The weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1878-1881, 1879-12-16
FOREIGN.

~ FOREIGN.
CASTLE BAR, Dec. Gin the removal of
Thos. Berran to prison from the court house
last night great crowds with blazing tar bar
rels followed the car in which he was con-
veyed, cheering the prisoner and hooting the
police. The crowd stopped the car, bat as it
was we'll guarded no rescue was attempted.
Subsequently the police, by order of the
magistrate, seized the tar barrels and the
crowd dispersed precipitately. There is great
excitement at Castle Bar and in the neighbor-
hood. ra..- -T " .-.s..-,
MONTREAL, Dec. 7.-At meeting OF St.
Patricks National Society, the most inHuell-
tial Irish organization in the city, held last
night, resolution was adopted sympathizing
with the distressed in Ireland and appointing
committee of six to make collections from
house to house. A resolution was also passed
recommending the Imperial Government to
grant assistance by public works and other
wise to the people in the west of Ireland.
The speeches were very moderate in tone.
LONDON, Dec. S.--A meeting of land agita-
tors, numbering about 5000 persons, was
held near Castle Bar yesterday. The people
in the procession were commanded by men
carrying wooden swords. The proceedings
were quiet.
| Ahlo, CCC. C-Ah 1IiSu VI dr.
| lament appeals in violent terms through the
| Republique Francaise for continental sympa-
| thy for the Irish.
LONDON, Dec. S.-The main chapel of the
Wesleyan Chapel, was much injured by fire
| yesterday, and the history building of Wes-
ley's Chapel was gutted. Wesleys pulpit
was saved. The beautiful frescoed ceiling is
terribly injured, and great doubts are enter
tanned whether the roof can be restored.
| The British India Steam Navigation Com
pany's ship Eldorado, with 95 passengers and
a Lascar crew of about go, put into Plymouth
| Saturday to repair her damages after hair
breadth escape from total loss in the Bay OF
Bscay, where the vessel lay for 40 hours dur
ing storm on Wednesday and Thursday in
a state of total disability. Nearly all of the
| crew during the whole time OF danger
were lncapacitated for duty by fear, and but
for the exertions Of the passengers there is
little question but that she would have gone
down. The waves broke One of the ventila-
ting shafts of the vessel and flooded the en-
gine room and all the fires were extlnguished.
The Lascar crew abandoned their posts, and
the male passengers at the Captains call
bailed and pumped water from Wednesday
night to Thursday night.
| OTTAWA, Dec S.-An Indignation meeting
has been held here by the Irish Catholics,
growing out of the warfare between w. Fl
Nagle, editor of the Ottawa Herald, Catho-
lie organ, and bishop of the Catholic Church
1t has been found necessary to place guard
over the Herald office to prevent its being de-
molished. Nagle has received many threat
ening letters. The circulation of the paper
has quadrupled since the conflict began.
Moscow, Dec. 9.-There is we'll founded
suspicion that one of the principals concerned
in the plot against the Cars life by the ex-
ploson here last week is a returned convict
from Siberia.
LONDON, Dec 9.-The severe weather
continues in Great Britain and on the Conti-
nent. Heavy snow falls are reported through
out Germany and Austria, Switzerland and
} France, Paris, Madrid, Brussels, Florence,
Bologna, Milan, Genoa, Venice, Verona and
Rome. At Naples the river Loire is frozen.
/ The municipality of Paris has voted SOC, ,oOC
!, francs for the relief of the poor.
BERLIN, Dec. 9.-It is reported in Russian
circles here that the condition of the Czarina
is greatly improved.
J A correspondent announces that the Ger
5 man government will Enthusiastically resume
, the sale of its superiuous silver.
, Close to the Odessa railway station three
: mines filled with gunpowder and nitro glycer
5 inc have been discovered.
t MADRID, Dec. 9.-Senor Herrera has failed
to form new ministry, and The King has re-
r quested Senor Canoyas del Castillo to under
: take the task.
: HAVANA, Dec. 9.-The general command
S ing the department of Cinco Villashas ISSUED
4 a circular saying that considering the favora
n BILE condition of the province and that man.
a of the scattered insurgents fear to surrender
. believing they will not be pardoned, the tim,
n during which pardon will be granted to al
: insurgents who surrender has therefore beel
e prolonged to the 18th.
CASTLE BAR, Qreland) Dec. 9.-After tn,
:, . evidence of the shorthand writer and polio
II witnesses had been concluded, Brennan wa
= , committed for trial and bail was accepted fo
l. his appearance to answer. After his release
;. Brennan addressed a crowd from the window
y , of his hotel He announced that whateVe
', he had said at Balla he was prepared to reit
u crate. His words were loudly cheered.
,s ROME, Dec. 9.-Ca.dinal Nina, Papal Sec
n retary of State, writes to the Papal Nuncio a
: Brussels that the Holy See has used all effort
,r in the past to avoid conflict and that fmrthe
70 +overtures are inconsistent with the dignity c
= the Holy See. Cardinal Nina instructs th
Papal Nuncio to return TO Rome at once
nf the Belgian government recalls its ambasss
ar dor to the Vatican.
IS PARIS, Dec. 9.-In the Senate to-day La
lg pere said the government intends to ask for
III grant OF 100000 francs to be used in the n
" lief of the inhabitants of those districts sutfe
ing from depression of trade.