Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1886-10-30
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The Marquis of Ailesbury ia dead. He
was IS years old.
Miss Mary Anderson has subscribed s.
{ 500 for the benefit of the sufferers by the
] ceed5 Of her performance during the past
/ week for that purpose.
/ A panther escaped from a uneuagerie in
I Chambly, the capital of Savoy and ran
I through the streets, creating a great panic.
/ The beast bit many persons and scalp6d and
/ killed policeman before he was captured.
/ The Chronicles na!correspondent says
/ a wealthy and highly esteemed American
/ resident of Paris has placed at the disposal
/ of the Bulgarian government loan OF
| 100000 without asking the smallest
! security.
/ to say when the plague Will stop. Never was
their a more frightful record Of the raVages
I of the disease on mankind. The story of
| the plague of London Is beggaEed by what
Il now going on in Seoul They are begin
ming to give over the task of burying their
dead and the city is threatened with posi-
We extinction.
The committee appointed by the chamber
Of deputies to consider the bill for taxing all
foreigners carrying on business in France,
4 and bill making 1t obligatory on all cOntrac-
/ tOis in public work IN France to hire only
Frenchmen, having decided to report favor
ably upon tho FIRST measure.
The British dispatch boat "Jmogene" was
wrecked at GallipOn. She was at the time
proceeding from COnstantiuOple, from where
she WIS to convey Sir William White, the
newly appointed British minister to Turkey,
to Onstantinople. The crew were saved.
The 'Imogene" was an iron yacht of AGO
tons.
1t is now asserted that Russia. has agreed
not to occupy Bulgariai that Austria and
Germany have agreed to declare the newly
elected sObranie Illegal and to compel the
regency to resign and force Bulgaria to sub
NIT to Russia. It is believed that Wadding-
HtaaHru an hFa Ha.fNrn tn and
demands that Great Britain fix a definite
date for the evacuation of Egypt.
The Canadian government has sent out
circulars to steamship owners asking for
tenders for fast ocesn mail service. The
conditions set forth IN the circulars are that
the contractors shall maintain regular line
of staunch and powerful steamers to PER
form weekly voyages between Liverpool and
Quebec IN the summer, and between Liver /
pool and Halifax and Portland in the win
ter, the steamers to make hfty-tWO voyages
each say during each year. The pIor Osed |
contract is to be for ten years. The steam /
ship required must be of not less power,
strength or capacity than the Partisan /
of the Allan line, and are to De of not less
speed than fifteen knots Rn hour, aud the
contractors are not to discriminate on
freight rates against Canadian shippers. |
The contract is to be subject to the approval
of parliament.
Justin Mccarthy, parnellite, has been |
awarded the seat in the house Of commons
for which he contested in the recent cleo
against Charles Edward Lewis, conservative. |
Lewis has sat for Londonderry ever since
1872. In ths recent electiOn the poll as
counted gave Lewis 1871 votes and Nc
CaIthy i768, and the seat was awarded to [
the former who up 70 date has occupied 1t. !
Mccarthy at once entered a protest aud has I
ever since been pushing his claim to the |
seat, basing the case largely upon allega- |
tons Of Illegal eleclOneering methods on |
the part OF his opponent. To-day Lewis /
counsel abandoned his clients claims, and |
the seat was declared to be McCarthy's. !
The announcement of the result has caused /
much excitement in this city. Mccarthy |
has also a seat for Longford court, which he |
obtained without opposition.