The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1911-09-15
important Events Of the Week
in Condensed Form.
FOREIGN NEWS.

Five thousand Spanish troops have
received orders from the ministry of
wal to reinforce the Spanish garrison
at Melilla, on the riff coast of Moroc-
CO. The governments action is due
to the constant reports received from
the commander of the garrison, say
ing that the natives continue to annoy
the soldiers by their attacks on the
Spanish outposts.
frances reply to Germany's counter
proposals in the Moroccan negotia-
lions has been written and will be
laid before the French cabinet for ap.
prevail. The task of drawing up the
reply proved simpler than at first ex
pected, doubtless because the German
demands were such as could not be
accepted by Franae.
The most desperate measures are
being adopted to relieve the 100000
famine sufferers in the Yangtsekiang
valley in China, where 100000 are
said to have lost their lives in the re.
cent floods. All crops in the district
have been swept away. Famine prices
prevail and the people have nothing
with which to buy.
Since the beginning of the present
year the total number of deaths from
cholera in Italy has passed the 10000
mark. Error and superstitution are
causing outbreaks of violence among
the inhabitants who consider the au-
thorities responsible for the scourge.
The average number of deaths daily
among the 10000 survivors of the Chi.
nese floods surrounding Marking alone
is approaching SEQ, OF whom perhaps
so per cent die literally of starvation
and the balance of exposure and
disease.
Katherine Cecil Thurston, noted au-
thor Of "The Masquerader," "The
Gambler" and other books. was found
dead in a hotel at Cork, Ireland, where
she had made her home since her sep
aration from her husband two years
ago.
Sixty Capitalists lost their lives in
two encounters with federal troops
under command of Colonel Morelos in
the state of Morelos, according to Of
fetal advices received at Mexico City.
No mention is made of federal losses.
Emperor William reviewed the
greatest fleet eve assembled at Kiel.
One hundred and forty-three warships
fired the imperial salute as the royal
yacht Hohenseine steamed the lanes
formed by the anchored vessels.
Blood has been spilled in Szechuen,
the turbulent province of China, and
the situation has grown rapidly in Sc.
robustness. Over twenty rioters and a
number of soldiers have been killed in
battle at Chengtu.
The Chilean steamer Tucapel has
been wrecked and is a total loss.
Eighty-one persons drowned. The
steamer was engaged in trading on
the west coast of South America.
The forces of the ex-shah of Persia,
Mohammed Ali Mira, have suffered
a crushing defeat. The ex-shah lost
400 men wounded and taken prison
ers and eighty killed.
Ft.
The Theater Eldorado collapsed at
Nice, France. Forty-four workmen en-.
gagged in making repairs to the build
ing were buried in the ruins, most of
them being killed.
Lieutenant Neumann, a German
army aviator, and Aviator Leconte, an
instructor, were both killed when their
aeroplane dropped to the ground at
Bilzhei, Germany.
A fierce battle occurred at Brest, |
France, when a large mob Of cheaper
food m%anifestants engaged the troops. /
At least forty persons were injured.
Eleven lives were lost in a fire
which destroyed the juneau hotel and
the McGrath building at Juneau.
Alaska.