New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1879-01-29
LATEST NEWS.

LATEST NEWS.
188 OLD WORLD.
A LONDON dispatch of the 10Th says
that the russians were still pushing forward
troops in the direction Of Merry, ostensibly to
punish the raiding Turcomans. England had
again informed her that any hostile movement
on Merry would be met BY an English advance.
A DISPATCH from Gen. Stewart at
Candahar, received in London on the 10Th,
states that information had been received
from Cabul Of the flight of Yacoob Khan from
the capital.
By the late snow-storm, the sheep
farmers Of Scotland lost over 100000 head Of
sheep.
In consequence of the refusal of the
Samoan Government to comply with the de-
nands OF Germany, the latter Power has or
dered two nlen-of-war to proceed to Samoan
ports and exact compliance by force, II neces-
sary.
A COLLISION recently occurred on
the Warsaw Railroad, near st. Petersburg, In
which twenty persons were killed and thirty
two injured, tweuty-one dangerously.
A D1sPArcH from Gen. Stewart, pub
ltshed in London on the 18th, says he had re-
connoitered thc route from Candahar to Ca
bull. and found that, although anarchy pre-
vailed, preparations had been made for Wig
orous defense. He was awaiting supplies
and reinforcements, and would not advance
upon the Afghan capital until they arrived.
Forbes, the correspondent Of the London
Daily Neacs, had been sent to the rear for pub
fishing contraband news
A DISPUTE about cab-fare in front of
the London and County Banking Company's
building, In London, on the 18th, caused
crowd to gather. Seeing the gathering and
thinking the bank was in trouble, depOsitors
began to withdraw their funds, and BY the
time the bank closed for the day decided
and persistent run was In progress.
Tl1oMAs w. ROCKER & Co., Gla-
morganshire, in Wales, iron masters, have
failed for large amount. They owe the
Bristol aud West Of England Bank, which,
lately suspended, $30o0.0O0.
The United States man-of-war Con-
stitution ran ashore. on the 18th, on Bolland
Point, near SwanaSee, Eng. She was pulled
of by steam tugs, and suffered very little
damage.
A ROME dispatch of the 18th says the
Vatican was about to establish several new
Bishoprics in the United States, and institute
new hierarchy.
The Spanish steamer Yrurac Bat,
from Baltimore, reached Corruna, Spain, on
the 10th, and reported that she had collided
with the British ship Lancashire Witch, and
that she sank with all on board. The steam
cr's bows were badly shattered.
A LAHORE Qndia) telegram of the
10Th says information had been received there
that shere Ali was returning to Cabul.
The North Wales Miners Union has
voted 81 to every member emigratiDg to
America, and Ella to emigrants to Australia.
ToUcHARD, the distinguished French
Admiral. died at Paris on the Goth.
THE trial Of the City of Glasgow
Bank Directors began in Edirburg, Scotland,
on the Goth. They are charged with fraud,
theft and embezzlement.
The construction of barracks for
10000 men on the Constantinople lines Of
defense has been ordered by the Porte.
THE American bark Shooting Star
sailed from Lisbon, Portugal, on the Goth,
with Angel, the defaultins Secretary of the
Pullman Car Company, on board.
The British Colonial Office made
public the following, on the 2lst: Capt. Pat
tcrson, two Europeans and five natives, while
returning from mission to native Prince,
all died from drinking from poisonous spring
near Victoria Falls, Zambcsi River.
The Gothenberg (Sweden) CONNER
cial Company has lately failed for $1,000, 900.
A BELGRADE dispatch of the 21st
says that Col. Cola, the Italian member of the
servian Boundary Commission, had been
robbed and murdered by Turkish brigands
near Plevna.
M. DE BORT, the French Minister of
Agriculture and Commerce, rendered his res
ignation on the 22d.
The St. Petersburg Golos announced,
on the 22d, that Prof. Nordenskjold's Arctic
steamer Vega was ce-bound four miles from
East Cape, In Behring's Strait Special re-
uSl 0ApSOltlOuB u1O OcCU Doub " IobCU6 ueCs
The announcement was made, on
the 22d, that tho Astrakhan plague had ceased
It's ravages.
Ex-PREsIDENT GRANT sailed from
Marseillcs for Suex, on the 22l.
IT was reported at Calcutta, on the
22d, that Russian steamer had made its way
up the River Oxus to . point beyond the
Afghan frontier.
A DISPATCH from Copenhagen, Swe-
den, published on the morning of the $50,
says commercial panic prevailed in that city.
There had been numerous failures ana more
were nonentarlly expected
The St. Petersburg Gazette of tho
Ed states that complete anarchy prevailed in
Kashgar. The rebels outnumbered the Chinese
occupying forces.
THB WEW VvO1ED.
The New York Sun of the 10th said
that it was stated, upon authority so Trust
worthy as to leave but little doubt Of the cor