The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-05-18
Eorpr is In A state Of revolution. The min

EoYPr is In state Of revolution. The min
lstry have summoned the chamber OF notables
over the head OF the khedive.
TIE British minister was stoned in the cap
ital OF Morocco. Six hundred arrests were
made by order of the sultan.
AT Ballina, Ireland, man who had rented a
farm from which another man had been evicted,
was shot and mortally wounded while entering
his door, On the same day the postmaster OF
Navan, county Meath, shot and killed man
who was attempting to stop mail car.
TIE funeral of the murdered Lord Frederick
Cavendish at Chatsworth, England, was attended
by the Prince Of Wales and the Duke Of Edin-
burgh, representing the Queen Mr.. Gladstone,
800 members OF parliament and an assemblage
OF 80, 900 persons. One of the most conspicuous
features of the funeral was an assemblage of
5000 tenants Of the Duke of Devonshire, father
OF Lord Cavendish. The order OF the funeral
procession was as follows: The hearse, the
Duke of Devonshire, walking alone; the Mar
quis Of Harrington, Lord Edward Cavendish,
Mr.. Gladstone, Earl Granville, the speaker Of
the house Of commons, members of the cabinet
and three hundred members of parliament,
walking four abreast.
The greater portion of the business part
Of Hastings, Ontario, has been destroyed by
FIRE, causing aggregate losses of about $50, 900.
A STORM at st. Johns, N. F., did heavy dam
age to shipping and other property. Several
vessels we're lost.
A BILL endowing the lord lieutenant Of Ire
land with almost unlimited powers for the sup
preston of crime has been laid before parlia-
ment.
Mr., PARNELL is reported to have applied for
and to have received police protection, owing
to rumors which are current, and to threaten
ing letters which he has received to the effect
that he is marked man.
A TERRIBLE explosion Of fire-damp in mine
in Westphalia is reported. Shortly after the
explosion the bodies of fifty-six miners were
recovered
Civil war is threatened in Egypt, and English
and French ironclads have been ordered TO
Alexandria,
THIRTY-sIx houses have been destroyed by
fire at the town of Oranienbaum, Russia, about
nineteen miles from st. Petersburg.
The hall of the Hygienic exhibition, near
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has been destroyed by fire. The exhibition was
about to be opened, and many costly exhibits
were already in place, all of which were de-
stroyed. The loss is estimated at several hun
dred thousand pounds. Emperor William was
present during the confagration.
DUBLIN dispatch says: "From informa-
ton that the assassins are still in this city the
conclusion is drawn that they are afraid that if
they should be separated one would turn
traitor, From information obtained it appears
that at least twelve were engaged in the
tragedy, 1t is believed that in the cab
which stood near the scene of the murder
and lettering under the trees were armed
men ready to effect rescue in case the actual
assassins were surprised. The police have
issued descriptions of four Of the men on the
car. Two of them are described as being about
thirty years of age, with sandy hair one about
thirty five, of stout build and dark complexion
with hollow on the bridge of his nose and the
other about twenty, with small black mus
tache. The driver is described as being be.
tween thirty-fve and forty, with red bloated
face"
The business part of Manta, Ecuador, has
been burned aggregate losses, s120, 600.
The Pacific Mail steamer Salvador was
wrecked on the island of San Lucas, near Costa
Rica. No lives were lost and nearly all the
cargo was saved.
ATURKIsH transport in the Bosphorus went
ashore and fifty soldiers on board were drowned
AN Austrian physician, who has visited the
Jews hospital at Odessa, states that there are
1875 horribly mutlated persons there, the
Russians having poured petroleum into their
wounds.
A REWARD Ct $500 has been offered by the
British government for the apprehension of
any one harboring the assasssins of Lord
Cavendish and Mr.. Burke.
FIFTY Austrians have been killed by insur.
gents in ambush near Nevesinjs, Herzegovina