St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-11
OLD WORLD NEWS.
Gen. Stewart to Start on His March
TO Metemmek, Near Shendy.
Monday.
Expected, Closing the Northern En-
trance to Tonquin.
Madame Hughes Refuses to Pay the $4OG
Assessed Against Her and Will
Appeal the Case.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.


LONDON, Jan. 10.-Gen. Stewart will start
from Gakdul Monday with 1000 men to march
to Metemmek, on the Nile, near Shendy. The
ameer of Sangara. the mahdi's lieutenant, op.
posed to Gen. Stewart, has been reinforced by
tribes sent by Osman Digma from eastern Sou
dan. These reinforcements raise his number to
5000 men. The odds thus presented are not
considered more form dable than existed at the
battles of Teb and Tan anieb, a little less Than
year ago.
Specimens Of wood used in the construction of
transport beats furnished the Nile expedition
have been sent TO the admiralty. These are
found to be rotten and unfit for use. The boats
were made out of Swedish spruce, and their
structure was such that in a rush Of water they
were unlikely to hold together. An official in.
quiry has been ordered INTO the matter. The
Spectator urges the government to prosecute the
contractors who supplied the boats and secure 4
sentence of penal servtude against them.
kilograms from Tangler say a crowd OF Jewish
refugees from Demnat, who had been driven from
their homes, have arrived there, and presented
TO the foreign consus a memorial in which they
state the governor instigatcd the police to rob
their warehouses and shops that he bastinadoed
aud imprisoned them in fetid dungeons,
afterward taking ransom for their liberation.
1t is allegad the Mools muir.
der Jews at pleasure. Mr.. Matthews,
American consul at Tangier, sent a letter to the
Sultan of Morocco, asking n It the governor be
removed The grand vizer replied charging the
Jews with fomenting rebellion, and stated pop.
ular outbreak and massacre of Jews was threat.
ened. Earl Granville has ordered the British
minister at Tangier to demonstrate with tho
sultan.
DUBLIN, Jan. 10.--Parnell yesterday in thank
ing the authorities of Clonmel for the honor
shown cOnFerrinu him he
freedom of the city, referred to the
representative character of grand juries
az at present constituted. Their powers, he
said. must 90 to elected bodies, who shall rep
resent the tax payers. He complained also Of
the unsatisfactory system of education which
prevails in Ireland.
LONDON. Jan 10. THE Irish National league in
Great Britain, has just published circular ad-
vispg members of the organization to use their
whole influence IN voting in favor of the Irish
national cause
The police have received information that sim
ultaneous attempts about to be made by dyn.
amters to blow up the Ilol.
born viaduct and the Mansion
house railway stations Extra precautions are
being taken at both points. All luggage is scruti-
nized with extreme care.
The colonial government Of New Zealand has
asked permission Of the home government to an.
mex the Island Of Samoa 10 its Jurisdiction 1t
holds steamer In readiness TO proceed to Samoa,
pending reply from Lord Derby, secretary for
thc colonies. This ueply will probably be I'M
favorable TO annexation.
a dispatch from Hong Kong 10 the Times saws
the Government Gdzefe announces the block adc
OF the island OF Formosa between South cnUe
and Eyka, which was suspended, has now been
renewed, and no notice OF suspension given This
action was considered unfair to the ueutrals and
injurious to trade.