The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-04-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN NEWS,

1t appears that Gen. Skobeleff was re
called from the Russian army in Turkistan be
cause he desired to occupy q portion Of th
country south Of Merry, in order to do which b
would have to pass through the Persian terri
tory. The Gar did not want another war
this juncture.
Sophia Pieofsky, one of the murder
'srs Of the Gar, is a daughter OF fornle
Provincial Governor. Her confession show
That only Jelahof and herself knew OF the tint
and place for the assassination, and she sen
Roussakoff and his accomplice with the bombs
to tbt stations assigned them.
The German revolutionary hero, DIR
Heinrich Windward, died In New York re
Gently
President Grevy and Minister Noyel
were among the psll-bearers at the funeral o.
Oscar de Lafayette.
The Ambassadors at ConstantinopIe
regard with favor the last offer of the Porte,
and will Labor with Greece to secure her &C
ceptaRoe
Weyprecht, the explorer, who discov-
erred Francis Joseph's Land, died at Vienna.
The latest ukase at ST. Petersburg or
sders an election for 22S members of tempo
rary co Jnoj to assist the commandant Of thu
city. All landlords and independent tenants
may vote. The late Car had projected the
extension of this plan TO the whole empire.
The experiment of Lighting the streets
with electricity has been successfully tried il
London.
Greece is to be warned by the powers
that if she rejects the profered compromise
they will not intervene In the meantime
Greek tsttalions in every part Of the kingdom
have been placed in readiness to march to the
Erdat;sr.
A violent quarrel is reported to have
broken out in the imperial family of Russia.
The Grand Duke Constantine, being suspected
of Nihtlisnl, Is 10 resign the post of GRAND Ad
miral in favor Of Alexis. He is said to have
been refused permission to visit st. Petersburg
after the assassination.
1t is announced that England will not
snnd representative to the monetary confer
ance ct Paris. 4s II
A French expedition in North Africa
recently encountered terrible experience.
Inc perry partook Of some poisoned dates pre-
'5eiite1 to them by natives, and twenty-eight of
shRm died from the effects Of the poison. The
remainder were then set upon by the fierce
natives and many of them massacred. The
remnant, at last accounts, were beyond all
hope Of succor from civilization.
Twelve Baronies in the County of
Cork have been proclaimed in state of dis
turbsnce
Some officers who were serving eiec-
lions in the County Mayo Ireland, were at.
tackled by the peasantry, and two men killed.
St Petersburg is surrounded by mil
itary Gordon, and no one is allowed to enter or
leaye the city.
The Spanish Cabinet has decided to
apply The Constitution and Press laws to Cuba
end Por,.o Rico.
ne French Government is reinforc-
ing its troops in Algeria.
Prince Carolath has obtained decree
of divorce from his wife, who will shortly take
Bismarcks hopeful son, Count Hubert, for hel
husband.
The damage in Spain by floods is est.
mated at 81,OOO,O00, and $4,000 persons are
said to be in want of provisions.
The island of Scio, in the Grecian
archipelago, has been visited by severe earth
quakes, The number of persons killed or in
iuTNd is said to be 5000,
z war of races has broken out in the
valley Of the Oanote, in Peru, where 1000
Cinnamon were murdered by negroes and
Cholos, and property valued at millions de-
strOyed.
1t is stated that the new Gear, on re-
turning few evenings ago, found on his pill,
Cow communication purporting to come from
the Nihiists, and threatening him with the
fate of his father if he did not adopt liberal
measures
The Russian Philanthropical Society
has resolved to provide for the families of
those killed or Injured i'll the struggle against
the Nihilists
1t is proposed to subject Tunis to a
Preach protectorate, leaving the Boy full au-
thority over his MussulmAn subjects.
The response of Alexander Ill. to the
Senate resolutions in regard to the assassina-
ton Of the late Gar processes warm friend
ship for this country.
A movement is being organized in
London to agitate for the unconditional re-
lease of Davitt The agitation will be ex-
tended to the United States Canada and Aus
tralia.
Every person in the so-called dis
turbed districts of Ireland has been ordered,
under the Arms bill, to lodge at the nearest
police station all arms and ammunition he may
possess, for the purpose of obtaining Ii.
censo.
The Greek Government is sending
surgeons and money to Scio to relieve the dis.
tress caused by the earthquake. The latest
estimates place the number of killed and
wounded at 5000. Thirty villages were de-
stroyed and 10000 people made destitute. All
the foreign men-of-war at Smyrna have started