The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-04-09
RELIEF FOR CHIC.
Eight Thousand People Killed, and
Twice as Many Wounded.
Forty Thousand without Bread.
A Nihiiist Prociamati0n-They Oner
TO Quit Under Conditions.
The Land Bill Discussed In ParIia-
ment
A Noble Forrer Caught In sweden

the British ambassador, has sent Major
Trotter to Scio to distribute relief to
sixty villages. The number of victims
is now estimated at 5000.
Athens, April S.-Sixty sappers. with
material for huts, have gone to Scio.
The mayor of the island appeals for
every sort of relief. Forty thousand
people are without bread.
Chic, April 8.-Thursday evening
slight shocks of earthquake continued.
Large quantities of blankets, goods and
medicines are being shipped from Syria
by each steamer. Two hundred sap
pers have left Pyracuse in a gun boat
to bring the dead. The number killed
is yariously estimated at from 1000 to
| 5000. The injured are more than
twice the number killed.
London, April S.-The house of
commons has adjourned until the 25th
inst. and the lords until the 9TH of May.
London, April S.-Count Hamilton,
chancellor of the university at Upsal,
Sweden. has been arrested on the charge
of forgery, to the amount of e40, 600.
The names counterfeited include those
of the king and queen.
st. Petersburg, April ST is report
ed that the czar has received from the
nihilist committee printed proclama-
tion, dated March 22d, offering to lay
down arms, in return, among other
things, for amnesty for the revolution
lists. On the other hand, the engineers
still continue to search for mines in
the purlieus of the Arnitchkoff palace,
and another is spoken of as having
been discovered leading from the ad-
miralty to the Saltykoff entrance to
the Winter palace.
London, April SIN the house of
commons to-day Lord Elcho gave no.
tice that he would oppose the land bill
by an amendment, that while the house
was willing to consider any measure
based upon sound principle, the present
bill is economically unsound, unjust,
impolitic.
Beach, conservative, gave notice of a
motion strongly condemning the gov
ernment's course in reference to Trans
vaal.
Gladstone said he could not at pres
ent give government right for discus
sion. He confirmed, with the deepest
concern, the resignation of Duke
Argyle, lord privy seal, and gave his
reason therefor, viz: his objection to a
portion of the land bill. He said, fur
ther, that he could not defer debate on
the second reading of the land bill
beyond April 25th.
Parnell addressed a crowded meeting
at Birmingham last night. He said
that he considered the land bill honest
and sincere.
At 10 O'Clock last night Beaconsleld
was unchanged, and at one O'Clock this
morning was sleeping comfortably.
Berlin, April S.-A letter from st.
Petersburg announces that the revolu-
tionists have issued a manifesto de-
manding universal suffrage and free
dom of speech, etc., and declaring that
if this is adopted they will dissolve and
no more violence will be used
Dublin, April S.-The land bill is re-
ceived with more or less favor by the
press.
London, April S.-The Times, In its
financial column, says: The Anglo
American telegraph shares are one-half
of one per cent. higher. There was a
sharp advance in West India and Pan
anna telegraph shares upon the report
that Jay Gould had arranged great
combination, which will include the
absorption of the latter line, and that
the arrangements for pooling the re-
ceipts of all the Atlantic cable COM
panies, including the new cable of
Gould, are nearly completed
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