The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
Events Of the Past Week,
General, Personal and Political
Interest,
At Home and Abroad.
Financial, Commercial and Indus
trial Points,
Grimes, Casualties and GOssipj
Carefully Selected, Condensed and
Arranged for the Readers
of This Paper.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Emile de Girardin, the French jour
nilist and statesman. Is dead.
Gen. Ludwig Won Benedek, of Austria,
is dead.
The Governors of Kef and Bcja have
been instructed 10y the Bty Of Tunis TO Surren-
der TO the French under protest.
A sentence of Imprisonment for life
has been imposed upon the Russian Grand
Duke Nicholas. his completely III Nihilistic plots
having been clearly established. He is brother
of the late Car.
England and the other European pow
crs object TO the Russian proposal for confer
cnce on the refugee question
During artillery practice Oh board the
,raluing-ship Mars. al Wilhcmshayen, Ger
man station on the North sea- shell burst
while the gun was being loaded. Eight meu
wcrs killed and sixteen wounded.
Nine persons have been arrested at
Constantnople for completely III the murder OF
sultan Abdul All including Hungarian enl-
u!oyed a. his medical attendant.
ttHNtllSiitiN tlN ti'HViNy
his nephew. Coninssby Ralph Disrael.
To effect the necessary alterations 1t
the Russian imperial castle OF Gstschina, for
rs occupancy hy the new Car, several hun
.lrcd artisans laborcd for forty-eisht hours.
after being sworn to silence III the church at
midnight. The Windows of the imperial bed
room are protected 10y massive iron shutters II
.,uard Of clshty Cos>Scks are posted IN the
Aute-chambers electrical apparatus has been
arranged for ringing bell III every guard
house. and. on retiring. the Emperor removes
The outer handle Of the door. Dynamite was
..aptured in the courtyard which had been con-
called III load Of hay.
Faster eggs were used i'll Moscow to
lnclose procamatious from the Land and Lib
rrty party urging the pessantry TO seize tue
lauds and refuse TO pay taxes OF serve in the
amy
Sir Stafford Northcots succeeds Dis
sacli a. leader Of the Tory opposition in the
British House Of Commons.
Ii is understood that the Car is dis
posed 10 adopt repressve measures OF = char
IL TO example Of them.
The movement against the Jews has
1ruken out III ArgeHau, West Prussia. A mob,
ed 10y q ,chool-tearher. wrecked the houses Of
,-ume Jews AMI inaltrcated the inmates.
The Russian peasamtry destroyed the
-lAgOgue at ElZabethgrad, in the Govern
men; of kaersou Many of the rioters were
killed BY the troops. The disturbance grew
Oh, Of tue superstition regarding the Passover
iItcs.
Smallpox Is epidemic i'll London.
A terrible epidemic, similar to typhus,
Is making grea, havoc among the horses Of
Paris.
Eighty persons were drowned by the
wreck of the British steamer Tavarns OF the
coast of New Zealand
President Grevy has accepted, Ill the
nane Of the French people. the invitation OF
the United States TO taAe part III the Yorktown
celebration next fall
Women are now allowed To study and
take degrees in tho Spanish universities.
The investigation into the death Of
AOuuI ALlZ SHOWS that pot was contemplated
for the assassination Of the imperial Princes
and the proclamation OF new Caliph.
A battle between 5000 Albanians and
an army Of Turks Of equal strength resulted
IN the defeat Of the former. Tho combined
losses were l'ooo Killed ana wounded.
The arrest and incarceration IN prison
Of John Dillon irish Member OF Pariiament,
produced unusual excitement throughout lre-
ana
fresh e1cesses against the jews nave
beeh comiAlt'ed IN ArBenau' west rfussA.
Inc anu-Je"lsn rlot III EiZaDethSrsu, husss,
proves 10 nave been more serious auar than
vas hrst reported. Two hundred persons we're
Injured
NI2-. a h"utulakrl IL Vienna, killed
..s '.iic ami tour rhIldrcn and cut them in
lI,,r-.
Edwin Boo,h achieved an immense
-...,..-s ~ his great character Of OthclIo. in
London