will be forthcoming in this or
the next generation.
A furious naval engagement recently
took place off Iquique, Peru, between the
CHILEAN wooden vessels Esmeralda and Caya-
donga and the Peruvian armor-plated frigate
Independence. All three vessels were sunk.
The Esmeralda was originally Spanish gun
boat The Independence was the most i'm
portant vessel in the Peruvian navy Her arma-
ment consisted entirely of Armstrong guns
The latter were 1OO-pounders.
In Berlin there are rumors OF re-
construction Of the Cabinet and Bismarck's
retirement is talked Of as possibility.
Mount Etna, in the Island of Sicily,
is in q violent state of eruption, and several
villages are in danger Of destruction.
There has been another desperate
battle in South Africa, but the English were not
directly engaged in it A large band of Zulus,
il appears, among them one Of Cetvwayo's
brothers, were on their way to the English
camps for the purpose Of surrendering They
had crossed the frontier into Natal when pur-
suing force, said to have been commanded by
Cetywayo hin,self, fell upon them, slaughtered
large numbers of them and dispersed the re-
mainder.
Lacoste, Frenchman naturalized in
the United States some years ago, has been
expelled from France for renouncing his ma
tonalty without performing his military duty
Mr. Noyes, the American Minister, fruitlessly
endeavored TO secure the revocation Of the or
der
A train on the Saragossa and Madrid
railway in Spain was recently stopped by brig
ands, near Calataynd, and robbed of $780,
Parole, the American horse, has
scored his fourth brilliant victory on the En-
glish turf, winning the EPSON gold cup with
ease.
A committee of the French Chamber
have decided in favor of the prosecution of
Cassagnac.
The Portuguese Cabinet has designed
In consequence Of internal dissensions
In Russia ukase has been issued in
5-per-cent interest loan at 9211S for the amount
Of 30O, OOO, 900 of rubles to cover the expenses
of the late war-Four Nihilists were exc
cuted by hanging at Kieff on the Cd CT June.
"A dispatch from St Petersburg says an at
tempt to blow up the court where the military
tribunal is sitting in Kieff has been discovered
and frustrated
Certain females of the royal family of
Burmah, for whose safety the British Govern
ment stipulated, have been placed in irons, and
will probably be starved.
There is an unpleasantness between
the Porte and Aleko Pa-he, The lately-installed
Governor of Roumelia The Governor has not
thought it necessary to do business under the
Turkish flag, and the Sultan feels insulted. The
powers are to be asked to discipline the refract-
DRY official and secure the hosting of the cres-
cent as a recognition of Turkish sovereignty in
the province