Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1883-11-05
Foreign News Gossip.

The London Times attributes the failure
of Morris Ranger, the Liverpool cotton bro
ker, to his grossly reckless speculation in
England and America and on the continent.
It says he aimed to control the cotton ex-
changes of the world and had the help Of
wealthy houses in London, New York and
Hamburg. The London money market is
not affected by them. Probably there will
be an Increasing demand for cotton, fol-
lowed by a reaction. The Times severely
condemns the wild dealing in futures pre-
vailing in Liverpool, and advises the adop-
ton of the American rules for the deposit
of bargins and assumed restriction thereto.
Michael Davitt lectured in ST. James hall
London to large, orderly audience. He
advocated the naturalization of lard, and
denounced Salisbury and Northcote for
stirring up discord in Ireland He said the
time would come when they would have to
defend their illgotten property, not against
the land leaguers but againststh e.enGghten
ed manhood OF England. Private property
in land, he declared, vas robbery of the
nation. On motion of Ellen TAYLOR vote
of thanks to Davitt was passed by the meet
ing.
. Dispatches from Turin report that M.
Kossuth is dying in that city, The Hun
garian patriot has passed his eighty first
year, and has been breaking down phvsic-
tally for some time. He has lived Tor over
twenty years in his unpretentious dwelling
in the city. and in the st ictest privacy, de-
voting himself chiefly to scientific studies.
The physicians say that M. Kossuth' s
death may occur at any moment on &C
count of his extreme weakness from old
age.
The anonymous letters lately sent to the
marquis lot Lansdowne, at Ottawa, Can,
threatening his life. are locked upon as
merely the work of some crank who wants
to ease his excited feelings, or who has the
will bat not the courage to do mischief
However, the letters are severely condemned,
and all necessary precautions taken to pre-
vent their infamous threats being carried
out.
At Paris while Mile Van Zandt, the
American prima donna was returning hon
recently, a man AIMED with a revolver
made an attack upon her. The police
heard her cries and ran to her assistance
name of Merlae. 1t ia said that BIZ p revi.
ous1y threatened her life.
= Imports of grain in Germany from the
beginning Of January to the end of septenn-
sber showed q decrease compared with the
same period in 1882, while exports show q
marked increase, especially in wheat oats,
the quantity of both being nearly doubled
Sir Charles Dixie, president of the local
government board, in an address to Glas-
Cow, said that in the future great measure
for the consideration OF parliament would
be the assimilation of county and borough
franchise.
The czsr has decided to arm the Russian
army with repeating rifles of the latest
American pattern. He bas just ordered
100000 ofthese arms through q London
firm. .. $780,.
Bishop Thorold {of Rochester, Eng.) has
expressed his hearty approval of the Needy
and Sauky mission n urges clergymen of
the established chur \ to help it.
European immigration to the Argentic re-
public was 81 600 this year.
The Princess Albert of Russia has
broken ankle.
Canada gets fifty seven London fish show
medals.