Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-01-10
CABLE FLASHES.
GENERAL ROBERTS WHIPS TINE AT
CHAINS.
frightful Ravages Of the Plague The
Bey Of Iunis Will Apologize to
France Excitement 10 Berlin
Heavy Snow Storm. ,.Is.
The Plague.

The Plague.
ST, PETERSBURG, January 9.-The
plague has reached the government o.
EaAtodn. Al Naratzin l73 deaths have
occurred The motality is estimated VI
10 per cent of the population. .,.
The newspapers propose that the
nurses and attendants of the Red
Cross Society should volunteer for As
trakhAn. ....... .r4.. ...r. .-
The Cornish Bank Failure.
LONDON, January 9.-The liabilities al
the Cornish bank are ed5S, 200, being
much less than was supposed. The nm
easiness in Cornwall is allaytd, and the
drain upon the other banks considera-
bly, decreased. f. .. g.. 1..t
General Grant. .. Slid r.
LONDON, January 9.-Ex-President
Grant was the guest OF the American
Minister, last night, He expects to
leave to-day for Paris. t.'..
The Afghan War.
LONDON, January IA telegram from
Calcutta says. Tuesday General Rob
erts, finding the hostile tribes collected
in considerable numbers, attacked them
with three small columns and was COM
pletely victorious. Forty troops Of
Punjaub cavalry attacked the enemy,
killing nearly 300, The skirmishers Of
the Tenth Hussars drove the enemy
from Baven GromO. One hundred
prisoners, a quantity OF grain and q
large number of cattle were captured,
The British loss is trifling. The vic.
tory is expected to have greet moral
effect.
TAsHEENp, January g,-Gen. Rosgon-
off writes to Gen. Kaufman that he has
arrived at Mazar-l-Sharitf with the
Ameer, who presists in proceeding to
It, Petersburg. .-...
Will Apologize. add.
PARIS, January 9,-The la FrdyO an
nounces that the Bey OF Tunis yielded
to-day on all points, and will make an
apology with great pomp to the French
Consul, An inquiry into the saucy
affair will he ordered, and the three
'funisoan functiOnaries designated by
the consul viii be dismissed.
Snow Storm.
relegraphic communication in all
PARTS OF France is interrupted by snow,
especially in the midland departments.
Trains are blocked, and all tidings of
some ol them are lost.
Excitement in Berlin.
LONDON, January GA correspondent
at Berlin says there is great excitement
there concerning Il hill which Bismarck
has proposed To the Federal Council,
giving the Reichstag power To punish
It's own members for Improper utter
lnces, The extreme penalties are de-
Of eligibility to a seat In the
house and handing the offender overto
he civil courts.
Iron Works Closed.
LONDON, January 0.--Thc Consctt
Iron Works Company, the laaFgs,s,tt NAH, |
,wning ninccollieries, owing to dullness
n business have been obliged To tenpoT !
.arily suspend work at most of their
mills aud iorgcs and to discharge 700 oil
heir miners.
Papal Affairs.
LoSnov, January .. A dispatch from
Rome SAYS: The Pope has sent to the
of the Catholic ChuchA very
encyClical letter, IN which
he speaks at length of the condition OF
he Church, the Holy See and the So-
,iety. and explains what he has already
lone and what remains To bG done.
The document will shortly Ice published
and il is believed will create some sen.
'ation.
RoME, January 9.-The pope's ency-
.lical letter is published. 1t calls upon
he bishops TO combat Socialism, Com
nunism and lnternationalism by
preaching the principles Of the Church.
Beaconsfield Better.
LoNpoN, January 0.-Beaconstield
passed a very good night. The gout II