The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21
GENERAY.

0ENEHALa
FLOODS in the provinces Of Lombardy
and Venice have destroyed a number OF
bridges and done much damage to proper.
ty. Many persons have been drowned.
COFFEE gambling, similar to that II
Hamburg is going on at Antwerp. Meas
ures are demanded 10 suppress these op-
er0tiOns.
OWING to the illness of his on, upon
whom a painful operation has been per-
formed, Hon. Carl Schurz will not be able
to return to America before the end Of
October.
By the wreck of the Italian steamer
South America in a collision at the Canary
Islands recently, thirty-six passengers
were drowned and four seamen.
A CABLE message from Rear Admiral
Chandler ut Yokohama, Japan, announces
that the United States steamer MOnocacy
has been declared unfit for general SER
vice.
WILLIAM REDMOND, Irish Member OF
Parliament, has been sem to prison for
three months for offenses under the Crimes
act.
The troops Of the Ameer Of AfghanistOn
are said to AVE had Al important victory
over the rebels. Ishak Khan's father-in.
law was among the captives.
TEE preparations for a German expedi-
ton to search for Emin Bey progress act.
lively. Two hundred thousand marks nave
been subscribed for the expense of the
undertaking.
Four hundred Irish stevedores, en-
plOyed in Glasgow harbor, Scotland. have
been dismissed. They will be replaced by
Protestants from Belfast. 1t was feared
that a riot would ensue.
The Peninsular and Oriental steame,
Nepaul, bound for London from China,
went ashore the other night near Mar
settles. All hands were saved. The cap
tain, however, died shortly after from a
stroke of apoplexy, which resulted from
the severe shock the accident caused him.
BUSINESS failures (Dun's report) for the
seven days ended September Ii numbered
2l7, compared with pa the previous week
and lSS the corresponding week Of last
year.
TIE Chinese of Hawaii threaten rebel
lion. The males of that race number more
than the males of all other races, native
aud foreign, on the Sandwich Islands, and
therefore much alarm is felt.
MAJOR BARTRLLOr, engaged in the STAN
ley relief expedition, has been murdered
by his native carriers.
The Imperial Bank of st. Petersburg has
been authorized to issue new credit notes
redeemable in gold. The first issue will
aggregate 15,OeO.0 roubles.
IL q conflict between striking workmen
and the military at Pierre Blfiiere, France,
the other day, several persons We're
wounded. Many strikers were arrested.
A from Paris of the 10th SAYS:
In consequence of a municipal decree low
ering the price Of bread the bakers of st.
Dennis have closed their doors. The work
ing people, becoming incensed, plundered
some of the shops and a few ave been re-
opened. Great excitement prevails. Many
arrests have been made.
ADvICES from India say the widow of a
Brahmin villager near Cawnpore recently
burned herself to death upon the funeral
pyre Of her husband. She mounted the
pyre unnOticed after the departure of the
funeral party.
CALVERT BROS, extensive wooden factors
at Halifax. Eng, have failed with liabili-
ties of 500. 600.
BUSINESS was active and prices irregu.
lar on the London Stock Exchange during
the week ended September II. In Paris
prices declined, three per cent. rentes
showing a decline Of thirty centimes. In
Germany prices were weak and business
was dull.
CLEARING house returns for the week
ended September Il showed an average
increase of 81 compared with the corre-
spending week of last year. In New York
the increase was 80.
STRIKING cigar makers of Havana
have asked the aid of their brethren in the
United States.
BISHOP STRASSMEYER, o. Austria. has
been rebuked by the Emperor for praying
fer the success of Russian arms. An eff
fort was being made to nave him deposed
by the Pope.