The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-09-07
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has been fearful rioting between IIindoos al d
Mohammedans at Salem in the presidency of
Madras. One hundred and fifty Hindoos and
three Mohammedans have been arrested. An
eyewitness of the disorders says that head
less corpses of Mohammedan men and women
were lying on every side. Houses of Mo
hammedans were burned and the principal
mosque was almost razed to the ground.
Dead pigs were thrown into wells with the
corpses of Mohammp1an children. The Mo-
hammedans are small minority of the popu-
lation.
ADvICEs from Japan gives the following
account of the massacre OF the royal family
of Corca: At about ) o'clock on the evening
of July % an organized band of insurgents
took possession of the main thoroughfares in
Seoul, the capital of Corea, and attacked
the royal residence and the headquarters of
the Japanese legation. The japanese envoy
and consul escaped with about twenty fol-
lowers and made their way to the palace for
protection, but they found it already in
he possession Of the rioters. They then
retreated TO Jinsen Port, fifteen
miles distant being repeatedly assailed on
the way. Tour OF the party were killed,
three were wouldoi and several are miss
ing. The survivors finally made their WY
to British ship. A japanese vessel that
was sent to Corea returned with the an
nouncement that all The Japanese at Se-Ou
had probably been slaughtered, and that the
capital was in state Of anarchy. Of the
royal inmates of the palace the king alone
was spared. The queen was murdered. His
heir and his betrothel, both children, were
killed by poison forcihy administered. Thir-
teen ministers of state and other high dig
nitaries were slain. The proceedings are said
to have been directed by the ex-Regent Tai
in-Kun, by some said to be the father
and by others the uncle of the king. He has
always been a violent opponent of foreign
intercourse. Japan acted with promptness
and prudence. naval and military rendez-
ous has been established at ShimonoSoki,
the nearest port to Corea. A fleet has been
dispatched to the scene of disorder and
troops have been gathered to await the de-
velopment of affairs. Reparation must be
absolute and unconditional or war will
ensue.
LATE kilograms from Corea state that the
uncle of the king has seized the throne.
The Siberian plague is appearing to an
alarming extent in most widely separated
quarters of European Russia.
THE annual report of the wheat crop in
France shows it is excellent in twenty de-
partments, good in forty-fve, fair in eleven,
poor in nine and bad in one-that of Corsica.
CHOLERA is creating great ravages in Japan
and in the PHILIPPINE islands. At Yokohoma
out of 775 cases within twenty days 572 cases
proved fatal. At Toxic about eighty cases
and fifty deaths occur daily.
AN unusual scene witnessed recently in
the harbor of Alexandria, Egypt, was the
keel-hauling of three Arab sailors on board
the Egyptian frigate Souda for mutiny.
They were first hogged and then tied to a
rope and hauled up TO the port side yardarm.
They were then dropped into the sea, dragged
under the keel and hauled up to the star
board yardarm. They were soon dead.
The South African Caffre chief Secocoeni,
his son and fourteen followers have been
killed. The killing was done by Mampoer,
the chief put into Secocnnis place by the
British.
The corporation of Cork has passed a reso-
luton condemning the recent sentence OF
Mr.. E. Dwyer Gray, the Dublin newspaper
publisher, and demanding that he be re-
leased. The corporation also resolved Ia
confer upon Mr.. Gray the freedom of the
city.
CETEwAro, ex-king of the Zulus, has left
England for Africa.
The steamer Lake Nepigon, from Liver
pool bound to Montreal, ran aground neal
ArIlow on the eastern coast of Ireland. The
passengers and crew were landed in boat;
and the vessel was subsequently hauled of
safely.
MORE than 200 members of the metropoli
tan police of Dublin, Ireland, were dismissed
for attending a meeting the night before
contrary to orders. At this meeting Cap
tain Talbot, the superintendent of police, wal
denounced. By evening more than GOO mem
bers of the police force had struck, and the
city was without protection. Great excite
ment prevailed. Troops took possession o.
the police stations and 400 men were sworr
in as special constables. The lord mayor
issued proclamation calling on all citizeni
to help maintain the peace, but the excite
ment increased and at $3.50 P. NJ. riotoul
demonstrations occurred. Infantry and cav
airy paraded the city the entire night. o.
the entire police force, numbering ], ITO men
240 members were dismissed and $40 dc
olined further duty.