Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-04-25

a BERLIN cablegram of April Is says
Count SchouvalJtf, deferring to the
czar's wish, has Withdrawn mis- request
to retire to private life. and will prob.
ably remain Russian ambassador AT
London.
A Berlin dispatch under date OF
April 22d says simultaneously
with Solovioh's attempt OH the czar's
life three policemen were shot in Kas-
san. Among the assassins were an edu-
Gated girl aged II years and Il noble
| man.
A DISPATCH of the 2lst from Bombay
says according to intelligence received
there from Mandalay, the king declared
to his counsellors that fear had hereto
fore made him yield to the British de-
mand till henceforth he wanted neither
listen to nor speak Of proposals for the
accommodation Of England.
a PEsTH dispatch of April
Is says some hundred square
miles of fields are again sub
merged. The towns of Belgerend,
Tanusd, and Gynlavarasorj are
threatened. The water at Szegden has
risen eight inches. The people are
again quitting their houses.
j SAYS - st. Petersburg cable
gram Of April IS, SolouzIef,
who fired at the czar, is the son Of a
groom in the household Of the Grand
Duchess Catherine. After leaving the
st. Petersburg university. he became n
teacher He first fell under the notice
of tae authorities during the inquiries
into socialistic intrigues. He disap-
peared, and was not heard of until the
attempt on the cars life.
AN Athens cablegram of April
Is says the Turks are terrifying
the coast Of Epirus, and Turkish
war vessels are cruising III the
neighborhood, in consequence Of the
apprehension Of the landing of band
OF Italians at Adams, with the object
of securing the Albanian autonomy.
A cable dispatch from st. Peters
burg of the 22d inst. states that Gen.
Gourko, the newly appointed governor
general Of ST. Petersburg, ordered all
gun makers to send lists of their stock
to the city commandment, and sell only
to those presenting special AUTHORIZE
ton, under the penalty Of confscation
of stock ana prohibition of trade. Pri-
vate persons possessing arms can only
retain them by special permission.
Porters must be keptat the doors of all
houses day and night to prevent the
posting of placards and scattering ex-
plosiyes in the streets.
A SPECIAL cablegram of April 20th
says; Enghnd's foreign trade is i'll rs
unsatisfactory u state as her home COM
merce and manufacture interests. The
Anglo-Indian banks are IN a most un
satisfactory condition. England's trade
with China, which has been decreasing
steadily year by year is now said by
merchants to be ~ good as altogether
dropped, owing to the lack of profits on
the business and the unsatisfactory
state of highlands relations with China.
In fact, it seems probable that Eng
lands trade with China will have to be
abandoned, for it is admitted that
American opposition and enterprise
has entirely killed English rivalry in
that part Of the world
THE London Daily Neus Of the 21st
says: We cannot attemptto forecast the
result Of the duel between nihilism and
militaryism, to whica the Cars procla-
nation seems to be the challenge. 1t
is an attempt to meet disturbers with
something like their own weapons, and
to put down lawlessness by the suspen.
sion of law. The mere confession that
such an attempt is necessary must seem
II very curious step for the government
which for some years has aimed ut be-
ing considered II civilized government
For the time during which this ukase
lasts, and for the wide and important
district to which it is applied, Russia
ceases to be what she has recently been,
and reiapses into u condition of practi-
cal barbarism At once ard without
even the form of anything that can
be called trial any mans life or his
fortune may be taken from him. In
these six great cities and their depend
oncies all inconvcniencies Of such state
Of things must be borne by millions in
order that small but determined band
of evil doors may be suppressed. Per-
lGlps this evil state of things would not
he too much to bear ii it We're likely to
relieve the country OF II malignant po-
litical disease from which il appears to
tie suffering but if such relief were to
result from such measures it would be
for the first time in history. Tho mil
itary tribunals Of the six governments
may punish swiftly and savagcly but
they will neither prevent nor cure.
FIRES.
a FIRE IN Joliet, April 10th, destroyed
the Sloan building valued at s., 800.