The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-04-15
FOREIGN rELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.

Germany shows a friendly spirit tt
Russia.
France and China will sign a treaty
of peace.
The family of Barrios has sailei
for San Francisco.
Rumors of fighting in Bechuala
land are current.
It is rumored that Italian troops
will occupy Suaklm.
England has asked Italy to occupy
Cairo and the Soudan.
Mexico will not interfere in the
Central American States conflict.
The Russian government is givine
orders for gun boats to Swedish
builders.
Hasheen. recently the headquarters
of Osman Digna's entire army,is now
wholly deserted.
1t is reported here that the Govern.
ment has ordered the raising of an
Egytlan army of $1,000 men.
1t is stated that the British govern.
ment is buying hundreds Of horses
in Canada for military services.
The Presidency of Bengal has Of
fared s., 501, GOO to aid in epresasy,ss
tie integrity Ct the British Empire.
The new Ministry of France has
indorsed the project tf M. Ferry's
Cabinet concerning the enlargement
Of the SueZ canal.
Marine insurance companies are
demanding ten shillings extra to in
sure ships bound for San Francisco,
and 81. Cd. for those bound to Cal
cutta.
The Morning Post states that Gen.
WOlseley has been ordered to with
draw one-third of his entire force
from the Soudan for service else
where.
The newspapers of Berlin comment
upon the fact that Queen Victoria
alone, of all the great rulers, failed to
birthday.
The death of General Barrios is
confirmed. General Manuel Legan-
dro Barrillos, one of the Vice Presi-
dents, has been chosen successor and
been installed.
Most of the owners of collieries
in England and Wales have can
celled all orders for coal to be shipped
to Russia at the risk of being sued for
breach Of contract.
California has already shipped
$50, 900 tons Of wheat to England.
The rise of yesterday represented
in California an increased valuation
of over So, 100000.
The decline in consols in London
sircs the opening of the Afghan
frontier dispute has been per cent,
which equals the fall in consols at the
opening Of the Crimean war.
The Prince Of Wales received
many representative bodles-acade-
mic and others. He said that he and
the Princess hoped in future to spend
many happy days in Ireland.
Members of the British army re-
serves resident in Canada have been
ordered to hold themselves in readi-
ness to return to England. There
are 1000 I f them in the country.
The Gaulois publishes a telegram
from Berlin which says: Prince Bis
marck has assured a banker that in
spite of the incident of Penjedeh the
Gar hopes to preserve peace.
A private cable dispatch received
in Boston from London, says: 1t Is
reported that an English ultimatum
to Russia gives that nation "A hours
in which to recall General Komoroff'
or 60 to war.
A dispatch from Rawul Pindi to
the Gazette says the conference be-
tween Lord Dufferin and Abdurrah-
man Kahn has resulted in the Ameer
strongly favoring an alliance with
the British.
Mr.. Childers has postponed for
week the presentation OF the budget
in the House of Commons. The post
ponement is presumably due to the
IN of a vote on the question
of war with Russia.
Reginald Wood, a son of the late
Chief Justice of Manitoba, was
caught under q construction train
nesf Yale, British Columbia, Thurs
day and killed. The horribly
body will be sent to Win
nipeg.
La Republique Francain stated that
NJ. DeFreycint, minister of foreign
affairs, has demanded OF the Egypt
tlan government a full reparation for
the forcibe suppression of the French
Bosph0re Egyptian at
Cairo on Wednesday last.
Advices from st. Petersburg state
that many offers are being received
from the Firms to serve in the Rus
sian army. Finland has agreed to
equip ten to,p edo boats in addition
to the seventy which Russia has al
ready in the Baltic sea.
It is reported that the Queen will
return to England Immediately from
AK Lesbalnes, France, in view of
the crisis in the relations between
England and Russia. Sixty thousand
men from the army reserves and the
whole militia will be called out. The
naval reserves will be used for home
defense.
Leading officials at Woolwich ar
senal have been summoned to the
War office to attend a conference
upon the question OF the dispatch of
war ms terial to India. The Sir Will
liam Armstrong Gun Company has
received orders from the Government
for the immediate construction of
ninety fl Id guns.
T;e French government has deci-
ded to form two divisions, to be un-
der the command of Gen. Cnurey. for
service in Tonquin. Another divis-
ion will remain in the south of France
ready to embark at any moment.
1t is hoped, however, that China
will Loyalty fulfill the terms of the
treaty ard thus render the disptch of
unnecessary.
A St. Petersburg dispatch says it is
reported among the Mohammedans
of The northern Caucasus that the
Gar of Russia and the Sultan Of
Turkey are allies. The belief is gen.
eral at st. Petersburg that the rela-
tions between those two rulers are