Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1879-03-04


BERLIN, March 3r-There have now beer
six cases Of cremation IN the town OF Gotha
Free from Plague.
ST. PETERSBURG, March B. General Mill
koH telegrsphed Saturday that AstrakhaI
still continued free from plague.
Another War Talked of.
LAHORE, March 3.-Tnere is some talE
here OF coming war with the Afridiads, but
the best judges think il would not be worth
the expense or risk.
British Cable TO Zanzibar.
LONDON, March SIT is believed that the
British government is about to lay cable to
Zanzibar, Maurtius and Natal, from Alden,
where it would join the Eastern telegraph
company's system.
Trades Difficulties In Great Britain.
LONDON, March 3.-The trades difficulties
still continue. The county miners associa-
ton have rejected the wages offered by the
masters, and the Clyde shipwrights are look
ing TO a united action against employers.
The Plague in 81. Petersburg.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 3.-Prof. Botkin
declares, notwithstanding the opinion Of the
medical commission to the contrary, that the
disease of the hetmen of Cossacks in St.
Petersburg is a case of the Astrakhan plague.
A Fresh Memorandum for Bismarck
y
Rome says Cardinal Nina is about to send a
fresh memorandum to Bismarck, touching
more explicitly upon the points of immediate
solution which the Vatican deems necessary.
PIeurO-Pneumonia In the House of
Commons.
LONDON, March 3.-In the house of COM
mons, to-day, Lord George T. Hamilton,
vice president of the council, replying to a
question, said that as long az pleuro-pneu-
I'D N a n yyofl
not be consistent with the contagious-disease
act to rescind existing regulations.
a Royal Castle Burned.
BRUSSELS, March 3.-The royal castle of
Terouven has been destroyed by FIRE. Ex-
Empress Carlotia, widow Of the late Emperor
Macmillan, Of Mexico, who has been insane
for many years, resided in the palace oil Te-
rouven. She was safely removed from the
castle, and Is now at the royal palace at
Lucken, near Brussels.
YacOb Khan to Rule AfghanIstan.
LONDON, March 3.-The Times, in an
editorial article, says Yacob Khan will prob
ably succeed Shere Ali. Once he is firmly
established on the throne of Afyhanistan, it
would be policy for the Indian government
TO recognize him as de fdctO ruler, and meet
favorably any advance he may make, with a
view to the termination of the war.
General BidduIDh struck in the Rear.
LONDON D..
telegrapus General stewart the report that
General Biddulph's rear guard was attacked
at Khushgi Nathhud by two Thousand Ahzal
DdrauIs. The enemy was repulsed with a
loss of one hundred and fifty, and were pur-
sued until niRhtfall The British lost a major
and FIVE natives killed, and colonel and
eleven natives wounded.
A Compromise Talked or
BERLIN, March "a compromise relative
to the financial policy, instead of a dissolu-
ton OF the reichstag, Is talked of. The de-
bate on tins parliamentary discipline bill may
settle the question. The sanitary commits
sion are discussing the proposals OF the min
lister of commerce relative to tbs establish
ment of a quarantine of the German han
bors, which would affect eighteen ports On
the North sea and thirty on the Baltic.
French Police Malpractice.
PANS. February 3.-Minister de Msrcere
sxnressed the desire that Interpolation in
regard 10 poi; ce malpractice be discussed i'm
mediately' An article in La France, signed
by Girardin, dscu, sslug the vote by which the
chambers fixed the ,tebate Tor Monday, says:
''The cabinet has lived Its time; 1t has lost
all power over the m sjoritY, and the situation
imperatively requires the formation OF a
cabinet presided over 10y a leader OF the ma
jority" 1t also says the present ministry has
but short time to live, and that the radicals
will speedily succeed to power.
Russta Demanding Her War Indem-
nifty or Turkey.
LONDON, March 3 "A dispatch from Con-
stantInople announces that the Russian am
bassador, Labanoff, has protested against
hypothecating the TuEksl revenues tor the
new loan, declaring that the war indemnify
has a prior claim upon them. The Porte dee
MES the validity of the claim, baslng Its ar
gument upon the protocol OF the Berlin con-
gress.
A Madrid dispatch says that the resigna-
ton of the cabinet 10 inevitable. 1t is stated
that the king agrees with Martinez Campos
that a change Is necessary.
A telegram from Constantinople says that
an lnsurrectonary agitation mas commenced
in Thessaly and Epirus.
A Bit OF Say-ROthschIId's Scandal.
LONDON, March 3-The Paris journals
La Lan'erne, L'OrdeO, Gazette de France
and In France, unite in teroclous ate mpts
AGAINST Leon Say, minister OF finance, which
portend another assault on the ministry,
even if D-Marce, of the interior. obtains
vote of confidence. A Paris correspondent
telegraphs: LEON Say, who was former
clerk of Rothschi,d's, and known to be their
partner in many affairs, is attacked for his
conduct relative to the conversion of the five
per cent rentes with vlrulence w5Ich must
probably lead TO his resignation. 1t ls a no
torious fact that Rothschilds, on Wednesday
last. made enormous purchases OF five per
esnts at the market deprecated prices. Inc
general opinion Is that never IN the whole
history of France was there an equal scam
dal." ..,, g,
The La France says significantly: "A
rumor OF the approaching conversion OF the
6ve per cent rentes was promulgated oy men
aot9riously intimate with Leon Say.
Another correspondent says: Conversion
would have become necessity if the budget
committee had declared therefor by eectnR
a German president. As soon as 1t was
known that they had not done so, Say com
muulcated with the cabinet, deprecatIng the
conversion, and communicated the cabinets
decision to the syndicate of br0keTa. The lat
Ter are accountable for delaying the publica-
ton of the announcement OF the action OF the
budget committees.
The committee Oh proposals Tor an occa-
sional meeting of the chamber at Paris has
decided that such a change you'd make
necessary . revision of the constitution,
yv;,,,ch can only be effected By the chamber OF
dennti~s meeting in general assembly. 1t Is
feared If !Sey do SO dlsquietinR motions will
h. introduced Tor the revision on other points.
Tn, committee IN tend 10 consult the ministry
o. n vo, |-ther a revision can beforehand De
limited to one point.
Prison. r., ,0rter Of the committee Oh
4,a acts of fba mn. 'stry on the sixteenth OF
Nav. read draft OF he report. IL recon-
Dnends a ur-liminarv ia ilp Al investigation on
the result Of which the questloH Oh lLnpeaGh
ment would depend. The COmrSAetse oeC:
to consult with the cabinet beforS k-aoptlng
the report the result will probably be =
compromise.