The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1883-09-08
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

As the train from BeIlin was passing Steg-
lltz on the I'd it ran into crowd of people.
who, intending to take the train to Berlin,
were pressing forward to enter the carriage
from the wrong side. The number of killed
and wounded is estimated at 40
FIRE on the Cd in a lumber yard at Vienna
spread to adjacent houses Loss 1900. 900
f1orins.
ADvIcEs from Amsterdam of the I'd say it is
believed 100000 persons perished in North
Bantam IN the recent calamity. The garrison
and fort at Arlor were swept away.
The crew of the Arctic exploring ship
Varna were rescued and safely landed at Var
doe, Norway, on the Both.
FISCHER, the German explorer. has returned
to Zanzibar from the interior of Africa.
A SEVERE gale on the 29th off st. Johns,
n. f., wrecked number of fishing vessels.
At the time the storm struck, about 2, 600
dories were away at their trowels and large
number of them were lost The loss of life is
supposed to be from 60 to 80.
The volcanic and other disturbances in Java
are more serious than at first supposed Fifty
miles square, comprising all the country be-
tween Point Capuchin on the south and Negerv
Pafserang on the north, and west to Low
Point, has disappeared and is now an open sea-
about 10000 people, all of whom perished.
The entire range of Canary Mountains, 65
miles IN length, has gone out of sight. The
town OF Taneran, numbering 1880 was swept
away by the lava stream. The island of Oneins
hve miles off Tangeron was engulfed. and
BATAVIA suffered to considerable extent The
aggregate loss of lie is estimated at $4,000.
ADvIcEs rom Vienna dared the 30th, give ac-
counts of riots against Jews in Hungary At
forfv- aicybt "a
thlrty-slX were destroyed by incendiary fires.
AT Elgin, ILL.,, on the 29th, Edward F.
Joslyn, shot and killed his betrothed, Eta
buckingham, and then suicided.
On the 29th, police officers arrested negro
committing burglary at Atlanta, Ga. At the
station he drove knife, which be had kept
COZ cealed. into the head of one of the officers
al 1 started to run. A pistol shot from one of
tbs other officers sent him to a higher court.
ISAAC Fl. LOCKWOOD was sent to prison for a
yea at New Haven, Conn, on the Doth, for
using the mails for fraudulent purposes.
A TREATY of peace, by which France gains a
protectorate over Amman, was signed between
those governments on the 2Sth.
ADvICEs from Java, dated the 29th. concern
ing tie volcanic disturbance on the island of
hrakatoa, state that the towns of Aniier.
Tjnisine and Telokbelong were destroyed. The
IGhth, uses in Sunda Straits have disappeared,
and where the mountain of Krakatos formerly
stood Inc sea now flows. The aspect of Sunda
Straits has changed and navigation is dan
geHous. The homes of $4,000 Cinnamon at
tb entrance to Batavia were swept away bv
tbe tidal wave following the eruption and only
D. . escaped with their lives. OF 800 Eu-
no ans IN Batavia 800 perished. The loss of
Ilt' It North Bantam was also enormous.
Ire on the 28th destroyed twelve dwellings,
am 4 factory in the village of st. Gregorie
Los about $50 900.
c. the 28th Paris was placarded by a pro-
claI alton naming Count de Paris king under
the iue of Louis PHILIPPE IL. About $4,000
copies had been posted causing great excite
n!ent, and it took several hours to DESTROY
them. 1t Is not known by whom the pacards
were posted
The queen of Madagascar died on the 9th.