Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1880-03-27
ed, by far the greater number going to the

ted, by far the greater number going to the
United States and British North America.
The Central News Association at London re-
ported on the 18th that it had received a COM
munication from Hartmann acknowledging
that he was chosen by the Nihilist Committee
to assassinate the Gar, and giving detailed
account of his attempt at Moscow. Hartmann
said he intended to sail for America in a few
DAYS.
The Committee of the German Reichstag, to
whom was referred the bill for the prolonga-
ton of the law against Socialism, decided to
report in favor of prolonging the operation of
the law until the Both of September, 1884, in
stead of 1886, as proposed by the Government.
The Reichstag adjourned until April 16.
General Grant left Vera Cruz on the 18th for
Galveston, Texas.
Field Marshal Fuad Pasha was on trial be-
fore special tribunal at Constantinople, on
the 18th, charged with conspiracy against the
Sultan.
It was reported at Ottawa on the 18th that
an important concession had been obtained
from the British Government and that Ameri-
can cattle will be permitted the privilege of
transit through Canada from one American
port to another, with the privilege also of
stopping for rest and other accommodations at
some place in Canada.
In collision between two passenger trains
at Halle Saxony, on the Goth, seven passen-
gers were killed and many injured.
While putting up the frame of a hotel on an
island near Toronto, Canada, on the Goth, a
heavy gust of wind leveled the structure to the
ground injuring eight workmen.
An Odessa dispatch of the 21st stated that
| sixty arrests had been made there in the last
| few weeks, mostly of teachers, some filling
| important public posts
| A Paris dispatch, on the 21st, says Hartman
has published letter denying that he con-
fessed bing concerned in the attempt on the
| life of the Gar at Moscow.
The Duchess of Marlborough has written a
letter to the Lord Mayor of London stating that
| there is now no fear of famine in ireland, but
| that there is dire destitution in the mountain
| Gus parts and on the sea coast. There is great
need of clothing and seed.
| A Constantinople dispatch, on the 22d
| stated that man dressed as dervish stabbed
the Grand Shereef of Mecca, on the 14th, as he
| was entering Djedda, the seaport of Mecca
| The Shereef died on the 21st from his wounds
|! The Mussulmans were intensely agitated.
| The eighty-third birthday of Emperor VIII
| lam was celebrated at Berlin on the Goth.
The Oxford crew won the University boa1
| race ON the Thames on the 22d.
Two persons were killed and twenty injured
in railway accident at Wakefield, England
on the Goth.
A Constantinople dispatch, on the oath
stated that Colonel Synge had been released
The amount paid the Greek brigands for th'
ransom was a12,000. Colonel Synge is unmar
ried, and the statement that his wife had beel
captured with him was, of course, untrue.
/ The entire business portion of SANTANA
Santo Domingo, was destroyed by fire on tn
4 9th. As there was no insurance nearly all tn,
merchants are ruined, and the poor would b
on the verge of starvation were it not for tn
country around Samana, which abounds il
fruit, upon which all are subsisting.
The Russian operations from Tashken
against the Turcomans have been indetinitel