The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-11-08

| took part in the storming Of the town
Of Vitu, which was captured and burn.
ed on the 2Sth ult. by the forces sent
there to punish the natives for massacreing
n number Of Germans. Many ofthe natives
were killed. few members OF the British
force were wounded. A reward OF 10000
rupees has been offered for the capture OF
Bakari, the sultan OF Nitu.
The residents of the village OF LacIahEa,
twenty-five miles southwest OF Pesth, are
has been committed there. A corn dealer
named Bleier, accompanied by his wife,
two children and a maid servant was
at the railway station awaiting the arrival
OF n train, when number OF brigands
made an attack upon the party, all the
members of which were killed and robbed
OF whatever valuables they had about
them.
The scheme proposed by Gen. Booth, Of
the Salvation Army, for the relief OF the
poorer classes, continues to be much dis.
cussed in London. Several members ofthe
royal family have written Gen. Booth,
praising his plans and expressing hope for
their success. Similar tokens OF approval
have been forwarded from people in all
walks Of life, and contributions are con
etantly coming in for the fund with which
it is proposed to begin the work.
The Jewish students in Southern Russia
who embraced Christianity in order to be
permitted to pursue their studies at the
University Of Odessa have been thrown ia.
to CONSERVATION by the decree OF the cars
minister's that converts shall be on the
same footing, as TO education, asJews who
afui raliu "a
dare not apply for readmission to the He,
brew faith, as they would thereupon be
prosecuted as apOstatCs. Their only hope
is in fight from Russia.
Advices from Constantinoplo state that
the sultan is anxious TO have his sovereign.
~ in Africa defined and ackno Rledged
through n new treaty with England and
other European powers, and that the Turk
ish ambassadors to the leading states, ex-
Cept Rursia have been instructed to open
negotiations with that view. The sultan
is determined to prevent any further alien.
alton OF MOslem territory and wishes the
sphere Of Turkey deimited with IA Clearness
that will prevent future euCrOaChmcnt.
The police OF London are now in posses
sion Of Information showing almost con.
clusively that Mrs. Pieroey was assisted in
the murder OF Mrs Hobbs by u female ac-
complCe. The report that Hobbs oas made
a confession to the police cannot yet be
verified, and by many persons il IL not
credited, but it il certain that he has inn
parted information the value Of which has
been tested by the good results which have
followed action upon It, The identity Of
the woman who aided the Piercey woman
in the commission Of the crime is known,
but her present place OF ConCealment il yet
undiscovered.
The grand struggle between the dockers
and the shipowners is likely to begin in
Liverpool instead OF London, the Liver
pool Shippers association having refused TO
discharge non-union hands at the diCtation
of the union. Advces from Melbourne re-
present the situation as having undergone
little change. The employers union there
have received aid TO the amount Of E20,-
600 from London merchants interested in
the Australian trade, and the strikers have
received from the London unions sums ag-
gregating little more than one-third Of
that amount. In New Zealand the strike
is still in progress, with little change in its
aspect. number of laborcrs have been
prosecuted and fined for breaking their
contracts in leaving their work without
giving proper notice.