The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-07-12
FORElGN FLASHES.
munster Lincoln at London Dinner Par
ties-Railroads In China-A Male
Beauty Show In Vienna.

The Shah is at Antwerp.
Leprosy is said to be increasing In
Russia.
Cardinal Giufeppe Pecci, the Pope's
brother, is dying.
The new English gunboats are all
named after birds.
The black vomit has made it's appear
ance at Vera Cruz.
The political situation in France is be-
coming complicated.
The Chinese Government proposes to
begin the construction of railroads.
Minister Lincoln is in demand as lion
in-chief at London dinner parties.
An interesting exhibition of Icelandic
handicraft is now open in London.
+ Eleyen thousand factory hands at
BruRn, Austria, have struck for Increased
wages.
Russian army officials are experiment.
ing with with speaking trumpets for Civ
in orders.
In Berlin William Walter Phelps is re-
garded as the next American Minister to
Germany.
The month of May in England in 1889
will probably rank as among the wettest
on record.
Lord Dunraven now says he may not
enter the Valkyre in the race for the
America cup.
The house in which Prince Rudolf
killed himself, at Myerling, has been
pulled down.
In Ireland building societies have made
littieprogress, and membership Of only
6,33 is reported.
A male beauty show is to be opened in
Vienna and.the decisions are to be made
by a jury of women.
The Duke of Portland's marriage re-
moves the last really desirable English
peer from the matrimonial market.
Emperor William has been advised to
make trip to Norway for the benefit of
his health before visiting England
The Austrian Crown Princess Stephanie
wife of Rudolf, who committed suicide,
is to live on the little island Lacrina.
The Vieux Chene in the Rue Deau-
bourg, the largest furniture. depot in
Europe, has been burned loss, $500, 600
An excellent demand for. American
bonds is reported from London, particu-
larly for the bonds OF Southern railroads.
Work on the Corinth Canal, which is
nearly ready for use, was begun under
Nero. The canal will be completed this
year.
The King of Wurtemberg has been con-
templating abdication for some weeks,
much pressure in that direction coming
from Berlin.
Count Heinrich Hardegg of Austria,
who died few days ago, has left his
whole fortune, about G55, 900, to the
Vienna University.
We notice in the report of the Depart
ment of Mines, New South Wales, that
"a many as q, 900 diamonds were found
in the lnverell district.
A petition, containing many important
names, has been addressed to the French
Academy in behalf of simpliication oi
the French language.
A recent dispatch states that the Pope
of Rome is well and hearty. He<hass had
the gates OF the Vatican reOpened and
has resumed his receptions.
Rioting is still going on at Kladrau,
Bohemia. The principal WORK of the
rioters is seemingly pointed to wrecking
everything that is wreckable.
It is said that John Bright's papers
will be treated as Lord Beaconsfield'e e
have been-withheld from publication
during the life of the Queen.
The large-calibred quick-firing guns
are SO satisfactory that the 4 finch guns
of that class are rapidly superseding the
/ t;-inch rifles In the British navy.
Forty thousand invitations have been
] issued for the municipal fete to be given
I to exhibitors at the Paris Exposition
The reception will be held at the Elysee
The Prince OF Wales sent to the LORD
Mayor of London H1OO toward fund X
be used for the expenses OF English pa
tients who are treated by Pasteur q
Paris.