Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1890-02-28
CABLE FLASHES.

Coal mines at St Etienne. France, and
at Aberdare. Wales, are out ON a strike.
DUBLIN-One hundred and twenty
tenants on the Ponsonby estate in Ireland
will be summoned Wednesday to surrender
possession of their holdings.
! BRUssELs.-Th Congo Free State has
empowered the Brussels Anti Slavery
! society to send an expedition to Africa to
! aid in suppressing the slave trade.
JOSEPH GILLIs BIGGER, the well-known
! home rule member of Parliament, died
! suddenly at Clapham, suburb of London,
| of heart disease. He participated in the
debate in the House of Commons Tuesday
| He was 81 years old.
BERLIN.-The National Zuitung esti-
mates from the returns that the Cartel
parties have already lost eighteen seats
! The paper says, owing to these losses of the
| Cartel parties, the government will be un-
! able to secure majority IN the ReiChstag.
BERLIN Compared with the last
! proceeding election, the socialist vote in
| Berlin shows an increase of $4,000 and
| the liberal vote an increase of 5000 The
| conservative vote decreased 35 900 The
socialists carried Madgeburg, Altoona.
| Hamburg, the Dresden district. Chemnitz
and Schwiehau.
LOND0N.-The steamer High Gate col
! lided with the ship Sovereign in a fog off
| Lundy island on Wednesday and sank.
| Thirteen of the persons on board the
steamer at the time of the collision have
landed. A boat containing six others is
missing.
LoNDoN.-The report of the special COM
mission appointed to investigate the
| charges made 10y the Times against the
Parnelites members of the House of Com
mons will probably be laid on the table in
the House on Thursday. The report is
practically unanimous, though Judge Han
men and Judge Smith on one or two points,
will deliver IA separate judgement.
IANzIBAR.-Major Wissmann, at the
head of a strong force, will march into the
interior at the end of April. He will have
400 natives fully equipped and armed with
magazine rifles. He will take eighteen
mountain guns, two torpedo boats and
four river boats, and two large guns to
defend stations to be built on the caravan
road
THE British Parliament was opened on
Tuesday, and Queen Victoria's 5 speech
read. The document was of the usual
prOsaic nature. and contained nothing
very startling. Brief reference was made
to the late dispute with Portugal. to Sa-
moan matters and to the proposed extra
dition treaty with the United States. Par
Lament was congratulated ON the I'M
provement' Of affairs in Ireland. and mott
fed that measure looking to local self
government II that country would be sub
mitted to it.
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
THE house committee ON public lands
has unanimously agreed to report favor
ably the bill to repeal the timber culture
act
THE committee on public buildings and
grounds ordered favorable report on the
following bills: Increasing the appro-
priations for a building at Milwaukee 10y
5000, 900; ut Fremont, Ncb., by $50. 900;
at Burlington Iowa, 10y Sl0O,0 900 and ut
Mankota Mimi, by $4,000.
WAsmNGToN.-Gov Hovey. of In
diana, president of the Service Pen
sion association of the United States, since
1867. appeared before the house committee
on invalid pensions Tuesday, in behalf of
the principle upon which the associa-
tion was organized. He made an eloquent
plea for the service pension bill.
Mrs. Toman. in behalf of the Women
Army nurses, also addressed the commit
tee in favor of the bill granting pensi ons
to women who served as nurses during the
late war.