Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-21
EUROPEAN EVENTS.
Old World NEWS CdBLED 10
AMERICA,

Enrolment of Unarmed Volunteers in Ire
land-The New Khedlve Looking to Ma
lives for Counsellors-De Lesseps to Visit
America in the Interest Of His Canal
schems-Scarcity OF Breadstuas on the
Lower Danube-Russia Looking to
America for Cruisers-The Cotton Trade
at Observation-Disclosures War Once Closed
for Want OF Observation-Disclosures.
DE LEssEPs.
PARIS, Aug. 20.-De Lesseps has sent to Cen
trail America several expert engineers, includ-
ing Dovoneaux, whose works on the Danube
and at Antwerp are we'll known, to examine
the plans of the Panama canal and to ascertain
| the probable expense of building it. De Les
preparing for his journey to the United States.
His wife will accompany him.
ANDRAssY's SUCCESSOR.
PEsrH, Aug. 90 Count Karalyi will proba-
bly, succeed Andrassy as the Austro- hungarian
premier. It is stated that Deszell. the present
Hungarian minister of finance will be elected
leader Of the Deak party, Count Andra,sy hav-
ing Informed his friends that he does not in
tend to participate in politics for some years.
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BREADsruFFs ON THE DANUBE.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-The failure of the maize
crop in Bulgaria will entail largely increased
consumption of wheat. As the wheat crop.
though Of good quality, has been somewhat
reduced by the dry weather, prices of bread
| stuffs will be high on the lower Danube next
year. The statistical department of the board
| OF trade has announced the acreage under
wheat at ten per cent. less than in 1873 and
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more acreage is under barley and six per cent.
more under potatoes.
BEARING ARMS IN IRELAND.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-The movement for the
enrolment of unarmed volunteers in Ireland,
is in consequence of the rejection by the house
| of lords, at the recent session of parliament.
| OF the bill for the formation of volunteer
| corps in Ireland. It is intended by this move
ment to demonstrate what number of citizens
are willing and anxious to claim the right of
bearing arms.
| THE NEW KHEDIvE.
| The Times, quoting from an interview of q
correspondent with the khedive of Egypt, says:
1T is now evident that Tewfik Pasha is deter
mined to govern on the same system as that of
his father. namely, through native ministers,
and, as it is impossible to be perpetually chang
be allowed to have fair trial.
FOOD FROM AMERICA.
LONDON, Aug. 20.--R. Assheton Cross, secre-
tary of state for the home department, in a
speech delivered at Liverpool to-day, on the
depression of the agricultural interests in the
United Kingdom, said agriculturists in the
neighborhood of New York were suffering far
more from the great importation of corn and
cattle, which come across their great Western
States, than British agriculturists were suffer-
ing from the present depression. He said he
was not alamed at the great amount of food
which was coming from America.
REFORMS IN CUBA.
MADRID, Aug. 2O.-The government has ap-
pointed q commission to recommend fiscal and
political reforms in Cuba, and to devise means
for keeping up the labor supply on planta-
lions. several Cuban representatives are on
| the commission, and the planter element pre-
dominates.
| THE ENGLISH COTTON TRADE.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-The Manchester Guardian,
reviewing the position of the cotton trade at
Manchester, says at current rates the demand
and supply are about equal. At very little
advance more cloth and yarn would be offered
than could be readily taken off the market. In
! short, the market is in very sensitive condi-
ton Meanwhile good deelof machinery is
either idle or not working to the full capacity
| and there is certainly no, inducement to in
crease The production. Buyers seem to agreed
! that steady buying from day to day is the hest
| 1t is affirmed that trade is becoming more
healthy, and that speculation has all but disap-
peared from the market.
Two hundred golfers embark FRIDAY for New
| Zealand.
LIEUT.. CAREY.
LONDON, Aug. 20.-The steamer Jamna ar
rived at Plymouth. bringing Lieut.. Carey, who
was with the prince imperial when killed. Lieut..
Carey says he was not on duty at the time of
the princes death, but accompanying the
prince for his own information.
The Standards Paris dispatch says it is re-
ported that M. Gambetta will visit England
during the recess of the assembly, where he
will be uest of Sir Charles Dixie.
BULGARIA AND BOSNIA.
LONDON, Aug. 21.-The Times Bucharest cor
respondents thinks it probable that when the
first Bulgarian national assembly is convoked,
the Bulgarian ministry will be impeached for
violating the constitution. The correspondent
is informed that the Aust:ian Hospice organi-
cation IN Bosnia and herzegovina is simply
deplorable.
MISCELLANEOUS.
DUBLIN, Aug. pa movement is on foot
for the enrolment of unarmed volunteers in
Ireland, England being afraid to allow the
Irish to bear arms.
LONDON, Aug. 23.-The liberal party is &C.
tive. Gladstone aud Charles Dilks last night
addressed large meetings at Chester and Chel-
sea.
The amoust of bullion withdrawn on balance
to day from the Bank of England for Canada.
one hundred thousand pounds
An address to Lieut. Carey, of the expedition
in which the prince imperial lost his life in
South Africa, declaring he has been unwarrant-