Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1883-11-29
GENERAL. NEWS.

LONDON, NOV. 25.---lh6 London n6WSpa-
pers, in discussing Egyptian affairs, all insist
that the British troops should not be with
drawn from Egypt at this time. The Paris
Temps says that a Frenchman organized the
forces of the False Prophet.
The Grown Prince OF Germany arrived in
Madrid yesterday.
Twenty persons were drowned in Lake
Geneva, Switzerland, yesterday, in a steam
boat collision.
Mr.. Parnell has been refused the use of
the Exhibition Hall in Cork in which to ad-
dress his constituency.
A despatch from st. Thomas says the Hay
tien steamer Dessalnes formerly called the
Ethe) has sunk La Patrie, the war ship OF
the Revolutionists.
The Laurenceville High School, connected
with Princeton College, was closed yester.
day, and will not be opened until December
4th, owing to the breaking out of scarlet fe.
yer In the vicinity.
largely attended meeting of the Boston
Bank Presidents Association was held in
Boston, at which the subject "The Promotion
of Speedy Passage of an Equitable and
Uniform National Bankrupt Law" was again
discussed.
The latest advices regarding the recent
storm in Southern Missouri put the loss at
and in the vicinity of Piedmont at from
$4,000 to $SO,Oc0. 1t is now said that no
lives were lost Trains are again running
regularly. In Indiana the water is still rising,
and in the flooded district no railroad trains
were running.
Sanitary Inspector Burgess, of the Marine
Hospital Service at Havana reports to Sur
geon General Hamilton, under date of Nov
IL, that during the week ended November
I5 there were eighteen deaths from yellow
fever in that city. He says: "At no time
during the year has so large a proportion of
the sailing vessels in the harbor suffered
from yellow fever as are now suffering from
it. There are about Seventy-fve cases of the
disease in the city and harbor."
Andrew Taylor, the last of the three noto-
rious Taylor brothers, was hanged at London
Tenn. He ate his dinner with much relish.
At 2:30 he was taken from the Jail and
asked if he wished to address those present
he replied that he did not want to say a Cd
id word. He was entirely unmoved, and
after the moose was adjusted said to the sher-
iff: cd d---n you, I could drink your hearts
blood" He died from strangulation in nine
minutes after the trap was sprung.
The jury in the suit of Mary O'Connor
against Saml. G. Keely Mannayunk (Pa.)
manufacturer, to recover damages for per-
sonal injuries, rendered verdict in favor of
the plaintiff for $4,000. The girl was en-
ployed at defendants mill, and when fire
broke out, in December 1889, she was COM
pelIed, in the absence of a tire-escape, to
jump from window in an upper story to
save her life. Her injuries were of such
serious character as to disable her for life.
The board of fre-escapes had notified the
owner of the building to erect an escape,
but he had failed to do so.
A man named Wolff has been arrested in
London for having powerful explosives and
internal machines in his possession.
The Marquis of Tseng, it is reported, has
nOtlQGQ Earl tudI war VIII
is certain to occur 1t is said that the Yellow
Flags have been disbanded because of their
barbarity.
LONDON, Nov. 22.--Hicks Pasha, in COM
mand of the Egyptian army, fought three.
days battle with the rebels, under the False
Prophet, Ell Mahdi, near Ell Obeid, Kordo.
fan, November 3-5, and was disastrously de-
feated, with the loss of his entire forces, who
were massacred by the enemy.
The Pope has knighted Mr.. Dawson, editor
of the Charleston NeaUs and Courier.
Mr.. James Russell Lowell was elected
Lord Rector of st. Andrews University.
The Spanish Cabinet has agreed to include
universal suffrage in the revision of the Con-
stitution.
The Crown Prince of Germany was enthu-
siastically welcomed on his entry into Valen-
cia yesterday.
No movement has taken place in Tonquin,
but Admiral Courbet is preparing his gun
boats for service in shallow waters.
The Radicals in the French Chamber of
Deputies have demanded the separation of
church and state, and Mr. Ferry announced
that he hoped the question would shortly be
settled.