The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1885-11-26
ON TO BELGRADE.
THE SERVIANS BEING DRIVEN
FROM POST TO PILLAR.
A Servlan General Commits Sui
eide.
The Cattlsmen's Convention in st.
Louis.
Terrible Loss of Life in India by
a Cyclone.
The Usual Number of Fires, Sui
cides, Etc.
FOREIGN
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cd here tonight stsle thst the BulgarIans,
although defeated IN yesterdays battle al |
Slivnuza. continued fighting until short
" before daylight to-day. falling back |
-lrwly, but maintaining so steady ana |
deadly q fire upon the Servians that the |
latter were deferred from making q SUE |
c. ssful charge.
Alter a short cessation of hostilltes
the lighting was renewed this morning, |
aud after several hours OF hard fighting
the Servians were driven out OF DTago-
occupied the pass.
The loss to both armies has been very
heavy. The s rvisn headquarters have
been removed to TZaribroad.
CoNsTANTINoALE,N Nov. 2S The Bal
kan conference held its eighth sitting
to-day
LONDON, Nov. ga dispatch from
Belgrade to the Daily Telegraph says:
fnc ServiaDs heYe evacuated all the po-,
sirlons hitherto occupied by them.
DTsgoman, Bresnik, Pernik and IZrer
are IN the hands of the BuIgsrians. The
SeIvIans are sui returning. 1t 10 stated
that the Bulgarian cavalry have occu-
pied Tzaribrod.
CoNsTANTINOPLE, Nov. 2S.-Prince
Alexander has requested the porte 10
postpone sending q commissioner TO
Eastern It0nmelia until the termination
Of the war. He says that as . soldier he
can only propose an armstice when Hith-
III Servian territory.
DARMsTADT. Nov. 23.-PrInce Alex
ADDER, IN a dispatch to his father. says;
1--WE fought all Sunday and spent the
night on Dragoman Heights, which We
| tinues today in the direction OF Tzari.
| brod. ~
LONDON, Nov. 2S.-The bombaTdment
OF WIdaen continued for about an hour
without any decisive result. The Bull
gsriaEs replied vigorously 10 the Servi-
IN fire.
A dispatch from Vienna to the Times
says: Russia and England have induced
the Porte TO dispatch note to Servia to-
morrow connecting King Milan to stop
the war, The Servian war accounts are
unreliable. All correspondents are ex-
cluded from the Servian lines, except
| two Austrian correspondents, whose
dispatches are cooked
News OF the impending battle at
| SiiTnitzI Is eagerly awaited here, as the
engagement Will probably have vital
| influence upon the shaping of the set-
element which the powers must ultl.
| matelY make of the Balkan question:.
The battle may have already been fought
but information from that country must
naturally come through SerVIan sources,
being quicker than Bulgarian chan
nels. Ii Setvian defeat had taken
place it might not yet be known in
Europe, King MIIan'S efforts being. It Is
understood, directed towards postponlng
| au armIsiice or settlement OF any kind
| until he has achieved something that he
can point TO as offset to Prince Alexan-
deT's successful campaign. Unless he
can retrieve his fortunes at SliVniIza or
before Widdin, he will be IN poor po-
sition 10 claim anything In the adjust
ment which VIII be decIeed by the pow
| ers.
The dispatch from Sofia stating that
Widen has been set on fire by the bonn J
oardment from the SeTvIEns. Is cousid-
| cred authentic, but does not necessarily
| imply that the city has fallen into the
hands OF the heseigeF5. The capture OF
| the place would he of comparatively lit
lie advantage 10 The ServIaas unless thew
I secure some foOthuld TO the south, will
ne able To repel any advantage toward
) fla from the direction or WiddSD.
FEM ale MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT.
LoNO IN, Nov. 24.-fhe nomination OF
Miss Hell n Taylor who Is contesung
the parliamentary division of the North
| Gambler we'll, has been refused BY the re-
1 \
| tested against this alleged arbitrary &C.
tIon OF the officers. Miss Taylor has
| received letters from q number of emf
nent persons IN various parts of Europe
| and tue United St1tas. Including one
Mr. Henry George, encouraging her to
| attempt To- put 10 . test the feeling OF the
country as regards female representa-.
ives. 1t Is SAID that the authorities ad-
! mit that there is no positive enactment
against the return of a woman TO parlia
| ment.
NEWSPAPER TO BE eRosEcUTED
LONDON, Nov. 24.-The government
intendes prosecuting the Town Talk for
alleged indecent publications.
FINE THOusAND DROWNED.
ClLcUTTA, Nov. GA terrible ey--
| clone has deVasted the Orissa, Moors-
| hedabai and Hudson districts, In the
| eastern part OF India.
In the first named district the waters
rose TO such a heigat that $50 villages
were submerged and 5000 people
| drowned.
IN the other rwo districts the track of
the storm covered 1,241 miles.
COMMITTED SUICIDE.
BELGRDE, Nov. 24.-Gen. JohVano-
Witch, late commander of a double di-
vision, who was dismissed from his
command for disobedience to orders, has
committed suicide by shooting himself
with revolver. The recent disasters 70
he Ssrvian army from the defeat before
SiivuItZa down to the reoccupation Of
fsaribrod by the Bulgarisns, are attrtb-
utod TO his failure to carry out the or
ders given him.
WILD WITH EXCITEMENT.
SOFIA. Nov. 81 The city is wild with
excitement over the news from the front
stating that Prince Alexander, at the
head Of the Bulgarian troops, has fol-
lowed mp his victories and is driving
he SeFvIaus slowly, but surely, from the
Bulgarian territory.