Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-07-26
FOREIGN.

fOhElUN.
The bill providing for tho payment of
salaries 10 members OF the house of com
mons in England was defeated the other
day by a majority Of only 81 in a total vote
of 327. The number of those who are will
ing TO be paid for their services in increas-
ing.
At Leon, Mexico, the principal scene of
the great flood, the people arc said TO be
packed in portals stables and every avail
able place of shelter. with little clothing TO
shelter them. 1t Is believed that many
bodies are still in the ruins. Some 300 were
recovered, but the stench was so great that
further search was abandoned. The build
ings destroyed are mainly Of adobe.
A judicial commission has been appointed
to investigate the charges against Parnell.
Gen. Boulanger's proposition for disso-
luton of the French chamber of deputies
was defeated, whereupon Boulanger re-
signed, after giving the lie to Premier
Floquet.
BY the burning of the Debeers coal mine
at Kimberley, South Africa, 800 miners
lost their lives.
The Pail Mall Gazette denounces Prince
Bismarck for allowing tho reports Of the
German doctors on the case of the late
Emperor Frederick to be published.
Many persons were killed by hail stones
in Hungary on the 18th inst.
An imperial ukase fixes the number of the
Russian contingent recruits at $4,000 as
against 235, 800 in 1887, and places the period
of active service at five years, but at -
years for the landwehr All able bodied
men under A years Of age who have not
already been in active service must join the
landwehr.
Natalie, Queen of Servia, was ordered TO
leave Germany within "a hours, and hastily
prepared to obey the edict. Her son was
tnlyA frAVt hnr h. h., -nff k,.a
king.
Gen. Boulanger and Prime Minister Flo
quot fought a duel on the 18th inst. The
place of meeting was a mile or so out of
Paris TO the northwest where Count Dillon
| has an estate in the old seat of the Orleans
princes. Boulanger received a sword
thrust in the neck which may prove fatal.
Floquet was not seriously injured.
Six iron-clads, four dispatch ships, four
vessels OF the training squadron and a flo
tilla of torpedo boats will make up the es-
cort that accompanies Emperor William
on his visit to the car of Russia.
The trouble in Zululand Is looming up,
and in government circles it is believed
that the complications will end in severe
fighting. War correspondents connected
with many of the London dailics are already
making preparations TO depart 70 the prob
able scene of the conflict.
The dowager Empress Victoria has re-
quested DR.. Mackenzie TO prepare for her
true history of Emperor t'rcderick's illness
in order to correct the assertions of the Ger
man doctors. IL is unknown whether or
not the Empress will publish the report.
The German government will sign the
sugar bounties treaty Aug. l6.
Queen Victoria has purchased villa in
Florence for E2l 900.
The British government has adopted a
proposition TO put a tax on bicycles.
A Vienna merchant has been sentenced
20 II months imp isonmcnt for making in
sulting remarks about the dowager Empress
Victoria.
The dowager Empress Victoria is engaged
in recognizing her court She will remain
in Berlin or Potsdam until she finds suit
able castle on the Rhine in which she can
reside with her daughters
The French chamber Of deputies has ap-
proved a scheme providing credit of 10,
100000 francs for strengthening the navy,
provided all contractors and workmen shall
be Frenchmen, and only French material
used
IL is said that Queen Natalie the un-
happy queen Of Seryia, will settle in Flor
ence, the Italian government having grant
ed her permission To do So