Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-02-03
TRANSATLANTIC.
FIGHTING THE PLAGUE WITH FIRE,
The Torch to be RemOrselsssly Applied
to Infected Towns New Gov
emment Of the French Repub-
lie Gliding Smooth
y Along,
The Plague.


ST. PELERSBURG, February IA Com
mittee Of Ministers has resolved that the
! Minister oi the Interior he empowered
to burn Wctianka and other Villages
necessary, the inhabitants to be removed
elsewhere within the quarantine dis
trict. Troops 10 enforce the quarantine
will be placed at the disposal ofthe civil
administration. A delegate will bc
dispatched to Astrakan and neighboring
governments with power to adopt cN-
! tmordinary measures. lie will he ac-
cumpauied hy a medical commission To-
investigate the causes ol the epidemic.
six more persons have been attacked
! with the plague at Sclitrono. The Gear
has ordered General l.uTis Mellkut to
start Immediately iur Astrachan with
full powers. lie appointed Guvern"r-
Genera, oi the plague stricken districts,
which are created intoa province during
the continuance ol the epidemic.
NIENNN. Feb. An Imperial or
dinancc, identical with that oi Gcrmany,
prohibits the importation OF Il large
number of articles from Russia, and OF
dersdiSnfcCtiun ol allarrlyalS therelrnm
The Galiclan authorities memorable
the government for the immediate
establishment ui Gordon against
Russia.
ROME, Feb. l.--Thc Sanitary Council
has been cunvukcdto take precautionary
measures against the plague.
Sr. PETERSBURG, February 1.-The
Car has approved oi the summary
measures resolved upon 10y the
Committee of Ministers lur stopping the
plague. Three more eases have been
reported at Sclctrcuo. The doctors,
however, state that the plague nj Ncic-
trruu j. ContuedtO four peasant families
who hcrird together All remedies
have proved unavailing. The local
sanitary commission al Moscow have
decided on the most stringent prCCau-
tiuns, such Us the closing OF unhealthy
basement dwellings, erection OF build
iugS Ia accommodate two thousand pcu-
pie and furnaces iur burning infected
clothes aud the gratultUuS distribution
ui cooked provisions. Russia has asked
England To send medical men To- report
on the epidemic.
Outbreak Of Pleuro- Pneumonia in Eng
land.
LuNpuN. February IA serious out
break ui plcuro- pneumonia has occurred
among cattle AT Hull
Considerable excitement prevails
among farmers aud dealers IN bo< re
sIccting the existence ot a cattle plague
ia the United States. Reports respect
iug the extent at the disease aud lis
character are conflicting. In answer To-
private dispatches sent from London
and Liverpool, "a statement has been rc-
rrivcd that the disease, It IL existed at
oil in the United States, was ut such a
Slight character, aud confined To- such
narrow limits, that the iacts were scarce.
ly known To any one But official re
ports from Washiugtu" and from the
British Consul al New York are under
( stood 10 convey the impression that the
disease Is Oi very grave character, and
the importation ut live cattle from the
nitcd States should hc Immediately
aud completely forbidden
Shore Ali.
The stories concerning the death ui
Shcrc Ali Hrc very conflicting. some
reports assert that, IN his disapp"lnt-
mcnt and chagrin, hcCummittcd suicide:
others that ne was killed by trcachcr-
Gus couhdaut; others that lac died from
a natural cause. There is also a state
mcnt that Shere Ali is not dead, aud Is
on his way To- II. Petersburg.
Strike.
LIVERPOOL. February |. 80 Several
thousand engineers, boiler-makcrs, tit
tens and dock lahurcrs struck this morn
ing.
French Political Situation.l
PAgIs, February l.-L Temps an
nuunccs that Duiaurc declared in the
Cabinet to-day his irreyocahle rcsolu-
ton to resign the Presidency uf the
Council.
Rumors OF the resignation ol the en-
tire Cabinet are uniuundcd hut Wilson,
member II the Chamber u Deputies,
will probably succeed Drlari aS Minis
ter of Agriculture aud Commerce, VIII"
will succeed VI. Dcharcuurt ~ Minister
tu London.
lnNpoN, February The news from
France continues tu hr oi cheerful
character. 1t i not certain that Gam
bctta will take the post ui President ct
the Chamber oi Deputies, but IT l.
thought hc will not refuse II. The cN-
citcmcut in Pari. l. ended, and reports
from the Provinces say the change IA
administration mas been received with
appreciation.
PNuI,, February An cndcayor> t"
induce Duiaurr To- retain his office have
failed
President Grcycy ha, iutru-tr'i Nai-
dington with the task of forming u new
cabinet.
The Lb,si, states that nutaurc, Ia the
letter in which hc informed Grcvcy ct
his resolution to retire, pointed 30 III
advanced az and political views, and
urged that his Withdrawal would EWIll-
tate the solution ut numerous pending
questions.
Paul tic Cas~agnac, whose election
was iuyalidatcd hy the Chamber ui
Deputies, has been reelected hy a ma
jorily of 0hD.
PNRr,. January .. The candl.iaics
81 the ictt were unopposcd M seven "ul
oi twelve supplementary elections hcd
to-day lur pvputics.
IoNpoS. February "a Paris currr~-
iuudrut s.,ys: Waiiiugtuu has lvcU
selected a. Premier a. a clear pruUi that
the recent rc-assuring ui the foreign
policy will he continued. lie tUrihcr
-ay,: IL j. affirmed that only three MIN
isters will retir', and they Will be re-
placed hy members a the urc Lett
/ Many names arr mentioned l"T these
places, including those OF Lclorv, LcI-
over and Ferry.
England's South African War.
LoNuoN, February "a dispatch
dated CAPE Town, January 18th, -ays:
| w answer having been received from
/ Cetywago, the Zulu king up D. January
I 18th, the British trJoPs advanced into
. his territory m iuur columns on the
next day. They have, 50 lar encoun-
| tered no Resistance. Ii Il rePOTtt that
Oetywagois hamperei by siung peace
I party at home, and it Is cNP,rte,l that