Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1879-12-11
CABLEGRAMS.

PRINCE GORTsCHAKoFF is determined
not to resign voluntarily, says dispatch
of Dec 4th.
THE attempt upon the life of the car,
says a cablegram of Dec. 4th, caused
great CONSERVATION and indignation 10
all European Citadels.
THE London Times, in a financial ar
ticIe Dec. 4th, says: U. s. government
bonds are hardly to be got here at any
price.
A dispatch from Valparaiso Of the 5th
says: "TarapacaI has been captured by
the Chilians. The losses were heavy on
both sides"
A PARIS telegram of the 7th says col
lision occurred, yesterday, on the east.
ern railroad line, near Bady, during q
heavy snow storm zone person was killed
and nine injured.
BERLIN advices of Dec. 7th state that
the latest st. Petersburg newspapers re-
ceived there contain no articles on the
attempt on the czar's life, as they had
not received permission to publish them.
LONDON dispatches of the 7th inst.
state that during a recent heavy cyclone
in the Bay of Bengal,a "a storm wave swept
over the Island of Monkanshal, drown
ing several hundred persons.
A DISPATCH from Reshaweir, of the
9th inst, says Col. Bakers force is still
! in Maidar, watching to prevent a juno
ton of the troops from Kohistan and a
| body of 1900 men with - guns, from
Ghuznee.
A LONDON telegram of Dec. 7th saws
| the steamer Angelica stranded in the
| FIRTH of Clyde, and has her fore COM
partment flooded. She will have to dis
charge the greater part of her cargo An
attempt to float the steamer will be made
| tonight.
VIENNA advices of Dec Sth says the
news of The appointment of Gen. Igna-
| tieff as Russian ambassador TO Rome
has created quite a scare in government
circles here. A mi-official newspaper
qualities it as a provocati0n to Austria.
A Buenos Ayres dispatch of Dec. 9th
says: Intelligence has been received
| that the allied Peruvians and Bolivians
have been completely defeated at Tara
paca, Peru, by the Chilians, who have
taken possession of the town. The Chill.
ian squadron is blockading the port OF
Aracia."
A TELEGRAM of Dec. 5ih confirms the
previous report of the disaster to the
Chilian forces near Loa, at the mouth OF
the river of the same name, on the bOun-
dairy between Peru and Bolivia. After
a stubborn fight, 1900 Chilians surren-
dered to the allies with all their cannon
and ammunition. The Gillian COM
mander was killed. The Bolivian com
mander afterwards occupied Conchas
| Blancas.
AN Oil City dispatch of the 9th says
the Buffalo express leaving Pittsburg
last evening at o'clock, on the Allie
| gheny railroad, run into landslide two
miles below here, and the engine was
turned into the river and eight coal cars
crushed. The passengers, in the rear
car, escaped without injury. The fire.
man, Arthur Simpson, of Pittsbnrg, was
crushed in the wreck, and at this writing
the body has not been extracted. The
track will be cleared in time to prevent
any detention of coming trains,
CAIRO advices der date of Dec. Sth,
| says infor nation N MGssowah repre-
sent that King John is marching forward
with the main body Of the Abyssinian
army and forty guns. 1t is said he is
determined to occupy the districts OF
/ Sennar and Galabet, in the Blue Nile
territory. He declares European inter
ventiOn will not prevent him enforcing
his just claims, including indemnity for
the past.
A DISPATCH from Cabul of Dec. 9th
says that tke governor of Maidar, who
was reported to have been killed by q