Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-05-19

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| Kavanagh, had told the truth, but both the
| participation in the crimes by the society
of "Invincibles, to which they belonged.
They were sentenced to be hanged June 8.
THE Universal Exhibition at Amsterdam,
Holland, was opened on the I'd by the
King.
The National Board of Health was in.
formed on the Sd that ninety-three deaths
from yellow fever occurred in one week re.
Gently at Rio de Janeiro, at which placethe
disease had been declared epidemic.
INDICTMENTS for murder were found on
the Sd at Dublin, Ireland, against John
Walsh, recently arrived in this country;
P. j. Sheridan, Of the Irish World, New
York, md Peter Tynen, commonly known
as No. 1, who was supposed to be in the
United States. 1t was expected a demand
would speedily be made upon this Govern
ment for the e%xtradition of these men, who
were alleged to have been at the head Of
the conspiracy that resulted in the Phoenix
Park murders.
WHILE the miners were ascending the
Vale mine at New Glasgow, N. Sion the
evening of the Sd, the rope broke, and the
cars were hurled down the shaft, killing
four men and two boys and injurihg five
other men, some fatally.
A CAIRO (Egypt) dispatch of the 81 says
the army of the False Prophet was defeated
in a recent engagement with the Khedive's
troops under Colonel Hicks. The False
Prophet was wounded and one of hislLieu-
tenant-G Generals was killed. The rebel loss
was five hundred, while that of the loyal
army was small.
A VICTORIA (B. CO. dispatch of the Sd
says chat the Steamer Grappler, running
between Puget Sound and Alaska, was
burned on the night of the Goth ult., and
sixty lives were reported lost. The vic.
Tins were mostly Cinnamon, who became
uncomfortable when the fire broke out, and
jumped into the boats to their own destruc-
ton.
The Federal forces and bandits had a
fight on the Sd near Flaplapam, Mex, and
five of the latter were killed.
Two HUNDRED persons who are known to
be members of the Patriotic Brother
hood have left Crossmagien, County
Armah, Ireland, and it's vicinity, because
of revelations made recently duplicating
them in unlawful acts.
The Mexican Government has contracted
with a French firm for improving Vera
Cruz harbor at a cost Of $40, 047 900. The
work is to be finished in twelve years.
JAMES MULLETT and William Maroney
pleaded guilty on the Sd at Dublin, Ire.
land, to the charge of conspiracy to muir
der.
Mr.. BRADLAUGH on the 4th made another
attempt to take his seat in the English
House of Commons and demanded to be
allowed to take tho oath. The privilege
was refused by a vote of 271 to 165.
The following business failures in for
eign countries occurred on the 4th: Guma
Bros, sugar and commission merchants at
Matanzas, Cuba, for 100000; Fritz Andres,
cotton merchant at Liverpool, Eng, for
$750,000; and Remorg, a ~corn-dealer at
Antwerp, Belgium, for $3o0,000.
THE discovery at Cronstadt, Russia, of a
mandatory of explosives caused the ar
rest on the 4th of many naval officers,
alleged to be interested in the illegal work.
The Irish Nationalist party in London
is organizing a fund for the relief of the
families of Irishmen who nave been arrest
ed for political offenses or who have been
obliged to fly the country.
LAWRENCE HANLoN, convicted at Dub
lin, Ireland, of the attempted murder of
Juror Field, was on the 4th sentenced to
Imprisonment for life. .
The Dublin (Ireland) Freeman's Journal
says the British Consul at New York had
been advised of the sailing of the dynamite
conspirators recently arrested in England,
and had cabled his Government of the fact.
This, it was claimed, proved that informers
existed even in the New York Irish secret
societies.