Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-07-12
OTHER LANDS.

The English government is not pie
pared to annex New Guinea owing to the enor-
nous exteet OF territory, the unknown charzc-
ter OF the interior OF the country, aud the GER
The upper house of the Prussian diet
has adopted the government church bill, and
the diet has adjourned.
On July 2, al was added to the num-
Der OF deaths from cholera at Dsmietts, Egypt
At temperance picnic held in Shelf
field, England two children we're crushed to
death and twenty others injured.
A terrible calamity occurred on the
Bird inst. on the river Clyde, at Glasgow, Scot
land. The new steamship Daphne had just
water began rolling from side to side. When
near the middle OF the river she went over,
aud nearly disappeared beneath the water. A
large number of people we're on board and
many were drowned. The dispatches place
the number OF lives lost at 100, but there is
ONE uncertainty Various reasons have been
assigned as the cause of the accident, but the
most probable 10 that she had too n UGH top
weight. As usual, when there are indications
OF an accident, the people became panic strick-
en- and rushed to an fro, greatly
their danger. Those who had positions on the
part Of the boat not submerged, did all In their
power to rescue the unfortunate people strug
Cling In the water and succeeded I'm saving
good many. The work of searching for the
bodies was at once begun, and before night
fall 60 bodies had been taken from the river.
AS means of staying the spread of
cholera, tt3 authorities at Dameitta have Or
dered the inhabitants to leave their dwellings
and stay In tents. The infected portion of the
city has been partly disinfected and partly
burned.
The Panama Star and Herald of June
% says the volcano of Ometepe, Lake Nicara.
qua. Is In eruption. When the crater first
broke forth the people fled to the churches.
feeling that the whole island would be de-
stroyed. The valley Of the Atrats, in Cauca,
continues the center Of volcanic activity AT
Rio Sucio, 40 miles from the Atlantic, the
earth opened In many places, throwing out
very fine sand In heated state, whilst a sub
terranean noise was heard resembling that
made by boiling water. At Turbo, ON the
Gulf Of Urba, the earth opened and water is
sued, flooding the streets to q depth of two
feet. Many houses were shaken down. The
small villages of Bujies and Nicurio were
completely engulfed. The mouth OF the river
Leon, which emptled into the Atlantic, was
completely closed up and all over the district
the movement of the earth is so continuous
that the Inhabitants are emigratipg.
The Suez canal company announces
that In case of an agreement being made with
the British government ia regard TO matters
concerning the new canal the son OF De Les
seps WILL at the request OF the British mir istry.
start for London to definitely conclude arrange
ments for prosecution Of the work.
o The stencil ut Damietta was noticeable
10 miles OF. Dead animals by the score are
floating In the Nile. And still they are fighting
cholera.
Deaths at Damietta from cholera con-
tinues at the rate Of 100 a day.
English nobility mourns the death of
the Duke of Marlborough,
Ten thousand iron workers in Stafford
ehire, Eng, are on q strike. They went to all
the mills 10 the vicinity and quenched the fire
In the furnaces.
The king of Saxony, who is making
tour. was about to ascend in the elevator of q
factory which he was inspecting at Milan when
the weight attached To the car fell, killing the
governor OF the district who was accompanying
his majesty.
The action of the British government
in repudiating the proposed annexation OF New
Guinea TO Queensland, is severely criticised.
Divers report that the bodies in the
hold OF the Daphne, the vessel that was cap
sized In the Clyde, are 90 closely packed that