Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1879-03-01
Several Persons Drowned in Lake
Geneva During the Recent
Severe Storms.
Death Of Cardinal FiIippO Guidi
-Thirfy-FOur ArchbisiROps
and Bishops Rec
Ognized.
Queen VictOrias Departure for the
Continent the Last of
this Month.
Condition of Affairs in South Africa.


ROME, March 1.-The memorable
tablet on the house where John Keats,
the poet, died was unveiled to-day in
the presence Of the principal English
and American residents Of the city
The decree subiecting vessels arriv-
ing from United States and South
American ports to quarantine has been
abrOgated.
Cardinal Filippo Guidi, bishop of
Palestrina, is dead age GA years.
The pope yesterday held consistOry
and raised Cardinal Nina pontifcal
secretary of state to the cardinal presi
dent, and nominated Cardinal lEdoardo
Borromeo, camerlingo OF Sacred Col
lego, in place of Cardinal FelTieri,
whose term has expired. His holiness
also recognized thirty-four archbish-
ops and bishops. No cardinals were
created.
LONDON, March l.. p The cotton
masters of Lanca,hirc recommend
that the Blackburn standard list ("
be generally adopted for the regula-
ton Of weavers wages. The change
implies reduction. Ty2 Thousand
weayers at Conglcton already refuse to
submit.
A Cape Town dispatch says affairs
in the Iransyaol cause considerable
pxlety 1t is reported that the Re
publicans intend to recoryene the old
yolkraad, dissolved by Sir Theophilus
Shepstone, and elect president of
the Republic. 1t reported also that
a majority of the TransyaoI Bsers will
decline to take part against the Zulus.
A dispatch from Etywayo to General
Kruger, former president of Trans
vaol, asking tie Beers to remain neu-
trail, has beer intercepted.
The commander Of the Dutch eta-
ton had seized and sent back to
the zulus cattle captured and sold to
settlers on the ground that the Zulus
might be expected to invade Trans
aol to recapture their cattle. The
British magistrate had issued a war
rant Tor the arrest Of the comm lnder,
but an attempt to execute it would
probably be forcibly resisted. The
leaders of the Dutch party pro
test against these reports and against
suspicious of an alliance, present CT
prospective, between the Beers and
Aulus. Many Beers are serving eff
clently with Colonel Woods column,
and Transyaol itself is threatened by
both AecOcoeni and by Kaflirs within
its borders.
BERLIN, March l. The Hnow is
fifteen feet deep in Schleswig.
GENEVA, March l.--Several persons
were drowned in Lake GcnovaNdmina
the recent storm. The damage IN
Canton Vaad alone is elO,0OO.
CoNsTANTMopTE,' March 1.-The
French and English ambassadors in
formed the porte they could not as
sure that their respective governments
would support the first Turkish pro-
posal, relative to the Greek boundary,
as tits not based upon the treaty Of
Berlin. The council of ministers
elaborated and dispatched to Molukh-
tar Pasha, Turkish boundary commits
sioner, the project which it thinks,
though not ceding all that the Greeks
desire, will afford basis for negotia-
ton.
FARls, March Lit Is said here
that Queen Victoria will leave Lon
don at the end Of March for this con
tinent, resting one night at the British
Embassy here and will then proceed
to the Italian lakes, where she will be
met by tile Duke and Duchess of
Gonnaught on their wedding tour.
Her majesty thence goes to Germany.
Ex-President Mcmahon yesterday
visited the Museum of Decorative
Art.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 1.-The
rebellion againt the Chinese govern
mont, in kashgar has been completely
crushed, and the r5mriants Of the dc.
ieatcd force are rceuraing to the Rus
sian territory.