Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-08-16
FOREIGN


or the Irish national league.
Monday Aug. 6, the Goth day of the
strike, opened with no in
locations Of unemployment of the strik- |
ers by the Western Union company, at |
The brotherhood's figures or any other,
for the company says it is getting along |
Ill right and will never yield to its late |
employees, and the strikers, on their
part, say will ncves resume work at the
old wages.
The municipal authorities of Madrid
voted 1000 pesetas for the Ischia suffer-
ers.
President Grcvy sent 5000 to King
Humbert for the fund for the relief of
the Ischia sufferers.
Prosecutions against the Jews in Rus
STA have been resumed. In riot the
other day nearly one hundred Jews
were killed.
The city of Badajos in Spain, tive
miles from the frontier of Portugal, was
tie scene of an uprising of soldiery hos
tile to the Spanish monarchy, but failed
of its object and the insurgents have fled
into Portugal.
The German admiralty has ordered
the commanders of the mcn-of-war to
limit their supplies of American picked
pork to what is necessary for tie sus-
tenancc of their crews during the pas
sage home of vessels from foreign sta
tions. The object of this order is to
avoid the landing of any such pork at
German ports.
United States Consul Stevens at
which is decinating the population of
Damietta is not Asiatic cholera, but ma
lignant cholera, caused by TIE filthy
condition of the town and unclean hab-
its of the lower classes, whose principal
article of food is fish caught from water
polluted and poisoned by being used rs
a receptacle for offal, the carcasses OF
diseased animals, etc. During the
British occupation many persons per-
ished; and their bodies were dumped in
to the water regardless of consequences.
Sauton. member of the Paris munich
pal council, was wounded in three places
in duel with Mayor, editor of La Ian
| terne.
1t seems that the revolt in Spain thu
other day was only little plot to cover
up the populations of officials. Tht
ring-leaders are in custody.
James McDermott was arrested a
Liverpool the other day on arrival from
America charged with being engaged
in the dynamite conspiracy.
The national debt bill passed a secont
| -, tho Hence s.
other day. The effect of the bill will b,
to cancel f173,000 Great Britain's deb
in 20 years.
Rumored that old Cetewayo is no
dead.
Poole. one of the dynamite conspir
ators has been committed for trial il
Dublin for the killing of Kinney.
1t is learned that a band of pirate
have been doing systematic work il
wrecking ships in the Black sea in col
iusion with the pilots. Numbers of dis
asters have occurred in calm weathe
and other suspicious circumstances ar
talked of.
Liverpool dynamite conspirators hav
been sentenced TO renal servitude 70
life.
The house of lords committe on tn
Manchester ship canal bill have droppe
the measure for this session.
China is not making very much nois
about it, but all the same she is maxim
extensive preparations for war.
The editor of the Paris Gaulos
sentenced to three months, imprisor
ment forinciting socialists to attack tn
residence of President Grevy.
Moritz Scharf, chief witness for til
prosecution in the Jewish murder iris
at Nyreghyaza, Hungary, has confesse
that he perjured himself
The car decree at coronation regard
ing liberty of worship is said to affet
only 1,000,0 900 people. leaving | 4, 900, 00
dissenters still unrelieved.
The report that Cetywayo is still aliv
comes from his brother, who saws th
king took refuge on an isolated kraa
after the late battle, having receive
two wounds in the leg. The report
gaining credence.
Three companies of Cossacks hay
arrived Mt Ekaterinoslay, Russia, an
have arrested over 100 persons for pal
ticipating in the late anti-Jewish riots
1t is said that no Jews were hurt, a
having been warned in time to escape
Civil and military officials of Badajo,
Spain. have been suspended. A specis
from Lisbon states that the revolt q
Badajos had qualifications in variou
parts of the country, but that it wa
premature. There are thirty SPANS
officials on parole in Lisbon.
There is great excitement in Belgium
over the trial of Canon Bernard, who
charged with abstracting several milo
of francs worth of papers and securitie
from the Episcopal palace of the dioces
of Tourney. His defense is that he wa
directed by the pope to conceal tn
treasure beyond the reach of judicia
power, and that he had not committe
a criminal offense, but had merely trie
to evade the civil law.
The total number of deaths from til
earthquake on the island of Ischia
now put at 5000.
Patrick O'Brien gets six months in
prisonment at Liverpool for spreadin
circulars calculating to damage juror,
| Alexandria had riot few DAYS 40
over report that English doctors wer
poisoning the natives. Troops quelle
the demonstration.
In view of the disturbed state g
affairs in Spain King Alfonso and wifi
have returned to Madrid. They wer
received at the railroad station by
great crowd of people of all ranks.
At meeting in London in favor @