Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-11
GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

--- RIVER FOUNDATIONS IN HUNGARY.
PEsTu, Dec. 10.-The destruction of dams on
nearly all the principal rivers in Hungary and
| Transylvania and the terrible inundations are
again filling the public mind with anxiety.
But for the intense cold, ranging all the way
from Is to 20 degrees, Reammusers, Groseevar-
| din and several villages around the city would
have shared the fate of Szegedin. Temeavar,
| Arad and several towns in Transylvania were
inundated Monday, and, as in GrosseYRrdin, q
great number of houses fell in. So suddenly
| came the flood that hardly any preventive
measures had been taken. and great damage to-
property has been reported, but no loss of life.
| The continuance of frost can alone prevent
most serious disasters. s.
GOVERNMENT OWNERSHIP OF RAILROADS.
BERLIN, Dec. 10.-The lower house of the
| landtag has adopted by 226 to l55, the clauses
of the bill empowering the government to pur-
chase the Berlin stetin, Magdburg & Halber-
stodt Hanover Il Menden railroads. The dis
sentents were the clerical progressionists, Poles
and some national liberals. The government
has promised to introduce at the present or
next session of landtag bill, providing for the
guarantees stipulated by the railroad commit
| tee.
RUss1As PERIL.
BERLIN, Dec. 10.-The we'll Informed st.
Petersburg correspondent of the National Zeit-
una says he thinks the Russian imperial coun.
| Gil, which was to have been held yesterday uu-
der the presidency of the emperor, was sum-
| moned not SO much to consider the question of
peace or war, how best to retire from the
| present diplomatic aggression. A new war
would produce an explosion calculated to shat
| ter the whole organization of the state.
PORT Az PRINCE.
| PoRr Az PRIME, Nov. M.-Au disorder has
disappeared. The following are some of the
principal provisions of the newly revised con-
stitution: The presidential term is fixed at
eight years. and the salary at 1926 900. The
president is vested with the right to appoint
and remove all public functionsries. Also
with power to close the chambers. Sentence
of death for political offenses has been abol-
ished. Gems. Tanis Souffront and Montmo-
rency are still hidden at the foreign consulate,
and await the pleasure of the government.
Gems. Herrise and Lamothe are still in prison
awaiting the result of the investigation.
EXCITEMENT IN RUSSIA.
| LoNDoN,nDec. 10.-Vlenna correspondents re-
port great excitement prevails at st. Peters,
burg. The gendarmes and police have been
largely increased. They necessarily patrol the
streets of the city, and are especially numerous
and vigilant near the winter palace. These
circumstances indicate that fresh attempts
upon the life of the czar are anticipated. NJ.
| Woliyeff. who was formerly a favorite with the
car, and author Of various reform plans, has
now fallen into complete disgrace, the car
having flung his constitutional projects into
the fire when Woliyeff submitted them, and
diimissed Woliyeff himself. Gortschakoff and
Giers have regained all their former influence.
Markoff, his secretary, will probably be dis
missed, and Ignatieff designated as chief of the
Asiatic department..
| aLoRIFYING ASSASSINATION.
LONDON, Dec. 10.-A Berlin dispatch says .
St. Petersburg letter states that on the same
day the car arrived at St. Petersburg the revo-
lutionary committee issued a most violent
proclamation which is being distributed daily,
and in which they avow that tie late attempt
| on the czar's life was made by their order and,
though the attempt failed, they are not dis
heartened but are ready to try again.
MISCELLANEOUS.
LONDON, Dec. l0.-A Berlin dispatch says
the famine among the Polish miners in upper
Selesia is beginning to produce typhus fever.
A dispatch from Paris says if the members
of the republican union vote with the extreme
left on the Interpolation on the application
! for a partial amnesty law the government will
be signally defeated and the ministry will i'm
mediately resign. Gambetta is prepared to
take office, but only on certain conditions, the
most important of these being that there shall
be dissolution of the chambers next autumn,
which President Grevy will probably accede to.