River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1881-04-21
FOREIGN

FOURTEEN persons we're drowned by the
sinking OF steamer on the English coast.
A DISPATCH from South Africa says the
Beers are daily violating the treaty of
peace.
In the English university boat race,
Oxford defeated Cambridge by fully -four
lengths.
THE London Times believes it is now
practically decided that England will be
represented at the monetary conference.
EDWIN CowLEs editor of The C7egeldnd
Leader, kicked blackmailer down two
flights of stairs.
THE French chamber of deputies refuses
to authorize the prosecution of Paul de
Cassagnac.
The general tone OF the English press
seems to be favorable to the land bill,
though some of its provisions are adverse
ly criticised.
ARCHBISHOP CRoKE, of Cashel, was
forced to apologize to Archbishop Me-
Cabe, of Dublin, for attacking his Lenten
pastoral.
EARTHQUAKE shocks continue at Scio.
Forty-fve villages have been ratified down,
and in many localities the people have
wholly disappeared.
THREE hundred merchants of Glasgow
have memorialized Gladstone to send a
representative to the international none
tary conference.
THE courts in London have sentenced
to one years Imprisonment at hard labor
Mrs. Susan Wills Fletcher, the pretended
spiritual medium, for conspiracy to de-
fraud.
COUNT HAMILTON, chancellor of the
university at Upsol, Sweden, has issued
e40,00 in forged paper, counterfeiting
the signatures of the king and queen.
ALL the Tihilists convicted of compiled
ty in the murder of the Car of Russia,
except Hessy Helfmann, who is about to
become mother, were hanged in SomenoH
Square, St. Petersburg.
Dr.. CARVER, the American marksman,
has challenged the best ten shots in the
birmingham and Gun clubs, of London,
to pigeon match. He agrees to shoot
1000 birds while his opponents shoot 100
each
IT is reported that the car has received
from the nihilist committee printed
proclamation, dated the 22d of March,
offering to lay down their arms in return
for constitution, amnesty for all reyolu-
tionists, and few minor considerations.
The British ambassador at Constantine
pie has notified the porte that it will be
| held responsible for the safety of Suter,
captured by brigands near Salonica, and
the payment of the ransom demanded
THE Bev Of Tunis has received reports
that the Tunisian tribes are ready to sub
nit to the native authority, but will de-
fend their territory against foreign inva-
sion Ten thousand French troops have
landed at Bone.
THE British will commence the evacua-
ton of Candahar on Wednesday next, to
be completed in ten days. An immediate
| advance will be made by Ayoob Khan, and
there are indications of savage warfare
| between him and Abdurrahman Khan.
PROF. SoLovIEFF of the University of
ST. Petersburg. is likely to get into trouble.
In addressing the students of the univer-
sity recently he condemned capital pun
| ishment, and expressed hope that the
| Car would show mercy to the unfortu-
nate Nihilists. The Gar will hardly
show much mercy to Prof. Solovioff
In Europe the threatened war between
France and Italy over Tunis is at present
overshadowing the frontier controversy
between Turkey and Greece, as topic of
public interest. 1t is more than probable
that Europe will have two wars on hand
before many weeks.
LATER advices from Scio indicate that
the extent of the calamity was underesti-
mated in the first dispatches. Between
| 1000 and 5000 persons were killed, and
more than double that number injured.
Slight shocks of earthquake continue, and
houses that were already damaged are be-
ing reduced to ruins. Medicines, provi-
sions, and blankets are being shipped to
sufferers by every steamer that leaves
Syria. Forty thousand people are without
bread.