The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1883-05-09
FOREIGN.


PATRICK DELANEY and Thomas Caf-
frey, two OF the prisoners on trial at Dub
lin, Ireland, for completely in the Phenix
Park murder, were arraigned on the 2d and
pleading guilty were sentenced to be hanged
on the ID Of June. Delaney, before he was
sentenced, made q lengthy statement, in
which he declared that he was forced to
stop his work in the shop and go to the park
and participate in the assassination, other
wise he would have been killed himself
for disobeying the orders Of the society
to which he belonged. He stated that he had
Lord Cavendish or Secretary Burke, the
real murderers being Tim Kelley and
Joe Brady He had been directed by Null
but had saved the Judges life at the risk
Of his own, in calling the guards attention
to him. Kavanaugh's information and all
Of Carey's testimony, he stated further,
CsS ess Sscty s,s ,S ne tS. S N every cry particular.
pelled to go to the park and did not know
what was going to happen until twenty
minutes before the crime was committed.
The King of Holland opened the
Universal Exhibition at Amsterdam on the
1st. The American department was not yet
complete
THE steamer Grappler, plying on
Puget Sound. B. c., was destroyed by fire
Of Seymour Narrows, on the night of the
18th ult. There were about one hundred
passengers, principally Cinnamon, on board
became SO great that the officers could not
control them, and they jumped into the
boats in such numbers as to swamp them,
and sixty were drowned.
PRIEsTGATE STREET, one of the prin-
cipal thoroughfares of the city OF Peter
borough, England, was partially blown up
on the evening of the I'd. The explosion
caused great alarm, and it was thought it
was the work of dynamite fiends, but it was
due to the ignition of gas in the sewerunder
| the street. All the houses in the street were
considerably damaged.
A CAIRO dispatch of the Sd says that
a telegram had been received from Colonel
Hicks, commanding the Egyptian troops
sent against the False Prophet, stating that
he had an engagement with 5000 Of the
rebels. The battle lasted about half an
| hour and resulted In the total rout of the
| enemy, leaving 500 of their dead on the
| field, among whom was the Lieutenant
| General of El Makdi, the False Prophet,
| and q large number Of wounded. The
Egyptian loss was slight. Colonel Hicks
praised the gallantry Of the Egyptian
troops under his command.
A DISPATCH from Dublin, Ireland, on
the 3D., states that the Grand Jury had re-
| turned true bills against p. J.. Sheridan,
John Walsh and Peter lyman (the man
/ supposed to be "Number One'') for COM
/ plicity in the Phenix Park murder. Sheri-
dan and Walsh are in America and lyman
is supposed to be in Mexico. 1t Is under
stood that the British Government win
ask for the extradition of the two form
er. True bills were also found
against Lawrence Hanlon, Joseph Mullett
and Daniel Delaney on the charge Of at
/ tempting to murder the juror, Dennis Field,
and against James and Joseph Mullett,
Lawrence Hanlon, Edward McCaffrey, Ed
ward O'Brien, George Smith, Peter Doyle,
psniei DeisSey on the Charge ] Of oonspirinS n
to murder.
UPON the occasion of the coronation
of the Car of Russia the poll tax viii be re-
duced to 16,000, 900 roubles for the entire
empire and there will he a remission of va
rious fines, sentences and penalties.
The royal decree of Italy, issued on
the ID, recognizes as q national campaign
the expedition of Garibaldi against Rome
involving the battle Of Mentana-
A D1spATcH.was received at London
from Tabeez, Persia, on the 9th, stating
that that city had been visited by an earth
quake which destroyed q large number Of
houses and caused the death Of great
number Of persons.
/ Rev. JOSIAH HENSON, Mrs. Stoves
"Uncle Tom," died at Dresden, Canade, or
the 5th, in the ninety-fourth year Of his age
| SEVEN deaths from yellow fever oc-
Cured at Havana, Cuba, during the weel
ending the 5th.
A ST.. PETERSBURG dispatch of the 5tt
states that it was believed that the authori
ties Of Moscow had been invested will
power to arrest a number of persons whC
have been acting suspiciously in that city
| and to detain them until the coronation Of
the Czar has taken place. Much i'll feeling
exists in some of the regiments of the army
| owing to the fact that rewards are befif{
offered to men to induce them to de
nounce any of their comrades who ar,
known to be Nihilists.
A DISPATCH from Portsmouth, En-
J gland, on the 5th, states that an explosion
! occurred in the Government powder maga
zine in Priddy's yard, in Portsmouth har
bor, that morning, caused by the accidental
igniting of some powder during the filling
OF a quantity of shells. There were sil
persons killed and several seriously in
jured.