Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1885-01-30

serious that he will be disabled the re-
of the present campaign. Gen
eral Wolseley considers the deprivation
of his services as national loss. He
Stewart as the ablest SOL
der and the most dashing commander he
ever knew and recommends him to the
Queens most favorable consideration.
Lord st. Vincent of the artillery is
among the British slain.
Another Battle Fought.
The news has been received af Suakim
of battle near Trinkital between the
force of Benz -Ameer, friendly tribe OF
Arabs and the rebels, in which the BENZ
Ameers badly defeated the rebels and
captured all their cattle.
There is intense anxiety as to the ma
ture of General Stewards wound and the
prospect of his recovery. A report was
circulated this afternoon to the effect
that he had been killed and that the war
Office had withheld the information to
that effect. This was refuted tonight
by the fact that the Queen had sent dis
patch to the war office in which she ex-
pressed her personal sympathy with
General Stewart and thanks for his con-
spicuous bravery.
A Suspicious Woman Arrested.
1t is rumored that the police have just
arrested woman in the act of entering
the royal exchange building with quan-
tity of dynamite concealed on her person.
The rumor adds that three men, probably
accompices of the woman, were arrested
at the same time.
Death ScOurge.
The Thorndale public school closed
owing to the prevalence Of the diphtheria.
Edward Parks, of North Dorchester has
buried his eldest son, making the fifth
child that has died of the disease in his
family of seven children.
France to Declare War.
LONDON, Jan. 28.-It is reported that
France has decided to officially declare
war against China. This decision is said
to have been made in consequence of the
action of England in enforcing the terms
of the foreign enlistment act at Hong
Kong and elsewhere.
Heavy Fire.
GLASGOW, Jan. 28.-Fire today de-
stroyed the cotton factory Of Scott & Co.,
of this city. The loss amounts to $685.
600.
Putting On Airs.
ROME, Jan. 28-Astor, American min
lister, gives dinner on Monday to the
diplomatic body and the leading mem
bers of society in Rome.
A Fat Take.
LONDON, Jan. 28.-The bishopric of
London has been offered to the bishop of
Carlisle.
A Crank.
HAMILTON, Ont, Jan. 28.-John Cash
said in the presence of the police to-day
that he was Eenian and was the man
who drove the cab in which the men who
murdered Cavendish and Burke rode.
A Disastrous Storm.
ST.. JOHNS, N. F., Jan. 28.-Telegraph-
ic advices to-day from the channel and
Rose Blanche, report a terrific blizzard
on the west coast, beginning at four
o'clock yesterday afternoon. A large
number of fishing crafts which went to
the fishing ground early in the morning
were overtaken by the storm. Twenty
three skiffs are missing and many of the
survivors are badly frostbitten. One
skiff in sight went down with her crew.
The crews of the missing vessels aggre-
gate fifty men. Grave fears are enter
tanned that the loss of life will be heavy.
Canadians Frozen Up.1
MONTREAL, Jan. 28.-The storm was
fierce to-day and the weather was in
tensely cold, the mercury ia ling to 10
and 12 degrees below zero. The streets
were very quiet and lacked the animation
which marked the past two days.