The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-21
FOREIGN NEWS.

Stock OF gold than !Ol many years, uhero polnB
Els, 5OO, 900 in its vaults.
Russia has made her recognition of
the Kingdom of Roumelia conditional upon
the adoption Of measures against Nhilism in
MolGavia.
The Russian Grand Duke Nicholas,
the diamond thief, has been incarceratod in q
castle belonging to his father, for intrigues In
his behalf
By vote of 1872 to I'll, the italian
Chamber OF Deputies rejected q motion for
vote Of confidence in the Cabinet.
The Irish Land bill was introduced in
the British House Of Commons by Mr.. Glad
stone on the 7th inst. 1t provides that ten
ant may sell the interest in his holding, subject
10 the reasonable veto OF the landlord that
rents shall be fixed by Land Court wherever
the landlord and tenant cannot agree, but the
court will not interfere in cases where they do
agree. This court will also have to determine
on the landlords right Of veto on
the assignment Of iuteres. on farm. Power
10 contract ont Of the Get is given where
the rental exceeds $1,000 per annun. The
Land Court will consist Of one Judge or
ex-Jndge Of the Irish courts and two
persons having practical knowledge of the
relations between landlords and tenants.
Snb-courts may lie established by the CEN
trail court the bill also empowers this
Land Court 10 buy estates which landlords
are willing TO sell. and resell them to the
tenants, the title III the lands TO be vested in
the court, SO as 10 guarantee payment, and to
prevent subdivision. Advances will also be
made to owners, tenants and solvent compa-
MES for the retaining Of waste lands, or
other agricultural improvements, the sd-
vance not to be greater than the amount
TO be laid ont by the tenant, land
lord or company Ia which it is ad-
vanced. Advances Vii also be made to as
sist emigration. Mr.. Gladstone spoke several
hours III explanation Of the provisions OF the
bill He sal, tx de,ire OF the Government
was to do justice 10 tle Irish people, to give
them laws which would enable them to live
and thrive upoa the md. 10 help them to pur-
chase farms OF assist them, il they preferred,
20 emigrate Nj. ra:ncll regretted that pro-
vision was not made for colonizing Irish
farmers upon Lands TO he purchased for the
purpose.
TIE United States Consul at Basic,
Switzerland. has transmitted TO Secretary Blaine
he results Of h!- investigation into the circum-
stances which led to ;h., ~ item mt in France
and Switzerland over American pork. II APP
pears that the ostea,ib.. csU.e Of the decree OF
Introduction 10y thr I each Government was
the outbreak of trl:i.In family which II
WAS al first suurUs. 4 "a ".tc2 American pork,
but is nov oflici Ley conceded To have eaten the
raw flesh OF Il homr.hrd i. There is no in
stance Oh record Of su .':a1 III Europe being
injured in health by ,atl..s American hams OF
pork.
The officers of the Custom House at
London hsye ieen warned that an attempt
will shortly be made 10 blow up that building.
Twenty women attacked a dozen po-
Lcemen who were e-cor NJ process-seryer at
Ballinamore, Iuuuty Lci.rim, Ireland, and
seriously injured ,tv raj u them. One girl
was fatally shat :i,. az hl'r Aounded.
A large fund Il ., t. 81 raised in Lon
don for the sc'i~: 70 IA. ,uf rers by earth
quakcs in Srio. aEere the restitution surpasses
belief.
1t was stated in the British House Of
Commons that England will not discuss the
question Of bimetalilsm. and, therefore, de-
cnes to participate IN the monetary confer
ence, but India vii send delegate. The
French Minister Of Finance states that the
United States. France Italy, Spain aud the
Setberlands asrrc upon double standard.
Ten thousrTd Turkish troops have
surrounded the J. ,iran iii Strict Of Syria, where
conflict has a',-'.i TWEEN the Druses and
the neighbC IA, s." ..I.icdans.
The Lon. ...,$ avs the Land bill,
since ii was ti.,, 80. IS by the British Cab
met, has passed throiga twenty-five variations
Of form.
Oxford won the annual University
boat race, defeating Cambridge by four lengths
Later advices from Scio indicate that
the extent Of the calamity was underestimate
in the first dispatches. Between 1000 and
5000 persons were killed, and more than double
that number injured.
Count Hamilton, Chancellor of the
University at Upsol, Sweden, has issued f40,-
900 in forged paper. counterfeiting the sigma
lures OF the King and Queen.
1t is reported that the Gear has re-
ceived from the Nihilist committee a printed
proclamation, offering to lay down their arms
b return for a constitution, amnesty for al
revolutionists, and few miner considerations.
The trial of the assassins of the Gar
was brought 10 Il close at st. Petersburg on the
10th OF April. During the trial the prisoners
we're all attircd in black, and seemed to be
proud Of asserting that they belonged to the
terrorist party, by whose order the assassina-
ton was accomplished. All except RussakofY
and Jelisbof disclaimed any participation in
the deed itself. They were all sentenced to
death on the gallows.
Parnell declares that the Coercion bill
10 the result of the desertion OF seventeen mem.
bers from the Irish party. He thinks pitfalls
are plenty III the first portion Of the Land bill,
but from the second part he looks for very i'm
portant results.
Bradlaugh was reelected to the British
House Of Commons by 1875 majority.
Advices concerning the massacre of
Col. Platter and his exploring party in Tripoli
Are fully confirmed. The commander and all
the Frenchmen Of the expedition killed were
by the natives after brave resistance against
heavy odds.
Thomas Carlyle willed to Harvard
University the books he used in writing the
lives of Oliver Cromwell and Frederick the
Great.
1t is charged that Germany, while
avowedly in favor Of peace, has been secretly
working to bring about war between Turkey
and Greece.
1t is reported that the Turcomans sur
prised and captured Naru Kissar, the most adj
yanced fort on the road to Merv, killing the
entre Russian garrison.
Seven persons were drowned by the