The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1881-10-06
FOREIGN NOTES.
Many German jews are taking ND

so.
In India and Australia gold min.
ing has krmer outlook than fol-
years.
The Italian government has or
dered the Mount Gents forts to be
armed.
The Chinese and Japanese both
claim the islands ofLoo Choo, and a
war is not improbable.
AT Vienna, the International Lit
erary Congress has been discussing
the International copyright ques-
ton.
Australia exports hundreds of tons
of fresh meat to England, and in re-
turn receives various sorts of fish
packed in ice.
In Ireland there have been whole
sale evictlons at Mitchelstown, coun-
| ty Cork, on the estates ofthe Count
ess of Kingston.
In the Transvaal, the Volksraad
has been opened, and the inaugural
speech denounced the convention
with England.
Prince Jerome Napoleon has ar
rived at COnstantinople. lie has
had an audience with the sultan,
lasting two hours.
y typhoon. a few days ago at
Shanghai, China, wrecked 200 YES
sells. Ten inches of rain fell in one
hour. Hundreds of lives were lost.
The emperors' meeting is believed
to have resulted in the renewal of
the triple alliance, and the London
Times welcomes it as a pledge of
peace.
In Germany it is reported that the
negotiations with the Vatican are
progressing favorably, and that new
bishops for the Vatican Sees will
soon be appointed.
ViscOunt d'Estenburg has bought
himself dukedom for the ridicu-
lousy small sum of $4,000 francs. lie
is the husband of the late Sewing
Machine Singers widow.
In England, mourning for Presi-
dent Garfield is universal. The
newspapers improve the occasion
by lecturing upon the political cor
ruption in the United States.
The fair trade and land reform
questions are being vigorously dis
cussed in England. The artisans
are Hooking to the fair trade stand
ard in great numbers. The farmers
in England are becoming more and
more alarmed ut American compe-
tition.
In Ireland there is no abatement
of the agrarian agitation, and the
London Times calls upon the gov
eminent to use the powers vested in
it by the coercion act, without re-
spect of persons.
AT Paris the competition for light
ing the grand opera house and |
other public buildings by electricity |
has not been decided, as was re-
Gently announced, in favor of the |
Edison company, but is still open.
The Pesth editor, who published |
the stolen documents relative to the |
imperial meeting ut Dantziz, will be |
prosecuted. He ought to come To
Austin.
Emperor William has sanctioned |
the acceptance by the descendants |
of Baron Won Steuben OF the invita-
ton to attend the Yorktown centen-
NAL. The descendants are call Off
GERS in the Prussian army.
Count Moltke, old as he is, has an
uncommonly energetic spirit. He |
will not retire from active service,
but performs promptly all his duties
as chief of the general staff, and now
wishes for reelection to the German
reiohstag.
Cherif Pasha has formed minis
try in Egypt, the mutinous army
has submitted, and all is apparently
quiet. This will last until a move
ment is made to reduce the army,
when another revolution may be ex-
pected.
All the ambassadors of the powers
have informed the porte that their
governments have finally resolved
not to agree to the suppression of
the foreign postOffice in Turkey.
The commission for the dehmitation
of the Greek frontier has concluded
its labors and left Greece.
The King of Dahomey, with a
large force OF AmaZOnS, has ralueu
and destroyed the towns of Ignano
and Okepo, northwest of Abelkou-
ia. All who were unable to escape
were brought to Attorney, the cap
ital of Dahomey, for sacrifice at a
great annual "custom."
The ex-Empress Eugene passed
through Paris on September z, with
a small suite, on her way from Gen
eva to England. Information had
been received by the authorities that
she had started from Geneva in a
saloon carriage, and several detec-
hves were present on the arrival of
the train at the Lyons railway sta
ton, with orders to do everything
they could to secure privacy to the
She was met on the plat
form by Count Turenne and other
and, as soon rs the train
stopped she stepped into a carriage,
the blinds of which were pulled
down, and it was hastily driven to
the Northern railway station, where
another carriage OH the mail train
was reserved for her. All was man.
aged without any one suspecting the
identity of the closely yelled lady.