Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1879-05-30
CABLEGRAMS.

CABLEGRAMS.
/ CoNsTANTINoPLE advces under date
Of May Oath says the Porte has inform
ed its representatives abroad that the
Greek brigands recently ambuscaded
| forty six Turkish soldiers ia Forest Dis
trict, Trikaia, killed fourteen, cut their
bodies to pieces and hung the pieces on
trees.
A CORRESPONDENT at Vienna, reports
under date Of May oath, that dispatch
received there says that Greece is pre-
pairing to mobolize 10000 men, and that
she has sent an officer to the United
States to purchase two iron-clads
A DISPATCH from Berlin, dated the
oath, reports that, although the amend
ments providing for still higher duties
on grain than are proposed by the gov
eminent were rejected yesterday by a
vote of 173 to 161, it is expected the
agriculturalist party will ultimately
carry their point.
CALCUTTA advces of the Goth state
that the British India Steam Navga-
ton Company's steamer Ava was sunk
! in collision with another vessel and 56
of the crew and four passengers were
drowned. The Ava was an iron-screw
steamer, Of 1900 tons, and built in 1873.
PARIS advices under date of May 9th
say that the tariff committee decided
in favor Of the free importation Of raw
hides, and will recommend that glazed,
painted, or dressed leather be subjected
to duty of n per cent, and that the
duty on other kinds of leather be 30
francs, except upon shoe leather, in
regard to which the committee has not
yet decided.
A LONDON dispatch Of tile 23rd inst,
states that at II meeting of the Royal
Agricultural Society, yesterday, the
council We're recommended to instruct
the qualified commissioners to obtain
and publish separate and reliable re-
ports as to the corn and meat raising
capabilities of the United States, the
Ctnadas, Russia, India and Australia,
with regard to the probable food sup
ply intended for the English market
PARIS advices of May eth state
that the subcommittee Of the
Darien canal congress to-day pre-
scented report, admitting the possible.
ty of the Nicaragua route with locks,
while stating that the level canal course
proposed by 1t. Wyse and M. Reclus is
best subject to certain notifications.
The Nicaragua route would, it is esti-
mated, cost E2Si, 100000. The cost of
the Wyse- Reclus route is estimated to
cost E42 100000.
A LONDON Times editorial of May
23rd says: "Fhe adoption Of the Cali
fornia constitution is a surprise to the
world. 1t is the most astounding in.
strument ever framed for the govern
ment Of Il community; foolish as were
the notions of the reformers who put
forth their penaccas for the regenera-
ton of the human race during the
Paris commune, if they were
embodied III II document they
would not appear wilder, more
absurd, or more menacing than
many of the provisions of the constltu-
ton which now regulates the existence
of jewellers in California. Everybody is
to be punished and restricted in some
way. The constitution, us whole, is
such an extraordinary instrument that
the people of California might we'll be
stupiied when they learned that kear-
ney had carried his point"
PANAMA advices ofthe Goth announce
th MT the bombardment Of Pisagua and
Mollindo were not the acts of vandal-
ism, rs the Peruvian government
charges; that the agents sent from
Gillian ships were ordered to advise the
authorities TO consider their port under
blockade and to remove or if necessary
destroy all launches in the port. When
tie boats were within II hundred yards
or SO from land hot fire was poured
into them, killing. and wounding
several, which compelled the CHILEAN
force to retire. One body Of sol
dicrs fired from an eminencc I'M
mediatcly in the rear of the CONSUL
tate and over the building upon which
the consular flag was flying and in OPP
position to tie remonstrances of the
English consul, who represented that
the building was occupied by many wo-
men and children who had taken refuge
there. The Pensacola, flying in the
pennant Of Admiral Hodgers, arrived
in Calico from lquique and Humals,
bringing several American families who
arc seeking safety from the CHILEAN az
gressions.
CASUALTIES.
4 CHICAGO Tribune dispatch of the
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