Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-05-21
CONFLICTING RuMoRs.
Regarding the Russian-E English Difficulty.
Other Old World News.


The London Standard OF May 10, In an edi.
torial says: To speak plainly, the draft OF the
Anglo-R Russian agreement which was sent TO st
Petersburg for approval, Is found to be wholly
unacceptable TO the ears ministers. Though
not formally rej6c ed, II has been so thorough.
ly condemned In detail that practically II ha:
ceased to be an agreement. There Is some
thing vastly more serious than hitch In the
proceedings We are back In February again,
the situation being only altered TO our disad
vantage.
The tunnel bill was defeated in the English
parliament.
Great loss of life In Iceland has been caused
by avalanches.
The Grenadier guards and Scot guards left
Suakim for England on the 10th.
The conservative vote Of censure in COM
mons on the 18th inst, was defeated by vote
of 290 to 260.
The Turkish government has placed large
order for cannons with Krupp, the German
manufacturer.
An annuity of $4,000 has been granted TO
Princess Beatrice on the occasion of her forth
coming marriage.
Negotiations between England and Russia
on the Afghan question are reported making
satisfactory progress.
Turkey and England are still endeavoring TO
arrange a basis for the formers occupation Of
Saukim and the Soudan.
An evicted farmer In Ireland deliberately
roasted to death tbs bailiff who performed the
act of eviction, having previously made him
drunk.
The revised version of the old Testament
was given 10 the London newspapers on the
10th, and the general public the following
Monday.
Conde Stephens, the bearer of dispatches
from Sir Peter Lumsden has reached London.
The nature of the information has not
been made public
A dispatch from Suakim states that an alarm
ing amount of sickness prevails among the
troops at Suakim, but that the military censor
forbids all mention of the subject In the press
dispatches.
Cairo dispatch saws Mr.. Gladstones an.
nouncement OF the abandonment OF the Sou
dan campaign causes something like consterna-
ton among the English residents there. There
is much complaint among the commercially in
terested classes. and general descrtion OF the
country by European Is predicted The mill
tary, however, are pleased with the cessation
of an inglorious campaign.
Reports continue To come from Taheran con-
corning the revolt of the Mohammedan popu-
lation of Kashgar in Chinese Turkestan against
against Chinese rule. II is now stated that the
revolutionists have driven the mandarms from
all the principal towns. IL is also said that
the leader of the Mohammedans is a son OF
Yakoob Neey, and that he has invoked Russian
protection and has asked Russia to occupy
kashgar and supply the rebels with arms and
ammunition.
Bum Archer, who In December. 1883, when a
boy OF but Ia years, was convicted In the
Lenawee county court Of placing distractions
upon the railway track and sentenced to eight
years in the sta prison, has had his sentence
committed to confinement at the reform school
here until IL years of age, provided that IL he
commits any wrong prior t. that time or the
time 1890 when his original sentence would
have expired, he shall he returned to the state
prison. The governor gives as his reasons for
this communication the lads extreme youth, his
subsequent good conduct and the hope of his
becoming good citizen.
Lord Harrington said In the House Of Com.
mons that the government had resolved to
make Wady llalfa the most advanced position
as permanent defense Of Egypt. Tho
British troops would be withdrawn as soon as
the Nile rises. IL is expected that the rising OF
will occur about the end of May The with
drawa Of the troops involves the abandonment
of the engagement to advance To Khartoum. In
regard 10 the projected railway from Suakm TO
Berber Lord Harrington said he was unable to
state what was the definite intention of the
government now, but thought he would soon
be able to make statement of their intention.