The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1885-02-21
The Week.


Foreign.
While numerous reports from khartoun
during the week persist in denying tina
Gen. Gordon has been killed and as
sert that he is still maintaining himself
other reports, believed to be much mor'
reliable, confirm the earlier accounts of hi
death, and England accepting them as true
is losing no time in hurrying troops t.
Egypt to avenge Gordon'S death. An ex
petition has been organized, under Gen
Graham, of II 500 men, to goby way of the
Red Sea to Suakim and then across the de
sert to Berber The famous Life Guards
left London with Gen. Graham on the 18th
as part of the expedition. Gen. g. thinks
he can reach Berber from Suakim by fore
ed marches in twenty days. Meantime all
the advanced forces under Gen. Wolseley
have been ordered to fall back and concen-
trate at Korti, to await the movement
from Suakim.
The French are rejoicing over continued
victories against the Chinese in Tonquin
London was greatly excited on Monday
over procession comprising about 5000
unemployed workmen who made formal
demand on the city government for labor
on public works. A delegation next inyad,
ed the official residence of Premier Glad.
stone and uttered bowls and Kisses until
dispersed by the police.
There is growing movement in the
docks of London among builders and other
tradesmen to dispense with the service
of Irish laborers Fifteen hundred Irish.
men have been dismissed from buildings
in course Or construction in East London,
their fellow workmen other than of Irish
nationality being unwilling to work beside
men whom they regard as possible dynam
tiers. Report says similar movement has
been started at Manchester, Liverpool and
other provincial centers,
The wife of U. s. Minister Lowell died
IN London on Thursday.
Congress,
The week has been a very busy one In
congress, the determination being to get
through the appropriation bills and avoid
an extra session. On that subject Senator
Beck said ia the senate on Saturday that
the fears of an extra session were ground
less, as the appropriation bills were further
advanced than usual at this stage of short
sessions.
The house on the 18th concurred in
the senate amendments to the bill to pre-
vent the monopoly of the public lands by
the cattle kings, and that bill is law.
The post office appropriation bill as it
passed the house reduces newspaper post
age to 1 cent a pound, single letters are
raised to 1 ounce, and the 100000 John
Roach subsidy item is stricken out.
The house labor contract bill pissed the
senate on Wednesday with amendments
II Is the bill which prohibits the importa-
ton of foreign laborers under contract to
perform labor in this country to pay their
passage or otherwise
The house on Monday refused to suspend
the rules to pass the bill to place General
Grant on the retired list Some OF Grants
friends voted against taking up the bill on
the ground that it was an exact copy of the
Fitz John Porter bill, which the president
vetoed, while they prefer the Edmunds
bill, which has passed the senate and is not
open to the presidents objections.
The Hennepin canal is on the rack. Du
ring the consideration of the river and har
Dor bill in the house Gu Saturday Turner of
Ga. raised the point of order that the com.
mittee on rivers and harbOrs had no right
to insert the Hennepin canal item In their
bill, as that subject belonged to the com.
mittee on railways and canals. The chair
man has reserved his decision until the
item Is regularly reached in the Considera.
ton Of the bill.
miscellaneous.