The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-19
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J. c. TAYLOR d Co., mcrchlnts aud colliery
pro- rictors, of BirStall and Gomcraal, failed.
LiablhIleS estimated 1t ESQ, 900.
GEN. MELIKoFF vas saved by chain shirt
when Melodetsky, the Nihiist. attempted to rs
sasSinatc him. the bullet tore Il hole III his
coat but was arrested by the protecting mail.
lr is stated III well-infonred Berlin circles
that Prince William. elder son of the crown
prince, will shortly be bctrothed 10 Princess
C-rohne Mathilac, daughter Of the duke of
Schleswl S-lIolslcin.
A GREAT fire has occurred near Zcdworre,
Austria. Twenty-Five houses were dc,troycd,
and five persons Killed
A CASDAHAR, Afghanistan, dispatch says:
"lepoIts brought in iy spies say Mahoned Jams
following j. increasing enormously. His agents
arr recruiting i'll all directions"
THREE-roURTHs OF Ncve,inie. Herzegovina,
has burned, including the re idence of the COM
lnandant Of tie post and the telegraph offices.
NJ lives were lost. The iiIe was accidental.
A GREAT fire occurred on the sth inst. at the
weaving works in Moscow. The entire building
was Destroyed twenty-luur persous burned To
death, and twenty-pulc mi mcd.
GES. MoURA,IEFF AMoUGsKI's cavalry escort
surprised and defeated 400 Tckke TIrcomans
near DousOnlom, killing 80. Nine thousand
Tekke Turcomans ale concentrated at klezel
Arval.
vienna dispatch reports that the ice in the
Nistula river Is accommodating Oh the Austro-
Russian frontier near DzikoS. The river broke
through dixie and flooded thirty villages, some
of which were completely destroyed. Thou
sands of peo dc are without shelter or food.
Many cattle were lost.
The British parliament will dissolve on the
23d inst. The announcement caused great ex-
element among the commoners, many of whom
Immediately left for home to pre- are .or the
elections.
II san Domingo, February ~, an insurrec-
ton broke out iii the south. Gen. Antonio
CASTILLO leader Of the insurgents was killed,
with six companions. In the capital sixteen
persons inn ,hcated in the movement are under
arrest. 1t is expected they may be executed.
The government wa master of the situation.
Az explosion III the artillery barracks at Sar-
tiago, Chill, killed twenty-four persons. Sew
eral are nIlssinS.
BOILER explosion at Glasgow, Scotland, on
the 5th inst, caused the death of twouty-thrce
persons.
DURING experiments on board Of the new
italian iron-clad Duclo OF the 9TH inst, t,un
burst after twenty five shots had been fired from
It. The turret vas eighty damaged, but the
machinery OF the vessel was not injured, and
the trials were resumed. Ten lcraouo were
sis htly wounded.
A CABLE dispatch says the situation in AZ
ghamstan is materially unchanged. There is no
sign OF Mahomed Jan yielding. Abdul RahmalI
Khan is lrOIally still II SalEarcal.d.
a PARIS dispatch Gays the warehouses Of Me-
sagcriea Natiunaes, the greet carrying coml-
paly have bccu destroyed by fire. Mcrchan-
di G Of all estimated value Of 100000 fr,,rcs
was destroyed. Six thoua;tnl square yards are
covered with delhi. Loss fully insured.
GALBRAIrH's 81 inning mills at Glasgow, Scot
land. have burned. Loss f5O,OOO. Two ive-
were lost.