The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-09-18
FROM FOREIGN LANDS.
Notes of Interest By Wire and Mail Prom
Beyond the sea.

The Emperor Of Austria plays splen-
dldy on either. and the Emperor Of Japan
Is very proficient on the "kota," the Japan
csc national instrument.
A projected canal across the upper
part Of Italy. connecting from the Adriatic
10 tho Mediterranean. would take si1 years
to build and cost 1928 100000.
Queen Victoria has an abnormal
craving for air. She has windows thrown
open in the coolest weather. and her suite
sneeze most Of tho fall ana winteo.
Work on a line of horse cars from
Cairo to the Pyramids is nearly finished. and
an elevator Is 70 be constructed 10 take trav-
elers TO the tops Of these ancient piles.
The latest returns Of the general cleo
lions Of August 81 In Brazil give TO the Lib
erals ninety-nye, and to the opposition parties
thirty members in the House Of Representa-
tives.
VI. Lslon and VI. Canivet, two Paris
ian editors. became involved in q dispute.
the outcome Of which was q duel, which was
fought Saturday. VI. Lalon was wounded in
the hand
A planter at Neuva. Psz, Cuba, was
captured by bandits on the eth OF August,
and not returned to his family until the pay
ment OF ransom variously reported AT
$500 TO $4,000 in gold.
The business community of the City
Of Mexico. composed Of hexicans and for
elgners, viii present President Diaz ON his
approaching birthday with gold and dia-
mond medal made by Mexican artist Ut
cost Of $1,000 or $4,000
The Rev. Frank Peterson. the repre-
sentative OF the American-Svedish Baptist
Church al the late International sunday
school Convention In London, reports that
there are 81. 900. 600 teachers and scholars In
the sunday-schools ofthe world.
According TO the Bucharest CORE
spondent Of the Exchange Telegraph Conn
pany, 1000 houses In the principal cities Of
Roumania have boon mortgagcd In order
that the owners may visl. the Paris Exposi-
ton. Many ladies have pawncd their jewels
Ia order 10 raise the necessary funds.
The German Emperor has revoked
tho statute which made u nessary FOR his
mother. as ox-Empress, 20 live ia Germany.
and size can therefore 60 where she pleases,
IN return she has surrendered. 10 is said, all
the papers and diaries Of the Emperor
Frederick.
Reutlingen. Germany, has a weaving
school. Al Reutlingen operatives lunch az
10. and from - u ]. and have afternoon rest
from BIO 3.3J. and supper az .. singing is
always 20 DE heard and tho operatives, es-
peclally the girls. are pictures OF health and
beauty.
The police tribunal Of Paris has i'm
posed a nne ofG15 francs on ". Lceune, q
member Of the Chamber Of Deputies for the
department Of lndrc. for keeping gamb-
ling place. 4 notorious bookmakcr named
Valentine was fined 1850 francs. The
House club has been suppressed by the su-
thorites.
1t has been arranged that ii. Il. II.
the Duke of Connaught. who is Commander
in-Chicf OF the Bombay Division of the
British amy n india, shall return % Eng
land i'm March next. lie will travel home
ria China, Japan, and Canada. passing
through ottawa, and probably making a
short stay al Canada's capital
The great bell of Iung-wu. which
has long lain half buried in The ground. has
at length been lifted by foreign machinery
and hung in a pagoda built Of iron by q
foreign firm. According 20 prophecy, tnis
bell was never to be lifted until China had
entered upon q new career Of prosperity.
Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress has
been translated recently into the Chinese
dialect Of Annoy. Among the eighty
distinctive dialects OF the world In which
this famous book has appeared are the Gael
c the Malagasy. the Maori, the Oriya, the
Rarotongan, the Eomaic. the seIvlsn, and
the Welsh.
The Russian army has just exhibited
10 the world progress 90 an important degree
az the mauWuyres az krasnoc--clo. 1his j.
attributed chiefly 10 the work OF General
Vannofsky. the new Minister OF War. The
event was marked also by the Car being
thrown. lie has grown very stout and ia
going up a hill his horse fen, and the Majesty
rolled away without injury.
DR.. Martin Wilckens. a professor in
the nochschulo fur Bodonkunur 40 Vienna
tie highest school Of agriculture IN Austria.
and weii-known I'm America as the author Of
standard textbooks. is making tour Of in-
spectiOn Of tho agricultural Institutions Of
this comfy as agent of the Austrian govern
mcnt. lie Is specially pleased with cur asri-
cultural colleges.
Venice is 10 undergo a complete san
itary renovation Tor ths Improvement ~ The
health OF the inhabitants. In conjunction
with this undertaking a plan for Icmodcling
the city archiiecturaily viii bee carried out.
The whole work viii cover "a period Of thirty
years Operations have already been begun
and loud outcry IL raised that the improve
mcnts are obllterating some Of the most
cherished landmarks and picturesque fea-
lures Of the city. Efforts viii be made to re-
cure a change IN the plans.
The coming season at Berlin bids fair
% be We lively. Tie Kaiser wants to make
his court brilliant socially, and Will give
handsome entertainments Of various kinds.
Says correspondent: Gle Viii dazzle El-
rope with the spectacle OF The youngest great
emperor since the time Of the first Napoleon
who, like him. professed 10 want peace. but
carried his hand on his sworj-hilt, swift 10
follow proyocation with sterrible blow.
The Germans are reported 20 mix some un-
easinoss with their enthusiasm over this
prospect"
John Burns. the workman whose !
name has becomo prominent in connection |
with the great London strike, is q somewhat !
parsonage. He is solfeducated.
aud mis- neatly furnished home In Battersea
has large library Of books. chiefly on poll
t%al economy and works OF reference. He
has been a lifelong tectotaler. and non
smoker and his chief hobbies are books ana
socialism. 10 IS not MANY years since he
was prosecuted boy Sir Charles Russell for
street riots. ana more recently he was i'm
prisoned for six months for resisting the POI
Ice in Trafalgar square.
When Queen Victoria dies The hume
rous suites OF rooms now closed IN the royal
paiacee will urOhQblV be renupued FOR occu-