River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1884-03-06
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Foreign FLASHES.

Parnellites condemn dynamites, and say they
are Americans.
Montreal has sixly French Catholic churches
and the largest cathedral on the continent
The betrothal of the Princess Elizabeth of
Hesse with the Grand Duke sergius of Russia
is officially announced
The government has doscded to send cour-
teous dispatch to America relative to the action
of Americans in ccuntenancing and assisting
the dynamiters.
Martin Turner & Co. merchants of Glasgow
engaged in the East india trade, have failed
Liabilities roughly estimated at between 140O,
900 and 5000
The Spanish governm ont prohibited meet
ing Of the republican press ON March /, for the
purpose of endearoring to harmonic and unity
the barbarous dscordant factions of the re-
publicans.
The United STATES government presses Its
claim against Spain for S4a3, 900 as balance of
awards due on account of American losses dur
ing the rebellion in Cuba, and also S6oo,OOO
for estates enlarged at the same period and
not restored TO their American owners.
Ex-Collector Bradley, of the Emerson Mani
toba custom house, and under bond on the
charge of embezzling SIC, 900, died at Winnipeg
on the s2Sth at the residence of DIR. Codd lie was
taken seriously i'll after his arrest, and the matter
preyed so upon his mind that apoplexy put an
end to his sufferings
c. J. Watterberg kept a hotel in Antwerp,
Belgium. His wife disappeared with some To-
900 francs and $500 worth of diamonds.
Franz Wonters, physician, disappeared at
the same time Watterberg traced the parties
to New York and found Their living together
in apartments up town. They were arrested
on charge of bringing stolen property INTO
the country. Nonters was held III SlU,Opo bail.
Mrs. Watterberg was remanded
The London Times, speaking of the late Uni
ted States Minister Hunt, says: Mr.. Hunt was a
Southener, honest and sturdy, and of vener-
able presence. He might well have sat TO a
painter as a type of Puritan father. His was a
prominent head amongst the crowd of dlplo-
matists present at the coronation at the hrem-
lin last May Hospitality was nowhere more
freely or graciously dispensed than at his ele-
giant villa at Moscow, over which waved the
stars and stripes.
A terrible tragedy was enacted the 2Sth, in the
south Of France. A gardner named Chave en-
ployed at conventat Sarviane, near Marseiles
was recently discharged for laziness While
the Sisters were walking in the convent grounds,
and at the moment when they were in secluded
spot. Chave suddenly appeared before them.
the lady superior asked him kindly if he had
found work, and Chave without replying,
drew a revolver and discharged SIX barrels XII
ling the lady superior, and mortally woundin8
one of her companions, He then killed him
self
Generals Schramm and De Wimpffen are
dead The former entered the army in 1923.
when only ten years of age, before completing
his twenty fourth year was brigadier general
De Wimpffen, during the Franco-Prussian war,
received an order on Aug. p appointing him
commander -in-chiefin case Marshal MacMahon
should be disabled On Sept during the bat
lie of Sedan, hearing that MacMahon was wound
cd, he produced his commission and assumed
chief command He at once reversed the or
ders for capitulation, already given, still hoping
for victory The order directing retreat came
from the emperor and n 2 from him.
Lord Randolph Churchill inquired whether
the government intended to ask further powers
in regard to the dynamite fiends, and whether
they would ask permission to expel from Great
Britain persons suspected of having connec-
ton with recent discoveries of dynamite. Sew
eral Parnelites strongly condemned the dyna-
mite proceedings and declared no excuse valid
for such attempts upon life and property.
They declared eonspilacies of this nature are
in no wise associated with the Irish cause,
but had been Matched in America, and attempts
to carry them ont had been made by agents
sent from the United States.