Prescott Transcript in Prescott, Wisconsin

Napolit an export duty cut and Middle East unrest

Foreign news from Bosroy dated April 21 notes little new from the United States dispatches. Reports say the Napolitan Government plans to cut corn export duties by at least half. Arabia aflame with sixty thousand in arms at Mecca and Jeddah rebelling against a new Constantinople led regime. Dispatches describe clashes near Nicodemus between Turks and Christians aided by English, with Christians attacked after the Hatti Humayun. The English are blamed as well as Turks. Christian casualties are reported. Other items mention Paris’s ongoing woes, a government officer assassinated in Mika, and a steamer Minho sunk after a collision near Teres. A Costa Rican resistance is reported with 740 men ready, while Col. Feetel fights. Naval and port news include the sloop Wursmouth ordered to the West Indies. Washington also notes new port duties and possible abolition of the Court of Claims. Kansas City reports U S troops making arrests at Lawrence and Sheriff Jones shot.