American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1881-09-17

! braves Ccmurrcd to HEIR proposed remov NJ,
! and were only persuaded to 20 by a threat
/ 10 turn them over to the military. Settlers
| h;vc already begun to flock into the .aban-
| doncd reservation in Southern Colorado.
| SERIoGs anti-Jcwish riots occurred at
Stop, Posncrania, Sunday. The rioters
! threatened to storm Jewish houses, and
pclted the troops, who charged the mob,
wounding sixteen persons, several seri-
ousy.
TIE news from Fort Apache is rather
meager, but all the reports received indi-
cate that Gen. Cars command is threat
cned with no immediate danger. The red
skins are believed to be off to the southwest
of the fort. They give no quarter
to any whites who chance to- fall
| into their hands, and several murders
by them have been reported. The
troops are being pushed forward to the re-
lief Of Gen Carr, and the arrival of three
companies was reported on the Sth. Gen.
Wilcox telegraphs his belief that the hostiles
are all north of the Gila River and mostly
in the White Mountains. or Magallon coun-
Itry.
The Pope, for prudential reasons, has
ordered a postponenent of the Italian pill
grihage, on the occasion of the Papal jubi-
lea, until after the celebration of the ami.
vcrsary Of unification in Italy.
The North German Gazette says the
Government during the next session of the
Landtag intend to present proposals for the
re-establishment of the Prussian Legation
at the Vatican, which has been informed of
this intention through Won Schloezer. It
may be presumed the Pope IS willing to
continue in permanent relations with Prus-
STA through such Legation, which would en-
able present or future differences.to be more
easily arranged -
A DISPATCH from Cairo, Egypt, 9th,
says 1000 Soldiers, with thirty pieces of ar
tiiery, surrounded the Khetlive's residence.
They demanded the assembling of notables,
the dismissal Of all the Khedive's ministers,
and also q constitution and an increase of the
army to 5000 men. The British Controller
went to the palace with the foreign Consuls
and negotiated with the Disconnected Colo
nels. Finally the English Consul handed
them the decree of the Khedive accepting
their demands and appointing Cherif Pasha
President of the Council. The troops then
cheered the Khejiye and withdrew. Ii is
thought in Cairo that foreign occupation Of
the country will be found imperative.
A PANAMA dispatch says: In a fight
at Matagalpa, between about 5000 Indians
OH one side and a detachment of troops and
some $50 citizens on the. other, the In
dams lost 500 in killed and wounded. The
other party had twenty eight killed and a
number wounded. Previous to this fight
the Indians attacked Esquipals, and killed
the Captain in command, commissary, and
young telegraph operator named Vega.
The slaughter of various. individuals fol-
lowed, some of them Indians who had re-
aItrages were inflicted upon others.
The Je,cish World says: Russia is at
last taking active steps to suppress vigorous
ly any further outrage on the Jews.
THE larger portion of the village of
Homecoming, Nd, has been destroyed by
fire. The loss is estimated at 500 600; in
surance, S51 900.
TIE village of Reichenbach, in the
Berrese Oberland, Switzerland, was almost
destroyed by fall of stones.
A DENVER dispatch of the 9th says:
The police last evening arrested five women
and three men belonging to 4 notOkiOu
band of robbers, and detectives are on the
track Of other members, who are operating
in other towns. This band is mostly From
Missouri and Kansas, where they are lid to
have blown open over fifty safes within, two
years. Over $, 900 worth Of plumber was
recovered among them. Kid Laureas, the
supposed leader, was among the eight ar
rested.
OWING to the number of recruits, re-
quired TO fill the army to its authorized
strength, the standard for artillery anil in
fantry is fixed at five feet four and upward,
weight 100 to 100 pounds; for cavalry, five
feet four to five feet ten, weight not to ex-
coed 165 pounds. Recruits and officers are
being ordered to Arizona.
THE Project of Constantine, Algeria,
has received a dispatch announcing sixty
one persons burned to death in one day by
forest fires. Many persons were wounded,
and $50 dwellings destroyed. The value of
cattle, grain and other articles dcvoured by
the flames is 200, 200 francs.