The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-06-17
General, Personal and Political
Interest,
At Home and Abroad.
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FOREIGN NEWS.

A cable dispatch from London says
"the Government is very reticent about az
fairs In Ireland, and nothing trustworthy is to
begatherci from the Irish press on the subject
The Home Rule papers conceal and the anti
Home-Rulo papers exaggerate. The local cor
Respondents Of the Central Press refrain from
motives Of prudence from giving the details Of
he collisions occurring almost daily i'll the dis
tufbed districts throughout Munster. Several
correspondents In the smaller towns and dis
tricts have been Boycottci. and ono was
roughly handled by n mob at Nmallock. But
II the evidence OF persons who are In posi-
ton to obtain fsrly-accuratc information goes
for anything, the country is on the brink Of
civil war;"
Abody of Turkish troops, in a fight
near Salonica with brigandS. killed twenty-one
and took their heads into Town.
A mass meeting Ia protest against the
policy Of the Government toward Ireland WIS
held in Hyde Park. London. ou sunday. Speak
ers held forth from three platforms. Resolu-
tons were adopted TrSlUg the suspension OF
eyictions the lIh,ratiuW Of those arrested, and
the resignation of Forster Secret AIRY for Ire
land rarncli ANNOUNCED that serious respon-
sibility will rest on the Government should
evictions contImuH.
Another conspiracy to assassinate the
Car has been discovered. alid twenty-one al
rests made III 81. r,trr,hdrs.
AFrench Observation-Disclosures corps
numbering TIVE; iy-:ivr l>IsOns were massacred
by Arabs i'll Al s'iia.
Rowell. tI,' pedestrian, intends TO sur
prise the ", !: With record of GOO miles in
six days al Luton, and will wager something
to that effect.
Henry Nieuxtemps, the celebrated
Belgian y!o.inlst and composer. s dead.
Turkey has yielded the ceded terri
tory TO Greece. and that Government! has sent
. force of 7,Oe9 men - take possession.
The Russian autocrat is said to he
almost AZ much prisoner as il lie were Sibe-
risn exile. So!i!,ry -uard his every movement,
and his day. spent i'll efforts to Illustrate
the designs Of wUuld-be assassins.
Another priest. the Rev. Father Muir
ply, has been arrested IN Ireland under the
Coercion act. Nue.. excitement and the COM
initial OF outrage, 49,. the immediate result
Another American victory in England.
At Sheffield. Yorkshire. til, Nhit-ruesday fair
foot-racc was Won Iy ala American-a MIR.
Smith. OF Pittsburgh. Pa. There We're -ixty-two
competitors. The prize was flO0.
Advices from Russia chronicle the ar,
rest Of thirty OFF 'cr. OF the srgps intending
the Colonel Of IL ll-fI-rrIal Guard, during the
past aa1 ..S
The last batch Of Communists have
returned TO Pl, :. - Calcdopia.
The Right i,n. Sir W. Milbourne
James, Lord Ju,tic. a. the English Court Of
Appeal, Is dead.
A mob at Skibhcrccn. ireland, wrecked
the branch Bank Of u v-lcr and tore up the
railway track par. If fifty marines was
stoned away from j.. "'', mob by a crowd OF
several thousand. 81 Iru.n"rc a process-serv
or was beaten ncsI' y g. I.'th.
The village of Bradley, in Hampshire,
England, has been almost totally destroyed by
fire.
The steamer Faraday, after various
unsuccessful attempts, finally succeeded in
landing the end OF the new Atlantic cable on
the Lands End, Cornwall, Eng.
The centennial anniversary of the
birth Of George Stephenson, the originator Of
steam railways. was recently celebrated at
Newcastle England by 100000 persons. The
King Of Belgiun.-tanders $500 az a contribution
toward memorial college. Nearly every rail-
way In the United Kingdom sent locomotive
for the procession.
An attempt was made by two Irish
men from the United States, named McKovstt
and Roberts, 70 blow up the Town Hall in Liv-
erpool, but the only damage inflicted was upon
the windows. II is alleged that Fenisn docu-
uents, plenty Of money, loaded reyOlycrs and
quantity Of dynamite were found on their per-
SONS.
Conservative members of the British
Parliament and ex-Cabinet officers very
severe In their criticism Of the Gladstone policy
In Ireland
The Gladstone Government continues
the arrest OF petty officers Of local Land
Leagues in ireland, but lacks tho nerve to
tackle the big guns like Archbishop Croke and
the influential leaders Of tho league.
Forty-three persons were arrested for
participation in tho riot In tho city Of Cork Ire
land. Sentences OF imprisonment Of from two
10 four months were passed Oh twenty three of
them, and the rest liberated on their rccog-
rtzspcea