Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-05
WHAT THE CABLE SAYS.
BlSMARCk'S GAG BILL IN THE GER
MAN RelCHSTAG.
The New French Cabinet-The Plague
Dock Laborers' Strike-Riot in
CabuI-University Educa-
ton in Ireland.
The New French Cabinet.

! patch gives the Cabinet as follows:
VI. Waddington, President of the Coun-
Gil and Minister OF Foreign Affairs
Senator La Rover, Minister OF Justice !;
VI. De Marce, Interior, and also Public
Worship al Htrim; NJ. Jules Terry,
Public instruction and Fine Arts; VI.
Lepere, Agriculture; Admiral Janrc-
/ guiberry, Marine. Jules Terry was APP
pointed Minister of Public instruction
/ instead OF Minister OF Commerce, as
was first intended because he manifest
! ell protcctionist tendencies.
PARIS, February 1.-The National has
reason to believe the new cabinet has
agreed that the question OF the return
! Of Chambers To Paris can he decided
| by Congress il the two houses are willing
| To grant amnesty to the communists
who have already been pardoned, the
| effect of which would be To relieve the
/ pardoned ones from police surveillance,
and that they will not support any i'm
| |. .aChment scheme.
The Plague.
| an outbreak Of the plague al Odessa
caused violent demonstrations here,
which, however, were quieted 10y the
announcement that the government
had ordered a quarantine for one we5k
on all arrivals from the Black SEA-.
ST. PETERsBURG, February 1.-Two
regiments of CoSSacks and one OF ill.,
iantry, are marching to reinforce the
Gordon, which is 1000 miles long
around tho districts infected 10y the
plague,
Dock Laborer' Strike.
LIVERPOOL, February THE strike OF
the dock laborcrs is giving trouble To
shippers. Steamship owners say they
will dispatch their vessels at the ap-
pointed DAYS without cargocs ii ncccs-
sary, but are confident they will soon hc
relieved from their present annoyance
hv lahurcrs coming from other places.
The magistrates will punish severely all
intimidatiuns.
University Education Question.
DUBLIN, Feb. 1. - Three Catholic
bishops have had conference with the
Lieutenant of Ireland and informed him
that the Catholics were willing Ia accept
any fair compromise on the university
education question.
Riot at Cabul.
JELLALABAD, February "A civil
strife has broken out at Cabul. GakUoh
Khan is shellng Chandu, the kezilbash
portion oi the city. Numbers Of Sudars
have LETT Cabul with their families.
Bi,marck's Gag Bill.
LoNnoN, February IA Berlin dis
patch SAYS The Legal Committee ui
Federal Council completed their cOnsid-
Grafton of BiSmark's gagging bill. They
have eliminated the most obnoxious
provisions, and toned others down so
as to deprive the bill in great part ol
! its offensive character. The bill as
amended, limits the disciplinary power
/ oi the Rcichstag over its members to
| their conduct a. members; that is while
exercising the privileges or dischargng
| the functions of the members. \ mlldcr
punishment has been interpolated IN
| the shape of the first warning, which
| in every case, should preCedc an official
rcprimand. The clauses making mem
| hcrS amCnable before criminal court
| for miSdemeanors committed in the dis
! charge ui their office, and empowering
/ the House to deprive them OF elipbIl-
| itv 10 future Parliaments, are altogether
! stricken out. Notwithstanding these al
| tcratluns, which makes the till harm
| less cnongh, the feeling among mem
bcrs continues opposed To the measure.
| They consider that measures Curtailing
tl. h
! them, and not originate with the Toy
| eminent
English Grain Market.
LuNDuN, February 4.-The Marx LID,
! E,pfas SAYS the deliveries Of English
/ wheat during the past fortnight were
I fully up to the average Ot the past ten
| years. The recent deliveries of barley
| have been equal 10 the full average Tor
! the season. hut considerably less than
! the quantities sold year ago. The
/ price ut barley was good deal higher
! then than now, but il was chiefly owing
I to its superiority. Fine barley, OF cUod
/ color, l. exceptionally scarce this year,
and large sales OF poor stun seriously
. drpTrss the general average. For best
/ lot, ui mailing harley the price 0htana-
| hlc non Is even higher than the rates
| current a year agu. Oats IN the country
are higher than at any time since 1870
Imported oats have never been 50 cheap
a. to-day Oi Russian and Indian
wheat there i only a small quantity
afloat at present The rigorous weather
experienced IN England appears to have
becu felt throughout Europe. The
I Baltic Sea and the Danish Sound are
. ulu,kel with ice. The temperature l.
/ very low throughout Sweden, Russia.
I GERMANY ani the Netherlands In
I France the falls ui snow have been
. heavier than in England, and even th"
/ Mediterranean Cost has been invaded
/ by the cold The Danube j. frozen and
/ the harhpr uf Galatz closed, while along
! the BLACK Sea coast, tHc ire l. gathered
in formidable quantity. The harhpT pi
| Oipssa d. clu-s.,i. hut the American
visible supply keeps very large. OF
wheat $4,000 quarters are stored at
( principal grain centres.