The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1880-02-21

I3ALX.
ROME, Feb. 2l.-Prof, Nordenskiold
and party arrived.
GERMANY
BERLIN, Feb. 2l,-The government has
determined to accord fifteen thousand
pounds as subsidy to German exhi bitors
at the Melbourne exhibition
BUCHAREST.
BUCHAREST, Feb. 2l.-An official com.
muuication in which England, Germany
and France acknowledge the independence
OF Roumania was traHsmitted to this capi-
tai to-day.
MADRID, Feb 3I.-The official Gazette
says that Cuban taxes on Urban and rural
property, by which it is proposed to make
up the revenue in consequence of the loss
thereto by the adjustment of poll tax on
slaves, and the reduction of surtax on pro-
visions of 25 per cent. have been increased.
FRANCE
PARIS, Feb. 2l.-The Russian arrested
in Champs De EIyssees. charged with
being connected with the Moscow explo-
sion, is named Karl. alias Mayer, alias
Hartman, and is believed to be the same
man who rented and occupied the house
in Moscow in which the explosion of the
mine under the railway was operated. If
the fact is established to the satisfaction
of the French government, he will be sur
| rendered as common murderer, although
there is no extradition treaty between
France and Russia.
IRELAND.
DUBLIN. Feb. 21.-The committe on the
Mansion House relief fund 10 an appeal TO
the French people state that considerable
gifts and promises of help have been re-
ceived from Great Britain, United States
| and elsewhere, and they count on a gener
ous response to the appeal Archbishop
of Bordeaux 10 forwarding 500 francs to
the Catholic Archbishop of Dublin says
France and Ireland are inseparable
names, recalling a community of faith,
and long standing exchange OF sympathy"
Confidential reports respecting the nature
of the agitation in Ireland have reached
the pope which show that three fourths of
it is due to the spirit of socialism. Very
precise instructions to Irish bishops, there
fore, are being prepared, exhorting them
to take care that, in relieving distress,
they do not play into the hands of those
working for political objects.
ENGLAND.
LONDON. Feb. 2l.-A despatch from
Paris reports that the proprietors of The
Universe have remitted $4,000 francs for
relief purposes to the Irish Catholic bishr
ops.
The Gazette Announces w hite, British
diplomatic agent and consul general at
Bucharest, has been appointed minister to
Roumania.
The Duke of Edinburgh has received
the following telegram from the Duchess
of Edinburgh, at ST. Petersburg: The
explosion in Winter Palace was caused by
dynamite; 9 soldiers were killed. Extra
guards are on duty IN the palace. The
empress has been made acquainted with
the circumstances of the explosion. She
has not suffered in health. The emperor
and myself are quite we'll and not fright
ened."
The following Is the Cars reply to
President Grevy's congratulatlnD upon BIZ
escape: i cordially thank you for the
sentiments you express. The spirit OF
evil is unwearied. like that Of divine grace,
[ am glad to reckon the sym thies OF right
thinking men
LONDON, Feb. 2l-T The betting is two
to one that ''Blower" Brown will beat $50
miles. At IL o'clock last night be was II
miles ahead of Weston's record, and 4
miles better than his previous record OF
4S1 miles.
ST PETERSBURG, Feb. 2i. News from
the interior of the empire is heart rending.
Famine and diptheria are declmating the
population. The PROVINCES OF Sarat0H
and Kief, which annually export in orGi-
nary times. enormous Quantities OF grain,
had scarcely any crop last year. The
calamity IS aggravated by Il want uf fod
der for cattle. and peasants are forced to
sci: them La Caucasus the famine is
| still greater, where people are committing
suicide and selling their children.
All the workmen who occupied the Gel
| lar of the Winter Palace previous to the
| explosion have been found; their innocence
appears certain.
| An Official dispatch from Douzoum dat.
| ed the 18th inst, says an engagement
| loccurredIbetween the Russian troops and
| ITuroomans and resulted 10 the complete
defeat of the Turconans who lost twenty
| five killed. The enemy were pursued until
night-fall.
| FIRES.