Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1885-10-22

DEnoxsrRAfIoNs in favor Of war wers
bsing held throughout Greece on the 18th.
Tho army was being rapidly mobilized.
Tho King called out the reserves to the
number Of 10000 men.
The English gunboat Dwarf was driven
ashore at Holyhead during q violent gals
the other morning. The crew all landed
| in safety. The vessel was in bad posi-.
ton and would prove a total wreck.
TERRY cases of cholera and seven deaths
have occurred aboard the Couronne, the
gunnery training vessel lying of Toulon,
France.
The Spanish expedition from Fernando
Pc, an island on the West Coast Of Africa,
has entered the Naha River and declared
Spanish sovereignty on both banks of the
river.
The hopes entertained of the peaceful
settlement of the Roumelian question have
been shattered by the receipt of a dis.
patch from Constantinople, stating the
conference has formally declared that the
Porte has disavowed the Bulgaria Rou.
melian union. Further news was awaited
with considerable anxiety.
AN ultimatuu. has been sent to King
Theebaw, of Burmah, ordering him to re.
duce the claim against the Bombay Trad.
ing Company, to remove the restrictions
against English traders and accept Brit.
ish resident at Mandelay. Gunboats have
| been ordered to Rangoon to await orders
| to enforce the Governments demand by a
demonstration at Mandelay.
C,lI-Nr Vow n has hoap oozof :.
ted as German Ambassador to London to
succeed Count Won Munster, who goes to
Paris in place of Prince Hohenlohe, re-
Gently appointed Governor General of
Alsaoe- Lorraine.
IT was recently reported that the Sultan
of Zanzibar had ceded Oar. -Salaam to
the German African Association. Oar.
Es-Salaam is seaport, twenty five miles
south of Zanzibar and has a good harbor.
THE statement prepared by the Montreal
Health Department showed $50 persons
died from smallpox during the week
ended October 8. OF these 263 were French
Canadians. The French Canadian popu-
lation of Montreal is about wo-thirds, aud
the figures exhibited are significant dis
proportion with the deaths of the people Of
English descent.
THE cholera in Spain continues to drag
on, averaging $50 cases and 100 deaths
daily. In Palermo, Sicily, on the 18th
there were 80 new cases and 40 deaths.
AT Bombay recently house fell, killing
sixteen persons and injuring many others.
IT was understood in London that the
sentence of death passed on Louis Riel,
81, La 10. ~, LII
Canada, would be committed to lifelong
servitude.
A RUMoR was current in Athens on the
18th that Prince Alexander, at the head Of
an army, was marching from Philippopo-
lis toward Adrianople.
THE fall of exchanges and the low prices
of silver were reported stimulating the ex.
portation of wheat from India. Enormous
shipments are pending.
A HEAVY earthquake shock was felt in
Palermo, Sicily, on the 18th. Tie disturb
ance caused n three-story house to fall,
burying its occupants beneath the debris.
Eight corpses were recovered from the
ruins.
The Liverpool Chamber of Commerce re-
ports to the royal commission that there
has been gradual decline in trade during
the past ten years. The Chamber approves
of free trade and urges foreign countries
to abandon the bounty system.
A RECENT dispatch says there are at
least twenty cases of smallpox at Mari
nette, Wis, the disease having been
brought there by Montreal citizen. Four
deaths had already occurred and many
persons had been exposed.
AS an outcome of the conference at Con-
stantinople the Powers have sent note to
Prince Alexander urging him to pacify
Roumelia, and warning him that other
wise he would run the risk of losing the
union. At any event he must recognize
the suzerainty of the Sultan.