Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1885-05-21
GABLEGRAMS.

liking LEOPOLD of Belgium will visit
the courts of Berlin at the end Of the
month.
THE evacuation of Suakim by the
British will begin with the departure of
the guards, who will embark next week
for England.
THE Marquis of Harrington, Minister
of war, has ordered that increased pay
be given to Colonel Remington, who
assumed the command of the Canadian
voyageurs on the death of Colonel Ken
ne9y.
A CONFEDERATION in the city of Chat
ham, England, Tuesday night, destroy
ed 5000, 600 worth of property.
THE leading journals of Paris to-day
are lauding Gladstone for having avert
ed the threatened war with Russia
A MOTION of censure of the Glad
stone ministry was rejected by the Brit
ish house Of commons Tuesday night
y 30maiority
THERE is a fearful amount of sick
ness among the British and Egyptian
troops. The sick bays in all the ships
are crowded with patients, and addi-
.ional hospitals are being erected on
| shore.
NJ. DE FREYCINET has assured a dep
utation that the government have no
intention of abandoning the Madagas-
car expedition. lie Paris says that
8, 500 French infantry and cavalry viii
be sent to Madagascar from Tonquin.
in the house of commons Thursday
Glr. Gladstone formally laid before the
house the proposed annuity to Princess
Beatrice of GO 600. His motion was
seconded by Sir Stafford Northcote, the
the opposition leader. Mr.. Labouchere
opposed the grant in a chayacteristically
sarcastic speech. At the close of Mr..
Labouchere's remarks the house divided
and the annuity was granted by q vote
of 1877 to 3S.
In an interview regarding the passage
of the Dardanelles by English war yes
sells, NJ Nelidotf, the Russian Ambas-
sador, said that ne considered such
action by England quite possible, and
he proposed the sending Of identical
notes by Turkey to the great powers to
prevent it,
THE Official Messenger Tuesday pub.
fishes lengthy dispatch from General
EomarOtf, ia which he explains more
fully his actions and gives more details
os the incidents which led up to the
battle between the Russians and Afghans
on the Kushk river on March 80, In
this dispatch, General Komarof reiter-
ates egery5hipg he said in his former
dispatches regarding the unexpected
progressive movements of the Atghans,
ana claiming that the latter were the
aEg.essors.
The Imperial Council of War have
ordered the transfer of the military and
medical stores from Krasnoyod to
Askabad and have instructed the
Commissary Department to get ready to
equip zoe, 600 reserves. Articles for the
formation of a steamboat company for
operating on the riyer Oxus have been
submitted for approval of the Council
of the Empire. General Annenkotf
has started to push the work on the
Trans-Caspian railway,
Mr.. GLADSTONE stated that the
agreement which HAD been reached by
Lord Granville, the Earl Of Kimberly,
Baron de Staal and NJ Lessar respect
ing the Afghan boundary had been
forwarded by Baron de Staal to St.
Petersburg for approval Baron de
Staal and NJ Lessar had not, Mr. Glad
stone said, acted as Russian Pleni-
potcntarics in the conference which
resulted i'm this agreement, and Baron
de Staal deserved to have 1t stated that
Lord Granville, the Earl Of Kimberly,
NJ. Lessar and himself had agreed to
draft an agreement, and the Baron de
Staal had forwarded it 70 Russia, giving
it his support.
( CONBIE STEPHEN, the bearer Of dis
patches from SIR Peter Lumsden to the
governments says; The British com
mission startaa for Tirpul directly after
the Peujdch battle. Reaching the Par
0pamitus mountains, a terrific snow
storm rendered progress slow. Many
Camp-followers were lost. The defeated
Afghans reue1ted by another route via
MaruChak and Bal-Diurghub The
Penjieh valley is most fertile oasis
and a lowly country with splendid pas
ture lands. I'd prU.tiWe. the ground
is literally covered with flowers. DR..
Aitchosuu, the botanical expert, was ue-
lighted. lie made valuable collection
OF flora The valley abounds in game,
The party killed 100 pheasants daily
The Nurghaub ab0uuds in waterfowl
The hills are stocked with gagelle' an
telope, wild sheep and pigs. The Al
ghans were always kind and attehtNt
to the wants of the commission snV