Show special totlee leg lem M 13 by a fire d damp am p explosion in the bancroft ashland colliery twelve miners were killed london 13 the aymes times has a congratulation article on the defeat of the liberals reform bill in the house of commons last evening the course pursued by gladstone is severely criticized while that of the liberal members who deserted the party is lauded it thinks the liberal balters hold the balance of power now and virtually control the reform bill in case of war between france and prussia bavaria and baden will make common cause with prussia nashville 13 gov Brownlow lias haa issued a proclamation declaring the registration of voters in counties of benton caffin franklin hardeman humphrey lincoln stewart and wilson null and void A large meeting of radical colored people was held at the capital and resolutions were adopted supporting gov brownlow delegates were appointed to the congressional convention on the of may st louis 13 the loss by fire last night was greater than at first supposed scott cilliers Mil liers loss is SO insured washington 13 the secretary of the interior has received information that the ard 3rd section 27 40 miles of the central branch union pacific railroad formerly known as the atchison and pikes peak road is completed the senate today to day confirmed mr maj J forbes For besof of pennsylvania consul at moscow charles B brockaway of bf pa consul at san jose costa rica and christopher carson indian agent in new mexico new york 13 the faris paris panis paris correspondent of the stand gd ard rays says the feeling Is unanimous that the french government stands committed to a step as regards luxemburg which while it falls fails to allay the apprehension and irritation caused by prussia is regarded as likely to precipitate a european war the official gazette of holland prospectively denies that the duchy of been has been ceded to france and adds that there can only be a question of bf such cession when the great powers who are interested have first come to an understanding on the subject A telegram from luxemburg says hand bills are circulated in the town in favor of annexation to france and inciting the inhabitants to acts of violence against prussia four regiments of Chass eures who garrison the fortress have attempted to revolt in the north german parliament her von beringson Bering sen asked bismarck whether there was any truth in the rumor of negotiations between holland and france for bor the cession of luxemburg and whether prussia proposed to say that it will withstand any attempt to sever luxemburg from the rest of germany bening Bering sens motion also declares that all parties would be united in giving their utmost powerful support against separation from germany the london temes times of the says great britian is now ready to pay whatever suman aumau sum an umpire may award for the depredations by the alabama berlin 13 von Bering sens motion was put today beringson Bering sen said we wish for peace bace but will not shrink from war pit wit if it be necessary to repel tile the very first attempt of france to attack our honor let us give a speedy and resolute answer to the warlike tendencies of france and we shall stifle them in the bud bismarck in reply said the prussian government vern ment did not know that an arrangement ran gement for the cession of the duchy had been concluded between holland and france but the federal allied government vern ment believe that no foreign power will endanger the undisputed right of germany they hope to protect these rights more safely by peaceful means and to preserve good relations with foreign powers the more the tile debates in parliament shall show the indissoluble ties that exist between the government ent and the people the tho vienna correspondent of the bank gazette says the austrian ambas at berlin has been instructed to declare to the prussian government that in the hour of danger austria will stand by germany |