The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1881-03-17
NEWS OF The WEEK.



The dreaded plague has made is ap-
pearance in Mesopotamia.
The Ameer Abdur Rahmsn Khan il
preparing to occupy Candahar when the Brit
sh garrison IL wholly withdrawn, and Ayoob
Khan's adhercnts are preparing to resist 70
that there are excellent prospects Of lively
times In Afghanistan during the spring and
summer. II seems to be the settled policy
u the Gladstone Ministry TO lot Abdur Kah-
man Khan and Ayoob Khan settle their own
disputes.
The French Government has resolved
to recall IL representative In Venezuela. The
cause assigned for tho action II tho bad faith Of
the Venezuelan Government 70 French credi-
tors.
The latest dispatches state that twenty
vessels wore lost on the Scottish coast during
the recent storm and 200 persons drowned.
Notwithstanding the reports to the
contrary, II does not appear that the Irish
Land-Leagucrs are much scared Ut tho passage
of tho Coercion act. Those agitators who were
IN ireland before tho measure became law have
stood their ground, and others, like Dillon and
Brennan, who were In England or France. ars
returning 70 the Green Isle.
The first person arrested under the
Coercion oct was Joseph D. Walsh, of Castle
bar, merchant who has been prominently
Identified with the Land League. Hc isa cousin
u Michael Davitt. Upward Of twenty others
have bsen arrested in tho country districts.
Notwithstanding the efforts Of the
German Government tho emigration from Ger
many to this country h enormously on the in
,rcase. Whole villages in Posen, Schleswig and
Prussia proper arc being depopulatsd, and the
authorities are seriously alarmed.
Queen Caroline. widow Of King Chris.
ian vlII., Of Denmark, u dead.
The leaders of tho Land League in
ireland are trying to prevent the celebration Of
It. Patrick's day 10 order to prevent religious
liscord.
A loss Of 1000, 900 francs has been in
,urred at Paris BY the burning Of the drapery
establishment on the Boulevard Haussman
2nown = L. Printemps. No les than twenty
ok persons we're injured b 40 Ar&
An order has been given for the with.
drawal OF tho British troops from Candahar.
England is negotiating to secure .
modification OF the invitation TO tho intcrna-
tional monetary conference in order that she
INDY accept it without pledeing herself 10 .
bi-mstallic standard.
The appeal Of Orton, tho Tchborne
claimant, having been dlsmissed by the House OF
Lords, there remains nothing for him but 10
complete his fourteen years In prison.
Mohammed Jan, the noted Afghan
leader, has been murdered.
In one Of the Spanish provinces thirty
persons have been arrested for making demon
straAons in favor Of federal republic.
Alexander IL, Gar Of Russia, has at
last met his death At the hands Of
March IS, while riding with the Grand
Duke Michael in closed carriage, guarded BY
| eight Cossacka, bomb Was thrown, which tore
out the back part Of tho vehicle. Tho Cxar
and his brother sprung out whom .
bystander drew . revolver, but was pre-
1 sVAAsSu AAVuA uA0NAe46h6 sss az tu1
instant . second bomb fell near the
Car, shattering both his legs. With cry for
| help he fell, and Was taken to tho Winter Pal
ace, where troops kept back the throng. The
sacrament was administered to the sufferer,
who survived his injuries but m hour. The
two assassins stood on opposite sides Of the
roadway, disguised ~ peasants. One Was 20
roughly handled that he has since died. Tho
other gives the name Of Roussako6. The
dead Emperor was born in 1913, and
was called to the throne while Russia was en-
gagged in the Crimean war. The chief event Of
his reign was the emancipation OF 2S 0OO, ,0O0
serfs in 1891. Attempts upon his lie were
made by Karakson, at Moscow BY Berexowski,
in Paris. during the international exposition
by Nihilist, who drod 1t him in tho streets oi
st. Petersburg; by the explosion Of mime
under tho Winter Palace, and by means oi
an internal machine beneath the railway track
at Moscow. Alexander, the heir TO the throne
was born in lSA5, and welded tho Princes,
Dagmar, OF Denmark. Tho Grand Duke
Alexis and tho Duke and Duchess Of Edin
burgh have left London for st. Petersburg
Tclcgrams OF coincidence have becn received
from nearly al the leading. countries th'
United States being among the first to Offer IT
tribute.