The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1884-06-27
FOREIGN.

The London Daily News demands that
the crime OF embezzlement be made extra
ditable.
There are seventeen hundred cases OF
smallpox In the public hospitals of London,
and the disease continues to spread.
Thirty men. were killed and others injured
by the explosion of powder works at Pom
trewoll, Italy, Monday.
William O'Brien, editor of United Ireland,
was fined e500 by a Dublin court for con-
temptuous comments on q libel suit brought
by Crown Solicitor Bolton.
In the Anarchist trial at Gratz, Austria,
one of the prisoners confessed that he was
train on the Southern Railway In 1888.
Some alarm was created In Madrid
Wednesday by the explosion of boom
placed by unknown parties inside the door
way Of q residence.
The fear of dynamite In London is so
great that the gates of the palace yard are
now locked at night after the sittings OF
parliament.
information furnished to the police of
Cork caused the discovery of quantity or
arms and ammunition which had been
buried near the barracks.
A creaking gallery In London church
Sunday caused a panic, and In the con-
fusion many people were trampled under
foot and severely injured.
King John of Abyssinia says If Kassala
is captured by the Mehdrs forces he will
re-capture that fortress. The Mehdi will
have something to say about the business.
johnson, the alleged dynamiter, who pre-
tended to know all about the plot to blow
up the Victoria Docks, London, has been
pronounced an impostor by the English de-
tctives.
A dispatch from Sualzim reports the ar
rival of party of twenty-One pilgrims from
Khartoum. They left on May 25, at which
time the place was fully supplied with pro-
visions.
There is growing jealousy and excitement
between France and England regarding the
future occupation of Egypt. The. confer,
ence of the powers upon this subject will
meet in London next Saturday.
A panic is said to prevail at TouloH,
France, over the appearance of what Is pro-
nounced Asiatic cholera among the troops
| and dock laborers. Twenty deaths are Ne
ported for Sunday, and the government has
ordered the evacuation Of the barracks.
An incendary conspiracy which has been
developed in Berlin is said to have been
| aided by contributions from the United
| States Notice Is sent out from Berlin that
| if the suspicion proves true, immediate ac-
| ton will be taken by the German represen-
tative at Washington.
Hundreds of villages have been sub
merged in Galicia by the rising of the
| WdUtTS vi bllt DnlcStcl Niotud iNCi %
| The city of Cracow is in danger of being
wholly submerged. The floods cause a
stoppage in the supply of beef cattle for
| Vienna. Tens of thousands of persons are
made homeless in the flooded district.
An Irshman named George johnson,
alias Mcdonnell, surrendered himself to the
police at Ely, sixteen miles from Cambridge
on Saturday. He confessed he was concerned
in the Victoria Railway explosion and ex-
pressed his willingness to give Queens evil
dence He begged to be kept guarded, fear
ing nc would be mobbed. The disclosures
made by Johnson have caused considerable
excitement, and the police are now conf
dent of speedily arresting the entire gang
of dynamiters connected with the Victoria
explosion. m
The third General Council of the Presby.
terrain church convened at Belfast, Ireland
Tuesday. The attendance was very large
Representatives from all quarters of the
civilized world were present. The Rev. DIR.
Watts, chairman of the general committee
was present and delivered the opening ser
mon. Belfast is an appropriate place fol
the convention. 1t Is the capitol of tho
Northern Province of Ireland, which has
given to the Presbyterian Church some OF
It's ablest theologians, its most eminent
scholars, and its most Jealous missionaries