Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-02-14
RoRETaN.

A siege has been proclaimed at suakim-
War material for six gunboats is to be
sent to Tonquin.
III. ROuher, the French statesman, died at
nine o'clock Feb. Sd, in Paris.
Four dwellings in Hamilton, Canada,
were crushed by weight of snow.
Prince Jerome Napoleon says the. time
has come for BonaPaTtist agitation.
A Socialist plot TO rescue political pris-
oner has been discovered in Berlin.
The Paris newspapers are joking England
on the results Of the Egyptian campaign.
The bark Eolus went ashore on the Eng
lish coast. Only two ofthe crew were saved.
Gaultier de Rumilly, the French states
man, died in Paris, at the age of ninety-tWo
years.
Four letter pouches containing $4,000
marks have been stolen from the mail car
at Leipsic.
The Nationalists again evaded the police
and held meeting in Ulster, Ireland, on
January 9th.
The Sultan has assured England he is
| anxious to come to an understanding con-
corning Egypt.
Permission to erect monument to Mar
tin Luther, at Riga, has been refused by the
Russian authorities.
The Vienna newspapers say the stringent
anti-Socialist measures adopted by the Gov
eminent are necessary.
The Spanish government prohibited a
Republican meeting annouced for Feb 18th
to commemorate the republic.
The United Ireland hopes that Gordon
| will meet the same lack as Baker Pasha did.
and that FL Mahdi will take Cairo.
Fifty-two members of the Park club in
London have been fined from 6100 to $500,
each for gambling in the club rooms.
The Queens speech was read to Parlia-
ment on Feb. 9Th. 1t is estimated that the
franchise will be considerably extended.
Blakeway, the absconding member of the
suspended London firm, Thomas, Sons g.
Co., is supposed to have come to America.
Several AIdershot regiments have been
ordered to prepare for foreign service, aud
more marines have been dispatched to
Egypt.
At a Parnen conference his followers de-
cided to oppose tho LordOn municipal bill
unless a similar bill for Dublin is intro
: duced.
/ There was a grand imperial ball at the
2 Winter palace in st. Petersburg at which
the Car and Czarina circulated freely among
the 720 guests. No Nihilists were invited.
S In the lodgings ofStelmacher the assassin
: of Detective Bloch at Vienna, dynamite
bombs and seditious writings were discov-
: cred by the police. The landlord has been
arrested.
Australian advices say that the crops are
: in splendid condition. 1t is estimated that
# South Australia will have eighteen million
|. bushels of wheat for export, and Victoria
e seven million bushels.
The MARQUIS of Queensberry proposes to
d reform the English marriage service. If he
n succeeds, wedding notices, like prize fight
Q announcements, will have to read accord
It ing to Queensberry rules"
The Directors of the Mexican Central
Railroad announce that the road will be
!. completed to the United States by the mid
;, die of March, and open to through traffic
J. between the list and 18th of April.
/ In Parliament. on Feb. 9Th, Parnell NOV
ed an amendment to the address in reply
y to the Queens speech, condemning the pol
icy toward Ireland, demanding the imme
date abandonment of the policy of stimu--
lating State aided emigration Of the Irish,
{ etc.
: There is some excitement in Berlin over
IS the discovery of strange man in the i'm
perial toilet chamber at the opera house.
J. He had barred the door and resisted arrest
= He is Bavarlan engineer, and a box of
- | tape measures and wires was found on his,
person. The building has since been guard
ed by troops and police.
y Baker Pasha has met with defeat at Ia
kan, losing 1900 men. He escaped with a
regiment of his forces to Trinkitat and
e boarded the Ranger in which they will re-
turn at once to Suakim. He lost also four
Krupp guns and two Gattling guns Later
/ advices of the defeat of Baker Pasha state
! that the slaughter of his forces continued all
u the way back to Trinkitat The Egyptians
were panic stricken, and fell upon their
a knees, but their appeals for mercy were
a fruitless. Arabs seized them by their necks
d and thrust spears in their backs or savageIy
n cut their threats. The fugitives huddIed
e together on the shore at Trinkitat and
, might easily have been slaughtered, but the
enemy gave over the pursuit. The men en-
barked as quickly as possible on the six
? transports lying there, and with Baker
. Pasha and Colonel Sartorious started for
e Suakim, where they arrived at midnight.
S Intense excitement prevails at Suakim An
t attack of the enemy is expected, and the.
r forts are occupied by English marines The
French agent has telegraphed fol man OF
war. Baker Pasha says the force which
attacked him was less than 1000 strong but
the Egyptians threw away their arms and
= fed.