The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1879-05-08
FOhElGN SUMMARY.

The Governor of Kieff has received letters
threatening incendiarism and slaughter by
means of dynamite and bombs.
THE steamer Nile, from AIva for New.
port, with q cargo of ore, has been lost,
Three only were saved of a crew of twenty.
three.
In the last revolution " at Panama about
thirty men were killed, the troops surren-
dered to the revolutionists and martial law
was proclaimed.
THE publishers of the Paris Revolution
Francaise have been condemned to three
months Imprisonment, and to pay fine of
one thousand francs, for publishing letter
justifying the Commune.
A DISPATCH from Berlin says: Solovieff,
who attempted to assassinate the Gar,
declares that though he was compelled,
under threat of death, to fire at the Gar, he
purposely missed him. Among those
arrested on suspicion of Nihilism is Stasoy,
who was counsel for the defense in a recent
trial of Nihilist.
PERSIA has suffered from earthquakes
from time immemorial, but seldom has one
occurred more disastrous than the one re.
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cality not mentioned in the Gazetteer, on the
22d of March. Twenty-one villages were
destroyed, and nearly thousand persons
killed, besides large number of cattle.
The Persian people, from the misgovern-
ment to which they are subjected, are de-
plorably poor, and this calamity must add
fearfully to their distress.
A GREAT fire occurred in the City of Oren-
burg, Ural River, Russia, destroying the
principal part. The loss is enormous
More than half of the population are desti-
tute of food and shelter. A Berlin cores
pondent attributes the Orenburg fire to
political discomfort, and points out that
offenders are frequently banished to Oren-
burg. The Governor appeals to the Minis
ter for speedy pecuniary assistance. No
| riots or excesses occurred during the con-
fagration. A large number OF government
officials were among the injured. The Min
lister of the Interior sent ten thousand
roubles to the sufferers.
ACAPETowN dispatch says: Dubalmanzi,
who led the attack on Ginglelovs, on the Sd
inst, and other chiefs with large army fol-
lowing, have proffered submission. Lord
Chelmsford promised them personal safety
and possession of their cattle, but pending
| the war they should be located on British
| territory. John Dunn having pledged his
word for their safety, the chiefs are ex-
| pected in at once. The head of the In
| telligence Department has moved forward
| from Greytown to meet the representative
from Cetawayo. but the sincerely of his pro-
posals is suspected. John Dunn has gone
| 10 Durham. His presence at headquarters
is thought necessary to secure the submis-
sion of the chiefs. Everything portends to
to an early peace. Meanwhile, war opera
tions are actively proceeding, and an ad.
vance on the Kings kraalgees seems certain,
from Colonel Woods direction, whether
peace is offered or not.
FROM st. Petersburg we learn that the
police are arresting people by patches at all
hours of the day. Hitherto arrests were
made at night. On the slightest suspicion
against any person, his whole family are ar
rested, and domiciliary visits are paid to all
their acquaintances, these leading to further
| apprehensions on the most frivolous
grounds. Eighty-three furnished lodging
keepers are in prison for not reporting
within twenty-four hours the latest ar
rivals. Jakovieff, government official liv-
ing in the Winter Palace, and his son, an
officer in the guards, are among the persons
in custody. Baron Bistrom, Deputy
Commandant of the St. Petersburg garrison,
and Gen. Gildenstaub, Commandant of the
Moscow garrison, has been superseded for
insufficient enthusiasm toward the new or.
der of things. There are few pedestrians
or carriages in the streets, but an endless
line of porters are seated on stools at every
door with stout sticks. Covered prison vans
frequently pass with police officer noun
ted beside the driver, and Gen. Gourke
drives round in an open drosky, escortee
by Cossacks cracking their whips. Th,
inhabitants are not accomplices of Mill
lists, but apathetic spectators.