New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1885-10-14
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to settle the half breed claims in the North.
west have finished their labors. Tho total
claims adjusted amount to 500, 0o0.
fuse admission to the mails copies Of the
New York Irish World, addressed to parties
in Ireland, and seizes copies of the paper
found in the possession of persons TRAVELLING
in Ireland.
Considerable excitement was caused In
Banking circles at Halifax by the discovery
that something was wrong in the account
OF the cashier of the Union Bank of Hall
fax. Investigation so far shows a def.
cheney of $4,000. Cashier Henry Z.
Clarke is living with his family at Bedford
Parliament will be dissolved on the 18th
of November. The government will present
to the new parliament a bill to cheaper and
simplify the transfer of land. The govern
m1nt. is carefully studying the subject Of
local government. and intends to submit
bill for the establishment OF county bocrds.
The French election returns SO far received
show a Conservative gain of SO seats.
Traffic has been stopped in the vicinity OF
is also guarded. Tradesmen are suffering
in their business, as they lre compelled to
close their establishment at an early hour.
The returns for the department of the Seine
ls expected to be in favor of the Radicals.
0Gcial advices have been received from
Ras Alula, the commander of the Abyssin-
IAN expedition marching to the relief Of the
beleagued garrison at Kassala, to the ef-
feet that, after a severe battle, the Abyssin-
ians defeated a large force of dervishes I'M.
der Osman Digna. and that3, 600 dervishes
were killed in the encounter. The Abyssin-
ian general is now rapidly advancing on
Kassala..
An official report has reached the United
States minister at Lisbon, that fifty Meth
odist missionaries from this country, men,
women and children, under care ola bishop,
recently landed on the west coast OF Africa
in an utterly destitute condition and be-
came at once a charge on the local govern
ment of Benguela. A tract of land was
granted them on which to make a perma-
nent settlement.
John Dillon, presiding at the meeting of
the National league at Dublin, warned ten
ants who contemplated the immediate pur-
chase OF land not to pay more than the
amount OF ten years rental OF the same
The people he said must either buy or fight
for land and the price he indicated was,
in his opinion, o fair compensation to land
lords. 1t was announced that the parlia
mentary fund amounted to IS, 900.
The returns show that the Conservatives
have won sixty seats in seventeen OF the
eighty-seven departments, and have al
most beaten two cabinet ministers and
made a second ballot necessary to decide
the fate OF two others. M.Goblet, minister
OF public instruction, and NJ Mangou. min
lister OF commerce, are the cabinet officers
who have been defeated by the mob. In
81 departments 165 Conservatives and 141
Republicans have been elected. The Con-
servatives have gained 90 seats and lost
5. 1t will be necessary to have 2O2 second
ballots. The Paris correspond INT OF the
News forecasts elections OF 200 Loyalists
and 16O Radical, the remainder being mod
crate republicans.
The London Times publishes an inter-
view it's Paris correspondent had with
Prince Hohenlohe, the German ambassador
to France, respecting the recent elections
for members OF the chamber OF deputies
Prince Hohenlohe said: In my opinion,
the only possible way, under the circum-
stances, to form stable government is bv
the chamber, as | am afraid the radical
Left minority will not defer to the desires
OF the moderate Left majority regarding
governmental measures. Europe has
hitherto been enabled to live ongood terms
with the French republic but the republic
OF tomorrow may differ from the republic
ofyesterday. Ifthe Conservatives use their
comparative victory solely in the interest
OF the country they may easily contribute
toward maintaining Or even improving the
relations OF France with the rest OF Europe.
II, however, they should use their increased
forces to disturb the situation, and call in
to question the established order OF things,
France would enter into a period OF
md or1fo II
quire the closest watching by foreign states.
men. Every oscillation in France at the
present time makes a sensible difference in
the political calculations which now occupy
the attention OF Europe.