The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-09-30
FOREIGN.

Three hundred Spanish soldiers re-
volted in Madrid and created great panic
In an encounter between the insurgents and
the loyal troops several officers were killed and
wounded AS a consequence of the outbreak
martial law has been proclaimed.
A Belfast Qreland) dispatch reports
that on Monday last "a large body of Orange
workmen from Queens Island ostentatiously
marched through the streets as if to provoke
fight. At Carrick Hill they were attacked
with volleys of stones and a desperate fight
ensued, during which many on both sides
were wounded Desultory conflicts between
mobs and police were kept up during the
evening One detachment of police being
hard pressed, were obliged TO flee, and
were pursued by bowling mob armed
with stones, but were rescued by q
strong body of soldiers Several houses near
Lstowel, Kerry County, were raided by
moonlighters in search of arms. The moon
lighters are described as well-dressed, polite
gentlemen, the majority carrying watches and
the newest kind of firearms. In broad day
light twenty armed men went out from Khan
turk and raided several farm-houses in
search of arms They we're successful in
several instances. Two of them were ar
rested"
A network of railroads is to be built
to connect the Black Sea with the Persian
Gulf
In the British House of Commons
Parnelrs land bill was defeated, the vote stand
ing 297 against 202 for the measure. All the
Gladstonians supported the Parnellites The
Unionis,s voted with the Government
Belfast dispatches give the following
lively incidents of the recent rioting in that
city:
Desultory rioting kept up all through the
night. The Catholics eyince n bitter spirit
az ainst the police and soldiers, and the appear
ance OF a constable in the disturbed DISTRICTS ID
the signal for a shower OF stones. Two police
men were wounded and number of citizens
injured-how many is not known. because they
were carried away by their friends. Rioting
was resumed at dinner-time by the Catholic
tbn mnctsop "a the shg on ns
| Falls roads. The police were forced to
reatrat to Shank Hill, where they re-en-
| forced and drove the mob back, capturing q
| number ON the way While this battle was 60
| ing another mob in different locality
| attacked with stones the Black Watch regiment
| of Welshmen. although the soldiers we're fully
armed and in fighting array. The troops with
| fixed bayonets drove the mob from the scene,
! wounding great number OF the rioters, and
| arresting two. Still another mob got into q
| fight in tram-car stable, and, surging out
| into the street, overturned passing
car filled with PASSENGERS The terror
der the seats and under one another,
| and shielded themselves as best they could
| with the floor-mats and seat sections. Several
| were hurt. The situation was dreadful until
| the military rescued them and escorted them 20
| place of safety. A mob attacked a funeral
| cortege returning from the cemetery and stoned
h.
| and arrested score Of them. In the melee the
| Colonel in command was badly hurt.
All the officers implicated in the
revolutionary outbreak at Madrid have been
sentenced to death. Loyal troops have been
sent to the province of Toledo to capture two
| bands of rebels.
Lord Randolph Churchill in effect
states that the gag law is to be established in
| the British House of Commons at the next ses-
sion az a means of further REFRESHING the Par
nelites.
General Villacampa, the leader of
the recent instruction in Spain, has been
arrested
Two naturalized American citizens,
who have been visiting their birthplace in
| Germany have been ordered to leave the en-
| pire.
Edward Solomon, Lillian Russell's
husband, has been arrested in London on the
charge of bigamy, preferred by his first wife.
A Sofa dispatch says that the Rus
sian ultimatum, of which General Kaulbars lie
the bearer, demands the immediate raising of
the state Of siege in Bulgaria, the liberation
OF all political prisoners, and the indefinite
| postponement of the elections for members Of
the National Assembly. However, there are
no signs of flinching on the part OF the re-
gency; on the contrary the anti-Russian feel
ing increases daily.
The British Government has decided
to greatly increase the garrison at Belfast