The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-10-25
FOREIGN FACTS
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! LONDON, Oct. 19.-The leSsees OF
, bill boards refuse to post the an.
nouncement of Davitt's lecture.
MADAGASCAR.
PARIS, Oct. ia battle is reported
in Madagascar between Hoyas and
Sahalavas. Admiral Galiber was pre-
pairing to resume the offensive of the
east coast, where HovaS re.captured
several places. The English naval
authorities are described as very hos
tile to the French.
ASSISTANCE NEEDED.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-The British con-
sui at Chios reports thousand per-
sons on the mainland killed and
wounded by an earthquake. Assist
ance is urgent. The lord mayor con-
sents to transmit contributions for
the relief of sufferers.
WASHED OUT.
LONDON, Oct. 19.-In the flight of a
hundred workmen from the flooded
Severn tunnel two were killed.
LONDON, Oct 19.-At an explosion
at Wharncliffe Carlton colliery, York
shire, twenty-three men who were in
the pit at the time are believed to
have all persisted. Three bodies have
already been recovered. When the
explosion occurred five men rushed to
the bottom of the shaft and were res
cued, though injured. Twenty men
remaining in the pit were lost A
searching force is organized, but the
falling of the roof Of the pit retards
work. The explosion is attributed to
blast shot.
SENTENCED TO DEATH.
PALERMO, Oct. 19.-Twelve bri-
gands, implicated in fourteen murders
in the past six years in Amorosia dis
trict, have been sentenced to death.
Eleven others were convicted of COM
plicity and committed to hard labor
for life.
CHOLERA.
ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 19.-The village
in which cholera has broken out had
escaped the epidemic. The appear
ance Of the disease is attributed to in
FILTRATION into a canal, running
through the village of water from
cemeteries in which cholera victims
were inferred.
RELIEF FOR EARTHQUAKE SUFFER-
ERS.
ATHENS, Oct. 19.-The government
has sent two ships to the Grecian
archipelago with supplies for suffer
ers by the recent earthquake. Al
ready 100 bodies have been recovered
near Chesme, in Anatolia. The earth
near AtalaSa literally swallowed up
houses and people.
REFORM IN THE ARMY.
MADRID, Oct. ia circular of the
minister of war. to the captain-gen-
eral of the army. dwells upon the
great necessity for extensive army re-
form and asks the army to rally
around the king. He expresses the
hope that the captain-general will CO.
operate with him in perfecting the Or
ganization and discipline of the army
by which they will earn the gratitude
of their country and inspire the ma
tions with respect for Spain.
PARDONED.
CoNsTANTINoPLE,O Oct. 19.-Midhot
Pasha, sentenced to exile for COM
plicity in the assassination of the Sui
tan, Abdul Aziz, May s, is reported re-
leased.
RAILROAD SUBSIDIES.
CITY OF MEXICO, Oct. 1S.-The sub
sidy on all roads constructed by the
Mexican Central railroad company
amounts to $6,10OOOO; $3,5OO,OOO are
due and are being paid off in construc-
ton certificates, at the rate of 81 ,OOO,-
600 month.
THE CHOLERA.
ALEXANDRIA, Oct. 19.-There were
several new cases Of cholera and one
death in the infected district to-day.
TIE NIHILIsTS.
WARSAW, Oct. 19-Nihilist procla-
nations appear almost daily. A num-
Der of members, including several
students, have been arrested.
FIGHT AMONG GYPsIEs.
VIENNA, Oct. 1.-two bands of
gypsies encamped near Wersenberg
became involved in fight, in which
women and children joined. Four
men were killed and many wounded.
VIOLENT STORM.
LONDON, Oct. ia Vienna dis
patch says a Went storm on Lake
Ludoga and the Gulf of Finland
caused great loss of life and shipping.
Sixty vessels were stranded. The
bodies of sixteen persons have been
recovered.