The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-02-11
NEWS OF The WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Gladstone's residence in London Is
guarded night and day by policemen, and he
is followed to the House Of Commons by an
officer.
Michael Davitt, Secretary OF the Land
League, was arrested at Dublin on the Cd inst,
Cor violation Of the conditions of his ticket-of-
leave. The arrest caused intense excitement
throughout Ireland In the British House Of
Commons, Vernon Harcourt refused to in
form Parpen what conditions of his ticket
of-leave Davitt had violated to cause
his arrest, the Irish members shouting
"Shame" and the others cheering. The
Speaker refused to hear John Dillon, who
continued to talk, and n motion for his
suspension was adopted, and he was
forcibly removed by the sergeant-at-Arms.
When Gladstone rose to speak, O'Donohue
moved TO adjourn. Parnell proposed that
Gladstone be no longer heard, whereupon
tho formers suspension was moved and
carried, the vote being 405 TO T. On his
refusing to leave he was escorted out by six
officers, the Home-Rulers waving their hats
Finnigan was then suspended, and, as twenty
seven Home-Rulers refused to vote. they were
suspended in body and removed sngly by
the Sergeant-at-Arms. Gladstone then moved
that the Coercion bill be declared urgent
which was carried.
An English steamer, bound from Balboa
to Middlesboro, foundered at sea- and thirteen
persons were drowned
Michael Davitt was taken before the
chief magistrate at the Bond Street Police Sta
ton in London for private hearing. The re-
suit was al order TO finish the remainder of his
sentence, which was interrupted in 1877 by his
release on ticket-of-leave. 1t is generally be-
heved, however, that nc will be confined only
until the agitation in Ireland shall have ceased.
He was committed to Milbank Penitentiary.
where he at once assumed the prison garb.
France has renewed its proposal to
Germany for an international conference on
the silver question.
Thomas Carlyle, one of the most cele-
brated of scholars died at London on the 9Th
of February. The event had been hourly ex-
pected for weeks, and brought the relief he
long desired. His physical prostration for
months past was almost complete, although
the failure of his mental powers began but re-
Gently. Deceased was SO years old.
The Porte is preparing to increase the
land tax, and have it paid five years in adj
vance. forced loan from the inhabitants of
Constantinople, on the ground OF their exemp-
ton from military service, is also proposed.
The King of Ashantee has declared
war against England.
A Dublin dispatch says: Although
terrorism has not diminished in the West and
South of Ireland, there is, in other particulars.
a decided change for the better in all parts of
the country. The Government is fully alive to
the plans OF the Fenians, and is prepared to
defeat them. The tenants of several estates
heretofore refusing to pay rents are now pay
ing.
Seventeen persons persisted by an eX-
ploson in the Whitfield colliery in Staffordshire,
England.
The Home Rulers have decided to
carry into the great towns of England and
Scotland the agitation against coercion.
The steamer Bohemian, from Boston
for Liverpool, was wrecked in Dunough bay,
and thirty-two persons drowned. She had a
cargo Of bacon and cotton.
Orders have been given to treat Davitt
with all possible indulgence. He is to be kept
apart from other convicts, and will not be sub
ject to prison labor though he must wear the
prison garb.