Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-08-06
THE OLD WORLD.
Mortality Among tho Austrian Troops in
Bosnia-Peruvian Naval Successes-Peo-
SICKNESS IN THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.


ject for Bridging the Channel discella-
neous
SICKNESS IN THE AUSTRIAN ARMY.
VIENNA, Aug. 5.-The Vaterzand published
some startling revelations relative to the un-
favorable sanitary condition of the army in
Bosnia, caused by bad and insufficient sup
plies. It is said the official report shows that
in December, one-third Of the army Of occupa-
ton was in hospital. The deaths from typhus
fever, dysentery and chest complaints averaged
four and one-quarter per cent. of the entire
force. These revelations caused so much dis
pleasure that of number Vaterlands contain
ing them was seized and destroyed.
GERMANY AND THE VATICAN.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-Aissengen dispatch denies
on good authority that any arrangement has
been conducted for the settlement of religious
questions at issue between Germany and the
Vatican, and adds that Bismarck will not yield
any essential point of the falk-laws to secure
the modus Tizendi.
chill AND PERU.
PANAMA, via New YORK, Aug. 5.-The Pera-
Wan war ships, Huascar and Union, have visit
ed CHILEAN ports, destroying, launching and
taking the steamer Rimae with an entire regi-
ment of cavalry, fully armed and supplied
with horses, besides three vessels loaded with
coal and copper.
BOUNDARY TROUBLES.
BELGRADE. Aug. 5.-The porte repudiates
the concessions of its commissioner relative to
the Servian frontier and has superseded him
It ia stated from Constantinople difficulty
has arisen about the Montenegrin frontier, the
English, Austrian and Turkish commissioners
having agreed upon a boundary to which the
Russian and Montenegrin commissioners have
refused to give their assent.
BRIDGING THE CHANNEL.
PARIS, Aug. 5.-Venard De Saint Anne origi-
nator of the project for bridging the English
channel, promises to begin operations without
delay. He estimates it will sequire seven
months for experiments and that million
francs will suffice to pay tho preliminary ex-
iect before the French and Belgian chambers of
commerce. Eighty-four of these have ex-
pressed themselves in favor of the project. He
will visit England shortly to lay the matter be-
fore the English government. To span deep
water he has recourse to the tubular system.
LORD DERBY.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-Lord Derby lntimates
that in consequence of the change in his rela-
tions with the conservatives he will resign the
presidency of the Liverpool Workingmen's
association.
In StaHOrdshlre ., 4UU golfers have struck
against reduction of wages, affecting 1900
persons.
The Spanish bishops, at the request of the
government, relinquish quarter of their sti-
ponds to relieve the public finances.
MISCELLANEOUS.
LONDON, Aug. Sat Brighton to-day the
Brighton stakes were won by Advance, Seringa
second; time 2:5715.
CoNsTANTINoPLE. Aug. 5.-Faed Pasha has
started for Alexandria with irman, invest
ing Tew6k Pasha with authority as khe-
dive.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-The steamship Louis David,
from Antwerp for Naples, was wrecked during
a fog off Ushaut, France, and twenty-seven
persons drowned.
LONDON, Aug. 5.-The Times publishes re-
view of the agricultural prospects. Hay and
other fodder crops throughout England and
Wales is many million pounds short of the
average.
+ LONDON, Aug ga Frenchman named Gueri
has been arrested, charged with threatening to
assassinate Francischini Pictri, secretary of the
prince imperial. if not paid money due him
for promoting the success of the pie biscite.