The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-08-22
FOREIGN NEWS.
Russia Still Increasing Her Black
Sea Fleet.
The German Director of Railways EulOgizes
Bismarck, and is Consequently
Forced to Resign.

The city of Hamburg has surplus of
s., ,250,OOO.
Crops in Italy have been destroyed by
excessive rains.
The royal library of Berlin contains
797, ,974 bound books.
The Czar has issued an edict forbid
ding applause in Russian theaters.
1t is proposed to use the electric motor
in military operations in
Mwanga, King of Uganda, is firmly
established on his throne, and Kareng,
his opponent, is dead.
CASTELAR,, the Spanish statesman, is
writing life of Christ, and is also busy
on history of Spain.
The young Duke of Aosta, nephew of
King Humbert of Italy, is about to
marry the Princess Elvire of Bavaria.
The latest Spanish census, taken in
1887, gives a population OF IL, $50, PIG.
The gain In ten years was only 951 ,905.
1t is stated that a meeting will take
place this summer between General Won
Caprivi, Count Kalnoky and Signor
Crispi.
AS high. as eighty deaths from cholera
have been reported in single day at
Mecca. The population of the city is
about 10000.
The Count of Paris has purchased a
large estate in Hungary, his intention
being, it is said, to reside permanently
in that country.
The Brazilian Government has ordered
the immediate delivery of large guam
tity of swords from factory in Solingen,
Rhenish Prussia.
The returns of the English Lunacy
Commissioners show that 77,257 of the
"a $40 insane people in England are
helpless paupers.
Emperor William says the next birth
day of Count Won Moltke shall be kept
as national holiday. The famous STRAIT
egist was born October 26, 1900.
The Catholic residents of Erfurt have
petitioned the authorities to remove
from the walls of the town hall certain
pictures illustrative of Luther's life.
The report of the iquidators of the
Panama Canal Company gives the total
of the company to March
8 as ,313, 100000 francs; assets, 16,000,-
600 francss
Owing to the expectation of a rise in
the prices of chemicals, the papermakers
of England and Scotland are combining
with view of starting chemical factories
of their own.
The International Association for the
of Gambling at Monte
Carlo has scored one success by side
upon the Casino of Tangier.
1t has shut it up.
NJ. Ritz has offered to spend 100000
francs in redecorating the Paris opera
house on condition of being made a. di-
rector for seven years and an officer of
the Legion of Honor.
According to French journals Madame
Crispi, wife of the Prime Minister of It
ally, has left Carlsbad in disgust because
the aristocratic residents refused to ad-
NIT her to their circle.
In order to officially contradict the
persistent rumors of his ill health the
Pope of Rome celebrated high mass in
Pauline chapel. 1t was the occasion of
great state ceremonies.
A project is on foot for spanning the
Danube canal in Vienna with a bridge
lined with shops after the model of the
famous Ponte Rialto at Venice and the
Arno bridge at Florence.
The French Budget Committee has
the credits asked by the Min
lister of Commerce to lay cable between
France and England and to establish
telephones between Paris and London.
The Black sea fleet, which has been
considerably augmented during recent
wears, is to be still further increased.
The construction of four more large wal
vessels has been ordered at Sebastopol
and Nikolaief.
According to official returns, in which
the capital is not included, no fewer
than 10000 fires took place last year in
Russia. About $4,000 houses were
burned down, and the estimated damage
was $4,000, 800 rubles.
A complete reconciliation has taken
place between Emperor William and his
sister, Princess Victoria, since his retire
ment Of Prince Bismarck, whom the
Princess hated, and whom she frequent
ly described as "the evil genius of our
family"
At the Lord Mayors banquet at the
Mansion house Lord Salisbury spoke OF
the peaceful condition of Europe. Dur
ing the six years that his government
had been in power, he said, Europe had
never presented SO uninteresting an as
pect from a war point of view.
The latest reports of the Russian ex-
pedition to Thibet under the leadership
of General M. w. Pevizof are very favor
able. The party spent the winter in
Nice. and started for the Idshelik-Cha.
mum pass at the beginning of April
They expect to penetrate the interior Oi
Thibet during the summer.
Mr.. and Mrs. William O'Brien were
entertained at a banquet by Irish and
Liberal members of Parliament and 9
number of prominent Irish members o.
London. A large company was present
Toast to the Irish in America was re
sponded to by Mr.. Fitzgerald of Boston
Emperor William of Germany has
bought an estate near Metz, it is sup
posed for political reasons. He wished
to show the citizens of the annexed
provinces that he belonged to them ane
TO make it fashionable among old Ger
man families to own places IN the dis
tries