Weekly Chillicothe crisis., 1885-05-21
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
The Russian council OF war has ordered
preparations 10 be made for the equipment Of
two hundred thousand reserves. The chan.
cellor OF the British excheQucr states that S3j,.
OcO,CO OF the war credit has already been ab
sOrbcd. The Russian ambassador at Constan.
tnoplc is urging the speedy payment Of the
war indemnity. A very large order for can
non Tor Turkey has been sent to Krupp's gun.
works in Germany.
Official statements were recently made In
the British parliament to the effect that repre-.
scntatiyes OF England Russia and india had
reached satisfactory agreement as TO the
Afghan boundary, md that Great Britain has
decided to abandon the advance on Khartoum
and make Wady Ilalfa the seat of permanent
defense in the SOudan as soon as the Nile rises.
II is announced that the stronghold Of the
rebel hhlt-brccds at Batouche has been taken
at the point Of the bayonet aud that the Cana
dian troops succeeded in completely routing
the adhcrcuts Of Ricl. Five officers were killed
in the assault aud fifteen soldiers wounded.
The rebel loss is believed tote very severe but
is yet unknown.
The Egyptian government will be asked 10
purchase ,he railway material now on board
the ships at Suaiim. Colonel Hudson will re.
main at that point with permanent garrison,
comprising British infantry battalion, a bat
terry, company Of sappers, corps Of native
infantry and camel CORPS.
A crowd Of ten thousand persons assembled
in Trafalgar square, London, for a demon.
stration against the proposition TO increase
the duty on liquors. The police attempted to
maintain order, but the people drove them
away and INDUCED in rotous acts around the
doors Of tie National club.
The American residents of Paris, through
Minister Morton, presented the municipality
with reduced copy Of tide Bnrthodl statue Of
Liberty Premier Brlsson and NJ. de I.csscps
expressed thanks for the gift. The affair was
followed by a breakfast given by Mr.. Morton
in honor Of the sculptor.
There is propostt on before the British
cabinet TO recall Sir Evelyn Barring from Cairo,
because he is not IN accord with the govern.
mcnt in regard to the Suez canil. Earl Kim.
bcrly states that II has been decided to cx 2end
S5,OoO,OOO for railways and military roads for
the defense Of India
A band of mounted Indians near BattefOrd
surprised party Of seven police, killing Con.
stable Elliott and wounding Constable Spcn.
Ger. The parish priest at Ba,ouche states that
the rebel losses at that place were 81 killed and
li3 wounded.
Earl Kimberly secretary for India, an
nounced in the house of Lords that a plan had
been officially sanctioned involving an OUTLAY
Of S5,OOO,OoO for railways and military roads,
including line TO tluctta for the defense Of
India.
Prestan, the Colombian rebel, Is bcslcging
Carthagena. A battalion of government
troops has arrived at Panama with one hun.
dred prisoners taken at Colol, who were
falsely reported as having been cast into the
sea.
General Wolsclcy has issued a farewell ad.
dress in which lie announces the withdrawal
of the British troops from the soudan and
highly praises the conduct Of all the depart
mcnts Of the service during The campaign.
There is fearful amount Of sickness among
the British and Egyptian troops at Suaklm
The sick herths in all the ships are crowded
with patients and additional hospitals are be.
Ing erected on shore
Adylccs frmn Toxic Jonou state tho, ro
ncpoiiotIons bctvecr Janan aud Chiro ra,,,rI
inc the Coresn dificnlty have boon a,n,caI,,.
concluded Tho rc.nlt is vicvod os a nonoaC,5
triumph for Japan.
The Fcvntion covcrn,rcr, co,s,1ors +, o,,,.
lutcly necessary to hold the rrovrco of nan
coIo rbo rr,ji, ot C,,r, no., ,,,,i,,.., |
thc declared Intention Of ENGLAND N vi,hdran.
from the soudan.
An anarchist named William IIort r,ooru,.
wrote 10 thr Swiss authorities lot,.r ,l,roa:
cninr to hlov nm tle fcdcr,l lrol,oo ~, toi,',.
lodrod in rrlson hc bsngeJ hi,n.olf 10 LIS
coli
The coblc opnonpccs Tho death =, Far,
ropd IImcr of CoIn1no ,ho oo",,n.oI Wv" ,
rIonIst and oI General vnr Co,,i,os,, o"n. "n"
manlcr Of thc Flr.t German ormv c cnr,'s - WA"
The GIoJs,on. m,n,s,rv hod : nior,,, r, .,
thirty AGAINST tho r,o,ron 81 l. o-a IIo,,,ii,,
toward a vote of ccnsnrc The pornori,,oa
vo,cd in o,nos,, I'm to tho o,o,.ornr,an,
A terrific snow storm nrcvoiIcI thror,,,or,
Austria and IIunrorv m Tho r;,h ins, NV
bcrs NJ n,rso,, woyo frn,a,, g. Io,,,
crops generally have boon Jc.trov.J
A fire ot Chatham ENGLAND which hrrro1
all Monday ni,h, dss,rovoI u,o Ma wa.,
club bou.c thc BulI inn and o,hor hni,1inrs
the loss b,ing s1o0 oOo S''
Tho lo,o r,r.,Is,, o,,,.,,. NJ, c,,,,l ,..,-
roipned on account q, thc nnrJsr af ro,a,'"a
shortly bcforc lhc amccrs yisit In Ior1 Nae
f,rI,,
In A collision of ,bc coos. of ENGLAND ho-
,ycor rho s,o,,nors Nn,ni1,a an, ,ias1,,a w"
men oil the iaUerS crew were drowned.
NJ ue frcychct gives assurance that the
ffench government has no Intention OF aban-
donlng The Madagascar expedition.
Inc american residents OF Constantnoplc
nave presented Complementary address TO
General Lew Wallace.