Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-08
II was announced on the 18th that Glad.

IT was announced on the 18th that Glad.
stones hesitation over the Kooshk River
affair had embroidered Russia, and she was
now demanding explanations and with
drawals. Russia was attempting to dis
count the possibility of a Polish revolt in
case of war with England by making ex.
tensive seizures of arms. The harbor Of
Bombay had been lined with torpedoes, to
prevent the entry of n Russian fleet.
1T was reported on the 18th that the In.
dams and half-breeas now in revolt against
the Canadian Government had laid waste
a large section of country to the north and
west of Battleford. Over one thousand
settlers were rendered homeless by the
raid. 5
Upos the arrival of the Prince of Wales
at Cork on the 18th the Nationalists kept
up a wordy warfare with the Loyalists all
along the line of the royal procession; and
at night INDUCED in a riot which the police
were hardly able to quell. The hospitals
we're reported TO be filed with injured cit
liens.
In the English Cabinet council on the
18th the Anglo Russian situation, it was
said, was represented to be as follows:
England and Russia had agreed upon a
basis for a delimitation Of the Afghan
frontier subject to a satisfactory explana-
ton by Russia of the recent attack on the
Afghans. According to this scheme it was
said that Penjdeh would be coded to Rus
sia provided the Ameer consented. Despite
this statement, however, recruiting for the
British navy continued with great activ-
ity.
FIFTY persons were burned to death in q
conflagration which destroyed several
houses on the 10th in the town of Meleeg,
a few miles north of Cairo, EgyIA
The ice in the MORA River gorged Of
Belleville, Can, on the 10th, flooding the
streets and houses, and doing damage to
the extent of $4,000.
TIE Prince and Princess of Wales were
received at Killarney, ireland, On the 10th
with mingled cheers and Kisses.
ADMIRAL JoUETT reported oH the 1eth
having crossed the 1sthmus of Panama and
found good order all along the railway.
WINNIPEG advices Of the 10th announce
little change in the state of affairs. The
Indians were gathering in bands abeut
Battleford, and were threatening an at
tack. All the stock that could be found by
the redskins along either side of the Sas-
katchewan north Of Battleford had been
driven off and killed. The Indians APP
peared to be laying up q store of provis-
ions, as if for a long campaign.
CLARK's variety theator and three ad-
joining buildings were burned in Brighton,
Ont, the other night.
LONDON advices of the 10Th state that
several days must elapse before the Gov.
eminent would be able to make a definite
statement of the result of her treatings
with Russia. A hopeful feeling continued
to prevail, the belief being that the Gear
would be influenced by urgent advices from
the Emperor of Germany to maintain
peace. At the same time politicians agreed
that peace could only be temporary. Rus
STA would push forward the railway to the
Afghan frontier.
ADv1CEs of the 18th state that the Off
GERS of the Columbian Government recent
ly selected one hundred of the worst reb-
els imprisoned at Colon, and placing them
the ~bay,!where the entire one hundred were
thrown overheard and drowned.
LONDON advices of the 18th from General
Komaroff, at st. Petersburg, state that the
Afghans had evacuated all the frontier
posts, and that the Russian outposts now
occupy their former positions. General
Komaroff said that he would proceed
shortly to inspect the advanced posts.
The Terminus Hotel and seven frame
structures at Victoria, B. c., were de-
stroyed by fire ON the morning of the 18th,
two persons perishing in the flames, the
others escaping in their night clothes.
A LARGE tenement was burned at Que
bee on The 18th, and three children per.
ished in the flames.