The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-30
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An official dispatch dated at Manila, July 81,
states that there was another shock Of earth
quake ut that place which lasted So sccondP.
Not single public ediiicc was spared. The
convent of GuadalOupe was destroyed. No
body was killed. The inhabitants are encamped
outside Of the town.
| The body of Madame SkObelcff, murdered
and robbed by Sub-Lcutcnant OuZatiski, has
! been brought to st. Petersburg. The motive
of OuZatiski in the murder of Madame Skobe-
| left was revenge, the madame having refused
to consent to his marriage with her daughter.
ABDUR RAHMAN KAHN was formally recog
! nized Us amcer Of Afghanstan, on the sd inst,
and his name has been rccited in prayers i'll the
mosques. Many leaders Of Yakoob Kahn's
party have joined him. He has released the
merchandise seized in Turkestan. The British
army is to be withdrawn in three weeks.
/ A STATUE of Leopold l., late king OF Bel
GUM, was unveiled ut Brussels, on the 2ist in
slant, tho folty-ninth anniversary Of his Access
! sion 10 the throne.
EXPLOSION Of powder in the artillery works
ut Roosik, South Russia, killed eighteen and
Wounded twelve people.
Mas. ANNIE WErMoRE, of Now York, poison
cd herself at the residence Of Lady Albert Pei
ham Clinton, Ruc Billault, Paris on the 2lst
| instant. The deceased was u beautiful lady, Il
divorced wife. Up toa short time ago she wa
aiiianced Ia the marquis Of Anglcssey, but he
met, fell in love with and married Mrs. Wede-
ho,lsc, nee Miss Minnie King, Of Georgia. Mrs.
Wetmore in despair ut the event put an end to
her life.
4 MADRID dispatch Of the 2lst inst says
"Tho earthquake shocks III the island Of Luzon
lasted from the 18th to the 10th inst, the first
aud last being the most severe. The cathedral
and barracks ut Manila have fallen land troops
are oncamped outside the city. Eleven natives
were killed and six injured. No Europeans
were hurt. The inhabitants of Manila have
lied to the fields The earth has opened in
several places and jcts OF boiling water and
showers Of ashes are elected. Some public
buildings at LaZuna and ltobacon have been de-
moshcd. All volcanoes OF Suezor are III full
activity"
GEN. GONZALES has been elected president
Of Mexico by large majority. An abortive ut
tempt was made the 18TH inst, TO shoot him.
While lac was on balcony receiving an ovation
some person in the crowd fired shot. Two
pcrsOIIs were wounded. Revolutionary mutter-
ings are reported in different parts of the re-
public but II in beloved that quiet will be fully
restored.
A PLAGUE OF locusts il destroying all crops in
the states of Labasco, Chiapas and Oaxaca,
Mexico.
A DISPATCH from Cape Town, Africa, says
official news from Basuto Land il very unsatis-
factory. Loyal natives are attack cd III all di
rcctions and massacres are threatened. The
government has ordered troops Of mounted
rifles To support the British Agent.
NISETY-EIdHT houses In the village OF ltemus
Eugadine, Switzerland, were burned on the
10th Inst.
The great cmbankment in Scinde, India,
known az the Rusmorcbnnd, has given way. II
extends from Kusmoro to the mouth OF the
Bejari canal, distance of forty miles. The
cmbankmcnt wax constructed to protect large
tract OF country from floods. The bund burst
two years ago when the floods carried away
several miles of the Indus Valley railway. The
present break can easily be repaired
: A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch says General
Skobelcn's mother left there on the 18th inst.
in q carriage for Tchirpan, with money and
medical supplies for the hospital there. She
was attacked when half way on the road by
armed men. Madame Skobcleif was killed and
servant and steward fatally wounded. Con
siderable money was stolen. Russian captain
, named Mussof, who helped commit the crime
was captured, but fatally shot himself.
An official telegram received at Madrid, state'
that al earthquake near Manila destroyed Sow
eral government buildings and other houses
Some natives were killed.
A CoNsTANTINoPLE dispatch reports tha
, some Christians have been massacred in Adana
in Asia Minor.
The Montenegro question IL reported to have
been amiciably settled. The porte awaits the
consent Of the powers to tho arrangement.
> PRINCE GUSTHER, second Of Schwarzebut
: sonderhausen, has abdicated, because his sigh
failed. His eldest son, Prince Charles, assumed
I the government of tho princDality,