The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1879-07-03
LATEST NEWS.
THE OLD WORLD.

LATEST NEWS.
THE OLD WORLD.
News was received from Liberia on
the 18th that there was likely to be trouble
in that country between the .tives and the
smtgrants from the United States. The pres
cnce OF an American man-Of-war at Monravia
vas believed to be necessary to protect the
lives and property of those who were former
ly residents Of the United States.
A MINISTERIAL crisis prevailed in
Turkey on the 18th. Threatening documents
were being circulated against the Sultan, and
numerous arrests had been made, including,
among others, the son of the late Sultan Ab-
dull Axiz.
PROFESSOR ROsENKRANrz, of Koenigs-
berg, the eminent German philosopher, died
on the 18th.
The Algerian insurgents have been
defeated and dispersed by the French troops.
GENERAL KAUFMAN, the command
er OF the Russian forces in Central Asia, re-
turned to St. Petersburg on the 18th.
THE eruption from Mount Etna was
which destroyed five villages and the Town of
Accreale, situated in the Province Of Catania,
on the east coast of Sicily. Ten persons were
killed and many injured.
The strike of the lumbermen in
Sweden has collapsed.
The will of the late Baron Roths-
child shows An estate in England of e13,
100000.
will take year, Ell Il Mount simpion Pass
Switzerland, on the 18th.
The burglar who robbed the Re-
ceiver's Office in Southern Russia of l, 500, 900
roubles has been arrested. Over LOCO, 900
roubles were found in his possession.
ADvIcEs from Cape Town, South AZ
rica, received on the 10Th, officially announce
the death Of the Prince Imperial of France.
He was out scouting with an officer and six
men, and fell into an ambuscade. The Prince
was wounded and two of his escort killed, and
the rest were compelled to abandon him. The
Zulus then fell upon him and quickly killed
him with their assegais. Next day his body
was recovered, and seventeen knife wounds
were found.
The French Assembly voted, on the
10Th, to remove the legislative body from
Versailles to Paris-ayes, $40; noes, 262.
ANDREW D. WHITE, the United States
Minister to Germany, presented his creden-
tials to the Emperor on the 10Th. He was
well received, and was afterward presented to
the Empress.
IT was reported from Alexandria on
the 10th that the French ul-General had
received the Sultan's tirman for the deposit
ton of the Khedive of Egypt.
A LONDON telegram of the goth says
the news of the death Of the Prince Impe-
rial Of France had greatly affected his moth
er, and it was feared she would die of grief.
Paris papers of the same date consider the
death of the Prince q matter OF considera-
bic importance to France, since it removed
from French politics disturbing factor.
Prince Jerome Napoleon, the direct heir of
the dynasty, was declared to be decidedly un-
popular, and it was thought the Imperial
leaders would not willingly push his claims.
The ex-Empress issued orders on the 10th
for a meeting of all the Bonapartists leaders
at Chisehurst.
The Florence Qtaly) Savings Bank,
with the banks affiliated Herewith, have noti-
fed the Government of their intention to sus-
pend payment
The Turkish Grand Vizier rendered
his resignation on the Goth. The Sultan de-
clined to receive it, saying that he might be
obliged to remove him.
The chief instigator of the. war
against the Dutch in Acheen is dead
As WAS expected, Weston proved the
victor in the International Walking Match,
making his $50 miles at eleven o'clock on the
night OF the 2lst- Brown, his competitor
completed his $50 miles at seventeen minutes
after five O'Clock, and left tie track. Pes des
securing the cham ioaship, Weston rec.iv. d
the belt and won s., 500 from Sir John Astley,
and gathered in the lions sha OF the gat
money.
A CoNsTANT1NoPLE telegram of the
2lst says the Council of Mini ,ters had as
sented to the voluntary abdication of tbs.
Khedive of Egypt, but if he refused. the Port.
would require the Powers to submit t. tn.
Sultan full explanation of their motiv, be
fore insisting upon his deposition. Cairo
(Egypt) telegram Of the % says the Khediyt
had declined to abdicate, and hal referred tn,
En- lish and French Consuls q General to tn,
Porte.
The Pope is endeavoring to bring
about the restoration of diplomatic relations
between England and Mexico.
The younger of the brothers An
drews, who together crossed the Atlantic from
Boston in the dory Nautilus last summer, has
announced his intention to return in her
alone, except for the companionship of a
small dog.
A PARIS dispatch of the 22d says
Prince jerome Napoleon would not allow
either himself or either of his sons to become
pretenders to the Imperial throne.
THERE we're 1880 conHagrations in
Russia during the month of May, occasioning
q loss of ,0OO, 900 roubles.
The Queen of England and the
Princess OF Wales paid visit of condolenc.
to the ex-Empress of France, at Chselhurst,
on the 23d.
The London Times of the 23d re.
ports great depression at Sheffield. Loca.
failures bad occurred during the precedip.
week, with liabilities aggregating &lO,OtW OoO.
The first sod Of the Darien Canal
will be turned on January !, 1880, and the en-
terprise will, it is said, be completed in eight
years.
THE NEW WORLD.
HENRY w. BLAIR (Republican) was
elected United States Senator by the New
Hampshire Legislature on the 18th. The vote
on joint ballot stood: Blair, 1871; Bingham
Democrat), 80.
EVAN RICE, ex-Cashier of the Ma
tional Bank of Wilmington and Brandywine,
DEL, has been sentenced to tive years. inn
prisonment for embezzlement and false en-
tries.
The Republicans Qt Wisconsin will
hold their State Nominating Convention on
the 23d Of July.
The findings of the Court-martiai in
the case Of Colonel D. 8. Stanley and Colonel
w. B. Hazen have been made pnblic. The
Court found Stanley guilty of conduct to the
prejudice Of good order and military disci-
pline, and sentenced him to be admonished
in general orders by the General of the Amy
General Sherman approved the finding, ad-
ministered the edmonton, and directed the
3nci oo1a and