Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-12-20

Il
Death tho King Msian's
speedy Downfall Predicted, Etc.
oslrAN EIGNA,s TRUMP CARD.
Il LONDON, Dec. .--It is evident f1om the
nom committal reply Mr.. Smith gave IN
the House Of Commons yesterday after
Il noon to questions regarding the capture
Of Emin Bey and Henry nj. Stanley that
1 the governments is completely nom
j plussed, and have no accurate informa-
| ton in the matter, further than is gener-
| ally known. 1t is generally conceded that
/ Osman Digna holds q trump card, against
which his opponents are powerless to
play, and that the government can only
1 yield ON the formers own terms. 1t was
| believed in the Hobbies Of the House last
night that England will be forced to treat
with the successful commander for the
evacuation of Suakim, for the government
will not dare to sacrifice the prisoners
| whom Osman Digna threatens to
| kill unless the town is abandoned.
| Public opinion in England already re-
volts against the Soudan expedition, and
| this latest phase of the affair intensifies
| the feeling. There can be scarcely any
! doubt that the white traveller mentioned
! as surrendering with Emin Bey is STAN
ley, as everything thus far tends to con-
| firm this opinion. The balance Of opinion
past accepted the theory that Stanley had
been working towards Emin, and If not
actually with him, was near him. Intense
interest is felt here in the fate Of the in
trepid explorer, and no one for moment
belives that the government will allow his
life to be sacrificed in order to hold Sua-
kim. Further developments in the mat
ter are awaited with much anxiety.
THE CAPTURE OF STANLEY AND EMIN.
BRUSSELS, Dec. 15.-The King Of the
Belgians is exceedingly agitated regard
ing the capture of Stanley and Emin Boy.
He receives numerous dispatches in ref
erence to the matter. The King admits
that he was the largest subscriber to the
expense Of Stanley's expedition. The In
dependence Beige sars: England doubt
less will do every thing that is possible to
be done to liberate the prisoners. Mr..
Gladstone too bitterly regrets abandon
ing General Gordon for Lord Salisbury to
abandon Emin Bey and Henry M. STAN
ley"
sTANLEY's CAPTURE CONFIRMED.
LONDON, Dec 15.-Dispatches from Sua-
kim state that General Grenfell has recog-
nized the letter inclosed In Osman
Digna's as the original of the one which
he drafted for the Khedive, which the lat
ter handed to Stanley at Cairo. Thus
Stanley's capture is virtually placed be-
yond a doubt. The authorities of the
Congo Free State have received no infor-
nation regarding the capture as yet.
KING MILAN's DOWNFALL CONFIDENTLY
PREDICTED.
LONDON, Dec. 1.-THE royal welcome
given by the Roumanian Project at Jassy
to Queen Natalie of Servia, together with
the action of the Gear in ordering that the
lady shall be received with all the honors
due to a Queen upon the occasion of her
arrival at Kischineff, the capital Of
Bessarabia, can not be regarded in any
other light than that betokening the
speedy downfall Of her profigate husband
and the ultimate complete Russianizing
of Servia. Already Roumania is as
friendly to the northern empire as even
the autocrat of Russia could desire,
and the people Of Bulgaria are
in a state of transition from
quasi independence of Russia to unqual-
flied submission to Russian dictation.
King Milan, strong in the belief that
Austria must of necessity protect the in
terests of Servia, has long conducted
himself in such a way as to dis
gust his imperial protector, Francis
Joseph, and outrage the dull sensibilities
of his subjects. That his abdicatiOn,
in any event, is merely matter Of incon-
siderable time there can be no doubt, but
1t has now become much more probable
that he will be overthrow by the infiu-
ence he has SO persistently defied. His
proclamation as King was never favored
by Russia, and his reign as such has since
been tolerated by the Russian bear
because Of the latter's logical conclusion
that it is quite as easy matter to accom-
plish the downfall of O King as of q Prince,
when the opporttne time should arrive.
That time is near at hand, and so thor
oughly tired have the people of Servia be-
come of submission to the despotic rule Of
a petty King, who apes the absolntion of
Gear, and would even emulate the King
of Dahomey if he dared, that they will
gladly welcome the day when Milan
Obrenovitch is hurled from his throne
and ruler subservient to Russia placed
there in his stead.
In the troubles which have beset her
during the last few months Queen Ma
tales friends have made little noise and
given small indication Of what they have
sought to accomplish, but they have
worked methodically and well, as the
ostentatious friendship displayed by the
Gear for the lady attests, and If her brutal
husband does not now see the handwrit-
ing on the wall he must be blind indeed.
THE PANAMA CANAL coMPANY's LIABILI-
TIES.
PARIS, Dec. 15.--In the Chamber of
Deputies yesterday NJ. Peytral, Minister
OF Finance, offered bill providing for a
postponement for three months of the
payment Of the Panama Canal Company's
liabilities, including interest and the re-
demption Of bonds. M. Peytral said that
the lottery for prizes attached to bonds
issued under the law Of 1888, would
continue according to the guar