The Russellville Democrat., 1890-07-03
FOREIGN BUDGET.
An Interesting Batch of News Culied from All Quarters of the Old World. Personal Political and Otherwise.

from All Quarters of the Old World.
 Personal Political and Otherwise.
 AN IMPORTANT DISCOVERY.
 LONDON, June 25. Tho largo circl !, interested in African affairs, in Berlin, is greatly excited by the discovery by the American Egyptologist, Wilbour, of the record of the existence, in an. cient times, of canals around the Nile cataracts. This discovery, of tho au- thenticity of which there is nc doubt, suggests the possibility of the reopening of the Soudan by the British by the restoration of the canals, where. by tho possessions of Germany in South Africa would become practically valueless as compared with their pres ent promise of revenue. With an unin- terruptedly navigable Nile and an un- disputed protectorate over Zanzibar, England would be enabled to control the trade of the most fruitful portions of Africa with marketing facilitie s which would throw the German com panies hopelessly out of competition. STRINGENT ORDERS HAVE BEEN POSTED in every police station by command of Chief Commissioner Sir Edward Brad. ford forbidding members of tho police force to engage in any discussion what. soever of their grievances. This action of the commissioner, however, has not prevented the police from formulating a petition to the Home Secretary de- nouncing the tyranny of Bradford and praying for relief, and it is understood that it is being generally signed. The police assert that Bradford has sought to deprive them of the priv leges which are accorded by the law and custom of every British subject, and declare emphatically that they will not submit to the restrictions he has placed upon them. Bradford has easil ly earned the distinction of having made himself generally disliked in shorter space of time than any man who has held office under the government in many years.
 THE MASTER GOLFERS in the North of England have reduced the wages of their miners ten per cent. and there is every prospect that the re- duction will be resented by general strike.
 THE FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE has reappeared in the Duchy of Hesse, and large numbers of cattle are dying from it's effects. A strict quarantine has been established against Hessian cattle.
 DISASTROUS INNOVATIONS.
 The branches and tributaries of the Oder river in Prussian Silecia have over flowed their banks in consequence of the recent heavy rains and flooded an enor- nous section of country. The damage resultant from the destruction of crops and other property is very large. The rains have also caused a number of landslides in various parts of the coun- try. A large portion of the works of the Baltic canal have been destroyed in this way, involving immense loss to the con tractors and delaying the work beyond the possibility of it's completion within tho stipulated time.
 SMALLPOX IS PREVALENT on both sides of the border along the frontier, and deaths from the disease arc reported in many of the towns in that region.
 SEVERE GALES.
 LONDON, June 25.-Seyere gales pre- several fishing craft are reported miss ing.
 A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW.
 LONDON, June 2o.-At the Oxford commemoration yesterday an uproarious scene occurred when Mir. Henry NJ. Stanley was introduced. Upon his presentation to the graduates the explorer was good-naturedly chaffed by the college lads who sang For He Is Jolly Good Fellow" following up the rendition of the old song with salvo of cheers for Stanley and ''ono for the bride-elect." who was also pres- ent. Tho degree of Doctor of Civil Law was conferred upon Mir. Stanley and also upon Prof. Goodwin, of Harvard.
 PAID DEAR FOR THE WHISTLE.
 BERLIN. June 26.--The Cassel Stadt- anzeiger asserts that on the occasion of the visit of a deputation of repre- sentative residents of Cassel to Prince Bismarck Tuesday, the ex-Chancelor said that England had looked we'll to her own interests in the East African settlement For a time she would be toward the German merchants in Zanzibar, but sooner or later would try to oust them. The possession of Heligoland by Germany, he said, had always been the wish of German patriots, but there might be a variety of opinions as to the price paid for tho island.
 PRINCE FERDINAND SAID TO BE EN ROUTE
 TO VIENNA.
 VIENNA, June 25.-It is reported here that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, has suddenly and mysteriously left Sofia and started for this city via Varna and It is believed that the visit of the Prince is connected with the critical position of Bulgarian affairs growing out of the weakening of the Ministry as consequence of the resignation of Dr. Stransky, Min. Ister of Foreign Affairs.
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 BREsT, June 15. By the collapsing of 4 foot-bridge leading from a steamer stage to the steamer Saint Jean, to- day, seven hundred persons wore pre- cipitated into the sea. So far seven bodies have been found and many per sons arc still missing.
 Divers are searching for the bodies of others who are believed to have been drowned.
 WHAT ABOUT THE AMERICAN noG?
 BERLIN, June 6.-A deputation of and manufacturers from Prussia waited on Baron von Minister of Commerce, yes terday and lodged with him protest against the Mckinley Tariff bill which they declared virtually excluded from tho United States certain German goods. The deputation requested the to move, through the Ger man Minister at Washington, in the direction of obtaining modification of he prohibitive provisions of the bill. Baron von Berlepsch promised to give .ha m a ttar cougid ara tfnn