The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-10
Foreign,

Foreign.
ACCORDING to London kilograms of
the gath, the ex-Empress Eugene continued
very much depressed, and there were great
fears that she would succumb to her terrible
affection.
On the evening of the oath, the
Prince Jerome Napoleon issued manifesto
declaring that he adhered to his former dec
larations Of republicanism; that he was not
pretender to the Imperial throne, but that he
was lawfully and by the Napoleonic rule, es-
tablished by the founder of the house, the
head of the family, and that its policy as q
family or dynasty should be and could only
lawfully be dictated by himself. His dormant
claims barred the succession of any other pre-
tender.
SEVERAL cases of yellow fever have
recently appeared near Lisbon, Portugal.
A COMMITTEE of the French Assem-
Ny A.'.s .~p~. .~a s. s~-.- .e che establish
ment Of divorce in France.
A STREET disturbance occurred in
Paris on the night of the oath, between the
Radicals and the Imperialists. A large num-
Der of the former had gathered about the doors
where the Imperialists were in consultation,
and as the latter came out greeted them with
loud cries of "Hurrah for the Zulus! Down
with the 1mperialists etc." The Imperialists,
irritated by these EXPLANATIONS, made quick
onslaught on the brawlers, and lively street
fight ensued, which was, with considerable
difficulty, quelled by the police.
ACCORDING to St. Petersburg tele-
grams of the 26th, arson was rife in that city
and throughout the Empire. The town of
Szyran, on the Volga, had been nearly de-
stroyed by fire, and many persons had been
arrested at Kief, st. Petersburg and Moscow
for clandestinely dealing in incendiary ex-
plosives.
ABDUL RAPMAN, pretender to the
Afghan throne, who has hitherto lived in Gen.
trail Asia under Russian protection, has in
vaded Afghauistan, and the Afghan troops in
Balkh have revolted.
A CAIRO egypt dispatch of the
18th says the Sultan had that day issued his
frman deposing the Khedive of Egypt, and
appointing his son, Prince Mohammed Tewfik,
as his successor. The latter had been pub
licly proclaimed Khedive from the walls of
the citadel. The Khedive had expressed his
to take his favorite wife thither.
THE Russian Nihilists recently stole
10000 roubles from the military chest at
Kief, and left behind them . receipt signed
by the Revolutionary Committee.
An instruction has broken out in
the Djuma district in Turkey, and the Gov
ernor OF Salcnica has made An urgent call
upon the Porte for achievements.
ROME dispatches of the 9th say the
Pope had abandoned for the present the idea
of diplomatic relations with England.
ACCORDING to London dispatches of
the 9th, . Protestant school-house in May.
nus, Galway County, ireland, had been
sacked by mob Of Irish Catholics, and the
Bibles used therein thrown into the sea.
The late Prince Imperials will was
opened on the 9th. His property is be
queathed to his mother, and Prince Victor
Napoleon Il designated - his successor.
ACCORDING to Paris dispatches of
the 2Sth ult., the Government had decided to
require of all Generals of the army renewal
OF the oath OF allegiance to the Republic.
A TrLIs telegram, received on the
18th ult., says the Tekke Turcomans had
made an Eruption into Persian territory,
captured and destroyed two forts, and taken
many prisoners.
The editor Of the Paris Zriboulet has
been sentenced to six month"; imprisonment,
and to pay fine of 5000 francs for caricatur-
ing President Grevy.
DURING severe thunderstorm which
passed over Paris on the night of the goth ult,
several persons were killed by lightning.
ACCORDING to st. Petersburg tele-
gram Of the 10Th ult, the Russian Minister
OF the Interior had issued orders to repress
the travelling agitators who were melting the
peasants to disturbance by spreading false
reports Of the impending redistribution Of
land.
II was dispatched from Constantine
pie on the 10th ult. that England and France
had notified the Porte that they would nos
consent to the abrogation of the trade Of 1851,
which authorized the Khedive to conclude
treaties with foreign powers aud maintain an
army.
GREAT excitement prevailed through
out Germany on the aOth ult. over the an
nouncement that DR.. Falk, Minister Of Public
Instruction and Worship; Herr Hobrecht,
Minister Of Finance, and DR.. Prudential
Minister OF Agriculture, had rendered their
resignations. The tender was Immediately
accepted, and Count Stalberg appointed to
the portfolio Of Agriculture, and Baron
eeidefts TO that of Finance. The successor
Of DR.. Falk had not been named.
SIR WILLIAM FOTHERGILL Cooke,
the constructor Of the first telegraph line ir
Great Britain fliAd NJ hia reaiilence in s.nn.
don, On the 30th nit. He was seventy three
years old.
A SOLEMN requiem mass for the re-
pose Of the soul Of the late Prince Imperial