New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-10-22
LATEST NEWS.
THE OLD WORLD.

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AN immense tenant-rights meeting
was held at Navan, Ireland, on the 18th, at
which over q, 700 persons were present. Nu-
merous incendiary speeches were made.
GENERAL ROBERTS telegraphed to
the home Government on the 1:sth that the
war in Afghanistan was substantially ended.
The tribes lately engaged in hostile opera
tions had abandoned their military organiza-
ton and returned home. He also announced
that he had ordered the heavy batteries to be
returned to India. The conduct of the Ameer
was still regarded with suspicion, and he was
virtual prisoner in the British camp
In the small village of Genijesk, in
Southern Russia, thirty persons have died
from eating poisonous fish.
The Sultan of Turkey has recently
ordered the. disbandment of ninety thousand
regular troops.
A MEETING of about 500 tenants of
the Marquis of Sligo and the Earl of Lucan
was held near Westport, County Mayo, Ire
land, on the 18th, and those present solemnly
pledged themselves to pay no rent until re-
duction should be granted proportionate to
the great fall of prices of all kinds of agri-
SNAtuAoA pAOOuCCs A~OC1CC was pO6ICud d. war
rem Point County Down, that any man COM
ing into the county to pay more than one
pound an acre for land might bring his coffin
with him.
A S1MLA telegram of the 18th says
the camp at Ali Kheyl had been attacked by
large numbers of neighboring tribes. The
attack was repulsed. Twenty-three Afghan
corpses were found, and it was believed many
more were carried off. The British casualties
were only five wounded.
IT was stated by the London Daily
Neecs of a recent date that If gold continued
to leave England and France as it had been
recently doing, it would soon become neces-
sary to consider the possibility of measure
to stop the outflow. 1t would be time for
England to consider what action to take when
the French authorities made move, by di-
rectly or indirectly raising the premium on
gold to such point that the whole burden Of
the United States demand would be thrown
on England.
The election of NJ. Puteaux Humbert,
the Communist, to seat in the Paris munich
pality has caused considerable uneasiness
at Berlin. German papers say that the
French Government ought to prevent tho
formation of a regular Communist party.
The Belgian Bishops have given sup
Elementary Instructions to the clergy not
only to refuse dissolution to teachers in COM
munal schools, but also to publicly refuse
them the sacraments Not only are teachers
communicated, but children receiving re-
ligious instruction from them are excluded
from first communion.
On the 18th, General Cough, who
commanded the British troops along the line
of communications, occupied Jelalabad, and
arranged for the safety of the conveys on the
way to Jagdellak and Cabul.
A CONVENTION il whicR,Sere repre-
sentcd one hundred and forty Thousand min.
ers was held at Leeds, Eng., few days ago.
A resolution was passed in favor of Nation
al emigration scheme to lessen competition
among miners. The scheme consists of sys-
tenn OF small weekly subscriptions the sub
scribers after certain time to ballot for
chances to emigrate. Those going to Ameri-
ca will receive G6 and passage money; to
Australia or New Zealand, e12 and passage
money.
A CAPE Town (South Africa) dis
pAICA 1cCcAVcu vi CAc 1Otll says CuaC SlF 5UdF-
net Wolse]ey had announced that the annex
alton of the Transvaal was irrcyocablc. The
Committee of the Beers had adopted resolu-
ton that nothing would satisfy them but the
restoration of their independence.
A TELEGRAPH cable has been recently
successfully laid in the Caspian Sea.
IT was reported in London on the
10th that the Government of Turkey had
issued orders ab9lishing the Turkish Legation
at Washington. The underlying motive waa
supposed to be economy.
A MADRID dispatch of the 18th says
the floods in Murcia continued. Up to that
time one hundred and nineteen corpses had
been recovered. Four villages were in ruins,
and thousands of peasants rendered wholly
destitute.
AT banquet in Manchester, on the
evening of the 18th Lord Salisbury, the
British Minister of Foreign Affairs, delivered
a speech strongly tinctured with hostility to
Russia He said directly that the Car would
be allowed to make no further advance to.
ward Constantinople.
GENERAL ROBERTS has appointed
General Hill as Military Governor of Cabul
Three Afghan chiefs are in prison, and are tt
be tried by British Military Commission.