Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1880-02-05
CABLEGRAMS.

THE German reichstag will meet Feb.
12, says Berlin dispatch of Jan. Goth.
GERMANY has recognized the indepen-
dence of Roumania, says Berlin cable
gram of Jan. 80.
| A HUNDRED-ToN gun was tried at Spez.
zia, Spain, Jan. 81, which has a range of
nearly six miles. The trial was a success.
A BUENos Ayres cablegram of Feb.
2nd says Gen. Comancho has made him
selfpresident of Bolivia.
A ROME cablegram Of Feb. 1st says
the Pope's health is causing anxiety. He
suffers from fits Of shivering and great
prostration, but persists in his usual oc-
cupations.
A CORRESPONDENT at Paris reports,
under date of Jan. 90, that clerk in a
! New York bank, who absconded with
| 5000, has been arrested in Paris with
| $4,000 on his person. The clerk states
that he left $4,000 in New Haven and
$4,000 at Southampton.
A LONDON Times dispatch from Can
dahar, Feb. 2nd, says: Terrible ac-
counts 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 afterwards captured by
Hazaros and every soul in them slain.
INTELLIGENCE from st. Petersburg on
/ Feb. 2nd announces that a new revolu-
tionary proclamation is circulated by
students of the high schools. The
students draw a terrible picture of their
condition and declare they will fight the
great moloch, called the Russian gov
ernment, to the end, even though the best
of them perish. The proclamation is
considered important as showing the
| formation Of new party against the
government.
The correspondent of the Herald at
Naples telegraphs under date of Jan. 80,
as follows: The two Americans who
were arrested here last Tuesday en- a
charge of swindling Russian out of
$4,000 francs at,Brussels, are brothers, and
their r2al name is supposed to be Collins.
They have at various times passed under
the aliases of Cleveland, Furgu-
son, Everett, and Clinton. They
came from Brooklyn. The Belgian gov
ernment which has offered reward of
10000 francs for their arrest, now de.
mands their extradition, and it is be.
lieved that the American consul will
raise no objection. He has made several
efforts to learn their story, but they have
steadily declined to give it. There is no
doubt of their identity. They were pre-
pairing to carry out similar swindles in
this city. The elder is % years old, the
younger 16.
AT meeting of the Mansion-House
committee last night, says Dublin tele-
gram of Feb Cd, Lord-Mayor Grey pre-
siding, it was announced that e33, GOO
had been received to date, and e15, 800
disbursed. The chairman complained
of the attacks which / Ead been made in
America upon the constitution of the
committee and its mode Of distribution
of funds entrusted to it, and read letters
from Roman Catholic Bishops McEvilly,
of Galway, and Duggan, of Clonfert, ex-
pressing astonishment at these attacks,
and declaring that the Mansion-House
fund is administered solely with view
to the relief Of distress, and that the
committee enjoys public confidence
Archbishop Trench, of the Church of
Ireland, was present, and joined in these
expressions. 1t was announced that the
committee had received $4,000 addition.
al from Sydney, making the total from
the Australian coloni les e21 600.