The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-14

says: On SUNDAY night last fracss oc.
Cured between some Jamaican workmer
and national soldiers in Calebra- The lat
ter were disarmed and afterward retired
After procuring reinforcements the na.
tionals returned, broke into the barrack:
where the Jamaicans were sleeping, and in
| the most barbarous manner killed twenty
| five of them and wounded twenty others.
GENERAL GRAHAM attacked the Arabs al
| Taichol, near Suakim, surprising them al
midnight. a great number were killed
| their cattle captured and the village
| burned.
A MUTINY broke out recently on the Rus
| sian war vessel General Admiral at Malta
consequent upon the cruelties of the second
officer. Twenty sailors were imprisoned
and heavily ironed.
THE inhabitants of British Columbia were
demanding from the Dominion Govern
ment legislation which shall keep out the
Chinese.
A CHINESE ferry steamer was sunk by 9
collision with the steamer Oreste, near
Shanghai recently. About thirty two
passengers and seven of the crew persisted
AS result of he municipal election in
Madrid, Senor Romero, Minister of the
Interior, wished to resign, but the Premier
objected, saying if he insisted on doing SC
the whole Cabinet must resign. Romero
then withdrew his resignation.
THE sea recently encroached upon the
Nile as far up as Rosetta, whose inhabit-
ants were in great distress. Cattle were
dying by hundreds from drinking salt
water and all fresh water had to be brought
to the city many miles by rail.
DR.. GUSTAVUS NACHTIGAL, the we'll
known German traveller, is dead.
JOSEPH SMITH, the informer who testi-
fled against the men who were hanged for
the assassination of Lord Frederick Cav
endish and Under Secretary Burke in
Phoenix Park, Dublin, died in London re-
Gently from intemperaace-
Two rebel leaders-Portazal and Coco
bolo-who advised and assisted Preston in
the burning OF Colon and were held prison
ers on the Galena, were recently delivered
to the Colombian authorities. and after a
court-martial were hanged on the scene of
their exploits.
THE French Chamber of Deputies re-
Gently adopted, by vote of sos to 81, the
treaty concluded August 81, 1884, between
France and AMMAN.
REPORTS from the Canadian Northwest
stated that anarchy was supreme. Many
Indian uprisings were reported and the
country was being rapidly deserted by
settlers.
THE dispute between England and Rus
sia was reported in fair way of settle
ment. The London Daily Ne,cS said that
Lord Dufferin, Viceroy of India was in
favor of the new proposals which had
been agreed to between the two powers.
The Tory press, however, were violently
opposed TO the pacific outlook, accusing the
Gladstone Government of sacrificing pres
tige, etc.
HREPoRTs from Cabul state that the
Ameer will strongly fortify the frontier as
soon as it is determined upon.
ROBERT NJ. MCLANE, the United States
Minister to France, arrived at Paris on
the Sth.
TEE Governor of Eastern Siberia reports
that bands of armed Chinese have crossed
the Russian frontier and surprised many
Cossack villages. The extent of the depre-
dations was not stated.
THE Anglo German international COM
mission was reported to have settled the
colonial disputes. New Guinea goes to
England, and the status of German and
English colonists was to be equal under
whichever flag they might be residing.
A DISPATCH from Panama, of the Sth,
stated that 400 officers and men of the
United States force had left for New York.
THE court of inquiry into the conduct of
Commander Kane at Colon reported that
he acted with judgment and discretion and
as well as he could under the circumstances.
THE business failures for week ended
May were, for the United States, 225; for
Canada, %: total, 24S; as compared with
POS the week previous. The failures in the
Southern and Pacific States were unusually
heavy.
QUEEN EMMA, of the Sandwich Islands,
died on April 18th.
THE vote of confidence in the Italian Min
istry was agreed to by a vote of 118 to 81
in the Chambers.
THE freight sheds of the Inman line
docks, Liverpool, Eng, burned the other
day.
AN avalanche from the mountains near
Lake Van, in Armenia, overwhelmed a
native caravan and caused the death of
sixtyeight persons.