New Ulm weekly review., 1879-06-25

Wednesday, June 25th, 1879.
LATEST NEWS.
THE OLD WORLD.
A BELGRADE telegram of the 14th
says Servia had asked for the privilege of
sending representative to the United States.
WHILE the steamer Orpheus was ly-
ing in Stettin Harbor on the 18th, her boiler
burst, and many persons aboard were killed.
Ten bodies had been recovered up to sundown
Of that day.
The cholera has made its appearance
among the British forces retiring from Az
ghanistan. # ~.
AT q meeting of tenant-farnlers at
Midtown, Ireland, on the 10th, q number OF
banners were displayed, on which were in
scribed: "Thc land is for the People";
"Down with the Tyrants''; "Ireland for the
Irish'; etc. During the meeting enthusiastic
cheers were given for the Irish Republic, and
for the Zulus because of their resistance to
England. g..
ADv1CEs from Cashmere, received on
the 10th, were to the effect that the famine
had assumed fearful proportions in that
Province. Several of the towns and villages
had become entirely depopulated.
In the French Assembly on the 10th,
during the discussion of the Educational bill.
M. Dc Cassagnac denounced the Government
in such violent terms that he was censured by
the House.
THE great boat race on the Tyne was
won by Hanlan, the Canadian oarsman, on
the 10Th, by about ten lengths. Elliott was
outrowed all through the race:
VIENNA kilograms of the 10th report
fresh foundations throughout Gallicia, Silesia
and Hungary. Seven iron bridges across the
Danube had already been destroyed.
NEWS was received from Liberia on
In that country between the natives and the
emigrants from the United States The pres
cncc of an American man-of-war at Monravia
was 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 Alb
dul Aziz.
PROFESSOR ROsENKRANTz, 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.
AN international pedestrian contest
was begun at London on the 10th, the prin-
cipal participants being Brown, Weston, En-
mis- and Harding. The score on the morn
ing of the 18th was: Weston, 127 miles and
3h laps; Brown, 1926 miles and Ga laps; Har-
ding, 20 miles; Ennis. 20 miles and 4 laps.
At three o'clock on the morning of the 18th
the record stood: Brown, 227 miles; Weston,
go; Ennis, 40; Harding, 100. Up to three
o'clock on the morning of the 21st Weston
had accomplished 473 miles, and Brown 420.
Harding and Ennis had withdrawn from the
match.
The eruption from Mount Etna was
followed, on the 18th and 18th, by earthquakes
which destroyed five villages and the Town of
Acereale, 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 $l3,-
100000.
A MASS of rock, the removal of which
will take q year, fell in Mount Simplon Pass,
Switzerland. on the 18th.
TIE burglar who robbed the Re-
ceiver's office in Southern Russia of I, SOC, GOO
roubles has been arrested. Over 100000
roubles were found in his possession.
ADv1cEs from Cape Town, South Al
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 asscgais. 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 credcn-
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 Consul-General had
received the Sultan's firman for the deposit
tion of the Khedive of Egypt.
A LONDON telegram of the Goth says
the news of the death of the Prince 1mpe.
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 matter of considcra.
BILE importance to France, since It removed
from French politics a 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 2Ott
for meeting of all the Bonapartists leaders
at Chiselhurst. 81.
THE Florence Qtaly) : wings Bank,
with the banks affiliated Herewith, have noti
fled the Government of their intention to sus
pend payment.
The Turkish Grand Vizier rendered
his resignation OH the Goth. The Sultan de-
clined to receive it, saying that he might bt
obliged to remove him. ~.
The chief instigator of the wal
against the Dutch in Acheen is dead.
THE NEW WORLD.
The total subscriptions to the four.
percent. refunding certificates up to the
evening of the 18th was $39, ,s75,62O.
A POLICEMAN named Nugent has
been arrested in New York, upon the charge
of completely in the Manhattan Bank rob
berry.
: REV. SAMUEL s. HARRIS, of Chicago,
has formally signitlcd his acceptance Of the
Bishouric of Michigan
A WASHINGTON telegram of the 18th