The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-05-06
NEWS OF THE week.
FOREIGN NEWS.

troops to keep the Algerian Arabs in subiec-
ton.
Contracts have been made in England
70 carry 1000 swedes and Norwegians to the
United States.
The death of the German General,
Baron Won der Taun, IL announced.
The Nihilists have advised the Gar
that indiscriminate execution of the assassins
only served 10 knit their ranks more closely to-
gether. -
Lord Beaconsfeld's funeral took place
au Hughenden, in the presence Of large num-
beers of people Of oil classes Of society. The
Queen and Princess OF Wales, among others,
sent wreaths to be placed upon the coffin. At
the hour appointed for the funeral the church
bells were tolled in all the principal cities and
towns in England.
When Charles Bradlaugh entered the
English House of Commons and asked to be
sworn in, Sir Stafford Northcote, the Conserva-
tive leader, moved that he be not permitted TO
take the oath. Notwithstan ling Gladstone's
opposition, the motion prevailed by vote of
2OS to IT'S. The Speaker then directed Brad
removed by the Sergeant-at-Arms.
Emile de Girardin, the French jour
nllist and statesman, is dead.
Gen. Ludwig Won Benedek, of Austria,
ia dead
The Governors of Kef and Beja have
been instructed by the Boy of Tunis to surren-
der to the French under protest.
A sentence of imprisonment for life
has been imposed upon the Russian Grand
Duke Nicholas, his completely in Nihilistic plots
having been clearly established. Heis brother
of the late Gar.
England and the other European pow
ers object to the Russian proposal for confer
snce on the refugee question.
During artillery practice on board the
training-ship Mars, at Wilhelmshaven, q Ger
man station on the North sea, shell burst
while the gun was being loaded. Eight meu
we're killed and sixteen wounded.
Nine persons have been arrested at
Constantinople for completely in the murder of
Sultan Abdul Aziz, including Hungarian en-
ployed as his medical attendant
Beaconsfeld left all his property to
his nephew, Coningsby Ralph Disraeh.
To effect the necessary alterations at
the Russian imperial castle of Gatschina, for
its occupancy by the new Gar several hun
dred artisans labored for forty-eight hours,
after being sworn to silence in the church at
midnight. The windows OF the imperial bed
room are protected by massive iron shutters a
guard of eighty Cossacks arc posted in tho
ante-chambers electrical apparatus has been
arranged for ringing a bell in every guard
house. and, on retiring, the Emperor removes
the outer handle of the door. Dynamite was
captured in the courtyard which had been con-
cealed in Il load of hay.
Easter eggs were used in Moscow to
inclose proclamations from the Land and Lib
erty party urging the peasantry to seize the
lands and refuse to pay taxes or servo In the
army.
Sir Stafford Northcote succeeds Dis
raeli as leader Of the Tory opposition in tho
British House Of Commons.
1t is understood that the Gar is dis
posed to adopt repressive measures of a char
acter so vigorous that Russian history has Civ
en- no example of them.
The movement against the Jews has
broken out in Argenau, West Prussia. A mob.
led by schooI-teacher, wrecked the houses Of
some Jews an maltreated the inmates.
The Russian peasantry destroyed the
synagogue at Ehzabethgrad, in the Govern
ment of Kherson. Many Of the rioters were
killed by the troops. The disturbance grew
out of the superstition regarding tho Passover
rites.
Smallpox is epidemic in London.
A terrible epidemic, similar to typhus,
is making great havoc among the horses of
Paris.
Eighty persons were drowned by the
wreck Of the British steamer Tavarna OF the
coast of New Zealand.
President Grevy has accepted, in the
name OF the French people, the invitation of
the United States to take part in the Yorktown
celebration next fall.
Women are now allowed to study and
take degrees in the Spanish universities.
The investigation into the death of
Abdul Aziz shows that plot was contemplated
for the assassination Of the imperial Princes
and the proclamation OF new Caliph.
battle between 5000 Abanians and
an army of Turks of equal strength resulted
In the defeat Of the former. The combined
losses were 1900 killed and wounded.
The arrest and incarceration in prison
Of John Dillon, Irish Member OF Parliament,
produced unusual excitement throughout Ire
land.
Fresh excuses against the Jews have
been committed in Argenau, West Prussia.
The anti-Jewish riot in Eizabcthgrad Russia,
proves to have been mere serious affair than
was first reported. Two hundred persons were
injured.
Vigel, a bootmaker in Vienna, killed
his wife and four children and cut them in
pieces.
Edwin Booth achieved IN immense
success IN his great character OF othello in
I0ndon