The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-04-14
FOREIGN NEWS.


EOREIGN NEWS.
It appears that Gen. Skobeleff WA re-
vailed isum tmo Russian AMY il TurkiStsn be-
Hs. J.. desired 10 oscupy a portion OF the
country ayn,G Of Merry, in order to do which he
au.d have to pass through the Persian terri.
tlr. The Gar did not want another warat
Is iunctms.
Sophia PieoNsky, one of the murder
49, %, the Car, Ii daughter of a former
Provincial Governor. Rcr confession shows
:Eat only Jol&hoT and herself knew of the time
and place foT the ASSASSINATION, and she sent
..uussak0T and bic sccomplice with the bombs
g the stations assigned them.
The German revolutionary hero, DR..
Heinrich WinawSrd, died in New York re-
gently.
President Grevy ana Minister Noyes
"'rc among t..c pail-boarcrs at tho funeral OF
Oscar Io Lafayette.
The Ambassadors at Constantinople
rnrarI with favor the last ofIcr of the Port.
AZ wall labor with Greece 10 secure her sc-
,,ntauea.
Wepracht, the explorer, who discov-
agaa Francis Joseph's Land died at Vienna.
The latest UEasc Mt s.. Petersburg or
G-r- 81 election for 22s members of tempo
10y council 10 assist the coa:mand,nt Of the
lily. AL landlords and independent tenants
..av vote. The lp!c Car had projected tie
,Er,D-.pn CT this p,au TO the whole empire.
The experiment Of lighting the streets
With c,lc;rirlty has oaen successfully tried III
ao-d9a.
Greece is TO be warned by the powers
'hst IL she rejects the profored compromise
Joy vii not intervene. In the meantime
6.yek bat'al.ous in every part Of the kingdom
..ayo been placed IN readiness 10 msrA TO the
frontier.
4 violent quarrel Is reported to have
broken ont n the imperial family of Russia.
The Grand Duke Constantine, being suspected
oc N.Lilisla. is 10 resign the post Of Grand Ad-
uiral IN favor Of Alexis. He is said to have
n,gu refused remission to visit St. Petersburg
attrr the assassination.
It Is announced that England will not
md representative 10 III, monetary confer
eloe a; Paris
4 French expedition in North Africa
recently encountered a terrible experience.
rne party partook Of some poisoned dates pre-
-.nted 10 them by natives, and twenty-eight Of
;horn died from tho yfccts Of the poison The
remainder were then set upon By the fierce
natives ana many ot ,hem massscred. The
remnant, az last cccsnu,s, we're beyond all
hone of -ucer~ from civilization.
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Cork have been proclaimed IN state of dis
tnTba2ce.
Some officers who were serving eiec-
lions IN tine County Mayo, Ireland were at
tackled by the peasantry, and two men killed.
st. Petersburg is surrounded by mil
i;ary Gordon, aud no one Is allowed to enter or
leave the city.
The Spanish Cabinet has decided to
Amply tho constitution and Press laws to Cuba
md Porto Rico.
a war OF races has broken out in the
ya!loy Of tho Canetc, in Peru, where 1900
Cinnamon were murdered BY negroes and
Ca0Ios, aud property valued at millions de-
e;goyed.
1t is stated that the new Gar, on re-
turning q few evenings ago, found on his pill
low & communication purportips to come from
the Nihilists, and threatening him with the
fate Of his father if he did not adopt liberal
measures.
The Russian Philanthropical Society
has resolved to pAyide for the families of
those al,oi or injured in the struggle against
tho Nihilists
The French Government is reinforc-
ing its troops in Algeria.
Prince Carolath has obtained decree
Of divorce from his wife, who viii shortly take
Bisnarck's hopeful son. Count Hubert, for her
husband.
The damage in Spain by floods is esti-
mated at fI.o)o,O0o. and $4,000 persons are
.ali 10 b" IA want Of provisions.
The island of Scio, in the Greciau
archipelago, has been visited by severe earth
!urlcs. Tic number Of persons killed or in
iuTed IL said 20 b. 5000.
1t Is proposed to subject Tunis to a
French pro.ectorate, leaving the Boy full au-
ihority over his Mu5sulm,n subjects.
The response Of Alexander III. TO the
s.l.a,o ra,,iution- ia regard 20 the assassine-
ZION OF tho late Car processes warm friend
shlplor this country.
4 movement il being organized in
London go ,s.tate for the unconditional re-
leaso Of Divtt. The agitation will be ex-
,ondc3 60 tly United States, Canada and Aus-
trails.
Every person IL tho so-called dis
suTl,d districts Of Ireland has been ordered,
rgr.r the Arms J,r. to lodge at tho nearest
..4c- station al trms AID ammunition he may
poss.., Tor the purpose Of obtaining Ii
"eD7e.
The GrcyE Government is sending
3ng- cons and money to Scio 10 relieve .be dis
l.as caused hy t.r earthquake. Tho latest
asl.alatcS place the number Of killed and
wounded at 5000. Thirty villages were DO
s-Toyed and 1900 people made destitute. All
the foreign ncn-of-wGr at Smyrna have started