The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1886-03-25
News of Foreign Lands.


The quantity OF gold in England has de-
clined $5O,oOO,O 900 within the past five
years.
majority OF forty-four on the motion OF
censure as to Riel.
The distress among the poor OF Paris is
almost unprecedented. The application
for relief number 81, 900 more than at this
time last year.
Peter Beckx, the "Black Pope and non
agenarian general Of the Jesuits. but recent
ly reported dead, has quickly recovered
from his severe illness.
King Humbert OF Italy has decorated
NJ. Pasteur. The Paris Academy OF Medl-
cine has voted the sum OF 10. 600 francs Tor
the projected Pasteur institute.
Montreal will issue 81 900, 900 bonds to
pay off the deficit incurred by the small
pox epidemic, and for making sanitary
improvements. This will make the total
debt OF the city $13, 900, 900.
The liabilities OF the Princess Helene Of
Ypsilanti amount to $500, 900 sterling.
Her failure is due to the extravaganza OF
herself and her late husband. They
spent f5, 200, 900 sterling in ten years.
violent shock of earthquake recently
disturbed Wiesbaden, the celebrated Ger
man watering place. The city OF Grenada,
Spain, was also shaken by an earthquake.
The shock was OF seven seconds duration.
Nineteen Russian moujiks have arrived
at Paris to be treated by Pasteur for wolf
bites. All the men were terribly mutilated
by wolves. The chamber OF deputies voted
urgency for a credit OF 10000 francs for
the proposed Pasteur institute.
The attempt to break the news monopo-
ly enjoyed in London by w. II. Smith has
failed. The house OF commons voted down
the motion OF Arthur O'Connor, member
for Queen county, to open the book stalls
in all the railway stations to public COM
petition.
The Rothschilds have donated second
sum of $500 to the fund for the relief of
the unemployed workingmen. Mr.. Cham
berlain. president OF the local government
board, has sent circular letter to boards
OF guardians throughout the country, Of
fering government assistance by means oil
loans of money, where possible, to promote
road repairing in order to give employment
to needy workmen.
Gustav Mercier, .ledgerkeeper at the
Banque Rationale, Montreal has absconded
after having carried on a regular system OF
forgery for some time. His method was to
place his initials on a check, get it cashed,
and when it came to him to destroy 1t.
Forgeries to the amount of over 81, 600
have been discovered but it will take
sometime to ascertain the total amount.
He has been twelve years in the bank s
service.
The Irish continue to be pleased with
their new viceroy, Earl Aberdeen. He has
increased their esteem during the past few
days by his activity in regard to measures
for the relief of distressed throughout the
country. He also made personal eontri-
buttons for this purpose, including do.
nation OF $3.50 toward defraying the cost oi
two smacks for the Galway fishermen, SEQ
for the police fund and $50 for the West
port sufferers.
Mail and Express London Cable: tt e
situation at Decazeville, where the great
strike is going on, is becoming more serious.
The breach between the masters and nlen
is widening more and more, and it looks as
if tremendous labor revolution might re-
suit throughout France. Sympathy with
the strikers is manifested among the labor
ing classes, although the revolutionary
spirit is manifested only where the social
lists have left the print OF their theories.
| Michael Davitt, in speech at Oxford, an
| nounces that his idea Of home rule govern
ment was that it would always be the rep
| resentative OF the crown, and have com.
mand of the imperial forces in Ireland.
The power of vote should be allowed the
assembly, which would consist OF three
hundred members, seventy or eighty OF
whom perhaps, might not be Home Rulers.
The government should consist OF the min.
listers OF finance, land, agriculture, local
government, public works and edacation,
and should have control of the police, Gus.
toms and excise departments. without
which it would be farce. He believed
that Ireland would not impose import
| duties.