The National tribune., 1884-10-02
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
TIE News from All Parts Of the
World.
AnRoAp.


ABROAD
The British gunboat Wasp was wrecked on
fhe north west coast of Ireland on the 3d. and
~ Of the crew were drowned The dyna-
miters are busy III Austria. The town hall at
Vienna was partially destroyed by explosives
on the oath ult The Mayor has also received
menacing letters from Aihilists stating that
neprislls viii be levied for the execution of the
anarchists Schumacher and kammerer.--lt
Is reported that al outbreak Of cholera has
occurred near odessa, Russia and that the
Government is trying to suppress the fact On
the 22d ult ii fraShS.ases Of cholera developed
at Alicante and six al Tarragona. Spain. There
were three deaths at the latter and four at the
former place. Two Sergeants and three Cor
p0ras belonging TO the battalion doing duty IN
maintaining a sanitary Gordon about Corona
deserted their post aud fed TO France. In
Italy the outlook is more cheering than for
some weeks past, especially in Naples, where
the deaths have greatly decreased, though the
mortality is still great. A tragic incident,
growing out of the plague. occurred in that city
last week A girl i years OF age, was seized
with the dread disease, and her lover, anxious
10 be by her side attempted 10 enter the room
where she lay. The girls mother, who was
attending her, demHrred and prevented his
entrance. The young man thereupon drew
revolver, and IN mad frenzy shot the mother
through the heart. Advancing to the bedside
OF the girl, he sent bullet into her forehead
and then attempted 10 end his own lie with
shot. lie succeeded only in wOunding himself
and was carried to the hospital. At Marseilles
and T0ul0n, though an occasional death from
the cholera occurs, the plague may be said to
be thing Of the past--Ihe siege Of khar-
toum has been abandoned, and the country in
the neighb0rhood of the place is reported free
from rebels Gen. WOlseley has consequently
autographed to stop forwarding troops to Egypt
for the present. The elaborate preparations
that have been made for the Gordon relief ex-
pediti0n viii now prove unnecessary, as only
very small force viii be sent to khartoum. 1t
is said that the Mahdi has 20 Krupp cannon,
aad that 10000 of his 25,0o9 followers are
armed with Remington rihes.--Nhile moth
ing new has transpired IN the Franco-Chinese
embr0glio, a solution of the trouble seems as
distant as ever. The blocking Of the mouth of
the Noosung River has been ordered, leaving
an opening only for the passage of neutral
ships The Russian Ionsuls have been ordered
60 protect French interests wherever French
Consuls leave. The Russian feet in Chinese
waters comprises one iron-clad, three cruisers,
two coryets, and six gunbOats. Three other
iron-clads are expected to arrive. This strength,
In view Of the smallness of Russian interests in
China, is considered significant. The excite
ment Of the Chinese is intense and an uprising
against foreign residents and native Christians
Is feared.-An attempt was made on the 2sth
ult 10 blow mp the Council House at Salisbury,
Eng A number Of windows were smashed by
the explosion, but otherwise no damage was
done. No arrests have been made III connec-
tion with the outrage.
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES
Theodore Rouleau. aged is. and Hortense Paro
aged 10, both French Canadians, while walking
home from ball at Rochester, n. H.. on the
night of the 22d ult. were oyertaken by thun-
R0ulean was instantly killed. Miss Paros hair
one arm, and hand were badly burned, and she
has lost her reasen.-On the 22d ult pet-
bear broke loose at Rsthdrum, Idaho. and ran
on the streets in a rage. The animal at
tackled a girl u years old, and dreadfully
IDaEgled the child with its teeth and claws
sDd nearly crashed her TO death by hugging
Fezr men, hearing the girls cries, rushed to
the rescue. The bear turned fnriousr on them
dropping the child. Three men were badly
torn, one having a hand nearly chewed off
The fourth man escaped.-John Fore, an
Italian barber at KinZua Pa, was, on the 23d
ult., shot and killed by Mrs Kavanagh, of the
same place, while trying to forcibly enter her
house IN the absence Of her husb2nd.-Blag-
circus BrOcalks. Pole. died at the General
Hospital. Buffalo, n. y, on the 23d ult Three
nights ago ne was found with fracture Of the
skull. Before he died he made statement in
which he claimed that on the evening in ques-
tl0n ne attended DANCE. and while there
hIrted with girl. While thus engaged Pole
named Michael Tabolski struck IA - in the fore
head with snuf-boz. These boxes, il seems
are made from a cows horn, and are often used
by the Poles as weap0ns.---A cyclone struck
the village OF Wellsburg, six miles east OF Elira
N. T., on the 2Stb ult. Houses, barns and
other buildings were unr0Ofed, orchards were
destroyed. and the streets were thickly strewn
with trees The wind was accompanied By
terrific rain storm, lasting foF some time, and
delaying the streets.
INDUSTRIAL
The exports. exclusive of specie. from the
port of New York foF the week ending on the
23d ult were s.. .050,7I7, against S6565 991 on
the previous week and - 442 624 for the week
ended Sept. .. 1853. The total exports since
Jan. are S237. .76s 223 against S26I Coz. GAS for
the corresponding period last year-Tbe
shipments from the mines Of the Cumberland
coal region for the week ended Saturday. Sept.
~. 1884 were 66, ,522 tons, and for the wear to
date. 2,Ole,992 tons; an increase Of POI us
tons IS compared with the corresponding De-
riOd Of lS53.--The business failures for the
United States aud Canada for the week ending
on the 26th ult were lS7 for the former and
26 for the latter
POLITICAL
An imposing demonstration in honor Of Mr..
Blaine was held in Philadelphia on the 23d
uit"Gen. Logan was enthusiastically re-
ceiVed at all the towns he passed through in
his Ohio tOur.-A large Democratic meeting
was held in Columbus, O., Thursday, during
which the speakers platform broke down in