Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-05-15
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Panama. Serious trouble was expected,
and work on the canal was much retarded.
The British War Office on the 22d called
out the first class Of reserves, comprising
fifteen regiments, for permanent service.
Sweden had decided to remain neutral in
the event of a war between Russia and
England. Finland had protested to the
Car against the issuance of letters of
maruue. Russia had sent word that she
would pay no more attention to demands
for investigating the Penjdeh affair.
ADv1cEs of the 22d state that a volcanic
eruption had occurred at P~assarvean, q
province in the east end of the Island of
Java. A number of plantations wore de-
vastated and it was thought that over a
hundred persons were killed.
IT was announced Oh the 22d that the
garrison at Fort Pitt escaped in safety
when that stronghold was captured by the
Indians.
GENERAL DE L'IsLE telegraphed on the
22d from Hanoi that hostilities had been
everywhere suspended by the Chinese.
The 321st anniversary of the birth of
Shakespeare was celebrated with much
ceremony at Stratford -on-Avon on the
23d.
RUNNERS from Riel were on the 23d
among the Indians in Montana, advising
them to Join the Canadian insurgents.
The members of the English Government
on the 23d maintained the s~trictest silence
in regard to the negotiations which were
still actively progressing between England
and Russia. The Gear had twenty men-o:-
war in commission to protect his capital
and the Baltic ports.
A MYSTERIOUS explosion occurred about
noon ON the 23d in the basement of the
Admiralty Office in London. Edwin N.
Swanson, the principal clerk, received q
severe scalp wound. Windows were
broken and an iron railing was loosened.
It was supposed that dynamite was the
cause.
AT Frog Lake, in the Northwest Terri
tories, recently the Indians invited the
settlers to attend church, and after the
service was finished shot ton of the whites
as they left the chapel. The savages then
took the two priests who ofiiciated, muir
dered them and burned their bodies.
IT was reported on the 23d that cholera
had reappeared at Cairo, Egypt, and that
seven deaths from the disease had occurred
there.
TwENTY-FoUR persons were killed by q
recent avalanche at Seydisford, Iceland.
A1zPURN, the rebel leader ut Panama,
has eight hundred men. He issued u pro.
n~unciamento on the 23d against Americans,
and fired upon their pickets. The Govern.
ment troops were embarking at Buenaven.
tura to suppress the revolt.
NEWS was received on the oath from
Cambodia, by way of Saigon, to the effect
that the insurgents had surprised a French
post, captured several guns and massacred
many Europeans.
The Americans arrived at Panama on
the gath, knocked down a strong barricads
which was being erected, and took possess
sion of the town. Aizpurn, the rebel lead.
er, and thu ee of his staff, were captured
The rebels were completely surprised, and
threatened to burn the city if Aizpurn wa,
not released.
GLADSTONE on the 9th answered an in
quiry by Labouchere by saying that the
Government had decided to make no fur
ther declarations to Russia through Far
lament. 1t was announced that large
forces of Russian troops were advancing
TOWARD the Afghan frontier.
THE movement of the ice on the oath
above Victoria bridge at Montreal sub
merged a large island at tho foot of the
Lachine Rapids, tore up the Grand Trunk
track and inundated Point St Charles.
NEAR Botoche on the Oath the right
column of General Middleton's command
engaged the rebels, the battle lasting all
day, the Canadians losing half a dozen
killed, and a large number wounded. The
loss of the rebels, who fought Indian
fashion, partially concealed in a %ravine,
was not known.