Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-16
A WAR SCARE
Stirs Up Afghans and Makes tho Market
PanickY--Eoreign Notes.

Stire up Afghnns ana makes tho harke'
Panicky--.Foreign Notes.
LONDON, July Is, 2:30 p. m.-The Times
has received special dispatch from Jag
dorabaten, via Meshed, July IL, which says
it is rumored that the Russians have ad-
vanced in force 10 Zulfcar Pass, and that
they are treating Persian terrific y as though
it was Russian. The dispatch also says
that tie British Frontier Commission is
moving nearer 10 Herat.
The Eject on Securities.
The dispatch has caused profound SEN
sation throughout London, and las had a
marked effect on the various exchaaG es.
On the Stock Exchange consuls have de-
cllned per cent since its publication,
while Russian and Egyptian bond, are
down fully per cent.
The Afghans Alarmed.
Reintorcements are arriving a. Askubad.
The advance Of the Russians has made the
Afgbans anxious, but they are determined
to resolutely resist any attempt to seize their
territory. They are puzzled at these war
like preparations OF the Russians under c1v-
er Of pacific assurances. Ii is believed tina
Gen. Kliksnhoff. the commander of the Rus
sian advance, is determined to force on d
war, and that he is deceiving the Car in re-
gard TO his real intentions.
The Stock Market Panicky.
LONDON, July l5.-The market at the
Stock Exchange at the close was panicky.
Russian securities are 2@3 per cent. lower
than the closing price OF last evening.
The Suspended Bank Creates Disorder.
CORK July 1.-The excitement over the
failure Of thc Munster Bank continues una
bated. At an .early hour this morning de-
positors began to assemble at the doors Of
the bank here and at Dublin, Limerick and
other cities and towns in Ireland where the
bank has branches AT noon the streets in
the vicinity OF the bank in this city were
blocked with the crowd Of people clan ing
tor heir money. \ large force of police is
stationed az the bank to preserve order
The crowd is hourly growing larger and
disorderly, and fears of rio, are entertained.
Dispatches from Dublin, Limerick and
other points where the bank has branches
state the same scenes are being enacted at
each Of hose places
News of the Failure In London.
luNpoN, July l5-The news of the fail
IRE OF the Munster Bank created sensa-
ton here. Last evening the Parnellites in
be- House OF Commons eXcitedly packed
the lo0hys or gathered in groups discussing
be matter with their constituents. The
opinion is general among them that the fail
IRE will cause a great deal Of suffering in
thy South Of Ireland.
III" Committee Examining the Evidence.
Thr Right Honorable and Most Reverend
Edward White Benson, Archbishop OF Can
rerbury aud PIimate of England; the Right
Rev Frederick Temple, d. ID, Bishop OF
London; HIS Emnence Henry Edward
Cardinal Manning Archbishop Of West
minister, and the Hon. Samuel Morley
member OF Parliament for Bristol, met this
afternoon al the Mansion House and began
heir work OF special private inquiry into
he evidence upon which the Pail Mall Ga
zet'r bases its charges Of luiquiry IN Lou
don. The Lord Mayor and the City R.
corder were by invitation present at the
meeting.
Ihe Gazette" Newsboys Discharged.
LONDON July 1.-The Lord Mayor, in
accordance with the Governor decision, as
announced by the Home Secretary in Par
h4n.cut yesterday, not TO prosecute The
Pail Mall Gazette, hes discharged the larg"
number Of newsJoys, who have been under
arrest for several days awaiting trial on
charge Q! selling alleged obscene literature
Davitt Dcn"rn rnces the La scheme.
LoNpoN, July l5-Mr. Michael Davitt,
he Irish agitator, day, in speech on the
land question. strongly denounced and con
iemned the land bur rthase scheme proposed
by the Government, aud characterized it as
u Jalpa0le s~irdle, by which only The land
lords would be benefited.
Cholera Returns.
MADRID, July lj.-There were 1895 ne"
cases et cholera reported in Spain yester erday
and GJ3 deaths from the disease.