The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-06
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

The physicians appointed to examine
Gonzales, who recently attempted to shoot
the King of Spain, have reported that ha Is in
sane
Davitt and Brennan, the Irish agita-
tors under indictment for sedition, viii run for
Parliament
An inexhaustible petroleum supply
has been discovered in Germany.
The recent earthquakes in Cuba were
more severe than first reports indicated In
the western part of the island, the shocks were
-ery heavy, doing considerable damage, and
thoroughly alarming the inhabitants.
A dispatch from Calcutta mentions
rumor of the death of Mohapmed Jan, the
leader of the Afghans
Five persons, convicted by court
martial of incendiarism and robbery, were re-
Gently shot at Santiago de Cuba.
The distress in Ireland is said to be
on the increase. The Mansion House fund, at
last accounts, had reached about $4,000.
The French Chamber of Deputies
has passed bill for the suppression of.political
partists.
A dispatch from Odessa contains a
rumor that Russian transport, with 1900
troops aboard, has been lost in the Caspian
sea, and most, if not all, the soldiers persisted
Edward Middleton Barry, Royal
Academican, architect of the House of Par
lament, the new National Gallery, and other
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aged so.
Extensive robberies of arms and am
muniton from gunsmiths' shops have been
accomplished at Chester, England. The police
ay the robbery was committed by agents of a
Fenian association.
The marriage of the Crown Prince
of Austria and Mary, the niece of the King of
Saxony, will shortly be solemnized.
The Duchess of Marlborough char
acterizes Parnelrs statements that the fund
which bears her name only relieves tenants
who have paid their rent, and that its pro-
motors have political objects, as gross false
hoods.
Three deaths from starvation have
occurred in County Louth, Ireland
The new regiments to be added to
the German army will be stationed in Alsace-
Lorraine.
Germany and the Vatican are said to
be approaching an understanding.
A ire-damp explosion in Saxony
mine killed some fifteen miners.
Beaconsfield has had another attack
of govt
The Pope is again seriously i'll.
A dispatch from Candahar, in At
ghanistan, to the London Times, says: "1'er-
rible accounts reach here from without the
British lines. 1t is reported that nearly 1000
families have been exterminated by Ghilzais,
and that seven of the villages of the latter
were afterward captured by HAZARDS and every
soul in them slain"
A frightful tragedy was recently en-
acted in the vicinity of Barcelona, Spain. A
wealthy land owner, his wife, son and three
daughters and two women servants were
murdered in their beds man and two of his
sons are under arrest on suspicion.
An epidemic of fever is ravaging
the Province of Naples, in Italy. Over one
half the population has already been attacked,
and 5000 have died.
Italy's big 100-ton gun has been tried
at Spezzia with results which surprised expecta-
tions. 1t attained a range of 10000 meters
with charge of 220 iilogrammes.
Berlin dispatches announce that the
increase of the German army is but the first
step in new scheme for the crushing of
France, directly or indirectly.
Yellow-fever has broken out at sew
eral places in Brazil.
In various parts of Turkey in Europe
people are dying of hunger and cold. The
Bulgarians refuse to contribute to the relief of
the needy Moslens, claiming that the stories Of
their sufferings are mere inventions.
A bloody and relentless internecine
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