Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-02-12

district has been ordered burned.
ALL efforts to stay the plague in Rus
STA have failed. The czar has approved
of summary measures for quarantine.
The sanitary commission of Moscow
has decided upon stringent precautions.
! CAPE Town advices of January 14th
report that the fighting with the Zulus
has been renewed. 1t is said Prussia is
about to purchase Heligoland, the
amount of purchase money is under
consideration.
IT is feared that before next year half
the inhabitants of the southern PROVING
es of Morocco will have persisted by
starvation and disease on account OF
the scarcity caused by last years
drought
A CALCUTTA correspondent te]egraphs
IS follows: Col. Percy Wyndham, the
distinguished soldier of fortune former
ly with Garibald, and with the North
ern army in the American civil war,
has been killed at Rangoon in attempt
ing balloon ascension.
| MoNsIGNEUR GUIBERT, archbishop OF
Paris, replying to a letter from Pere
Hyacinthe notifying him of the open
ing of a Reformed church in Paris,
writes that he regards his correspon-
dent as deranged, and dreadful ex-
ample of devine chastisement for in
fidelity.
A PARIS dispatch says all endeavors
to induce Dufaure to retain the PRIMER.
ship have failed. Prest. Greyy has en-
trusted Washington with the task OF
forming a new cabinet. The Laberte
states that Dufaure, in letter in which
he informed Grevy of his resolution to
retire, pointed to his advanced age. Po-
litical views urged that his withdrawal
would facilitate the solution of num-
Der of pending questions.
!. THE occupation by the Roumanians
of a position near Siistria, which
they claim as belonging to the Dobrudia
is a very serious affair. The Rouma.
mans. by an overwhelming display Of
force, compelled the Russians to aban
don the Arab Tobia, fortress on the
outskirts of Silistria. The Roumanian
government on Saturday received an
ntlmatlon simultaneously from ST.
Petersburg and from General Todleber
to withdraw Immediately, but they for
mally refused, and collision is proba-
BILE.
A DISPATCH dated Cape Town, Jan
IA, says that no answer having been re-
ceived from Cetywago, the Zulu
King, up to Jan. IL, the British
troops advanced into his territory
in four columns on the next day
: They have SO far encountered nc
resistance. 1t is reported that Cetywa-
go is hampered by strong peace par
ty at home, and it is expected that but
feeble resistance will be made to the
British advance.
A PARIS dispatch says the cabinet has
been constituted, and the following are
) the changes: M. Waddington, president
OF the council and minister Of foreign
affairs: Senator Leroyer, minister OF
justice; M. DeMarcere, interior aud al
SO public worship at interim; nj.
Jules Ferry, public instruction and
fine arts. nj. Lepere, agricultural. Ad-
miral Jaurequiberry, marine. Jules
Ferry was appointed minist er Of public
instruction, instead Of minister of COM
merce, as was first intended, beca use
he manifested protectionist tendencies
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of Feb
ruary Sd says the committee
of ministers have resolved that
the minister Of interior be empowered
to burn Wetleanka and other villages
necessary, the inhabitants to be remov-
ed elsewhere within the quarantine dis
trict, the troops to enforce the quaran-
tine to be placed at the disposal of the
civil administration. A delegate will
be dispatched tothe Ashochan and
ne'ghboring governments with power
to adopt extraordinary measures, and
he will be accompanied by medical
commission to investigate the causes of
the epidemic.
A BERLIN dispatch states an under
standing exists between the great powers
to insist upon the evacuation of Eastern
Roumelia by Russia within the time
appointed by the treaty of Berlin if the
international commission should not
have completed it's labors. The Lon
don Times leading editorial says we
have every reason to believe YakOOb
Khan has already been officially in
formed of the terms on which we are
prepared to make peace. Doubtless
these are such as he can honorably
accept. dispatch from Lahore
states there are strong rumors that
Yakoob Khan is quite disposed to make
friendly arrangements.
The Russian papers are doubling the
reports of Prof. Nordenskj old's presence
near the East Cape, and express the
apprehension that the Vega has been
wrecked on some island Of the Siberian
Archipelago, or on Wrangle Islands.
Baron Fredericks, the governor of East
Siberia, has informed the car that he
took all possible measures for
the discovery of the missing ex-
petition. He reports that he
organized two sledge parties from
Nishmakolomsk and Andyrsk. He al
SO apprised the native tribe or Tch-
ouktschouks of Noi denskjold's perilous
position, with instructions to render
him and his companions every assis-
lance.
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