Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1879-03-05
FOREIGN.

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YELLOW FEVER is increasing at an
alarming vote in Rio Janeiro.
GEN. Won Room died in Berlin last
week. ....-.
THE body of Bayard Taylor is e3uoute
for New York on the steamer Geltert.
Work has begun on the buildings for
the Madrid international exhibition of
1880
AUSTRIA and Turkey continue to COM
municate with each other in very con-
ciliatory language.
The English steamer Sittstrid has
been wrecked at SalernO and eighteen
persons drowned.
TIE French atlantic cable is broken
161 miles from st. Pierre, Miqueron,
in 500 fathoms Of water
A SIDNEY. Australia, dispatch of Feb.
9th says: The statue of Captain Cook
was unveiled yesterday, in the pres
ence of 10000 persons.
THE young French prince imperial,
son Of Eugene, will join the British
forces in South Africa. He wants a
commission in the army.
THE river Garonne mas burst its en-
bankme nt at Labastide Canon, and it is
feared lives have been lost. Extensive
floods have occurred at Bayonne, Tar
bes, and Bordeaux.
IT is thought Lord Dufferin's appoint
ment as ambassador at st. Petersburg
may lead to the renewal of the zone d.
viding the spheres of the two powers in
Asia.
A REPORT is revived that Queen Vic
toria will visit the continent this spring
going first to Italy where she will spend
some time at Barens, afterwards visit
ing Coburg and Da1mstadt.
SHERE ALI has been reported dead
but conflict of opinion in regard to
the matter is now going on throughout
! Europe. The best information leads to
the belief that the Shere is actually a
dead man.
A DISPATCH from Alexandria an
nounces thata definite peace has been
arranged between the King of Abyssinia
and the Khedive of Egypt. The for
mer is to receive a pension in exchange
for the disputed frontier province.
A DISPATCH from Berlin says the
Roumarian evacuation of Arab Tabia
is due to the fact that Prince Gortscha-
koff used violently threatening Ian
guage on the subject. Germany is now
prepared to support Russia's claims
concerning the boundary in dispute.
A CALCUTTA cablegram of Feb. 25th
says: A slight rain in Oudge and the
northwest provinces has improved the
prospects somewhat. The PuEjaub
needs much more rain. The condition
of the spring crop there is very critical.
THERE has been some renewal of the
disturbances on the Albanian frontier
of Servia, which is likely to lead to re-
elimination between Servia and the
Porte. A large body Of Albanians
made an incursion into Servia. They
were pursued, and recrossed the from
tier.
The Pope, in replying to an address
from the Cardinals, emphasized his de-
sire to reconcile both Princes and peo-
pies to the church; expressed his re adj
ness to extend his hand to all who re-
pent and cease their prosecutions, and
his unflnching intention always to com
bat, in defense of the rights and the in
dependence Of the church, those who
make war against her.
The Chinese government has purchas-
ed machinery and engaged experienced
engineers and spinners in Germany to
establish a cotton mill in China. SO as
to free that country from dependence
upon English and Russian imports.
A CONsTANTINoPLE dispatch says that
in consequence of representations of the
U. S.. consul Heap the grand vizier has
abandoned the proposal to replace the
the Turkish minister at Washington by
charge de- affairs.
A HEAVY storm prevailed Feb. 26th
throughout Italy. A dispatch from
Rome reports that the sea inundated
large portion Of Venice. In the
Piazza San Marco the water was thirty
inches deep. The coast from Genoa to
Naples is strewn with wrecks. Parma
Piacenza, Milan, and Florence were
damaged by the storm. ~
A DISPATCH of Feb. 9th, says ire
! mendous storms continue in the south
of France, where hundreds of people
are thrown on public charity by the
destruction or .inundaJlon of their
houses. In Spain the tempest lasted
four days, and there was much damage
and loss of life.1 Various villages and
farms in Navarro and the Aturias ere
destroyed A bark, name unknown,
was wrecked at Corunna, and thirty
persons drowned. The steamer Mem
!, phis, from Liverpool for New Orleans,
: ashore at the entrance Of the harbor
at Corunna, has been abandoned She
is considered complete wreck.
LATER dispatches concerning. the
disastrous storm in Italy state that the
whole coast is strewn with
wrecks; at many ports small crafts
were blown out to sea and lost in the in
terror. The storm was equally violent at
Puagginoto; near Siena the campanile
of church was blown down while the