Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1879-02-05
AROUND THE WORLD.
EUROPE.

mirality suspicious acts of an I'M
known steamer fifty miles west of
Fastnet, state that the affair is eth
er hoax or a delusion.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 24.-Grand
Duchess Anastasia, daughter of
Grand Duke Michael, was married
to-day to Prince Frederick Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. at the win
ter palace, with great ceremony.
The bells will continue ringing
for three days.
The Golos complains of the de-
lay in signing the definite treaty
between Russia and Turkey, ad-
vises the Russian Government not
TO hurry about the evacuation, and
says Russia's opponents are in
triguing to delay the settlement of
the Eastern and Roumelian ques-
tions until the departure of the
Russian army. at is therefore adj
visable," says the Golos, shat the
troop should remain at Adrianople
until April, so that the Porte may
still feel the influence of their
presence when the result of the
election of a Prince of Bulgaria is
declared" The Golos also says
England is de facto sovereign in
Afghanistan, and has every chance
for carrying through her plans in
Asia.
Tirnova, January 24.-The Con-
stitution for Bulgaria has been rat
flied by the Car, and has arrived
here. 1t will he translated into the
Bulgarian language and communi-
Gated to the foreign consuls and
Bulgarian Assembly. The time
consumed in translation will pro-
badly retard a meeting of the AS
sembly to the 9th or 10th of Feb
ruary, when it will be opened by
the Russian Governor of Bulgaria.
London, Jan. 25.-The Russian
and German medical journals state
that East Europe is in state of
great alarm at the rapid progress
of the plague toward the north and
east of Russia, from the Caspian
sea along the course of the Volga.
One difficulty in preventing the
spread of the plague is the want
of physicians. About one third of
the Russian doctors died during
the war or from the typhoid fever
which followed it, and large num-
Der of young students have been
summoned from the hospitals and
medical colleges to take their places.
One medical journal l Ififfa on the
Importance in the il Is cet of all
Europe, of providing Russia with
doctors and helping her keep
down the plague.
st. Petersburg, Jan. 25.--Forty
students are still under arrest at
Chariot. The university will re-
main closed until February Is.
London, Jan. 25.-In Paris traffic
is almost entirely suspended by
snow. In Brittany and other pro-
vinces railway communications are
interrupted. Lightships are aban-
doning their stations on account of
the ice. Navigation on the Scheldt
is declared dangerous, and pilots
are only granted if masters of ves-
sells will assume all responsibility.
London, Jan. 27.--Russia charges
that the Austrian and German
measures TO prevent the spread of
the plague are unnecessary, and
threaten materially to cripple Rus
sian commerce.
The owners Of the steam tug
Admiral have brought suit against
the United States ship Constitu-
tion to recover Ell, 500 for salvage.
The sum Of 9200 had been tender
ed to the owner of the tug, but
was rejected.
The British gunboat Goshawk
left Cork on Saturday, to seek the
alleged piratical steamer. and over
hauled many vessels but learned
nothing.
London, Jan. ga Berlin dis
patch states that Prussia is said to
be preparing a measure for the
Diet, providing for the permanent
retention of the Guelph fund by
Prussia, on the ground Of its for
feiture. The opinion of jurists on
The question Of the Brunswick sue
session is that the Duke of Cum
oerland's claims cannot be legally
Iet aside.
Seven thousand miners are idle