Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1889-01-09
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

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The lato Emperor William is cred
tied with having saved SIS, OOO, 900 out
OF his public allowance.
London Jail birds numbered but
6.877 last year-fewer than the year
before. Compulsory education is said
to be lessening crime. -
The Queen of Italy has command
ed that tho rooms occupied by the Ger
man Emperor at the Quirinal shall re-
main in exactly the state in which he
left them.
President Carnot of France is the
recognized leader of male fashions in
that country, and the elubmen copy
his coats and cravats assiduously.
The Prince of Wales lately present
ed a handsome gold watch and chain
to Chief Inspector Charles Walker,
who was retiring from the London po-
lice after fifty-one years. service. He
has been engaged at Marlborough
House ever since the Prince of Wales
marriage.
The British Consul at Bilboa re-
ports that Spain in making steady and
remarkable progress in commercial
prosperity. Large shipments of min
erals are made, and extensive iron
manufactures have been established.
Railways are multiplying and indus
tries in general are on the increase.
Several influential Chinese have
subscribed large sums of money to
aid in establishing Il geological garden
at Shanghai. At present the institu-
ton will be merely a commercial un-
dertaking. but it is hoped that ulti-
mately the state will take it in hand.
Amongst others, the Governor of For
mosa has promised his help in the
collection of specimens.
-Four large cremation furnaces
have been declared open at tho great
Partisan cemetery Of Pere la Chaise.
The question is agitated whether pau
per bodies should be cremated by the
Paris municipality, but there is such a
strong feeling against it among the
poor that the idea will probably have
to be abandoned. 1t is usually the
wealthy who prefer cremation.
The government of the Russian
Province of the Amoor has proposed
to restrict the entry of the Chinese,
with this statement: 1.-The Man.
churians form an element which is
dangerous to the interests of our Rus
sian colonists, as by their. intelligence,
industry, endurance and frugality COM
petition of any foreign labor system
whatever with theirs is prevented"
A visitor to Japan noticed the pre-
ponderance of German influence in that
country. Many of the Yokohama shops
'had their Japanese signs translated
into German only, while in all notices
which appeared in foreign languages
German held the first place. Next in
frequency. and not far behind, came
Russian. English and French follow
ed after a long interval" and Portu-
guese brought up the rear. &. NJ.
The Duke Confuclus, a lineal de-
scendent of China's revered sage, is
one of the greatest personages in Pc
kin. He is about twenty. and of singu-
larly aristocratic and prepossessing
appearance. His nose is of a kind very
uncommon among the Chinese, being
OF the type known as the Roman, but
small and finely chiseled. He has
bright and intelligent expression. He
rides in large green chair. His suite
are well dressed and we'll mounted.
Any obstruction to his progress in the
streets is quickly cleared at the cry,
1.-The son of CONTIGUOUS comes!"
The Russians, says an English pa !
per, are moving rapidly on every line
that makes national progress. Scien-
tific exploration is being carried on in
many different directions; laboratories
and observatories are being founded
and railroads opened at wonderfully.
rapid rate. There are now Is, 800 miles
of railway open for traffic in Russia.
OF this the state owns about one-fifth
only. The Russians are independent
of foreign nations for coal, iron, oil
and mechanical skill, and the foreign
element is being eliminated from Rus
sian works, so that the progress OF the
empire is taking place on a wide basis.