The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-09-20
FOREIGN FLASHES.
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dustries.
A famine is threatened in Eastern
Transylyania.
The Pope has had his large bedroom
filled With singing birds.
Boulanger has left for a three months
crnise in the Mediterranean.
The French Government has taken
charge OF the telephone stations.
1t is proposed by the Salvation Army
to establish a hospital in London.
A lady advertises in the London Times
that she gives lessons In tennis"
Weather Prophet Virgins is to be
knighted by Queen Victoria. Why?
Farmers in France are agitating tor
more protection against foreign cereals.
The Maybrick committee has resolved
to agitate for pardon for Mrs. Maybrick.
The Duke of Fife is in queer position.
He is rot his wiie's equal; yet he is her
peer.
A charter has been granted for the first
railroad in Libraria. 1t will be 656 miles
long.
London is to have 'moukeries," at
which 900 monkeys will he on exhibi-
tion.
A movement for higher wages ia going
on in nearly all the industries OF Central
Europe.
The Cologne Gazette makes sharp
attack on the new colonial policy OF
Germany.
The Prince of Wales home farms at
Sandringham now extend over two hun
dred acres. -.....-.
The failure of the crops OF Montenegro
will. compel wholesale exodus OF the
population.
Most Of the large cities of Europe and
many small ones now have their English
newspapers.
1t is reported that Armenia will appeal
to the Czar to protect christians from
Turkish outlages.
Paraguay has accepted the invitation
Of the United States to attend the Inter
national Congress.
Red Jim McDermott, the alleged Irish
traitor, is in London. He says he don't
fear being murdered.
London is to have a honeymoon
hotel" to which only newly married
couples will be admitted.
The oldest public house In England is
the Seven Stars at Manchester. 1t dates
back to the time of Edward III.
It is believed in Paris that G. P. Hunt
ington will not consent to the marriage
OF his daughter with Prince Hatzfeldt.
John W. Mackay, in behalf also of
Mrs. Mackay, has denied emphatlcally
that his wife has ever helped Boulanges.
The balance sheet of the late Melbourne
Centennial Exhibition has been pub
lished. 1t reveals deficiency of E244 900.
Emperor William has sent palm and
laurel wreath to be placed On the coffin OF
the late Crown Prince Rudolph Of Aus
tria.
Four mole cotton mills at Blackburn,
England, have given notice that they
will shut down. One thousand hands
will be idle.
The Brazilian Government has negotia-
ted with local hank tor the loan OF $l0,-
OOO, 900 at 4 per cent, the Issuing price
being 80.
Competition between Russian and En-
glish buyers in China has sent the price
for teas 20 to 30 per cent higher tina n it
vas las year. ..
The Swedish composer, Ivar Hallstrom,
has Just completed an opera, Neaga, the
libretto OF which is by Queen Elizabeth
OF Roumania.
vice-C Consul Edgar. Took, in charge OF
the United States Consulate General in
Michoacan, is sending samples OF coffee
to the United States.
Peter Jackson and Parson Davies ar
rived in London on the Both and were
given an immense reception. Jackson
has challenged Smith, Slavin or Mitchell.
{ A cremation society, The first of it's
kind, has been formed in Finland, and
as soon as it has been recognized by the
authorities, a acrematorium will be created.
b The dignity of Judge Stephen, who
Mrs. Mayhrick to death, Is
said to have been dreadfully hurt by the
communication of that unfortunate woman's
sentence.
!. Germany looks upon Emperor VIII
liam's recent grand reception In the cap
turedt provinces of Alsace and Lorraine
aa an indication that they are being Ger
manized.
The Spanish Government has offered
two prizes-$5, $50 and s.. S95-which
win be awarded in 1892 for the two best
ESSAYS on the life of Christopher
Columbus.
A Paris dispatch says the French
Government has declined to accede to
tile request of the people OF New
Hebrides for the annexation OF the
islands by France.
The Hilton gun is being tried at Shoe
burvness with a projectile weighing
nearly ton, but with .190 pounds OF
powder. The concussion is less than
from the 81-ton gun.
The Duke of Westminster is actively
interested in the Sunday League OF Lon
don. which seeks to have a proper
observance OF Sunday in and about the
great British metropolis. 80. ..5a... al
Australia is sending another actress to
England Of whom great things are pre-
ldicted. Miss Myra Kembls is the young
woman,s name, and she essays the
h;oher walks of the drama.
Channel traffic between Dover and the
Continent continues at the highest hu-
man tide. No less than five extra mail
packets are now employed to convey pas
sengers, making sixteen in all.
Parnell's 9 acceptance Of Balfonr's prop.