The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1879-07-10

LONDON. July "A dispatch FROM Berlin
says the prospect now regarded as certain of
the early adoption Of high protective tariff
has caused merchants to import large quan.
titles OF goods in advance, so as to escape
Increased duties, hence great falling off iu
trade is feared after tho new tariff shalt be-
come law. Bismarck, in tue face OF these
seri. us objections, insists upon an increase
in the duty on foreign corn. Another cor
respondent says the second reading Of the
tariff bill being finished, tho third reading
will be merely formal, and measures will
probably be completed by Saturday next,
when it is intended to prorogue the reichstag.
The liberals and socialists maGe desperate
stand against the duties on coffee and Pc
troleum, Herr Belief declaring they woud
breed much discomfort and furnish fresh
stimulus for social and democratic agitation.
PANAMA CANAL SCHEME.
LIVERPOOL, July 7.-The Courier says All
agreement was signed Saturday on behalf Of
the original promoters of the Panama canal
scheme, vesting their rights in De Lesseps Us
representative of the future shareholders of
the Inter Ocean Canal company. Subscrip-
tions OF f75O,O00 in twenty pound shares
will be opened In London, Paris, Frankfort
and New York simultance ously lin about .
fortnight >' :.
' COMMUNICATION AT PORT AU PRINCE. -
k1AasToN, July advice from Hayti
says that the Port au Prince is in flames;
blocks of building are in ashes. The custom
house haa closed on acount OF revolution.
: a N1nnlsA AND THE CORN BEETLE.
LONDON, July IA correspondent ut
Berlin draws q gloomy picture Of the state
of Russia owing to the Nihilists, the future
OF crops and the ravages OF corn beetle.
Fifty thousand r0ubles have been appropri-
ated to tho determination of the beetle.
ACCESSORY BEFORE THE FACT.
LONDON, July THE person who sup
lied the pistol to Alexander Solovief, with
which he attempted to assassinate the En-
peror of Russia on the 14th of April, is q
physician from Weimur, Germany, who is
also proved to have procured the poison
With which Solovieff attempted suicide afler
his failure to kill the Gar and to have
owned the horse by means of which tho as
sailaints of Gen. Mosendef attempted to
escape. A telegram from st. Petersburg,
,authoritatively. states he has been sentenced
= to be hanged shortly,
Exs4prrAN ARMY
CA1no,I July THE strength of the
Egyptian army has been fixed at 12 900 men.
A large quantity Of war material has been
ordered sold.
SUBMERGED sZEGED1S.
PEsrH, July TN consequence of con-
timed high water Szegedin cannot be re-
built this year. The inhabitants will live in
wooden barracks during the winter.
KING ALFoNso's MARRIAGE.
MADRID, July THE marriage of King
Alfonso with the Archduchess of Austria is
again talked of.
VlCxsDuRG, Miss, July Capt. Wilkor-
son, we'll known in river circles, suicided this
morning by shooting himself through the
right temple with pistol. Cause, financial
trouble.
ST. PETEnsBURa, July IA fire at Irkatsk
!: the 4th, burned 400 houses. The officials OF
j Tux have received letters threatening the
burning of that town.
FxCEss OF DUTIES.
BEnL1N, July lin the reichstag, to-day,
Won Bueler moved an addition to the motion
Of Frankenstein, adopted June 25th, that the
yield from customs and tobacco taxes in es-
cess of the fixed amount annually, shall be
remitted to the federal States in proportion to
their population. The addition being that
the above provision shall come in free in
April, 1880, and that the amount obtained
from duties and taxes named from October
1879, to January, 1880, in excess of the sum
Of 53, COO, 600 marks, shall be deducted from
the contributions of the several States ia
proportion to population. This motion is
believed to be the outcome of the motion of
the bundeszath, yesterday, in reference to the
same subject
The appointment Of Herr Bitter, under
secretary of the interior, to succeed Van Ho-
breoht as minister of finance, has been o.
zetted.
LIEUT.. COREY AND THE PRINCE IMPERIAL,
,-.- New York, July IA dispatch from Caps
Town, June 1ltb, to London, says that the
cuort OF inquiry convened for the purpose o.
examining into the conduct of Lieut. Corey
in command OF the scouting party 10 which
the prince imperial was attached at the time
.of his death. Tho friends of Lieut.. Core,
did not understand the position in which be
stood toward the prince and were not aware
he was expected to exercise any special guar
dianship or care over the prince. Th,
court, however, goes on to censur'
him for proceeding upon his reconnaissance
without sufficient escort and for holding anc
dismounting on dangerous ground, as t
which betrayed deplorable want of militar,
prudence. The court reports that no at
tempt was made by Lieut. Corey to rally hi
escort, and to confront the enemy. Afte
the court of inquiry court martial was or
ganized to try the Lieutenant, but Corey set
up IN his own defense that he was not i,
charge Of the party when tho prince va
killed, and the evidence thus far submitte,
somewhat clears him of cowardice.
ADVANCE IN WHEAT.
LONDON, July 7.-The advance in wheat il
attributed to unfavorable crop advices from
Europe, and the fact that The "shorts'' ar
covering on all months, even for September
There are also large European orders to bu,
here.
CrrEWAYO OBDURATE.
LONDON, July IA long telegram from
Lord Chelmsford, states that King Citeway'
has not yielded to the proposals made him
GERMANY AND SAMOA.
A dispatch from Berlin says tho nev
German consul general to Samoa has re
ceiyed orders to abstain from all interference
with internal affairs. The suggestion O
certain interested parties that German
shall annex Samoa finds no favor in higt
quarters.
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