The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1885-02-20
FOREIGN.

The Pope has refused to soc Michael Da-
witt, believing that England would consider
1t an unfriendly act.
Henry Burton, one of the dynamiters now
| In custody III London, is said to have offer
! cd the Government all the information he
| possesses as to the recent cOnspiracies.
Bismarck awOke storm in the ReichStag
| by denOuncing the tactics of the left as
miSchievous. Several members arose sim
ultaneously to denounce his remarks as
mOnstr0us.
Switzerland trOts out a story that warn
| Ing has been received of dynamite plot
| against the federal palace, and the police of
Geneva have discovered secret factory Of
| the explosive.
Policemen Cole and Cox, who were dam
gerously wounded while trying to prevent
| the recent explosion in Westminster Hall,
have received s5OO from members of Pariia,
mint, ESQ each from the royal bounty fund.
E197 from the Home Secretary, aud many
other valuable presents.
Russian aggressions in Central Asia are
becoming more and more alarming. Rus
sian troops are said to be within forty miles
of Herat In Afghanistan, and the seizure of
that city by the Car might DO effected at
any moment. Conservative newspapers
| say that with man k1 Disraeli in power
such n condition Of affairs would have been
impossible.
Three thousand unemployed workingmen
Monday to the building occupied by the Lo-
cal Government Board. A committee from
the ranks entered the office and demanded
relief for tho people they represented. They
asked for immediate employment. Upon
meeting with q refusal the crowd became q
bowling mob. The police were overp0wer-
ell, and the paraders invaded Downing
street, where they yelled invectives against
the Government. They tried to force their
way into the room where the Cabinet C0un-
Ill
driven back. The mob then tried unsuc-
cessfully to storm the Admiralty and Home
Office.
Messengers have arrived mt Korti who de-
clare that Knartoum has not been captured
by the Mahdi. The Mudir of Dongola still
refuses TO believe the rumors concerning
the capture of Khartoum and the massacre
of the garrison. 1t is reported from Suakin
that large assemblage of hostile tribes has
gathered at Tamai. Spies say that the
Mahdps men regard the recent British vic
tories as unlmp0rtant compared with the
1t is rumored that Oman Digma will make
an effort TO capture Suakin before. the ex-
pected reinforcements arrive, and he will
certainly oppose tho advance Of the expedi-
ton from Snakin 10 Berber. 1t Is suggest
ed that the Italian troops at Massowah be
request d to relieve the beleagured garrison
at Kassala, which has been holding out
against great odds for nearly year.
Gen. Gordon's trusted messenger George
has ayrv d at AbOo-Klea. He says that
almost ali the native accounts agree that
Gen. Gordon, finding himself Betrayed,
made rush for the magazine near the
Catholic mission building. Finding that
the rebels were already in possession he re-
turned to the g0vernment-house, and was
killed while trying TO re-enter. The rebels
were admitted to Khartoum at 10 o'clock on
the night OF the 26tn OF January. Another
account says that Gen. Gordon rushed to-
ward the magazine, intending TO explode Ii
and thus prevent the ammunition, OF which
there was several tons, falling into the
realized his intention, and shot him dead.