New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-04-23
LATEST NEWS.

LATEST NEWR
THE OLD WORLD.
A PARIS dispatch Of the 18th an
nounces the death Of j. d. Cartier de villeme.
SAINT, long director Of the Paris Figaro.
The Metacony affair is in process Of
settlement, France having withdrawn from
tho island the occupying force.
A ST.. PETERSBURG dispatch Of the
18th gives an account Of the recent slaughter
Of student prisoners at Kied. It SAYS they
had arranged to gain their liberty by burrow-
ing under the walls Of the prison. "A con-
federate betrayed the design to the authori.
ties, and the prisoners we're allowed to enter
the tunnel, where they were Ill shot.
A SHELL exploded near Prince Milan
while he was walking at Nisch, afew days ago.
1t is thought an attempt was made to assassin.
ate the Prince.
INNOCENT, the Metropolitan Bishop
Of Moscow, and formerly Missionary Bishop
at Alaska, died, on the 18th. >
An attempt was made to assassinate
the Gear of Russia on the 18th. While he was
taking his mornings walk near the palace in
st. Petersburg, four shots were fred at him,
but he was not hurt. The would-be assassin
was arrested by crowd which assembled on
hearing the firing. The city was Immediately
decorated in thankfulness for the Cars e.
cape. =
A VASTLY productive petroleum
spring has been discovered near Pechelbroun,
In Alsace.
IT is announced that Russia will be-
gin the evacuation Of Bulgaria and Roumelia
on the lst of May.
GEN. GAR1BALD1 has written 4 letter
in which he advocates universal suffrage
throughout Italy.
ASr. PETERSBURG telegram Of the
18th says the state of feeling in official circles
in consequence Of the recent attemptupon the
lite of the Gar was one of mingled terror,
rage and mutual suspicion. It had been a.
certained that the assailant of the Car was
one solowjef. It was also reported that the
heads of the secret police were about to resign
In consequence of the discovery that three
fourths of their subordinates were In league
with the Nihilists.
ALoNDoN telegram of the 10th says
many Of the striking miners were emigrating
to the United States.
A BERLIN dispatch of the 10th says
Solowjeff, the would be assassin Of the Gar,
had confessed that he was appointed by lot to
shoot the Emperor.
A DISPATCH from Cairo, Egypt, Of
the 10th says the Khedive had recalled all
furloughed officers and disbanded soldiers.
A LONDON telegram of the 10th says
the striking miners then numbered 10000.
ACAPE Town dispatch, received in
London on the 10Th, says King Cetewayo
had sent further messengers to Lord Chelms-
ford with ove.tl,res Of Peace. The Ekowe re-
lief column started on the 28th Of March.
On the 3Oth ult., in fight with the Zulus, the
Eritish lost seventy-seven men.
The fireworks factory at Angouleme,
Frsnce, exploded, on the 10th. Seven per-
SONS were killed, and more were missing.
A ST. PETERSBURG dispatch of the
18th reports the assassination of the Chief Of
Police of the Town of Archangel. A special
commission had been appointed to organize
repressive measures against tho Nihillsts
The Chief Of Police of the Town of Yelta, II
the Crimea, had been arrested 40 a revolu
ZIONIST.
BERLIN papers of the 18th say thai
Russia had demanded of England the extra
dition Of certain Nihilists domiciled there
and that the latter had declined to accede t.
the demand.
The Turkish paper currency wa
selling in Constantinople, on the 18th, at tel
TO one-ten dollars in currency for one dolla
In gold. Great distress prevailed.
AN explosion of fire.damp occurred
On the 18th. in the Aerappo coal-pit, neal
Mons, Belgium, and the woodwork of tn,
shaft caught fire and fell in. There were IN
persons in the mines.
A UKAsE was published in St. Peters
burg, on tho 18th, ordering the appointment
Of Governor General for each Of the si1
most populous districts in Russia, with des
potic powers, exceeding that Of General IL
time Of war.
RUSSIAN journals have been for.
hidden to make any further mention of thu
late attempt on the life of the Gar.
A LONDON telegram of the 18th saJu
Englsnd's trade with China would have to be
abandoned, for the reason that American op
position and enterprise had entirely killed
English rivalry in that part of the world
PAROLE, an American horse, wor
the stakes in the Newmarket races, the othe,
day.
The Turks are terrifying the Coast
OF Epirus, and Turkish war vessels are cruls.
Ing In adjacent waters fearing the landing o,
Italians and Albanians.
A CoNsTANT1NoPLE telegram of the
18th says the Sultan, receiving the Envoy Of
the hhedive, had expressed his dtsapproval Of
his conduct, but said he did not intend to de
throne him.
SEVERAL German prelates have of
fered to resign their Sees II such actor
would facilitate negotiations between Germa
ny and the Vatican.
A PEsrH dispatch of the 18th saw
the rivers forming the Thesis had again over
flowed their banks, and were threatenin,
several important Hungarian towns. Som,
hundreds of square miles of territory wer,
submerged. 80
UP to the evening Of the 18th, eighty
nine OF the 24O miners imprisoned In the Bel
gium coal-mtne had been rescued.
THE NEW WORLD.
AT well-attended caucus of thu Re
publican Senators, on the afternoon of tn,
18th, It was agreed that every possible eftor
should be made to defeat the passage of th'
Army Appropriation bill in its present shape
Tor the reason mainly that the enactment o
the sixth section would prevent the use OF tn
posse co1sitatas on election days for the exc
cution OF civil processes of anv and all ID