McCook weekly tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 188?-1886, 1885-05-21
CHRONICLINGs BY THE CABLE.
Miscellaneous Matters of Interest from tn
Old WOrfd.

Miscellaneous Matters of Interest from the
Old Uorid.
A fearful amount of sickness pre-
walls among the British and Egyptian troops
at Suakim. The sick bays in all tie ships
are crowded with patients and additional hos
pitfalls are being erected ON shore. One thou
sand natives who had been hostile have sub
mitted to the British authority and been armed.
1t is feared however, that the withdrawal of
the British forces will deter further sCbmis-
sion. The Bengal Lancers presented General
Graham with an Arab standard captured by
them in the late engagement at Tackhul.
The general in accepting the trophy highly
complimented the Lancers upon their brilliant
services during the campaign.
A Havana letter says Four hundred
acres of uncut cane on the estate of the Gun
iOn'' at Recre were recently burned. Forty
i've houses were burned at Mayaguez. Adj
vices from Porto Rico says that a committee
Of the Provincial dcputati6n waited ON the
Governor General, and after setting forth the
UnfavOrable situation in which the island is
placed, owing to prevailing financial crisis
they requested him TO induce the government
to abolish export duties On sugars at once
Eleven hundred men arrived at
Panama from Buena Ventura, and three hun
dred more are on the way. The Colombian
guard which fought Preston at Colon have
also arrived with about one hundred prisoners
sely reported drowned. Preston is besieg-
n i
camp, which was Illuminated in his honor,
with cries OF Viva Prestonr'
A reduced copy of the Bartholdi
statue of Liberty Enlightening the World"
was formally presented by the American resi-
dents of the French capital to the municipali-
ity of Paris. Levi P. Morton, ex-United
States Minister, made the speech of presenta-
ton, and that of acceptance was delivered by
NJ. Bone, President of the Municipal Council.
Gen. Lew Wallace, ex-United States
Minister to the Porte, has officially rendered
his farewell to the Sultan. The American
residents at the Turkish capital have present
ed Wallace with an eulogist!c address.
1t is surmised that Russia has ac-
cepted the convention. Earl Kimberly, Sec
rotary for India, announced in the house of
Lords that the plan had been officially
sanctioned involving an outlay of So
100000 for railways and military roads, in
Guiding the line to Quetta for the defense of
India. The cabinet is meditating the recall
Of Sir Evelin, consul general at Cairo, az he is
not in accord with the government on the
the withdrawal of British troops from the
Soudan, and the Suez Canal internationaliza.
ton scheme.
London dispatch: A riot occurred
between mob and the police for the posses
sion of the Nelson monument in Trafalgar
Square. About 10000 men had assembled in
the square to make a demonstration against
the governments budget of proposals to in
crease the duty on spirits and beer. The row
lasted nearly an hour and the promoters OF
the meeting and the police were finally forced
to tire leaving the crowd singing in triumph
"Rule Brittania." Soon after the mob lad COM
PEELED the speaker to leave, it surged down to
the front of the national club, which faces
Trafalgar Square. Every person noticed en-
tering or leaving the Club building was mob
bed The attitude of the crowd was so men
acing that the Club doors were closed and a
messenger dispatched to Scotland Yard for
additional police. At last accounts the riot
ers were in full possession of Trafalgar
Square, and Northumberland Avenue was
also occupied BY mob of many thousands.
1t is announced that France has made
fresh annexations on the southeast coast of
the Dead Sea, south of the present POSSESSIONS
at Obok. The new acquisitions are said to in
clude the port of Durgarta and comprises the
vast territory peopled by two powerful tribes
1t is reported that Prince Lobanoff
Rastowski, the Russian ambassador to Aus
tria, is about to succeed NJ. de Giers as for
eign minister. Prince Lobanoff was sum-
moned from Vienna last March to advise the
Russian government in regard to the Afghan