St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-01-12
OLD WORLD NEWS.
Gen. Stewart to Start on His March
TO Metemmek, Near Shendy,
Monday.
News Of the Capture of Langoon Hourly
Expected, Closing the Northern En-
trance to TOnquin.
Madame Hughes Refuses to Pay the $4OO
Assessed Against Her and Will
Appeal the Case.
THE UNITED KINGDOM.

LONDON, JAM 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 Tananeb, little less than
year ago.
Specimens of wood used in the construction of
transport boats furnished the Nile expedition
have been sent to the admiralty. These are
found to be rotten and unfit for use. The boats
we're made out of Swedish spruce, and their
structure was such that in a rush OF water they
were unlikely TO hold together. Al official in
qufry has been ordered into the matter. The
spectator urges the government to prosecute the
contractors who supplied the boats and secure
sentence of penal scrvitude against them.
kilograms from Targler say crowd of Jewish
refugees from Demnat, who had been driven from
heir homes, have arrived there, and presented
TO the foreign consus memorial in which they
state the governor instigated the police to rob
their warehouses and shops that he bastinadoed
and imprisoned them in fetid dungeons
afterward taking ransom for their liberation
IL is allegad the Moors muir
de; Jews at pleasure. Mr.. Matthews.
American consul at Tangier sent letter to the
sultan of Morocco, asking IN the governor be
removed The grand vizer replied charging the
Jews with fonenting rebellion, and stated pop
ular outbreak and massacre Of Jews threat
ened Earl Granville has ordered the British
minister at Tangier to demonstrate with the
sultan.
DUBLIN, Jan 1O.-Parnen yesterday In thank
ing the authorities OF Clonmel for the honor
SHOWN IN cOnIerfluR him the
freedom Of the city, referred TO the
representative character OF grand juries
as at present constituted Their powers. be
said. must go TO elected bodies, who shall rep
resent the tax payers. lie 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 a circular ad.
vising members of the organization 10 use their
whole influence in voting in favor OF the Irish
national cause.
The police have received information that sim
infamous attempts are about TO be made by dyn-
amiters to blow up the Hol-
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 TO It's Jurisdiction II
holds steamer in readiness TO proceed TO Samoa
pending reply from Lord Derby, secretary for
the colonies. This reply will probably be I'M
favorable TO annexation.
A dispatch from Hong Kong TO the Times says
the Government GAZETTE announces the blockade
II the island OF Formosa, between South cape
and Eyka, which was suspended, has now been
renewed, and no notice Of suspension given. This
action was considered unfair TO the neutrals and
injurious TO trade.